Governor-Elect Charlie Baker’s Transition Team

Governor-elect Charlie Baker’s transition team is assembled and hard at work to seize the initiative in 2015. The team, which is chaired by Lt. Governor-elect Karyn Polito, draws from a diverse cross section of the Commonwealth. From its team chiefs to its front line members, the team is characterized by a bi-partisan commitment to Massachusetts.

Here’s the full list of transition team members:

Schools

• Beth Anderson, Phoenix Charter Acadamy Network, Chelsea (Chair)
• Marty Meehan, UMass-Lowell, Lowell (Chair)
• Erika Ebbel Angle, Science from Scientists, Beverly
• David Birnbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mobile Strategy Group LLC, Andover
• Mary Bourque, Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea
• Erica Brown, City on a Hill Charter Public Schools, Boston
• Donna Colorio, Dimitria Delights, Inc/ Qunisigamond Community College/ Commonwealth of MA, Worcester
• Michael Contompasis, Mass Insight Education, Chestnut Hill
• Mark Culliton, College Bound Dorchester, Dorchester
• John Davis, Ventry Industries LLC, Longmeadow
• William DeRosa, Whittier Tech, Peabody
• George Dhionis, Esped, Marblehead
• Pam Eddinger, State of MA, Bunker Hill Community College, Brookline
• Kathryn Everett, The Lynch Foundation, Boston
• Barbara Fields, Retired Educator, Mattapan Roland Fryer, Harvard University, Cambridge
• Christopher Gabrieli, National Center on Time and Learning, Boston
• Scott Given, UP Education Network, Charlestown Sheila Harrity, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District, Worcester
• Howard Horton, New England College of Business and Finance, Somerville
• Vanessa Kirsch, New Profit Inc, Brookline
• Stig Leschly, Match Charter Public School, Brookline
• Linda Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Leicester
• Edward Madaus, Guild of St. Agnes Early Education, Boylston
• Robert Manning, MFS Investment Management, Swampscott
• Patricia Meservey, Salem State University, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Salem
• Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, Brookline
• Elizabeth Pauly, The Boston Foundation, Boston
• Jeffrey Riley, Boston
• Ira Rubenzahl, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield
• Eileen Rudden, Co-founder, LearnLaunch, Cambridge
• Henry Thomas, Urban League of Springfield, Springfield
• Paul Toner, New Voice Strategies – Viva Idea Exchange, Cambridge
• Shannah Varon, Boston Collegiate Charter School, West Roxbury
• Stephen Zykofsky, Self Employed, Lynn

Better Government

• Steve Poftak, Rappaport Institute, Boston (Chair)
• Stephen Goldsmith, Harvard University and Huron Consulting Group, Indianapolis, IN (Chair)
• Katherine Barry, JDH Solutions Group, Dennisport
• Michael Brockelman, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Holden
• Brian Burke, Shumway, Giguere & Fox PC, Stow
• Katherine Craven, Babson College, West Roxbury
• Grace Fey, Grace Fey Advisors, LLC, Boston
• Scott Griffith, Rocketship Ventures LLC, Bedford
• Mayor Mark Hawke, City of Gardner
• Hugh Jones III, New Profit, Wayland
• Mayor Thomas Koch, City of Quincy
• Mayor Richard Kos, City of Chicopee
• Barbara Kroncke, McCarter & English LLP, Newton
• Edward Lyons, NTT Data, Inc, Brighton
• Demitrois Moschos, Mirick O’Connell, Worcester
• Timothy McGourthy, Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Inc, Worcester
• John Miller, Former Candidate for Attorney General, Winchester
• Mayor Daniel Rivera, City of Lawrence
• Valerie Roberson, Roxbury Community College, Dorchester
• John Sivolella, Columbia University, Wellesley
• Gregory Sullivan, Pioneer Institute, Norwood
• Samuel Tyler, Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Holliston

Community

• Robert Lewis,The BASE, Boston (Chair)
• Chrystal Kornegay, Urban Edge, Boston (Chair)
• Lawrence Bailis, Brandeis University, Cambridge
• Christina Bain, Babson College, Manchester
• Molly Baldwin, Roca Inc, Chelsea
• Justin Broderick, Haley House, Dorchester
• Linda Cavaioli, YWCA Central Mass, Worcester
• James Cummings, Barnstable County Sheriff, Falmouth
• Marc Dohan, Twin Cities Community Development Corporation, Somerville
• Mark Dubois, Town of Maynard, Shrewsbury
• Ronald Druker, The Druker Company, Ltd, Boston
• Ned Epstein, JTE Realty Associates, LLC, North Andover
• Sasika Epstein, Self-employed, Power Launch Group, Brookline
• Evelyn Friedman, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc., Boston
• Imari Paris Jeffries, Italian Home for Children, Boston
• Mary Reardon Johnson, YWCA of Western Massachusetts, East Longmeadow
• Christopher Jones, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Roxbury
• Gregory Kaknes, LandscapeXpress, Inc, Boston
• Christy Keswick, Good Sports Inc, Milton
• Marc Laplante, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MassDEP), Lawrence
• John Larivee, Community Resources for Justice, Boston
• Veronique Le Melle, Boston Center for the Arts, West Roxbury
• Lorraine Levine, Women’s Lunch Place, Wellesley
• Nancy Luther, Retired, Topsfield
• Raymond Mariano, Worcester Housing Authority, Worcester
• Victoria Marsh, One Theater, Arlington
• Kevin Mullen, Self Employed, Attorney, Dorchester
• Laurie Myers, Community VOICES, Chelmsford
• Christopher Norris, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, West Roxbury
• Deborah Ramirez, Northeastern University School of Law, Lexington
• Deborah Re, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Jamaica Plain
• Gregory Russ, Cambridge Housing Authority, Cambridge
• Paul Treseler, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, West Roxbury
• Gilbert Winn, WinnCompanies, Boston

