Board of Directors
The Boston Foundation is overseen by a distinguished Board of Directors, selected to represent the broad diversity of our community's interests and needs. All grants from the Foundation are approved by the Board, which also sets policy and guides the Foundation as it fulfills its mission.
Directors serve up to two five-year terms. Click on the names of current Directors to access their biographies.
*Eligible for another five-year term.
Officers
Dwight Poler
Chair
M. Lee Pelton
President & CEO
Brian Douglas
Treasurer
George C. Wilson
Assistant Treasurer
Kristen O'Connell
Secretary
Leigh Gaspar
Assistant Secretary
Emeriti Directors
Emeriti directors include all former directors who served for two consecutive five-year terms or have been designated director emeritus by a vote of the board.
Mr. Dwight L. Allison Jr.
Mrs. Carol F. Anderson
Ms. Joan Bok
The Honorable Marianne B. Bowler
Mr. Richard M. Burnes Jr.
Dr. Louis Casagrande
Mr. Gerald Chertavian
Ms. Catherine D’Amato
Mr. Richard DeWolfe
The Honorable Barbara A. Dortch-Okara
Mrs. Sandra Edgerley
Mr. Michael Eisenson
Mrs. Grace Fey
Mrs. Atsuko Toko Fish
Mr. Christopher Gabrieli
Mr. Paul C. Gannon
Ms. Frieda Garcia
Mr. Robert A. Glassman
Mrs. Carol Rabb Goldberg
Rev. Dr. Gregory G. Groover, Sr.
Mr. Paul Guzzi
Rev. Dr. Ray A. Hammond, M.D.
Mr. Ronald A. Homer
Mr. Ira Jackson
Ms. Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Mr. Charles Ray Johnson
Mr. Martin S. Kaplan, Esq.
Mr. Michael Keating
Mr. Paul La Camera
Mr. Paul W. Lee
Ms. Linda Mason
Mr. Ed Masterman
Mr. Jack Meyer
Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan
Mr. Herb Morse
Mr. Peter Nessen
Mr. Ronald O'Hanley
Mr. Lawrence T. Perera
Mr. Kevin C. Phelan
Mr. Hanson S. Reynolds, Esq.
Mr. David Rockefeller Jr.
Mr. T.J. Rose
Mr. Greg Shell
Mr. Binkley C. Shorts
Ms. Micho F. Spring
Ms. Benaree P. Wiley