Special thanks to our Host Committee and Sponsors for their generous support of the Academy launch party on Jan. 4, 2012!
Academy Launch Party Host Committee:
Gregg Croteau, United Teen Equality Center
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo
Representative Brian S. Dempsey, Chair, House Committee on Ways and Means
Maude Hurd and Noemi Ramos-Winthrop, New England United for Justice
Yawu Miller, Training Consultant
Senate President Therese Murray
Sondra Peskoe, Training Consultant
Diluvina Vazquez Allard, Brockton Interfaith Community and MCAN/OLTC Board of Directors
Carolyn Villers, Mass Senior Action Council
Massachusetts Communities Action Network
The Public Policy Institute Board of DirectorsMassachusetts Policy and Organizing Leadership Academy Advisory Board members:
Tom Callahan, Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
Ketty Camilien, Brockton Interfaith Community
Catherine Dunham, The Access Project
Elaine Fersh, Community Matters
Lori Fresina, M+R Strategic Services
Rev. Jane Gould, Essex County Community Organization & St. Stephen’s Memorial Episcopal Church
Myra Kinds, Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
Patricia Lynch, Lynch & Fierro LLP
John McDonough, Harvard School of Public Health
Rocio Saenz, SEIU 615
Gladys Vega and Yessenia Alfaro, Chelsea Collaborative
Riche Zamor, Sr., Romaz Consulting
Academy Launch Party Sponsors:
Campaign Strategists: Arbella Insurance Group Charitable Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Congressman Michael Capuano, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, Massachusetts Teachers Association, Allan Rodgers, Stephen Rosenfeld, Kristin & David Shapiro
Field Organizers: Robert L. Beal, Boston Center for Independent Living, Inc., Communities for People, Inc., Jim & Helena Creamer, Rep. Brian Dempsey, Sen. Ken Donnelly, Catherine M. Dunham, Ethos, Howard Leibowitz and Connie Doty, Marty Linsky-Cambridge Leadership Associates, Paul M. Pezzella, John Sasso, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church of Lynn, Joseph Timilty, Al Wallis
