Board & Staff

Angie Liou, Member

Asian CDC

Angie has been in the affordable housing field since 2004.

Angie has been in the affordable housing field since 2004. Before taking over as the Executive Director of Asian Community Development Corporation, she served as ACDC's Director of Real Estate, overseeing the asset management of ACDC’s portfolio of 300+ units, shepherding projects in development, and was responsible for developing a pipeline of new projects. She previously worked as a consultant and project manager in Seattle and Philadelphia assisting nonprofits in providing safe and affordable housing. She has served as the project lead on over $150 million worth of projects. Angie received a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in Community Development. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania.

Emilio Dorcely, Board Chair

Urban Edge

Emilio is Chief Executive Officer of Urban Edge, located in Jackson Square at the crossroads of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain. At Urban Edge, Emilio oversees all lines of business in its $5M annual operating budget. He manages a leadership team that builds affordable rental homes, creates first-time homebuyers, stems displacement through foreclosure prevention, builds wealth and credit scores for low- and moderate-income families, and organizes residents living in Urban Edge’s 1,400 affordable rental homes to become leaders of community change. In 2020, Emilio will lead the organization in creating a strategic plan that will guide its future activities and objectives.

Before Urban Edge, Emilio was President and Chief Executive Officer of Bridge Street Development Corporation, a community development corporation in Brooklyn, NY. Born in Haiti and raised in New York City, Emilio has worked with the Association of Black Foundation Executives, the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, DC, and for the Rhode Island Foundation. He is an alumnus of the State University of New York at Oswego and holds a JD from the University of Iowa’s College of Law.

Rafael Mares, Clerk

The Neighborhood Developers

Rafael joined TND in July 2018 excited to work for a community development organization that serves his home community of Revere. Prior to arriving at TND, Rafael was a Vice President at the Conservation Law Foundation leading its Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice program area. He is a transportation expert and has advocated successfully for public transportation improvements in New England. Previously Rafael served as a clinical instructor and lecturer on law at the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School. Before and during law school, Rafael worked on environmental justice issues in Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and Boston. Rafael holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a B.S. in Integrated Natural Resources from the University of Vermont.

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Member

IBA—Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción

Vanessa Calderón-Rosado, Ph.D., is the Chief Executive Officer of IBA—Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, a Boston-based community building nonprofit organization founded in 1968 whose mission is to empower individuals through education, workforce development and arts programs, and to create aff

During her tenure, IBA has completed a dramatic financial, operational and programmatic turnaround, creating a stronger organization that is now poised to take a more active role in public policy issues affecting Latinos in Massachusetts. Under her leadership, IBA has expanded a joint venture with Bunker Hill Community College that created a satellite campus in Villa Victoria (IBA’s affordable housing community); has grown its youth development programs; has increased arts and culture programs to anchor it as New England’s premier Latino arts hub; and has merged with its real estate development affiliate to create more efficient mission-driven synergies and develop more affordable housing.

Dr. Calderón-Rosado has served as advisor to various task forces, boards, commissions and high-profile searches, including Boston Police Department and Boston Public Health Commission. In 2009, she was selected for the prestigious Barr Foundation Fellowship granted to the most gifted non-profit leaders in Greater Boston. In 2010, Massachusetts’ Governor Deval Patrick appointed her to the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the first Latina in the Commonwealth’s history. She is a Founding Board member of the Margarita Muñiz Academy, the first dual-language innovation high school in Massachusetts. In November 2013, Mayor-elect Martin Walsh appointed Dr. Calderón-Rosado to co-lead his housing transition team. In April 2014, Mayor Walsh appointed her as a member of his newly formed Housing Task Force and to his Women’s Commision.

Dr. Calderón-Rosado is a Puerto Rican-born community leader who also has vast experience in higher education, teaching and policy research in areas affecting Latinos and other populations of color. She received her doctorate in Public Policy on Aging at the Gerontology Center, University of Massachusetts at Boston, and a Honoris Causa Doctorate from Cambridge College.

Dave Christopolis, Member

Hilltown CDC

Dave Christopolis is the Executive Director of Hilltown CDC located in Chesterfield, MA. Dave has been working in the non-profit sector for 25 years. His past experience includes working as a mental health counselor, community organizer, planner and grant writer. Dave’s focus has always been on social justice, economic equality and advocating for policies and programs that build a more equitable society particularly for those who are disadvantaged. Dave holds a Master’s Degree in Organization and Management from Antioch New England Graduate School and studied Jazz Composition at Berklee College of Music. Dave is a working jazz musician performing across the Northeast as a sideman to many musical groups.

