Zoraida Fernandez, Co-President

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 ...

Zoraida Fernandez, Co-President2025-07-01T10:15:39-04:00

David Mann, Co-President

A retired lawyer, David began his 33-year legal career as an associate with a large Washington, DC law firm. He was in-house counsel at Marriott International for over 23 years, then Deputy General Counsel in a department of over 100 lawyers. He moved to the Boston area to serve     More ...

David Mann, Co-President2025-07-01T10:15:55-04:00

Ben Chang, Treasurer

Ben Chang has over 25 years of investment banking and private equity investment experience. In that period of time, he has completed nearly 100 transactions aggregating over $1 billion in value. Ben currently leads Consilium Partners’ healthcare services practice and has been a director or investor in 10 companies. Ben     More ...

Ben Chang, Treasurer2025-07-01T10:16:50-04:00

Jennifer Segel, Clerk

Jennifer Segel is the Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Fish Family Foundation, a Boston-based private foundation focusing on human services for low-income individuals and families in the Greater Boston area, with a focus on immigrant inclusion across Massachusetts. Previously, she worked for five years as a Program Officer at     More ...

Jennifer Segel, Clerk2025-07-01T10:16:27-04:00

Amy Luster

Amy Luster oversees administration for Community Innovators Lab (CoLab) at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies.  She has over 15 years of operations and financial management leadership experience working in a wide variety of nonprofit organizations.  In addition, she is a teaching assistant for Harvard Kennedy School’s Nonprofit Financial Stewardship course     More ...

Amy Luster2024-02-01T04:17:42-05:00

Manish Maski

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 ...

Manish Maski2024-02-01T04:17:42-05:00

Marcia Hertz

Marcia is a seasoned marketing, communications and fundraising professional with over 30 years of experience in the nonprofit sector. Working for both large and small organizations, Marcia has brought her strategic insight, strong writing and interpersonal skills to enhance the visibility and fundraising success of the nonprofits for which she’s     More ...

Marcia Hertz2025-03-10T18:22:21-04:00

Matt Sudduth

Matt Sudduth is a Vice President at Thermo Fisher Scientific, a Boston-based life sciences company, where he leads the company’s integration management office. With over 25 years of financial and operational management experience, Matt’s career has spanned asset management, merchant banking and operational financial leadership roles. Matt received his     More ...

Matt Sudduth2025-02-13T11:19:47-05:00

Rob Daves

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 ...

Rob Daves2024-02-01T04:17:42-05:00

Steven A. Heikin

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 ...

Steven A. Heikin2024-02-01T04:17:42-05:00
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