The Board meets 9 times a year.
Robert Mazzarella, Chair
Robert Mazzarella has over 33 years experience in the security’s industry and more than 18 years at Fidelity Investments. Before he retired from Fidelity Investments in February, 2002 he was president of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC. Mr. Mazzarella served on the Securities Industry Association’s Board of Directors, chaired the SIA’s Discount Brokerage Committee, and was a member of the Market Structure Committee (also at SIA). He has also served on the boards of the Philadelphia Stock Clearing Corporation and Depository, The Chicago Board of Options Exchange, the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, the Boston Stock Exchange and Redibook ECN, Inc. Mr. Mazzarella was a member of The New York Stock Exchange, and served on the NYSE’s Regional Firms Committee. Mr. Mazzarella holds an accounting degree from New York Institute of Technology. He is now serving on a number of boards and is also providing consulting services to a number of major financial services firms and advising venture capital firms regarding financial services investments.
Chair: Executive Committee
Member: Finance Committee
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Bobbie Knable, Vice-Chair
For close to two decades, Bobbie Knable served as the Dean of Students at Tufts University before retiring in 2000. Currently she works as an educational consultant and serves on the Board of Trustees of Bennington College in Vermont. During the 2003-04 school year, Knable served as the Interim President of City on a Hill. She is a graduate of Oberlin Conservatory of Music and over the years taught courses on Black Literature, including Black Women Writers as well as on the topics of Leadership and Gender, Class and Race. She makes her home in Brookline with her husband, and is an elected member of the Brookline Town Meeting.
Member: Executive Committee
Joe Cali, Treasurer
Joe Cali is the Executive Vice president of Product and Marketing for the Grand Circle Corporation. In this role he oversees all marketing activities for the company, which this year will generate sales exceeding $300 million and serve more than 100,000 travelers. Cali has an MBA from New Hampshire College and a B.S. in Accounting form the University of Massachusetts at Lowell. He lives with his wife and two children in Southborough, Massachusetts.
Chair: Finance Committee
Member: Executive Committee
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Dave Lane, Secretary
David J. Lane is the Chairman of Cabot Risk Strategies, LLC, a risk management firm. He has had a long and distinguished career in public affairs: Lane has served as Town Moderator of the Town of Essex for many years and was a State Representative in the 1970's for a district representing several North Shore communities. While in the Legislature he was a member of the Vocational School Study Committee. Lane graduated from Harvard College with a B.A. in 1948 and has three professional insurance designations. He lives with his wife in their long-time home in Essex, MA, and has two married children and four grandchildren.
Member: Executive Committee, Real Estate Task Force
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Maurice Wright
Maurice Wright has a long record of service in the area of education, including his present position as the METCO Director for the town of Belmont. Prior to that he was the Vice President of Human Resources at the Renaissance Charter School in Boston, was once the METCO Director for the town of Lincoln, and served as a trustee of the Beaver Country Day School. Wright received his B.A. from Allen University, his M.A. in Urban Affairs from Lehigh University and an M.A. in Educational Management from Boston University. He is a member, past chair and founding organizer of the African American Federation of Greater Boston, and lives in Mattapan with his wife.
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Lee Delaney
Lee Delaney is a Partner in Bain & Company's Boston office. Prior to joining Bain, Lee led consulting engagements for Electronic Data Systems and Deloitte & Touche Consulting Group. He attended business school at Carnegie Mellon University, earning a Masters of Science in Industrial Administration (MBA). Lee is also a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he received a Bachelor of Science with highest honors in computer science and mathematics. Lee currently lives in Beacon Hill with his wife.
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Kevin Mohan
Kevin Mohan is a general partner with Summit Partners, a $5 billion private equity fund based in Boston. Mohan leads investments in private, profitable growth companies and assists management with growth strategies as a board member. Summit has a 20-year track record of strong returns for its limited partners and aggressive assistance for its companies. Mohan previously worked for McKinsey & Company and for the Harvard Management Company. He graduated from Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, and Harvard College. He was born and raised in Milford, Massachusetts where he attended public schools. Kevin currently lives in Boston.
Rukia Ali
Rukia Ali is employed as an outreach program coordinator for the Whittier Street Health Center in the lower Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Whittier Street Health Center provides healthcare and public health education to low-income residents of Boston. As an outreach program coordinator, Ms. Ali works with low-income families to help them get access to quality health care. Rukia is also involved in grassroots efforts in her community around issues of voter registration, youth counseling, and access to public services. Ms. Ali graduated from the Somali National University with a bachelor of arts in Political Science. She lives in Boston with her family and is the parent of a City on a Hill alumnus.
Michael Grossman
Michael Grossman is an equity research analyst for MFS Investment Management and lives in Boston's South End. Michael has been active in youth civic affairs having participated in the Citizen Schools and Power Lunch programs and coached ice hockey in South Boston. In addition, he has led in the development of a young alumni association for his high school, the Kingswood-Oxford School in West Hartford, CT, where he currently serves as a Co-Chair of the Young Alumni Club and is involved in fundraising efforts. Michael is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he received a bachelor's degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics.
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Stephen Kraus
Stephen Kraus is the Director of the Ironwood Equity Fund, a $60 million venture capital fund focused on making expansion and later stage investments in small business. In the past, Kraus worked as a consultant at Bain & Company; while at Bain he served as the founding Executive Director of Inspire! a non-profit agency that provides consulting services to educational and youth development organizations. He graduated summa cum laude from Yale University with a degree in Political Science. Kraus lives in the South End of Boston.
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