Jay Coburn, Member

Community Development Partnership

Jay Coburn has had an unusual career as an advocate, community activist, and chef/small business owner. Since 2012, Jay has served as President and CEO of the Community Development Partnership – the non-profit community development corporation serving the eight towns of lower Cape Cod. He oversees the CDP’s affordable housing and economic development programs designed to build a diverse year-round community of people who can afford to live, work and thrive here. Jay manages an annual budget of $3.9 million funded through government and private sector grants, individual donors and earned revenue while leading a staff of 16 professionals.

Jay grew up on a small family farm in New Jersey and has B.S. in Human Ecology from Cornell University. He spent 10 years in Washington, D.C. as an activist, lobbyist and policy analyst for several HIV/AIDS and adolescent health national nonprofits. After moving to the Outer Cape in 1997, his career took a ten year detour while he cofounded and ran one of Cape Cod’s most highly acclaimed restaurants, CHESTER. As a chef/restaurateur, he worked closely with local farms & fishermen and received technical assistance from the CDP for the restaurant’s business plan. Prior to joining CDP, Jay worked with State Senator Dan Wolf as Co-Chair of his Campaign’s Finance Committee, Director of Community Relations for his State House Office and Political Director for the Senator’s 2012 re-election.

Jay serves on the Board of Corporators of the Cape Cod Five Bank and is Chair of the Mass Association of Community Development Corporations Policy Committee. In 2015, Jay was appointed by Governor Baker to serve on the Massachusetts Rural Policy Commission and he currently serves as Vice Chair of the Commission. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Vermont’s Sterling College. He served as a member of the Truro Select Board from 2012 to 2018 and was Chair of the Select Board from 2013 to 2015

Jay lives in Provincetown and on winter weekends he can be found on the Alpine and Nordic ski trails of northern Vermont.

Robert Corley, Member

NeighborWorks of Southern Mass

Robert Corley, Executive Director, has been with NeighborWorks Southern Mass since 1997. Prior to becoming Executive Director of the agency in 2009, Robert was the Director of Real Estate for NeighborWorks Southern Mass, overseeing all of the agency’s housing development activities. Robert holds a Bachelors of Science from Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Construction Management program as well as a Masters in Community and Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University. In 2010, he participated in Boston University’s Institute for Nonprofit Management and Leadership Certificate Program and he is a recent graduate of the Achieving Excellence in Community Development program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Robert is also a state licensed Builder and Real Estate Broker. Under his leadership NeighborWorks Southern Mass has become an exemplary NeighborWorks organization in Southern Massachusetts with office locations in Quincy, Brockton and New Bedford.

Marc Dohan, Member

NewVue Communities

Marc Dohan is the Executive Director of the NewVue Communities, formally Twin Cities Community Development Corporation, in Fitchburg and Leominster, Massachusetts, a position he has held since 2002. He directed the Agency’s housing department from 2000 to 2002. Before joining the NewVue Communities, Marc worked as a lawyer focusing on municipal finance. He has a degree in both law and urban planning.

Teronda Ellis, Member

Jamaica Plain NDC

Teronda Ellis brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur, small businesswoman, real estate developer and lifelong resident of Boston to serving as the JPNDC’s CEO. Ms.

Teronda Ellis brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur, small businesswoman, real estate developer and lifelong resident of Boston to serving as the JPNDC’s CEO. Ms. Ellis’ leadership is informed by her experience in the private sector, working internationally for one of the world’s largest corporations and as a for-profit real estate developer in Boston’s neighborhoods. Her personal and professional experience allows her to bring an equity lens to all aspects of real estate and economic development.

Since joining the JPNDC in 2007, Ms. Ellis led the development of multiple complex housing developments that created and preserved more than 500 affordable homes in Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and Dorchester. Prior to joining the JPNDC, she also worked at IBM developing on-line learning tools used in many countries with diverse cultures. Ms. Ellis also worked as commercial real estate broker and in the public sector, where she worked for the City of Boston’s Fair Housing Commission.

Ms. Ellis brings keen insight into the ways a community development organization can nurture people and places from her experiences growing up in public housing in the South End. Her passion for human development is informed by her experience as a parent, raising two children, and as a daughter, raised by an artist who was also one of the first women employed in the building trades.

In 2020, the Board of Directors selected her to be the Chief Executive Officer of JPNDC.

