The CAP Collaborative brings together leaders from across sectors, industries, and perspectives who believe progress happens through relationships, trust, and shared purpose. Our Executive Fellows alumni represent a growing community of civic-minded leaders committed to strengthening Massachusetts through collaboration, curiosity, and action. Together, they are helping build a future where public problem-solving is more connected, more thoughtful, and more human.
Our Spring 2026 Executive Fellows
Marcela Aldaz
CEO, Arka HR
Jon Bernstein
Regional President, New England, PNC Bank
Faye Boardman
Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Port Authority
Michael Bookman
Chief Legal Officer, Immuneering
JD Chesloff
President & CEO, Massachusetts Business Roundtable
Thomas Comeau
President, Commodore Builders
James Dao
Editorial Page Editor, The Boston Globe
Dylan Fernandes
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate
Ed Flynn
Councilor, District 2, City of Boston
Jennifer Grigoraitis
Mayor, City of Melrose
Kristen Gowin
Executive Manager, NECA Electrical Contractors Association, Greater Boston
Johanna Jobin
Vice President, Global Head of Environment and Sustainability, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
Jody Jones
Program Executive, Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Lauren Jones
Secretary, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Chrystal Kornegay
Chief Executive Officer, MassHousing
Jay Livingstone
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Mahmood Malihi
Co-President / Partner, Leggat McCall Properties
Fidel Maltez
City Manager, City of Chelsea
MaryRose Mazzola
Director of External Affairs, Eastern Bank
Cory Munchbach
Managing Director, Carnot LLC
Michael Nicholson
Mayor, City of Gardner
Sam Ryan
CEO & Co-Founder, Zeelo
Kairos Shen
Chief of Planning, City of Boston
Lizzi Weyant
Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Our Fall 2025 Executive Fellows
Arreen Andrew
Vice President, Corporate Affairs, HRP Group
Meg Ansara
Chief of Public Engagement, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Lou Antonellis
Business Manager/Financial Secretary, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 103
Edward M. Augustus Jr.
Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities
Patrick Bench
President, Benchmark Strategies
Alexandra Blackmore
General Counsel - NE, National Grid
Brian Boyles
Executive Director, Mass Humanities
Russell DeMartino
Executive Vice President, Skanska
James DiTullio
Counsel to the Senate, Massachusetts State Senate
Ruthanne Fuller
Mayor, City of Newton
Kassandra Gove
Mayor, City of Amesbury
Matt Gruber
Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration, Wentworth Institute of Technology
David Ishihara
Director of Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, Massport
Thea James
Vice President of Mission & Associate Chief Medical Officer, Boston Medical Center
Robyn Kennedy
Senator, Massachusetts Senate, First Worcester District
Jordan Maynard
Chair, Massachusetts Gaming Commission
Marcia Neiberg
EVP and Chief Strategy and Planning Officer, Brown University Health
Tram Nguyen
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 18th Essex District
Rozanna Penney, CRNA, MBA
President and CEO, Heywood Healthcare
Christine Reardon
Director of Internal Audit, Massachusetts Port Authority
Marian Ryan
District Attorney, Middlesex County
Andy Shin
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Mass General Brigham
Scott Slifka
Vice President, General Counsel, Americas, LEGO
Brian Swett
Chief Climate Officer, City of Boston
Our Spring 2025 Executive Fellows
Joseph “Joe” Albanese
Chairman & CEO,
Commodore Builders
James “Jim” Arciero
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2nd Middlesex District
Natalie Blais
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1st Franklin District
Scott Bosworth
Chief Development Officer, MBTA
Taylor Cain
Chief of Staff, Boston Housing Authority
Michelle Consalvo
Director, State Government & External Affairs, Takeda
John Cronin
Senator, Massachusetts Senate, Worcester and Middlesex Districts
Anastasia Daou
Vice President of Policy & Public Affairs, NAIOP Massachusetts
Kate Dineen
President & CEO, A Better City
Lori Ehrlich
(Former) Regional Administrator, Region 1, Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mike Firestone
Chief of Policy, City of Boston
Rachel Flor
Executive Director, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation
Kristian Hoysradt
Deputy Chief of Staff, Lt. Governor’s Office
Patrick Keefe
Mayor, City of Revere
Emily Knight
CEO & President, The Engine Accelerator
Chrissy Lynch
President, Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Kaitlin McCarthy
CEO, Ionic Development Company
Tyler Rand
Chief of Staff, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mary Skelton Roberts
CEO, Philanthropy Massachusetts
Rodrigo Tajonar
Chief People Officer, Boston Globe
Benjamin “Ben” Weber
City Councilor, District 6, Boston City Council
Kenneth “Ken” Willis
Senior Vice President, Director of Housing & Community Investment, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Jarret Wright
