ABOUT

BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

PASSIONATE & STRATEGIC LEADERS

The United Way of Massachusetts Bay’s Board of Directors provides strategic leadership for the organization to help ensure financially vulnerable individuals and families have access to resources and support to achieve prosperity. The volunteers who make up our Board of Directors come from the business, health, social service, media, and government sectors as well as the community at large.

Behind the Board:

Faces of Leadership

Get to know the minds shaping our strategic leadership! Dive into a series of exclusive Q&A sessions with our esteemed board members as they share their insights, strategies, and perspectives while we navigate our New Way Forward, together. Our first profile about Robert Fernandez is available now, with more to come!

Board Roster

Tammi Wortham
Chair of the Board
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
SunLife U.S.

Kyle Grimes
Vice Chair of the Board
President and General Manager
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

Richard H. Moche
Chair, Governance and Nominating Committee
Immediate Past Chair

Maria Alejandra De Cordova
Vice President of Human Resources
Procter & Gamble

Jeffrey Bray

Michael Brooks
Consultant
Deloitte

Lorenna Buck, PhD
Chair, Community Impact Committee
Managing Director
Ariel Alternatives

Ava Callender Concepcion, Esq.
Commissioner
Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission

Brenda Campbell-Warner, CPA
Chair, Audit Committee
Partner
Deloitte & Touche LLP

Liz Cheng
WGBH
General Manager for Television

Magnolia Contreras
Chair, Development Committee
Vice President of Community Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Robert Fernandez
Treasurer and Chair, Admin & Finance
Director of ESG Research
Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Jeffrey Fuhrer
Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution
Foundation Fellow, Eastern Bank Foundation

Dan Gilbane
Executive Vice President
Gilbane Building Company

Patrick Gilligan

Dan Griggs
President, Boston Regional Market
OceanFirst Bank

Ellen W. Griggs
Chair, Investment Committee
Independent Board Director

Pamela J. Herbst

Gregory Janey
President/CEO
Janey Construction Management

Carolyn Jones
Market President & Publisher
Boston Business Journal

Nancy Kaplan
Asst. General Counsel, Sustainability, Environment & Real Estate
Eversource

Greg Lauze
Managing Partner/Chief Investment Officer
NorthBridge Partners

John Madondo
Secretary
CEO
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Massachusetts

Dananai Morgan
Associate Director
Museum of Science

Jaimie McNeil
General Agent
UNITE HERE Local 26

Carolyn Murphy
Chair, Talent Committee
Group Human Resources Manager
Enterprise Holdings

Jackie Palladino
Senior Vice President
Federal Reserve Bank

Tara Parker, PhD
Dean, College of Education and Human Development and Professor of Higher Education
University of Massachusetts, Boston

Corean Reynolds
Director of Nightlife Economy
City of Boston

Bill Rosensweig
Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Thomas E. Samoluk
Head of External Affairs & Investigative Services
John Hancock

Jay A. Shuman

Jane Steinmetz
Office Managing Principal, Boston Office
Ernst & Young LLP

Jon Swan
SVP, New Store Delivery and Market Strategy
Burlington Stores, Inc.

Charles Tillen
Partner
Bain & Company, Inc.

Elaine Ward
Program Director & Associate Professor
Merrimack College

Christian J. Westra
Partner
Ropes and Gray LLP

Sujata Yadav
Chair, Public Affairs Committee
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Eastern Bank