Suneeth John, Member

Fenway CDC

Suneeth John is the Director of Real Estate at Fenway CDC.

Suneeth John is the Director of Real Estate at Fenway CDC. He has 15+ years of experience working on award winning domestic and international projects and has worn multiple hats including those of architect, landscape architect, urban designer, real estate development manager, underwriter, etc., to name a few.

Suneeth’s career has been informed and enriched by volunteer leadership positions in participatory planning and affordable housing development. He is the President of the Board of Metro West Collaborative Development, a CDC focused on improving affordable housing opportunities in Boston’s western suburbs. Suneeth was also a former member of the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) in Watertown. In addition to degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, Suneeth also holds a Master of Science in Real Estate Development (MSRED). He is a registered landscape architect (MA) and a USGBC LEED AP BD+C.

Gail Latimore, Member

Codman Square CDC

Gail is a veteran of nonprofit management and development, with 25 years experience working in the public or nonprofit sector. She has served as the Executive Director of Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp (CSNDC) since 1998. In this role, she has overall responsibility for the management, growth and health of this premier community development corporation. During Gail’s tenure, CSNDC has grown exponentially, expanding its service base to meet the needs of the community. Additionally, during this time, CSNDC has developed over 200 units of affordable housing, both homeownership and rental.

Gail holds a bachelors degree in Architecture from Columbia University and has completed coursework towards a master’s degree in Urban Affairs at Boston University. A founding Board member of the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Gail continues to serves on several national, state, regional and local boards dedicated to responsible community development, including the National NeighborWorks Association, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations and the Four Corners Action Coalition.

Gail is married, with three children, including 14-year old twins and a 3 year old—all girls.

Colleen Loveless, Member

Revitalize CDC

Colleen received a Bachelor’s Degree B.S.B.A. in Marketing and a Masters in Business Administration M.B.A. from Western New England University. She has worked in various sales and marketing positions for H.P. Hood in Boston, The NutraSweet Company (Division of Monsanto) in Chicago and Heublein (Wine & Spirits) in Hartford before starting her own business in 1994.

For 15 years she owned an international category management organization located in Hartford, CT and Tampa, FL. The organization specialized in strategic sales planning, marketing and merchandising for food and consumer product manufacturers and retailers in the North American, European and Latin American markets. Sample client list included: Gerber Baby Foods, Stanley Tools, Goya Foods, Colgate-Palmolive, Shaw’s Supermarkets, Schlage Hardware, and the Swiss owned company - Novartis Pharmaceutical.

Colleen serves on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC), Boston University’s Leadership Council & a Parent Ambassador, the Policy Leadership Council at the Citizen’s Housing & Planning Association (CHAPA), and Baystate Medical Center’s Benefits Advisory Council (CBAC). In the past she has served on the Johnson & Wales University Advisory Board in Providence, RI, the Suffield Foundation for Excellent Schools in Connecticut and the Long-Term Recovery Group following the tornadoes in 2011 that devastated Western Massachusetts.

In 2009 she accepted the position of the first Executive Director for Revitalize Community Development Corporation taking it from an all volunteer organization working just one day per year to a year-round program and office on Main Street in Springfield. Revitalize CDC provides critical repairs, rehabilitation, and modifications on the homes of low-income families with children, the elderly, military veterans and people with special needs.

In 2015 the organization expanded its services into the city of Holyoke, MA. Since Colleen started in 2009 RCDC has completed over 300 home projects with the help of almost 10,000 volunteers and hundreds of sponsors, donors, and collaborators. RCDC has also worked on many nonprofit facilities and community spaces over the last several years. Examples include: The Ronald McDonald House, Transitional Home for Homeless Military Veterans, Square One Playground, WGBY’s North End Learning & Literacy Center, JC Williams Community Center, Community Music School, and created a community garden.

The organization has increased the number of individuals served on home projects per year from approximately 15-20 up to as high as 300. When nonprofit and community spaces and parks are included, the number of individuals served is well into the thousands annually. Thanks to generous sponsors, donors, and volunteers, RCDC consistently leverages funding by a ratio as high as 4 to 1, investing $29 Million of value into the cities of Springfield and Holyoke since its inception.

