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

News
May 21 2026

UWMB Announces Magnolia Contreras, Vice President for Community Health a…

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Blog
Oct 15 2024

Behind the Board: Faces of Leadership - Robert Fernandez

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Blog
Dec 13 2024

Behind the Board: Faces of Leadership - Maria Alejandra De Cordova

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Board Roster

Magnolia Contreras
Chair of the Board
Vice President for Community Health
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Robert Fernandez
Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair, Administrative and Finance CommitteeDirector of ESG Research
Breckinridge Capital Advisors

Maria Alejandra De Cordova
Chair, Talent Committee
Vice President of Human Resources
Procter & Gamble

Michael Brooks
Consultant
Deloitte

Lorenna Buck, PhD
Managing Director
Ariel Alternatives

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

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

Dan Gilbane
Executive Vice President
Gilbane Building Company

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

Rita Lara
Executive Director
Maverick Landing Community Services

Fidel Maltez
City Manager
City of Chelsea

Jaimie McNeil
General Agent
UNITE HERE Local 26

Poonam Patidar
Partner
Mintz

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

Kim Reinert
Partner
EY (Ernst & Young)

Corean Reynolds
Director of Nightlife Economy
City of Boston

John Rogers
Retired
(Salem Five Bank)

Bill Rosensweig
Treasurer
Partner
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

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

Charles Tillen
Partner
Bain & Company, Inc.

Brad Ursillo
US Head of Fixed-Income and Multi-Asset Investment Risk
Columbia Threadneedle Investments

Andrew Vrees
President and General Manager
WCVB-TV Channel

Mads Wadstrom
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group

Elaine Ward
Chair, Community Impact Committee
Program Director & Associate Professor
Merrimack College

JP Weldon
Managing Director
Newmark

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