JALSA Annual Meeting 2024
Monday, June 17, 2024 | 6:00 pm
WBUR CitySpace | 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD
Bill Lane, President, Superior Plumbing
Bill Lane founded Superior Plumbing in 1993, which grew into the largest plumbing & HVAC contractor in New England with close to 400 employees. Working on mostly new construction and multi-residential projects, Superior Plumbing serves as the mechanical contractor on commercial projects and has created the infrastructure for affordable housing developments throughout New England.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Health Equity Compact
This growing group of over 80 leaders of color aims to advance health equity together in Massachusetts, and has made great strides towards its mission to realize bold statewide policy and institutional practice changes centering racial justice and health equity.
Jen Faigel, Executive Director
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
CommonWealth Kitchen
CommonWealth Kitchen uses the power of inclusive entrepreneurship to transform the food economy through supporting predominantly BIPOC and women-owned business leaders and enterprises in sharing their passion, talent, and love for their craft. Since their founding in 2009, they’ve helped to launch more than 150 diverse food businesses, creating over 500 new permanent jobs, and generating over $65 million annually in combined gross revenue.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
Dirty Deeds Project
“Dirty Deeds Project” is a collaboration researching and exposing racial covenants in housing in the North Shore of Massachusetts. While no longer legally enforceable, raising awareness of the existence of these segregationist policies is important to understanding the effect they have on current zoning laws that influence where people live to this day.
Andrew DeFranza
Executive Director, Harborlight Homes
Dr. Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza
President, North Shore NAACP
LIFETIME RECOGNITION AWARDS
Representative Ruth Balser
Representative Kay Khan
For more information about sponsorship opportunities contact Kara Brickman at kara@jalsa.org.
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Claire Cooper | Leslie Reid | Joe Rettman
Members
Lawrence Neil Bailis | Alma Balonon-Rosen | G. Carter Bevan | Juan Bonilla Santiago | Rachel Bratt | David Bryant | David Colton | Symone Crawford | Michael Curry | Keri-Nicole Dillman, PhD | Kevin Doherty | Emilio Dorcely | Bob Dorfman | Andrew Fischer | George Garcia | Ed Gaskin | Mike Gildesgame Susan Gittelman | Pam Goodman | Aaron Gornstein | Vicary Graham | Mary Ellen Grossman | Rachel Heller | Richard Henken | Nate Horwitz-Willis | Sheridan Kassirer | Colin Killick | Jonathan Klein | Jason Korb | Dara Kovel | Renée Landers | Juan Fernando Lopera | Rafael Mares | Erin McAleer | Kathy McGilvray | Jesse Mermell | James Mitrano | M. Lee Pelton | Colette Phillips | Gordon Pulsifer | Jennifer Raitt | Anabelle Rondon | Jeffrey Sánchez | Rebecca Schofield | Nancy Huntington Stager | Sharon Stout | Naomi Sweitzer | Eleanor G. White | Kenneth A. Willis | Kris Wilson
Election of Board and Officers
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS*
*Listings as of Monday, May 6th
PRESENTING
NEI General Contracting
PARTNER
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
BENEFACTOR
The Miriam Fund
PATRON
Beth Israel Lahey Health | Judith Obermayer | Keith Construction Inc.
CHAMPION
Architectural Deleading | Beacon Communities | BNY Mellon Wealth Management | Claremont Companies | Bob Dorfman | First Resource Companies | Sheridan and Jerome Kassirer | Madison Park Development Corporation | Monahan Technologies | Plumb House | Point32Health | Provident Coating Services | The Norfolk Companies
ADVOCATE
Lawrence Neil Bailis and Susan Shevitz | Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston | Linda Jason and Andrew Fischer | Mike and Catharyn Gildesgame | Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers | The Boston Foundation | Amb. Barry B. and Eleanor G. White | WinnCompanies
SUPPORTER
2Life Communities | American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts | B'nai B'rith Housing | BlueHub Capital | Ellen Berkman and David Bryant | Capstone Communities LLC | Paul Chan | Hon. William “Mo” Cowan and Stacy Cowan | Brenda and Harvey Freishtat | Pam Goodman | ICON Architecture | Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boston | JFS of Metrowest | Keshet | Terry Kwan | Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) | Metro Credit Union | WaypointKLA, James Mitrano | NeighborWorks Housing Solutions | The Schochet Companies
