JALSA Annual Meeting 2025
Monday, 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, 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
