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Meet the leaders who have become Barr Fellows since 2005.

Fellowship Alumni

Jenny Amory Retired
- Jenny Amory’s Bio
- Jenny Amory’s Website
Beth Anderson CEO & Founder, Phoenix Charter Academy Network
Kevin Andrews Founding Headmaster, Neighborhood House Charter School
- Kevin Andrews’ Bio
- Kevin Andrews’ Website
John Barros Managing Principal, Cushman & Wakefield
Valerie Burns Consultant
- Valerie Burns’ Bio
Sandra Lopez Burke Managing Director of Community and Government Relations GBH
- Sandra Lopez Burke’s Bio
- Sandra Lopez Burke’s Website
Vanessa Calderón-Rosado Chief Executive Officer Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA)
- Vanessa Calderón-Rosado’s Bio
Meg Campbell Founder and Former Head of School, Codman Academy Charter Public School
- Meg Campbell’s Bio
- Meg Campbell’s Website
Louis Casagrande A long standing advocate for children and previous head of the Children’s Museum
- Louis Casagrande’s Bio
Carole Charnow President & CEO, Boston Children’s Museum
Sister Lena Deevy Executive Director Emerita, Irish International Immigrant Center
- Sister Lena Deevy’s Bio
- Sister Lena Deevy’s Website
Chaplain Clementina M. Chéry Co-Founder, President and CEO, Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
- Chaplain Clementina M. Chéry’s Bio
- Chaplain Clementina M. Chéry’s Website
Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga Founding Artistic & Executive Director, OrigiNation
- Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga’s Bio
- Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga’s Website
Lyndia Downie President & Executive Director, Pine Street Inn
- Lyndia Downie’s Bio
- Lyndia Downie’s Website
Reverend John Finley Co-Founder and Head of School, Epiphany School
- Reverend John Finley’s Bio
- Reverend John Finley’s Website
Emmett Folgert Senior Advisor, BeantownSlam
- Emmett Folgert’s Bio
- Emmett Folgert’s Website
Elmer Freeman Executive Director, Center for Community Health Education Research and Service, Inc.
- Elmer Freeman’s Bio
- Elmer Freeman’s Website
Jesús Gerena Managing Partner, Family Independence Initiative
Bob Giannino President and Chief Executive Officer, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez President Emeritus, North Bennet Street School
Aaron Gornstein President & CEO, Preservation of Affordable Housing
- Aaron Gornstein’s Bio
- Aaron Gornstein’s Website
Pat Gray Consultant
- Pat Gray’s Bio
Tiffany Cooper Gueye, Ph.D. Senior Advisor, Blue Meridian Partners
- Tiffany Cooper Gueye, Ph.D.’s Bio
- Tiffany Cooper Gueye, Ph.D.’s Website
Jean Marc Jean-Baptiste Executive Director, Haitian American Public Health Initiatives
- Jean Marc Jean-Baptiste’s Bio
- Jean Marc Jean-Baptiste’s Website
Mossik Hacobian Former Executive Director, Boston's Higher Ground
- Mossik Hacobian’s Bio
- Mossik Hacobian’s Website
Pierre Jonas Imbert CEO & Co-Founder, Ayiti Community Trust
Deborah Jackson President, Cambridge College
Andy Kendall Executive Director, Henry P. Kendall Foundation
- Andy Kendall’s Bio
- Andy Kendall’s Website
Diana Lam Founder & Board Chair, Margarita Muñiz Academy
- Diana Lam’s Bio
- Diana Lam’s Website
Sister Margaret Leonard Strategic Advisor, Project Hope
- Sister Margaret Leonard’s Bio
- Sister Margaret Leonard’s Website
Elena Letona, Ph.D. Director of Philanthropy, Learning, and Evaluation Episcopal City Mission
Juan Leyton Director of Organizing, National Community Reinvestment Coalition
- Juan Leyton’s Bio
- Juan Leyton’s Website
Giles Li Senior Program Officer, Arts & Creativity
Vivien Li Waterfront Expert
- Vivien Li’s Bio
Jeremy Liu Co-Founder, Creative Development Partners
- Jeremy Liu’s Bio
Penn Loh Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Director of Community Practice Tufts University, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning
- Penn Loh’s Bio
- Penn Loh’s Website
Darlene Lombos President and Principal Officer, Greater Boston Labor Council
Charles Lord Managing Principal, Renew Energy Partners
Lydia Lowe Director, Chinatown Community Land Trust
Meizhu Lui Retired
- Meizhu Lui’s Bio
Marvin Martin Executive Director, Action for Regional Equity
- Marvin Martin’s Bio
- Marvin Martin’s Website
Claudio Martinez Executive Director, La Vida Scholars
Jorge Martinez Consultant, Martinez & Associates
- Jorge Martinez’s Bio
- Jorge Martinez’s Website
Michael Maso Managing Director, Huntington Theatre Company
José Mateo Founder & Artistic Director, José Mateo Ballet Theatre
- José Mateo’s Bio
- José Mateo’s Website
Omowale Moses CEO & Founder, MathTalk
- Omowale Moses’ Bio
- Omowale Moses’ Website
Margarita Muñiz The first dual-language high school in the Boston Public Schools is named in her honor.
- Margarita Muñiz’s Bio
Linda Nathan Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Professor, Cambridge College
Elaine Ng Director of Strategic Planning for Special Education, Boston Public Schools and President and CEO, Third Sector New England
- Elaine Ng’s Bio
- Elaine Ng’s Website
Alexandra Oliver-Dávila Executive Director, Sociedad Latina
- Alexandra Oliver-Dávila’s Bio
- Alexandra Oliver-Dávila’s Website
Arthur Pearson President & CEO, Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center
- Arthur Pearson’s Bio
- Arthur Pearson’s Website
Jeanne Pinado Executive Vice President, Colliers International
- Jeanne Pinado’s Bio
- Jeanne Pinado’s Website
Christine Poff Director of Government Relations and Political Action National Association of Social Workers, Mass. Chapter
Randal Rucker Retired
- Randal Rucker’s Bio
Ayele Shakur President Redstone Family Foundation
- Ayele Shakur’s Bio
David Shapiro President & CEO President and CEO, YMCA of Greater Boston
Jesse Solomon Executive Director, Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE)
Madeleine Steczynski Co-Founder and Executive Director, ZUMIX
- Madeleine Steczynski’s Bio
- Madeleine Steczynski’s Website
Colby Swettberg Chief Executive Officer Silver Lining Mentoring
- Colby Swettberg’s Bio
- Colby Swettberg’s Website
Yusufi Vali Director of the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement, City of Boston
Dania Vázquez Headmaster, Margarita Muñiz Academy
- Dania Vázquez’s Bio
- Dania Vázquez’s Website
Gladys Vega Executive Director, La Colaborativa
- Gladys Vega’s Bio
- Gladys Vega’s Website
Juan Vega Assistant Secretary, Communities and Programs, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
- Juan Vega’s Bio
- Juan Vega’s Website
Bill Walczak Founder, Codman Square Health Center and Founding President, Codman Academy Charter School
- Bill Walczak’s Bio
- Bill Walczak’s Website
Valora Washington President & CEO, The CAYL Institute
- Valora Washington’s Bio
- Valora Washington’s Website
David Waters Chief Executive Officer, Community Servings
Reverend Mariama White-Hammond Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, City of Boston and Founding Pastor, New Roots AME Church
Wayne Ysaguirre Principal, Ysaguirre Consulting