Jim Grace is the Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council (AB&C) of Greater Boston. Previously he was the Executive Director of the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts (VLA) from 1998 until 2008, when it merged with the A&BC. Jim has considerable expertise working with artists and More ...
Manish Maski is the Global Medical Head for Rare Nephrology at Sanofi Genzyme, leading and overseeing the global medical strategy and activities related to the Fabry disease, ADPKD, and Alport syndrome programs. Prior to joining Industry, Manish was an attending physician at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Harvard Medical More ...
Oliver Scholle is a partner at Harvest Wealth Management, an independent financial advisory firm in Needham. Oliver joined the firm in August 2015, today focusing his wealth management practice on sustainable, responsible and impactful investing (SRI). Financial planning was not Oliver’s first career. After his graduation from Harvard College in More ...
Rob Daves has found himself engaged in a variety of compelling ventures over the years in both his work life and in his life in the community. He has worked as a molecular biologist, a stay-at-home dad, and historic preservation carpenter. Before coming to Brookline 20 years ago, he served More ...
Steven A. Heikin, an urban designer and architect, is a co-founder and Senior Principal Emeritus of ICON Architecture, Inc. His professional experience includes an array of award-winning mixed-use development, planning, and design projects, and mixed-income projects in the public interest that involve both new construction and rehabilitation. Steve served as More ...
Veronika (Nika) is the Director of Development at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, securing philanthropic support from individual, corporate, foundation and government sources to steward the 1,100 acre Emerald Necklace park system in Boston and Brookline. She has nearly 20 years of fundraising experience across development operations, membership, annual fund, institutional More ...
Zoraida is committed to social justice and has worked towards it in various professional and personal endeavors. She is excited to continue this work in Brookline with BCF. Zoraida is currently doing independent research focused on understanding race/racism, political economy, and inequality. In her career as a lawyer, she worked More ...
Director of Leadership Giving
Director of Finance and Operations
Provides critical, urgent assistance to help neighbors in crisis cover the cost of essentials such as rent, food, utilities, child care and more.