In 2013 Revitalize CDC implemented a strategic Neighborhood Revitalization Plan in Old Hill called GreenNFit. The annual GreenNFit block rebuilds have been and will be on contiguous blocks, from Tyler St to Hickory St. Each year, over 25 homes are worked on 1 block with over 1,000 volunteers and 90 sponsors. In 10 years, over 250 homes will be rebuilt directly impacting almost 1,000 individuals. To date, Tyler St, Pendleton Ave, King St, Lebanon St and Greene St have been completed. The initiative will: preserve affordable housing stock, keep houses on the tax rolls, and prevent condemnation/abandonment, ensure that low-income homeowners have safe, healthy, and energy-efficient homes, increase homeowners’ financial stability through reduced energy bills and decreased need for capital improvements, improve residents’ quality of life, sense of community, and civic pride.

Colleen Loveless Awards:
•   Western New England University “Alumna of the Year”                       2016
•   Business West - “Difference Maker” Class of 2014                         2014
•   Develop Springfield – “Partners in Progress” Award                        2014
Revitalize CDC Awards
•   Stone Soul – “Community Service” Award                           2013
•   National Booz Allen Hamilton #1 Affiliate in the USA-Management Excellence Award        2012
•   Recognition Award from the Massachusetts Secretary of Labor & Workforce Development        2012
Secretary Joanne F. Goldstein for the successful implementation of the “National Emergency Grant"
•   Citation Award – City of Springfield – Mayor Domenic Sarno                   2012
Recognition for 20 years of service in the city
•   Citation Award – Commonwealth of MA – Governor Deval L. Patrick & House of Representatives   2012
Rebuilding low-income family’s homes damaged by the 2011 tornadoes

Kimberly Lyle, Vice Chair

Dorchester Bay EDC

Kimberly R. Lyle is the Chief Executive Officer at Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation. Prior to her work in community development, Kimberly worked in financial services, tech, and higher education.

Kimberly holds a Master of Public Policy from Tufts University and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Rutgers University. She serves on the board of the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations (MACDC), and as Vice President of the Board at the Cooperative Fund of the Northeast (CFNE).

Kimberly is a proud native of the Roxbury neighborhood in Boston, where she currently resides. She is an amateur gardener, a mentor to college-bound teens and young professionals, and she is active in her community.

Gonzalo Puigbo, Treasurer

Somerville Community Corporation

Gonzalo J. Puigbo is the Chief Executive Officer of Somerville Community Corporation.

Gonzalo J. Puigbo is the Chief Executive Officer of Somerville Community Corporation. He brings a rare combination of corporate and community experience with an entrepreneurial and inclusive spirit and a mission to help low income families to achieve financial independence via homeownership, workforce development, financial literacy and education and community organizing and leadership initiatives.

Gonzalo began his banking career at Citizens Bank, where he quickly moved up the ranks from Loan Officer to Producing Sales Manager. He received the coveted President's Club Award for 2004 & 2005 for outstanding sales and community outreach and worked there for over 8 years. In 2006, he went to work at Eastern Bank as a Regional Sales Manager and received the 2012 Corporate Value award for his outstanding community involvement.
Prior to SCC, Gonzalo worked at People’s United Bank as the Vice President, CRA & Community Development Officer for Northern New England, where he learned and embraced the challenges facing our low income households and how to utilize equity and investment resources to bridge the gap of the financial needs of our communities.

Gonzalo is a passionate Servant Leader willing to help anyone along the way who needs help with financial services and education. He has taught over 500+ homebuyer education seminars and over 100+ financial education classes with the hope of giving low income households and working chance for financial independence. He has eagerly volunteered as a leader with many non-profit organizations and was Chair of the Board of Directors at Compass Working Capital and is the current Co-Chair of MCBC’s Lending Committee.

Gonzalo received his Bachelor of Science and MBA from Framingham State University. In 2012, his alma mater presented him with the Alumni Achievement Award for his outstanding work in our local communities.
Gonzalo always dreamed of moving to the US, finish college, build his own enterprise and raise a family. He is thankful that he has been able to accomplish that and much more and is appreciative of what this country has offered to make this happen.

Gonzalo loves visiting his second home in Cape Cod during the Summer and travel with his wife and kids all over the world.

Shirronda Almeida, Director of The Mel King Institute for Community Building

Shirronda Almeida, Director of The Mel King Institute for Community Building, assists CDCs in improving their capacity as community resources and serves on MACDC’s management team.

Shirronda Almeida, Director of The Mel King Institute for Community Building, assists CDCs in improving their capacity as community resources and serves on MACDC’s management team. Under the auspices of the Institute, launched in 2009, she manages the Alliance – Advancing Community Development by Confronting Racism, the Community Development Mentoring Program and the Innovation Forum. The Institute partners to offer numerous trainings and seminar series for professionals, AmeriCorps members, Board members, residents and other local leaders in community development.

