Governance

• Board of Directors
• Park Overseers
• Stewardship Council
• Rose Garden Advisory Committee
• Project Review Committee

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Board of Directors

HONORARY DIRECTOR - Angela Menino, First Lady, City of Boston

Chairperson - Benjamin Taylor
Vice Chairperson and Clerk - Kathryn Cochrane Murphy, Esq., Krokidas & Bluestein
Vice Chairperson - Otile McManus
Treasurer - Leo Swift, CEO, Energy New England

• Lee Albright, Co-Owner, Allandale Farm
• Marjorie Bakken, President Emerita, Wheelock College
• Peter Barber
• Anne Connolly, Fox Hill Village
• John R. Cook, Jr., Wendling Strategies, LLC
• Lynn Dale, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Michael Dukakis, Professor, Northeastern University
• Courtney Forrester, Sweet Cupcakes
• Sarah Freeman, Arborway Coalition
• Carol Gladstone, GLC Development Resources
• Roger Harris, Superintendent, Renaissance Charter School
• Janice Henderson, MASCO & Chair, Park Overseers
• James Hunnewell, Jr., AIA
• Matthew Kiefer, Esq., Goulston & Storrs & Representative, Arboretum Park Conservancy
• Beth Krudys, Manager of Fenway Affairs, Boston Red Sox
• Jane Roy, Co-Chair, Justine Mee Liff Fund Luncheon
• Greg Selkoe, Karmaloop
• Wendy Shattuck, Founder, Justine Mee Liff Fund Luncheon
• Linda Edmonds Turner, President Emerita, Urban College of Boston

EX-OFFICIO DIRECTORS

• Samantha Overton Bussell, Deputy Director, Urban Parks Division,
  Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Andrew Pappastergion, Commissioner, Brookline Department of Public Works
• Erin Gallentine, Director, Brookline Parks & Open Space
• Antonia Pollak, Commissioner, Boston Parks and Recreation Department
• John Sullivan, Jr., Chief Engineer, Boston Water and Sewer Commission

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Park Overseers

Chair - Janice Henderson, MASCO
Vice Chair - Christine Poff, Franklin Park Coalition

• Arborway Coalition - Sarah Freeman
• Arnold Arboretum - William (Ned) Friedman
• Boston Chapter of Garden Club of America - Michelle Hanss
• Boston Greenspace Alliance - Frank Caro
• Boston Nature Center of MA Audubon - Julie Brandlen
• Boston Society of Landscape Architects
• Emerald Necklace Greenway Project - Jeffrey Ferris
• Fenway Alliance - Rich Frost
• Fenway CDC - Suzanne Comtois
• Fenway Civic Association - Fredericka Veikley
• Fenway Garden Society - Mike Mennonno
• Forest Hills Educational Trust - Cecily Miller
• Franklin Park Zoo / Zoo New England - John Linehan
• Friends of Jamaica Pond - Gerald Wright
• Friends of Leverett Pond - Arlene Mattison
• Friends of the Muddy River - Carroll Williamson
• Friends of Pinebank - Dorothy Clark
• Garden Club Federation of MA - Sally Muspratt
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Lieza Dagher
• Jamaica Hills Association - Andrea Howley
• Jamaica Pond Association - John Iappini
• Museum of Fine Arts - Katherine Getchell

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Stewardship Council

• Eugenie Beal, Boston Natural Areas Network
• Charles Beveridge, Series Editor, The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted
• Frances Colburn
• Jody Dow, Republican National Committee Woman
• Bruce Enders, Consultant, Executive Service Corps of New England
• Grace Fey, Chair, Zoo New England
• Courtney Forrester, Co-owner, Sweet Cupcakes
• David Gluck, Esq., David R. Gluck, P.C.
• Myra Harrison, Superintendent, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site / National Park Service
• Whitney Hatch, Regional Director, Trust for Public Land
• Frank Keefe, CEO, Boston Museum Project
• Mimi LaCamera, President, Freedom Trail Foundation
• Arleyn Levee, Past President, National Association of Olmsted Parks
• Robert McCoy
• Hubert Murray, AIA
• Bill Nigreen, Principal, Facilitation for Social Change
• Louise Riemer
• David Scudder, Chairman & CEO, Aureus Asset Management
• James Seder, The Cabot Estate
• Jack Smith, Consultant, Executive Service Corps of New England
• Leslie Stacks

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Rose Garden Advisory Committee

• Kit Ganshaw
• Tony Hennessey
• Sally Muspratt

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Project Review Committee

The Project Review Committee reviews projects that are proposed on property adjacent to or near the Emerald Necklace and assesses the potential impacts they may have on the park system. Membership on the Project Review Committee consists of the President and two members from each of the Conservancy's governing bodies: the Board of Directors, the Park Overseers and the Stewardship Council.

President - Julie Crockford, Emerald Necklace Conservancy

• Matt Kiefer, Committee Chair and member of Board of Directors
• Peter Barber, Board of Directors
• Jeffrey Ferris, Park Overseers
• Sarah Hamilton, Park Overseers
• James Hunnewell, Board of Directors
• Bill Nigreen, Stewardship Council
• Hubert Murray, Stewardship Council

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