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 | Kristofer Wilson
Election of Board and Officers
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS*
*Listings as of Monday, June 17th
PRESENTING
NEI General Contracting
PARTNER
Combined Jewish Philanthropies
William and Nadia Lane
The Miriam Fund
BENEFACTOR
Eastern Bank
PATRON
Beth Israel Lahey Health | Dorfman Capital | Keith Construction Inc. | Judith Obermayer | Superior Plumbing
CHAMPION
Affordable Housing Services Collaborative (AHSC) | Architectural Deleading | Beacon Communities | BNY Mellon Wealth Management | Claremont Companies | First Resource Companies | G&O Electric | Stanley N. Griffith and Ann Schauffler | Mary Ellen Grossman | K. Regan Mechanical, Inc. | Sheridan and Jerome Kassirer | KBF Contracting | Jonathan Klein and Amy Schottenfels | Madison Park Development Corporation | Monahan Technologies | Plumb House | Point32Health | Provident Coating Services | Redstone Family Foundation | Rockland Trust | Synergy | The Norfolk Companies | Trinity Financial
ADVOCATE
Lawrence Neil Bailis and Susan Shevitz | CareQuest Institute for Oral Health | Chestnut Hill Realty | CommonWealth Kitchen | Daniel Dennis & Co. | Dellbrook|JKS | Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston | Linda Jason and Andrew Fischer | Mike and Catharyn Gildesgame | Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation | Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers | Massachusetts Teachers Association | Metro Housing|Boston | Moen | Peabody Properties | Preservation of Affordable Housing | Rasky Partners | Raybern Company | The Boston Foundation | United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley | Amb. Barry B. and Eleanor G. White | WinnCompanies
SUPPORTER
2Life Communities | AFT Massachusetts | American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts | B'nai B'rith Housing | BlueHub Capital | Ellen Berkman and David Bryant | Capstone Communities LLC | Paul Chan | Codman Square Health Center | Hon. William “Mo” Cowan and Stacy Cowan | Cummings Properties | Curtis Construction | The Dowd Agencies | Ellen Feingold | Glenda and Bob Fishman | Brenda and Harvey Freishtat | Friends of Andrea Campbell | Ediss Gandelman | Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg | Pamela Goodman | Harborlight Homes | Damon Hart | Governor Maura Healey | Homeowners Rehab Inc. | ICON Architecture | Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters of Boston | JFS of Metrowest | Keshet | Terry Kwan | Julia Lane | Looney, Cohen & Aisenberg LLP | Maloney Properties | Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA) | Massachusetts AFL-CIO | Metro Credit Union | NeighborWorks Housing Solutions | Pennrose | The Schochet Companies | Pamela Schwartz and Joel Feldman | Norma and Ben Shapiro | Dr. Gerri and Kenneth Sweder | WaypointKLA, James Mitrano | Jean Weinberg | Kristofer Wilson
FRIEND
Citizens’ Housing & Planning Association (CHAPA) | Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp | Sarah Coletti | Michael Curry | David and Jayne Guberman | Marty Jones | Billie & Bill Klegraefe | Steven Lameiras | Lesley Litman | Ariela Lovett | Beth Nagy and Carl Nagy-Koechlin | Colette Phillips | Cheryl and Jeff Sacks | Jennifer Slifka | Bob Van Meter and Pam Nourse