Shirronda is a gubernatorial appointee for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and on the boards of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, and Center for the Living City. In 2017, she was presented with the Nancy Nye Memorial Award by Women’s Institute for Housing and Economic Development. Prior to her time at MACDC, Shirronda worked in youth development programming, community organizing, prevention and public art programs. She holds a Master's degree in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Simmons University. Shirronda is Reiki Master and a registered yoga instructor.

Email: shirrondaa@macdc.org
Phone: (617) 379-5923

Don Bianchi, Director of Housing

Don Bianchi is the Director of Housing at MACDC. Don promotes MACDC's public policy agenda, fosters working relationships among the public, private and nonprofit sectors, and assists CDCs in building capacity. Much of his work is focused on supporting MACDC's Members in their affordable housing and real estate development work. Don has been working by and for CDCs for more than 25 years, and has over 35 years’ experience in affordable housing development, lending, and policy. Prior to working at MACDC, Don served as Hilltown CDC's Housing Director for over 8 years, where he led the CDC's initial foray into housing development and successfully developed affordable rental and ownership housing for families and seniors. Don holds a master's degree in urban and environmental policy from Tufts University. He lives in Northampton.

Email: donb@macdc.org
Phone: (617) 379-5926

Elana Brochin, Director of Health Equity

Elana Brochin is MACDC’s Program Director for Health Equity, where she drives MACDC’s work to promote health equity through the convergence of community development and health through policy, partnerships, and technical assistance to MACDC members. Elana earned an MS in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition and a Masters of Public Health from Tufts University and a BA from Cornell University. Prior to working at MACDC, Elana worked as the Health Care Project Manager at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office (AGO), where she managed the update of the Attorney General’s Community Benefits Guidelines. Previous to her work at the AGO, Elana worked as a Research Coordinator and Research Associate at the Institute for Aging Research. Elana has lived in Jamaica Plain since 2009, where she is an enthusiastic community member. Elana is an avid board game player, a Moth StorySLAM winner, and is currently refining her handstand practice.

Email: elanab@macdc.org
Phone: 617-514-2336

Yari DeJesus, Director of Economic Development

Yari DeJesus is MACDC’s Director of Economic Development where she drives the economic development priority initiatives and provides technical assistance to MACDC members. Yari earned a master’s degree in Public Administration from Northeastern University. Prior to joining MACDC, Yari served as the Associate Director of Small Business at the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) where she provided individualized technical assistance and educational workshops to existing and aspiring small business owners with the goals of stabilization, growth, or expansion. Yari is an entrepreneur and has been a small business owner for 10 years and is also the founder of a Boston based cycling community empowering women of all ages in Boston to join the sport.

Grace Dowling, Health Equity Intern

Grace Dowling is MACDC’s Health Equity intern. Much of her work supports the planning and implementation of MACDC’s Housing Quality and Health Equity Initiative; she also assists with communications and tasks related to MACDC’s Health Equity Committee, and she is a member of MACDC’s Policy Committee.

Grace is currently earning a master's degree in Community Development and Planning at Clark University in Worcester, MA, having recently graduated from Clark with a bachelor’s degree in sociology. She is passionate about the intersections of housing justice and health equity. As an undergraduate, she studied the social determinants of health, researched the history of housing cooperatives in New York City, her city of origin, and published a podcast examining the sociohistorical roots and implications of the housing crisis in Worcester called, “Worcester Housing Explained: How Housing Became a Crisis.” Grace previously worked at the Worcester Community Action Council as a case manager and the Greater Worcester Community Foundation as a program coordinator. This past Summer, alongside her work at MACDC, Grace edited climate risk profiles of various countries for the U.S. Agency for International Development. Grace has been a writing tutor for over three years and currently works as a consultant at her university’s writing center. She enjoys journaling, taking walks, and long conversations with friends.

Email: graced@macdc.org

Phone: (617) 379-5984

Emily Haber, CEO & President

Emily Haber brings to the MACDC team over 30 years of experience in planning and community development.

Emily Haber brings to the MACDC team over 30 years of experience in planning and community development. As CEO and President, Emily oversees MACDC’s support to CDC’s across the Commonwealth as they tackle issues related to affordable housing, economic development, community health equity, and racial justice. Before joining MACDC in August 2023, Emily served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Massachusetts Service Alliance (MSA), where during her 15-year tenure, she oversaw support to 100’s of organizations across the Commonwealth that rely upon volunteers and AmeriCorps and Commonwealth Corps members to meet critical needs in their communities.