Chief Information Officer, Massachusetts Port Authority
Elise Yannett
Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Planning, Office of Governor Maura Healey
Our Fall 2024 Executive Fellows
Adam Baacke
Commissioner, Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance
Fredericka "Freddii" Butler
HR Business Leader, Takeda Oncology
Michael “Mike” P. Cahill
Mayor, City of Beverly
Al Campbell
President, Winchester Hospital; Lahey
Enrique Colbert
General Counsel, Wayfair
Sal DiDomenico
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, Middlesex and Suffolk Districts
Angel Donahue-Rodriguez
Assistant General Manager for External Affairs, MBTA
Saskia Epstein
Senior VP, Client & Community Relations, PNC Bank
John FitzGerald
City Councilor, District 3, Boston City Council
Bethany “Beth” Gibbons
Director of Public and Community Relations, Encore Boston Harbor
Ashley Groffenberger
CFO, Collector-Treasurer, City of Boston
Hannah Kane
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 11th Worcester
Sam King
Former CEO and Chair, Veracode
Elizabeth Lowrey
Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Kiame Mahaniah, MD
Undersecretary for Health, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Petrina “Trina” Martin Cherry
VP of Community Engagement and External Affairs, Boston Medical Center Health System
Nupoor Monani
Senior Deputy Director of Development Review, City of Boston's Planning Department
Femi Obi
Partner, Advisory Market Leader, New England and Upstate New York, KPMG
Christopher “Chris” Viney
EVP and General Counsel, Boston Children’s Hospital
Dr. Christina Wynn
VP of Administration and Finance, Berkshire Community College
Our Spring 2024 Executive Fellows
Debra Adams Simmons
Senior Director, Editorial Projects, GBH
Brian Awe
President, The Fallon Company
Katjana Ballantyne
Mayor, City of Somerville
Michael Bobbit
Executive Director, Mass Cultural Council
Taveres Brewington
Chief Compliance Officer, Analog Devices, Inc.
Caitlin "Cait" Brumme
CEO, MassChallenge
Juan Gallego
Associate Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll
Judith Garcia
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 11th Suffolk District
Melissa Hoffer
Climate Chief, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Curtis Kemeny
CEO and President, Boston Residential Group
Sameer Kokan
VP and Chief of Staff to President and CEO, Point32Health
José Massó
Chief of Human Services, City of Boston
Dominick Pangallo
Mayor, City of Salem
Pavel Payano
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, First Essex District
Todd Rassiger
Sales Strategy Head – JPMorgan Private Client, JPMorgan
Eneida Roman
President and CEO, Amplify Latinx
Janice Rottenberg
State Director, Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren
Anna Tenaglia
Deputy Director of Administration and Finance, Massport
Moddie Turay
President and CEO, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Rebecca "Becky" Ullman
Head of External Affairs, Ocean Winds North America
Our Fall 2023 Executive Fellows
Stephen Chan
Senior Advisor to Mayor Wu for Partnerships
Julie Chen
Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Jo Comerford
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, Hampshire Franklin Worcester District
April English
Chief Secretary, Massachusetts Governor's Office
Everett Handford
Region 1 Director of New England, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
David Howse
Vice President, Office of the Arts & Executive Director, Emerson College/ArtsEmerson
Rick Jakious
Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor, Office of Congressman Seth Moulton
Pam Johnston
General Manager, News, GBH
Dana Mendenhall
SVP and Global Head of CPS, PDT BU, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
Aisha Miller
Vice President, Related Beal
Greg Minott
Managing Principal, DREAM Collaborative
Jared Nicholson
Mayor, City of Lynn
Nicole Obi
President & CEO, Black Economic Council of Massachusetts
Melissa Schrock
EVP, Mixed-Use Development, Hilco Redevelopment Partners
Steve Tompkins
Sheriff, Suffolk County Sheriff's Department
Sucharita Varanasi
Head of Public Policy, MassMutual
Andy Vargas
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 3rd Essex District
Sharon Williams
Director, L. G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts Port Authority
Sujata Yadav
Chief Marketing Officer, Eastern Bank
Brian Worrell
City Councilor, District 4, City of Boston
Our Spring 2023 Executive Fellows
Aaron Ahola
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Mark Bilbe
General Manager, Bauer Family Office
Tiffany Chu
Chief of Staff to the Mayor, City of Boston
Gabriela Coletta
City Councilor, District 1, City of Boston
Colby Dillon
Senior Policy Advisor & Counsel, Office of Massachusetts Senate President, Karen Spilka
Brandy Fluker-Oakley
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 12th Suffolk
Niyum Gandhi
Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer, Mass General Brigham
Jacob Grossman
Real Estate Investment, Development & Management, The Grossman Companies, Inc.
