Board of Directors
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The volunteers who make up United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley’s Board of Directors come from the business, health, social service, media, and government sectors as well as the community at large. They are a true representation of what Eastern Massachusetts and Southeastern New Hampshire and Maine have to offer.
2019-2020Phyllis Barajas
CEO and Founder
Conexion Inc.
Robert Beal*
Jeffrey Bray
Vice President, Financial Planning Analysis
Rapid7
Ivy L. Brown
Brenda Campbell-Warner, CPA
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jacques Carter, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Liz Cheng
General Manager for Television, WGBH
Timothy J. Connelly
Limited Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman
Janet Cooper
Kristina Davis
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
William T. Eaton
Senior Director
Portfolio Management
Director Wealth Management
TEG Advisors
RPg Family Wealth Advisory, LLC
*Deceased
Matthew E. Fishman
Vice President
Community Health,
Partners Healthcare
Colby T. Gamester
Attorney at Law
Gamester Law Office
Lourdes German
Chair, Governance and
Nominating Committee
Assistant Professor of Practice & Co-Director, Managing for Social Impact, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Patrick Gilligan
Chair, Administration and
Finance Committee
Executive Vice President,
Sales, Marketing & Product
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Massachusetts
Matthew Goulding
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dan Griggs
Market President
Commercial – Northeastern MA
TD Bank
Ellen Griggs
Chair, Investment Committee
Independent Board Director
Ellie Harrison
Pamela Herbst
Executive Managing Director
AEW Capital
Management, L.P.
Jeffrey R. Holland
Chair, Campaign Cabinet
Carolyn M. Jones
Market President & Publisher
Boston Business Journal
Patricia Kraft
Steven D. Krichmar
Immediate Past Board Chair
Deborah Lawrence
Senior Vice President
Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America NA
Mary Kay Leonard
Chair, Compensation
Committee
Consulting and Interim
Executive Services
John Mang
Senior Partner
C-Suite Consulting Group
Penni McLean-Connor
Chair of the Board
Sr. VP & Chief Customer Officer
Eversource Energy
Rich Moche
Chair, Community Impact Committee
Member
Mintz
Michael Mooney
Chairman
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Carolyn Murphy
Group Human
Resources Manager
Enterprise Holdings—
Boston Group
Patrick J. Murray, Jr.
President and CEO
Bristol County Savings Bank
Jackie Palladino
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Reserve Bank
Dorothy Puhy
Chair, Audit Committee
Jay A. Shuman
Jane Steinmetz
Office Managing Principal,
Boston Office
Ernst & Young, LLP
Nick Toumpas
Executive Director
Seacoast/Strafford Integrated
Delivery Network
Carol Valianti
Vice President, Communications
& Public Affairs
Unitil
Richard Voccio
Assistant Treasurer
Chief Administrative Officer
United Way of Massachusetts
Bay and Merrimack Valley
Mark Whitney
Vice President, Strategy,
Community Relations
and Fundraising
Exeter Health Resources
Sujata Yadav
Senior Vice President,
Consumer Lending Director
Eastern Bank
Phyllis Barajas
CEO and Founder
Conexion Inc.
Robert Beal*
Jeffrey Bray
Vice President, Financial Planning Analysis
Rapid7
Ivy L. Brown
Brenda Campbell-Warner, CPA
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
Jacques Carter, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center
Liz Cheng
General Manager for Television, WGBH
Timothy J. Connelly
Limited Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman
Janet Cooper
Kristina Davis
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP
William T. Eaton
Senior Director
Portfolio Management
Director Wealth Management
TEG Advisors
RPg Family Wealth Advisory, LLC
*Deceased
Matthew E. Fishman
Vice President
Community Health,
Partners Healthcare
Colby T. Gamester
Attorney at Law
Gamester Law Office
Lourdes German
Chair, Governance and
Nominating Committee
Assistant Professor of Practice & Co-Director, Managing for Social Impact, Carroll School of Management, Boston College
Patrick Gilligan
Chair, Administration and
Finance Committee
Executive Vice President,
Sales, Marketing & Product
Blue Cross Blue Shield
of Massachusetts
Matthew Goulding
Partner
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
Dan Griggs
Market President
Commercial – Northeastern MA
TD Bank
Ellen Griggs
Chair, Investment Committee
Independent Board Director
Ellie Harrison
Pamela Herbst
Executive Managing Director
AEW Capital
Management, L.P.
Jeffrey R. Holland
Chair, Campaign Cabinet
Carolyn M. Jones
Market President & Publisher
Boston Business Journal
Patricia Kraft
Steven D. Krichmar
Immediate Past Board Chair
Deborah Lawrence
Senior Vice President
Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America NA
Mary Kay Leonard
Chair, Compensation
Committee
Consulting and Interim
Executive Services
John Mang
Senior Partner
C-Suite Consulting Group
Penni McLean-Connor
Chair of the Board
Sr. VP & Chief Customer Officer
Eversource Energy
Rich Moche
Chair, Community Impact Committee
Member
Mintz
Michael Mooney
Chairman
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Carolyn Murphy
Group Human
Resources Manager
Enterprise Holdings—
Boston Group
Patrick J. Murray, Jr.
President and CEO
Bristol County Savings Bank
Jackie Palladino
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Federal Reserve Bank
Dorothy Puhy
Chair, Audit Committee
Jay A. Shuman
Jane Steinmetz
Office Managing Principal,
Boston Office
Ernst & Young, LLP
Nick Toumpas
Executive Director
Seacoast/Strafford Integrated
Delivery Network
Carol Valianti
Vice President, Communications
& Public Affairs
Unitil
Richard Voccio
Assistant Treasurer
Chief Administrative Officer
United Way of Massachusetts
Bay and Merrimack Valley
Mark Whitney
Vice President, Strategy,
Community Relations
and Fundraising
Exeter Health Resources
Sujata Yadav
Senior Vice President,
Consumer Lending Director
Eastern Bank
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