Josh Kraft, Executive Director, Boys and Girls Club of Boston - Chelsea Clubhouse
Paul Epstein, Co-founder, Foundation to be named later.
Jennifer Waldner, Vice President, Community Affairs, State Street Corporation
Alona Abalos, Chief of Staff, Corporate Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Moderator: David Shapiro, CEO, Mass Mentoring Partnership
Volunteerism
Volunteer, Massachusetts!
Participants will gain a better understanding about trends in volunteerism, especially in Massachusetts, will hear about major volunteer sector updates and will work together to develop strategies for how different stakeholders can partner more effectively to inspire a volunteer movement across the Commonwealth.
Co-Facilitators: Theresa Ellis, CEO, Common Impact & Patrice Keegan, Executive Director, Boston Cares.
Morning Session: Moderator: Mal Coles, Atlantic Area Manager, Corporation for National & Community Service Confirmed Speakers: Mollie Goggin, Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Service Alliance; Natalie Wadzinski, Commonwealth of Mass., HR, Policy Developer; Patrice Keegan, Executive Director, Boston Cares; David Magnani, Executive Director, Massachusetts Nonprofit Network; Mary Gunn, Executive Director, Generations Inc.; Kara Cohen, AARP.
Afternoon Session: Co-Moderators, Mia Roberts, COO, Big Sister of Greater Boston; Jean Horstman, CEO, Inner City Entrepreneurs. Confirmed Speaker: Tim Davis, Research Director for the Indicators Project, The Boston Foundation
Business Partnerships
Business Partnerships Making a Difference.
Here we’ll look at the many formal and informal ways that business executives have collaborated with community leaders on issues that have a direct impact on key areas such as economic and workforce development, housing and education.
Facilitator: John Ballantine, Ph.D., Director of the MSF Program, International Business School, Brandeis University Confirmed Speakers: Robert Ansin, CEO, MassInnovation; Michael Hogan, President & CEO, A.D. Makepeace; Fred Mulligan, President of Cutler Associations; Edward Dugger III, President & CEO, UNC Partners, Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
Afternoon Session Confirmed Speakers: Dennis Duquette, Vice President, Community Relations, Fidelity Investments; John Werner, Executive Director, Citizens Schools Boston; Mary Sarr, Civic Council Program Manager, Cisco Systems; Gregg Croteau, Executive Director, United Teen Equality Center; Melissa Harper, Executive Director, Good Sports; Dan Touhey, Vice President of Marketing, Spalding Corporation
Social Capital, Diverse Neighborhoods & Networks
Where Goes the Neighborhood? Social Capital in Today’s Communities.
Social networking may be the rage, but local social ties have weakened over the past generation. This track will explore how neighborhoods and local relationships are changing, highlight effective practices, and share ideas on how to build bridges that span differences in increasingly diverse communities.
Facilitator: David Crowley, President and Founder, SCI Social Capital Inc. Confirmed Speakers: Sayra Pinto, Associate Vice President for Inclusion and Community Learning, Mount Wachusett Community College & Executive Director, Twin Cities Latino Coalition; Jeff Stone, Director, City-Wide Dialogues Bishop Walter J. Weekes, Christ Tabernacle Apostolic Church Joseph Porcelli, Executive Director, Neighbors for Neighbors, Inc.
Politics & Policymaking
Demystifying Politics in Massachusetts: You Can Be a Player Too.
This track will show you how to influence electoral campaigns and politicians to achieve meaningful and lasting policy change. We’ll look at everything from grassroots networking, to issue-focused campaign design and development.
Facilitator: Judy Meredith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute. Confirmed Speakers: Senator Edward M. Augustus, Chair of the Election Laws Committee, Massachusetts State Senate George Pillsbury, Director of Development, Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, Wilnelia Rivera, Campaigns Director, Neighbor to Neighbor, Michael Hannahan, Ph.D., Director, University of Massachusetts Civic Initiative
Lifetime Citizenship through Education
Teaching the Student-Citizen: A Continuum of Civic Education and Engagement.
Here educators and community leaders will explore how civic mindedness can be nurtured and developed across one’s lifetime of education through childhood to adulthood service-learning experiences. Mentorship and skills building are areas that will also be examined.
Facilitators: Joan Whitney, President, Community Youth Alliance & Jon Parise, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Massachusetts Campus Compact. Confirmed Speakers: Maureen Curley (Moderator), President, Campus Compact; Meira Levinson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; John Reiff, Ph.D., Director, UMass Office of Community Service Learning at Commonwealth College; Julian Brown-Myers, Director Project Y.E.S., Lynn, MA; Maureen Power, Ph.D., Professor & Executive Director, Intergenerational Urban Institute, Worcester State College;