Dana Hanson
District Director, Office of Congressman Jake Auchincloss
Kaitlyn Johnston
Editor, Boston.com, Boston Globe Media Partners
Melissa Lavinson
Head of Corporate Affairs, National Grid
Liz Miranda
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, 2nd Suffolk
Joe Morris
Port Director, Massachusetts Port Authority
Tony Pittman
VP & Head of Indirect Procurement, Takeda Pharmaceutical
Levi Reilly
Principal & Director of Development, Marcus Partners
Dan Rivera
President & CEO, MassDevelopment
Sumbul Siddiqui
Mayor, City of Cambridge
Tamara Small
CEO, NAIOP Massachusetts, The Commercial Real Estate Development Association
Peter Sougarides
Principal, Samuels & Associates
Linda Tyer
Mayor, City of Pittsfield
Our Fall 2022 Executive Fellows
Brian Arrigo
Mayor, City of Revere
Sarah Blodgett
Communications Director, Senate President Karen E. Spilka
Paul Brodeur
Mayor, City of Melrose
Marjorie Decker
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 25th Middlesex District
Whitney Dow Ferguson
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of Speaker Ronald Mariano, Massachusetts House of Representatives
Juan Fernando Lopera
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health
Cindy Friedman
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, 4th Middlesex District
Trevor Hardy
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, BlueWave Solar
Roy Hirshland
Vice Chairman, T3 Advisors, A Savills Company
Justin Johns
Chief Financial Officer, Mayflower Wind
Sukanya Lahiri Soderland
Senior Vice President & Chief Strategy Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Ruthzee Louijeune
City Councilor At-Large, City of Boston
Juana Matias
Regional Administrator, Region 1, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Michelle Micone
Vice President of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives, Boston Globe Media
Kelsey Perkins
District Director, Office of United States Representative Katherine Clark, 5th District of Massachusetts
Christine Schuster
President & Chief Executive Officer, Emerson Health
Peter Shattuck
President, Anbaric
Patrick Sousa
Principal, Chief Operating Officer & Head of Capital, Marcus Partners
Gabrielle Viator
Chief of Staff, Massachusetts Attorney General's Office
Bill Wagner
Former President, LogMeln
Our Spring 2022 Executive Fellows
Phil Barr
President of Government & Commercial Markets, Point32Health
Peter Bauer
CEO & Co-Founder, Mimecast
Kenzie Bok
City Councilor, District 8, City of Boston
Joe Boncore
CEO, MassBio
Luciana Burdi
Director of Capital Programs & Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Port Authority
Damien B. Chaviano
Principal, MARK Development
Brett Cohen
Chief Operating Officer, Sevita
Joseph A. Curtatone
President, Northeast Clean Energy Council
Aisha Francis
President and CEO, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology
Mary L. Gallagher
Commissioner of Banks, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Elise Gebeili
Director of Human Resources & Employee Success, Triumvirate Environmental
Seth Jaffe
Partner & Coordinator, Environmental Practice Group
Breanna Lungo-Koehn
Mayor, City of Medford
Nikko Mendoza
State Director, Office of Senator Elizabeth Warren
Betsy Rosenfeld
Regional Health Administrator, Region 1, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Jon Santiago
Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 9th Suffolk
Leslie Singleton Adam
Global Real Estate Advisor, Gibson Sotheby's International Realty; Board Chair, Friends Of The Public Garden
Sarah A. Stanton
Town Manager, City of Bedford
Jamey Tesler
Secretary & CEO, MassDOT
Kathleen Theoharides
Secretary of Energy & Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Our Fall 2021 Executive Fellows
Kendalle Burlin O’Connell, ESQ.
President & COO, MassBio
Charles Daren Bascome
Founder & Managing Director, Proverb, LLC.
Jonah Beckley
General Counsel & Deputy Chief of Staff, Senate President Karen Spilka
Tiffany Brown-Grier
Acting Director of Diversity & Inclusion/Compliance, Massport
Jim Cantwell
State Director, United States Senator Edward J. Markey
Stephen Davis
Co-President, The Davis Companies
Kim Driscoll
Mayor, City of Salem
Kathleen Federico
Senior Vice-President & Chief People and Corporate Strategy Officer, MITRE
Jennifer Gizmunt
President, Beth Israel Lahey Continuing Care
Yogesh Gupta
Chief Executive Officer, Progress
Andrea Harrington
District Attorney, Berkshire County District Attorney
Tony James
Senior Vice President for Clinical Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategic Partnerships & Network Development, Mass General Brigham
Eric Lesser
Senator, Massachusetts State Senate, First Hampden and Hampshire
JC Morales
Managing Partner, Surfside Capital
Steve Poftak
General Manager, MBTA
Maria Duaime Robinson
Representative, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 6th Middlesex
Corey Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, Rapid 7
John Walsh
Chief of Staff, Office of Massachusetts Speaker of the House Ron Mariano
Daniel A. Wolf
Founder, Cape Air
Lisa Wong
Manager, Town of Winchester