Mary Keith serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the Roxbury/North Dorchester area on the Roxbury/N. Dorchester Neighborhood Opportunity Center (NOC) Advisory Board. As a lifelong resident of the area, Mary values the amazing attributes her community has to offer and understands the importance of preserving that excellence. Keith volunteers to help facilitate ABCD’s distribution of Senior Brown Bag, a…
Mary Manuel serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the South End area on the South End Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) Advisory Board. A resident of the South End since 1975, she is a fervent advocate for affordable housing. Early on, as gentrification was on the rise threatening the ability of low and moderate income families to hold onto the…
Matilda Drayton serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the Parker Hill/Fenway area on the Parker Hill/Fenway Neighborhood Service Center Advisory Board. Drayton joined the ABCD Board of Directors in 2022 and she serves on the Elder Services Committee and the Neighborhood Programs/Planning & Evaluation Committee.
Mercy Robinson serves in a Public Sector seat and is the designee for Boston City Councilor at-Large Henry Santana. She is Executive Director at South Boston En Accion, a neighborhood-based, member driven organization that builds community and leadership among primarily Latino and BIOP families. Robinson also worked as an ABCD Head Start teacher from 2018-2021. Robinson joined the ABCD Board…
Dr. Michelle Sanchez serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the Dorchester area on the Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center (NSC) Advisory Board. Dr. Sanchez is the Principal of Epiphany School, a tuition-free private school open to children who live within one of the neighborhoods of Boston and who come from economically disadvantaged families. In addition to her work at Epiphany,…
Nathaniel Buckholz serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the South Boston area on the South Boston Area Planning Action Council (APAC) Advisory Board. Buckholz works as a Patient Benefits Coordinator at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Williams College, after which he worked at the Brooklyn Museum and taught kindergarten. He…
Patricia “Tricia” McShane serves in a Neighborhood Sector seat representing the Allston-Brighton area on the Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Opportunity Center Advisory Board. She is a life-long resident of Allston-Brighton and she works to support families and individuals in crisis in her role as a member of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, and as secretary at the St. Columbkille Parish. McShane…
Patricia (Pat) Washington serves in a Private Sector seat representing the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce. Pat Washington’s professional career spanned thirty-nine years of service with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (BCBSMA). During her tenure, she held a variety of leadership positions in Audit & Risk Management Advisory Services, Operations, Government Program Compliance, Finance and Information Technology. Prior…