JALSA Annual Meeting 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 2025 | 6:00 pm
WBUR CitySpace | 890 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA
DISTINGUISHED
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Pennrose and Charlie Adams
President of Development
Pennrose is a national leader in creating affordable and mixed-income multifamily housing, serving families, seniors, the LGBTQ+ community, and veterans.
COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AWARD
For their commitment to equity for workers in the restaurant industry.
Mamaleh’s Delicatessen, Rachel Miller Munzer
Mei Mei, Irene Shiang Li
COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP AWARD
Pastor Dieufort Jean "Keke" Fleurissaint
Pastor Keke is the epicenter of Boston’s Haitian community, helping immigrants access legal services, opportunities for personal growth and financial stability.
LIFETIME RECOGNITION AWARDS
Roger Herzog
Executive Director
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Roger has dedicated his career to advocating for new affordable and supportive housing developments and organizing tenants, owners, CDCs, and local communities.
Nancy Huntington Stager
President and CEO
Eastern Bank Foundation
Nancy has partnered with fellow change-makers across nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors, shaping the Bank’s corporate social responsibility culture.
Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
As the Executive Director at Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) since 2002, Marc Draisen led the agency providing technical and professional services that improve physical, social, and economic health for the people who live and work in the Metro Boston region.
For more information about sponsorship opportunities contact Kara Brickman at kara@jalsa.org.
LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE
Co-Chairs
Sara Barcan | Barbara Berke | Mike Binette | Aaron Gornstein | Bill Lane | Paul Lee | Tameka Moss | Rick Muraida | Michael Murray | Colette Phillips | Dan Rosen | Jonathan Rosenthal | Marie St. Fleur | Sasha Polonsky Tulgan | Susu Wong
Members
Christine Abramo | Secretary Ed Augustus | Lawrence Neil Bailis | Alma Balonon-Rosen | Phyllis Barajas | G. Carter Bevan | Gail Breslow | David Bryant | Sarah Byrnes | Yully Cha | Paul Chan | Yongmei Chen | Chaplain Clementina Chéry | Robert Corley | Michelle Crowley | Alexandria Eberhardt | Charles Eisenberg | David Ennis | Barbara Fields | Maureen Fitzgerald | Joe Flatley | George Garcia | Susan Gittelman | Carol Gladstone | Claudia Green | Mary Ellen Grossman | Elizabeth Hailer | Maura Hammer | Rachel Heller | Richard Henken | Ann Houston | Bernard Husser | Tom Kegelman | Karen Kelleher | Jonathan Klein | M. Scott Knox | David Koven | Sarah Lamitie | Juan Fernando Lopera | Alisa Magnotta | Rafael Mares | Juliette C. Mayers | Erin McAleer | Kathy McGilvray | Mary Jo Meisner | Quincy Miller | Celina Miranda | James Mitrano | Marybeth Mitts | Karla Nicholson | Emmanuel Owusu | Alexandra Pineros-Shields | Gonzalo Puigbo | Gustavo Quiroga | Lily Rabinoff-Goldman | Jennifer Raitt | Philippe Saad | Esther Schlorholtz | Rebecca Schofield | Qingjian (Q.J.) Shi | Ed Sople | Christi Staples | Sharon Stout | Liz Sweet | Naomi Sweitzer | Andy Tarsy | Richard Thal | Warren Tolman | Clayton Turnbull | Bob Van Meter | Gretchen Van Ness | Gladys Vega | Abi Vladeck | Eleanor and Barry White | Kenneth Willis | John Yazwinski | Clark Ziegler
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS*
*Listings as of Sunday, June 8th
Presenting
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
Partner
Eastern Bank Foundation
William and Nadia Lane / Superior Plumbing Inc.
NEI General Contracting
Benefactor
Lawrence Neil Bailis and Susan Shevitz
The Miriam Fund
Patron
Beth Israel Lahey Health
The Boston Foundation
Champion
BNY Wealth | CREA LLC | Stanley Griffith and Ann Schauffler | Mary Ellen Grossman | JVS Boston | Jonathan Klein and Amy Schottenfels | Klein Hornig LLP | Liberty Mutual | Musicant Cohen Family Fund | Pennrose, LLC | Rockland Trust | The Architectural Team | The Norfolk Companies
Advocate
Ellen Berkman and David Bryant | Dayl Cohen | Amy Silberstein and Jim Cohen | Cranshaw Construction | Dellbrook JKS | Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston | Linda Jason and Andrew Fischer | Mike and Catharyn Gildesgame | Jewish Family Service of Metrowest | Just A Start | Massachusetts Housing Partnership | Metro Housing, Boston | Lynn Nadeau | Peabody Properties | Preservation of Affordable Housing | Bryan Rafanelli and Mark Walsh | Rasky Partners | Amb. Barry B. and Eleanor G. White
Supporter
2Life Communities | David Abromowitz and Joan Ruttenberg | Action for Post-Soviet Jewry | Affirmative Investments Inc | American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts | AFT Massachusetts | Anonymous | Arx Urban | Sara Barcan and Marc Draisen | Barbara and Carl Berke Family | BlueHub Capital | B’nai B’rith Housing | Paul Chan | Yongmei Chen | Citizens' Housing & Planning Association | Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. | Susan Cohen and Fred Taub | Crowley Cottrell LLC | Father Bill's & MainSpring | Ellen Feingold | Franklin Square House Foundation | Brenda and Harvey Freishtat | Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg | Ted and Dru Greenwood | Governor Maura Healey | Hebrew College | Roger Herzog and Kathryn Madden | Homeowners Rehab Inc. (HRI) | Housing Assistance | Bernard Husser | IBA - Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción | International Institute of New England | Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boston | MLJ Insights | Pamela and Steven Katz | Dina Brownstein and Joe Kriesberg | Sarah Lamitie | Paul Lee | Lesley Litman and Morris Milman | Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corps. | Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation | Jane Matlaw | McHugh Engineering Associates Inc. | Betty Morningstar and Jeanette Kruger | Nolan Sheehan Patten | NeighborWorks Housing Solutions | New England Jewish Labor Committee | Beth Pinals and William Jewett | Pine Street Inn | Planning Office for Urban Affairs | Rebecca Plaut Mautner and Emiliano Mazlen | Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management | Eli Rosenbaum | Pamela Schwartz and Joel Feldman | Loryn Sheffner | R.W. Sullivan | Ken and Gerri Sweder | Bob Van Meter and Pam Nourse | Nancy Wagman and David Danning | WaypointKLA, James Mitrano | Jean Weinberg | Kathy Weinman and Cameron Kerry
Friend
Code Red Consultants | Sarah Coletti | Barbara L. Cullen and Alan Elliott | DiMella Shaffer | Pamela Goodman | Greater Boston Interfaith Organization (GBIO) | Ann Houston and Henry Korman | Elaine Li Shiang | Massachusetts AFL-CIO | Juliette and Darryl Mayers | Samuel Petuchowski | Esther Schlorholtz and Joe Hunter | Sasha and Adam Tulgan