Before joining MSA, Emily served as Program Director of Boston Main Streets, a public-private initiative of the City of Boston established to revitalize Boston's many neighborhood commercial districts. At Boston Main Streets, Emily built partnerships with community stakeholders, implemented plans to foster vibrant, commercial districts in Boston, and provided technical assistance to local small businesses. Emily has served on the boards of the MA Nonprofit Network, America’s State Service Commissions, and Voices for National Service. She holds a B.A. from Vassar College and a Masters in City Planning from M.I.T. Emily loves to ski and snowshoe which doesn’t win her many friends when she exhibits an unreasonable enthusiasm for snow.

Email: ehaber@macdc.org
Phone: (617) 379-5921

Amanda Kahan, Communications and Program Coordinator

Amanda is a graduate of UniBagozzi in Curitiba, Brazil, finishing first in her class with a degree in Marketing. She has excelled as a marketing manager for Agape Transportation and as a marketing and operations manager for a flourishing hair salon, hosting over 60 experts. Amanda relocated to the United States in 2018 as part of an exchange program to extend her experience in Digital Marketing and Communications.

Throughout her career, Amanda's marketing and design expertise has contributed to various initiatives, such as new brand imaging. In her current role, she oversees the professional education program for Mel King Institute, coordinates trainings, maintains the website, and produces newsletters featuring spotlight articles and testimonials. Part of her work is also to ensure that MACDC's communications align with their core values of racial equity, economic justice, and community voice while continuously using data analytics to enhance their communication strategies.

In addition to MACDC, Amanda dedicates herself to IMPACTability as the VP of Marketing and Board Member. In this role, she is responsible for supervising all marketing and communication strategies, as well as managing fundraising efforts.

Apart from work, Amanda cherishes spending quality time with her family and adorable puppy, often accompanied by Beyoncé's tunes.

Email: amandak@macdc.org
Phone: (617) 379 5925

Kavi Neva, Mel King Institute Special Initiatives AmeriCorps Fellow

Kavi primarily does communication, outreach, and administrative work for Mel King Institute.

As a new Massachusetts resident with a passion for community building, he sees his role at MACDC (via LISC Massachusetts AmeriCorps) as an opportunity to serve and familiarize himself with his new community, while also engaging with the professional side of the nonprofit field after several years of volunteer experience with organizations in New Hampshire, Quebec, and Massachusetts.

Kavi is a recent graduate from Concordia University in Montreal, where he was a Sustainability Ambassador during his final year. He holds a bachelor's in English literature, minoring in human rights studies and has experience working in healthcare and journalism.

Outside of work, he enjoys riding bikes, playing disc golf, and making clothes out of secondhand materials.

Email: kavin@macdc.org

Phone: (617) 379 5935

Nathanael Shea, Director of Public Policy

As Director of Public Policy, Nathanael leads MACDC's policy team and advances the policy goals of CDCs in state and local government. Prior to his time at MACDC, he spent 11 years in the office of state Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz, including 8 as Chief of Staff. During his tenure in her office, he led the Senator’s staff in all areas of legislative, state budget, and community engagement work, and was a key player in major legislative victories to improve funding for public schools, reform policing practices, reduce mass incarceration, expand access to multi-lingual public education, and establish concrete equity measures in the state’s cannabis industry. Prior to his time in the Senate, Nathanael was a professional stage actor. He lives in Watertown with his family and is an avid bicycle commuter.

Ping Wang, Staff Accountant

Born and raised in China, Ping came to the United States in 2011 after working at the Postal Bank of China for eight years. Ping earned her bachelor’s and master’s in accounting in the U.S.

Born and raised in China, Ping came to the United States in 2011 after working at the Postal Bank of China for eight years. Ping earned her bachelor’s and master’s in accounting in the U.S. Ping has worked as a tax preparer and bookkeeper in the past nine years and has had a variety of clients from individuals to medium-sized businesses. Ping finds her work to be greatly satisfying and interesting as the financial/tax documents she reviews often tell a story.

In her spare time, Ping loves practicing tennis with her son and going swimming with her daughter, as well as knitting cute scarfs and hats in the winter.

B.A. English Language, Anhui University (China)
B.S. Business Administration with Concentration in Accounting, Worcester State University
M.S. Accountancy, Bentley University

Email: pingw@macdc.org

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