BLE Membership
Boston Leaders for Education (BLE) views its Members as an association of like-minded business leaders and advocates who are committed to improving educational standards for every Massachusetts child. We believe that business leaders with decades of successful business experience can bring valuable insight and strategies to reform failing and underperforming schools. BLE serves as an information conduit for the state of schools in Massachusetts, with a particular focus on Boston. In addition, BLE vets pertinent data and reports on other urban schools. As an example, with over 300 non-profits registered as school “partners” in Boston, BLE cuts through the chatter with fact-based information and a way forward. BLE has remained an unincorporated organization to ensure that all the energy of the organization is directed toward three goals for Boston and Massachusetts schools: increase academic achievement; increase school accountability; increase the number of excellent schools.
WHAT TO EXPECT AS A MEMBER:
Participate in legislative activities – lobbying – to reform state and city education policies;
BLE serves as a conduit for up-to-date education research, successful best practices and pertinent education policy reports;
Build a stronger and more active relationship with successful non-profits who share common goals;
Participate in an regular speaker forums with education leaders;
Be introduced to mentoring programs and opportunities for direct involvement in schools.
There is no membership fee
MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES TO:
Meet with key city and state legislators involved in education policy;
Interact with key Boston city decision makers and Boston Public School leaders;
Support successful education programs that share common goals;
Improve Boston schools through informed decision-making.
PLEASE CONTACT
Jamie McDonald jjmcdonald@ubs.com
Tony Helies tony@helies.com
Membership List
Jon Abbott, President and CEO of WGBH
Tony Aldrich, Retired consultant, Boston Consulting Group
Carol Anderson, Founder, Mother Caroline Academy and Board Member, Roxbury Prep Charter Academy
William Barke, CEO, Arts and Sciences, Pearson Education
Robert Beal, President, The Beal Companies
Thomas F. Birmingham, Senior Counsel, Edwards, Angell, Palmer & Dodge and Former President, Mass State Senate
Charlie Cassidy, Former Managing Director, Cambridge Associates, President of Boston Collegiate Foundation
William M. Clark, Senior Managing Director of Leadership Giving, Dartmouth College
Lawrence Coolidge, Partner, Loring, Wolcott and Coolidge
Nancy Coolidge
William Davis, Managing Director, Empirical Asset Management
Christopher J. DeLorey, Senior Vice President Marsh & McLennan Agency
Edward DeMore, CEO, Boston Global Bridge Institute
Lawrence S. DiCara, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
James Dillon, Retired partner, Foley Hoag, LLP
Michael Douvadjian, SVP, UBS Investments and Co-Founder, EdVestors
Donald R. Dwight, Partner, Dwight Partners Inc. and Former Lieutenant Governor, Commonwealth of Mass.
William Eaton, Partner, Merrill Lynch, Social Venture Partners, and Trustee, Associated Grant Makers
Thomas E. Faust Jr., CEO, Eaton Vance Corporation
Lawrence Fish, Retired Chairman, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Robert E. Gallery, Mass. President, Bank of America, former Chairman, Boston Chamber of Commerce , and Chairman Boston Public Library
M. Dozier Gardner,Managing Trustee, Cedar Street Foundation; Emeritus Trustee, Museum of Science, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Wellesley College
Lee Gartley, Advisor and Investor
Charles K. Gifford, Chairman Emeritus, Bank of America
Gary Gut, Former Bain Consultant and Entrepreneur and Board Chair of Conservative Lab Charter School
John I. Hall, II, President, Hall Properties
Matt Hills, Managing Director at LLM Capital Partners, Former Chair, Newton School Committee
Thomas J. Hollister, COO/CFO, Global Partners LP, Former Chair, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Ronald A. Homer, Royal Bank of Canada and Former CEO, Boston Bank of Commerce
Amos Hostetter, Pilot House Associates
Ben Howe, CEO, ACG Partners
John W. Humphrey, Chairman, Humphrey Enterprises, LLC and Former Chairman, Boston Ballet
Thomas J. Hynes, Jr., Chairman, Colliers Meredith & Grew
James S. Hughes, President, Boston Andes Capital, LLC
Stephen P. Jonas
Michael Keating, Partner, Foley Hoag and Chair, The Boston Foundation
Michael Kendall, Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
Rona Kiley, Founder TeachFirst, FutureLeaders (UK), Boston's Higher Ground
Mimi La Camera, Former President, Freedom Trail Foundation
Haven Ladd, Managing Director & Partner, Parthenon-EY
Lawrence Lucchino, President and CEO, Boston Red Sox
Ralph Martin, Counsel, Northeastern University/Former Boston Managing Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Mary Jo Meisner, President, MJM Advisory Services
Cathy Minehan, Managing Partner, Arlington Advisory/Former President & CEO, Boston Federal Reserve Bank
Reuben Munger, Chairman, Bright Automotive/Board Chairman, EdVestors, and Stand for Children
Sherif Nada, Retired President, Fidelity Brokerage Group and Retired Board Chairman, Citizen Schools
Joseph J. O’Donnell, CEO, Boston Culinary Group
Ronald P. O’Hanley, President, Fidelity Asset Mgt. & Corp. Services and foromer Board Chair, Boston Public Library
Robert I. Owens, Partner, Grow Associates and Chairman, City of Boston Scholarship Committee
Anthony Pangaro, Principal, Millennium Partners
Robert C. Pozen, Chairman, MFS Investment Management
Thomas V. Quirk, CIO, Howland Capital and Board Member, Codman Academy
Robert Reynolds, CEO, Putnam Investment
Hakan Satiroglu, Advisor & Investor Brightloop Learning
William Schawbel, President, Schawbel Corporation
Jeffrey Shames, Retired CEO, Mass Financial Services and MIT Lecturer
Malcolm Sherman, Chairman of the Board, Brandeis University and Retired President, Zayre Dept Stores
Andrew E. Snider, Managing Director, Athenium and Former Board Chair, Conservatory Lab Charter School
Brian Spector, Retired, Former Partner at Baupost Group
James Stanzler, Managing Director, Altreides Management
Raymond S. Stata,,Chairman, Analog Devices
James C. Stokes, Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP and former Board Chair, USS Constitution Museum
Mark D. Thompson, President, Boston Private Bank and Tr
Michael K. Tooke, Founder, Lucy Stone Initiative, Dorchester FAMILY School Initiative
Bill Triant, Founder, Stripes Learning
Bill Walczak, Former CEO, Codman Square Health Center
Steven C. Watson, Entrepreneur and Founder of two Charter Schools
Matthew Weatherbie, President, M.A. Weatherbie & Company, Inc.
Bennie Wiley, Principal, The Wiley Group
*BLE Steering Committee