Jobs and The Economy

• Karen Kaplan, Hill Holiday, Boston (Chair)
• Jay Ash, Secretary-designate of Housing and Economic Development, Chelsea (Chair)
• Michael Benedetto, Skanska USA, Marshfield
• William Achtmeyer, The Parthenon Group, Boston
• Andrew Botti, The Mulane Law Firm, Andover
• Julianne Bowler, Atlantic Charter Insurance Company, Jamestown, RI
• Robert Brait, Brait Builders Corporation, Marshfield
• Cynthia Brown, Boston Duck Tours, Boston
• Robert Caret, University of Massachusetts, Boston
• Lauren Chacon, Constant Contact, Weston
• Gerald Chertavian, Year Up, Inc, Cambridge
• Gregory Ciongoli, The Baupost Group, Wellesley
• Roger Crandall, Mass Mutual, Longmeadow (chair)
• Andrew Crane, A-Crane Construction LLC, Self-employed, Chicopee
• Paul Dacier, Executive Vice President and General Counsel at EMC, Sherborn
• Kevin Delbridge, Senior Advisor to Harbourvest Partners LLC, Hopkinton
• Vincent DeVito, Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, Wellesley
• Art Dorfman, SAP America, Sharon
• Mark Erlich, New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Jamaica Plain
• Wendy Estrella, Estrella Law Offices, Methuen
• James Gallagher, John Hancock Financial, Milton
• Thomas Glynn, Massachusetts Port Authority, Belmont
• George Hardiman, Tremont Credit Union, Bridgewater
• John Harthorne, MassChallenge, Inc, Newton
• Michael Heffernan, former candidate for treasurer, Wellesley
• Henry Helgeson, Merchant Warehouse, LLC, Boston
• Patricia Jacobs, AT&T, Belmont
• Brian Kavoogian, Charles River Realty Investors, Wellesley
• Albert Kaneb, Retired, Weston
• Thomas Kershaw, Hampshire House Corp., Boston
• William Lane, Superior Plumbing, Inc., Dedham
• Mark Leff, Salem Five Bank, Rowley
• Matt LeBretton, New Balance, Hingham
• Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Boston
• Gregg Lisciotti, Self-employed, Lisciotti Development Corp, Leominster
• Travis McCready, The Boston Foundation, Lexington
• Cathryn McEvoy-Zdonczky, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Auburn
• Douglas McGarrah, Foley Hoag LLP, South Hamilton
• Rajendra Melville, Deshpande, Marlborough
• Michael Minogue, Abiomed, Hamilton
• Robin Monleon, UBS Financial Services, Dover
• Joseph Nolan, Northeast Utilities, Belmont
• Deborah Penta, PENTA Communications, Inc., Westborough
• Mary Ann Pesce-Choate, Retired, Weston
• Marcy Reed, National Grid, Concord
• Timothy Rowe, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge
• Joe Salois, Atlas Distributing, Sutton
• Robert Sheridan, Retired, Hingham
• Ann Sullivan, Metro Equipment Corporation, Dedham
• Mayor Joseph Sullivan, Town of Braintree
• Summer Tilton, Fletcher Tilton, P.C., Osterville

Health

• Deborah Enos, Neighborhood Health Plan, Boston (Chair)
• Keith Hovan, Southcoast Health System, Inc., Rochester (Chair)
• Joshua Archambault, Pioneer Institute/Foundation for Government Accountability, Quincy
• Anita Barry, Boston Public Health Commission (Boston University School of Medicine), Hingham
• Scott Bock, Riverside Community Care, Inc, Wellesley
• Virginia Buckingham, Pfizer, Inc., Marblehead
• Michael Calijouw, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA, Milton
• Edward Choate, CHOATE & Associates, Weston
• Brian Concannon, Haemonetics Corporation, Norwell
• Sherry Dong, Tufts Medical Center, Jamaica Plain
• Deborah Ekstrom, Community Healthlink (member of Umass Memorial Health Care), Worcester
• Laurence Gerber, EPOCH Senior Living LLC, Weston
• Tom Grape, Benchmark Senior Living, Boston
• John Hammond, Red Sox Foundation & MGH Home Base Program, Cambridge
• Regina Herzlinger, Harvard University, Belmont
• Patrick Hughes, Fallon Health, Stratham, NH
• Timothy Hunt, Cubist, Sudbury
• David Jordan, Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester
• John Kelly III, Self-employed, Charlestown
• Michael Lauf, Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc, Sandwich
• Dennis Leonard, DentaQuest, Peabody
• Manuel Lopes, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Topsfield
• Richard Lopez, Atrius Health, Reading Margaret Lynch, South Boston Community Health Center, South Boston Andrew Salmon, Continuing Care Mangement LLC, Millbury
• Jo Ann Simons, Cardinal Cushing Centers, Swampscott
• Kevin Tabb, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Waban
• Raymond Tamasi, Gosnold, Inc, Mashpee
• William Walczak, Grand Ciricle Foundation, Lewis Family Foundation, Dorchester
• Delia Vetter, EMC Corp, Boston
• Wendy Warring, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston