Professional Advisors Committee

This committee counsels the Boston Foundation as we establish, develop and maintain strong working relationships with the members of Greater Boston’s advisor community. Additionally, the Committee provides its members with opportunities to exchange charitable giving ideas, learn about new issues in philanthropy and establish new relationships with other advisors.

We are grateful to the following current members for their contributions to this important committee.

Susan Ogrodnik-Smith
President – Private Client Group
HUB International 

Calixto Perez
Senior Financial Advisor
Wells Fargo Advisors

David S. Raymon
Partner
Day Pitney LLP  

Jordana G. Schreiber
Partner
Day Pitney LLP

Nicholas Sharis
Managing Director – Private Client Group
SCS Financial

Katherine M. Sheehan
Managing Director, Wealth Strategist
Crestwood Advisors 

Melissa E. Sydney
Partner
Tarlow, Breed, Hart & Rogers, P.C. 
2024-2025 PAC Vice Chair

Reena Thadhani
Strategic Advisor
Brown Advisory

Amiel Z. Weinstock
Principal
AZW Law, P.C. 

Debra A. Whitney
Partner & Senior Client Advisor
Ballentine Partners, LLC

PAC Alumni

Sarah M. Allen
Rice, Heard & Bigelow, Inc.

Sean Apgar   
BBR Partners LLC

Laurie J. Austin
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP

Laura K. Barooshian, CPA, MST
PKF O'Connor Davies, LLP

Brett J. Barthelmeh
Squillace & Associates, P.C.

Thomas H. Belknap, Esq.*

Laurie A. Bencal, CPA, MST
CBIZ & MHM New England

Debbie Bing
Center for Applied Research

Steven Burke
McLane Middleton

Alice Burley
SCS Financial

Hillary Burr
Wolf & Company, P.C.

Bithiah L. Carter
Give Black Alliance 

Cameron Casey 
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Mark M. Christopher, Esq.
Goulston & Storrs PC

Andrew Clark
Marcum LLP

Kimberly R. Clouse, CTFA
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L. Joseph Comeau, CPA±

Nicole L. Cyr
Daigle & Associates LLP 

Anthony J. Daigle, CPA, JD, MST
Daigle & Associates LLP

Steven Dechiario
Truist Wealth

Carolyn Decker
Lake Street Advisors Group, LLC

Patrick J. Delahunty
Merrill Lynch

Nancy E. Dempze, Esq.
Hemenway & Barnes

David Desmarais
Kahn, Litwin, Renza

Robert J. Donnelly
Marsh McLennan Agency LLC

Susan N. Dupuis
Eisner Advisory Group LLC

Douglas R. Ederle
SCS Financial

Robert H. Erdmann
Felton, Berlin & Erdmann Insurance Services, Inc.

Coventry Edwards-Pitt, CFA, CFP®
Ballentine Partners, LLC

Jennifer S. Ewing, Esq.
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Michael L. Fay, Esq.*±

Scott C. Fithian*±

Kenneth C. Forasté
The Coyle Company

Beth C. Gamel, CPA, PFS*

Mary E. Gilligan, Esq.*
MG Financial LLC

A. Silvana Giner, Esq.
Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Robert P. Goldman, Esq.
Bob Goldman Law

Nicholas A. Grace, Esq.*

Martin Hall, Esq.*
Hall & Diana LLC

Michael D. Hough
Andersen

Peter T, Jaworski, CFP®, ChFC, CLU
Financial Planning Strategies, LLC

Scott B. Kaplowitch
Edelstein & Company LLP

Nancy N. Keller-Go
BNY Mellon Wealth Management

James M. Kittler
Trove

Kenneth Knox, CLU, ChFC, AEP®
Tenzing Insurance Strategies

Melissa Langa, Esq.
Bove & Langa, P.C.

Candace R. Lau-Hansen

Sheila C. Lawrence
Ballentine Partners, LLC

Shari A. Levitan, Esq.
Holland & Knight LLP

Amy R. Lonergan
Day Pitney LLP

William A. Lowell, Esq.
Choate, Hall & Stewart, LLP

Leiha Macauley, Esq.
Day Pitney LLP

Colleen MacLeod

Shamus McBride
Goldman Sachs

Timothy S. McBride, Esq., MBA, CFP®, ChFC, CLU
Bessemer Trust

Jacqueline R. McCoy
Paul | McCoy Family Office Services LLP

Katie McDonough
Paul | McCoy Family Office Services LLP

Drew McMorrow, CFP®
Ballentine Partners, LLC

Joshua S. Miller
Acadia Management Co.

Laurel M. Millette
Transitions Law LLC

Michael A. Mingolelli, Jr.
Winged Keel Group

Brian W. Monnich
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

Evelyn V. Moreno, Esq.*
Nixon Peabody LLP

Joseph H. Morgart*
Amundi US

Mary B. Mullin, CFP®*
Merrill Lynch

Jennifer Christian Murtie
Ballentine Partners, LLC

Pamela Murray
Momentum Philanthropy

Suma V. Nair
Fiduciary Trust

Amy B. Naughton, Esq.
Lourie & Cutler, P.C.

Jonathan J. Oliver
J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Adrienne M. Penta
Brown Brothers Harriman

J. H. Daingerfield Perry, CLU*

Margery L. Piercey, CPA
Mass Insight Education and Research

Michelle M. Porter
Goulston & Storrs PC

Rebecca R. Pouliot
CAPTRUST

Deirdre Prescott
Sandy Cove Advisors

Michael J. Puzo, Esq.
Hemenway & Barnes

Hanson S. Reynolds, Esq.*

Elliot Rotstein
Ballentine Partners, LLC

Kylie C. Ruschioni
Trove

Steven R. Sarcione
Trove

Gary P. Savage, CFP®, CPA, MST
CAPTRUST

Judith A. Saxe, Esq.*
CIBC Private Wealth Management

Leah R. Sciabarrasi
Crestwood Advisors

Charles E. Shirley, CPA, MST
PwC

William G. Speciale, Esq., MST*
Cerity Partners LLC

Scott E. Squillace, Esq.
Squillace & Associates, P.C.

David F. Squire*

Chitra Staley
Beacon Pointe

Craig Standish
Brown Advisory

Jon E. Steffensen, Esq.
McLane Middleton

Kurt R. Steinkrauss, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC

Marjorie Suisman*
AZW Law, LLC

Richard W. Talkov, Esq.*
Goulston & Storrs PC

Dune Thorne, CWS®, CTFA
Brown Advisory

Anne Marie Towle
Fiduciary Trust Company International 

Brian Walsh
Boston Financial Management

Charles A. Walsh III, CFP®
Pathstone

Barbara Freedman Wand
Day Pitney LLP

Anne L. Warren
Brown Brothers Harriman

Sara A. Wells
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

R. Robert Woodburn, Jr., Esq.*
Hemenway & Barnes 

Deborah Woodman, CPA, MST
Woodman-Forrest Financial Services, LLC

Danielle Oristian York
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* PAC Founding Member
± Deceased