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Meet the leaders who have become Barr Fellows since 2005.

Fellowship Alumni

Jenny Amory Executive Director, Brookline Community Foundation
- 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 Chief of Economic Development, City of Boston
Valerie Burns Consultant
- Valerie Burns’ Bio
Sandra Lopez Burke Executive Director & Vice President, City Year Boston
- 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 Chief of Innovation & Strategy, Codman Academy Charter Public School
- Meg Campbell’s Bio
- Meg Campbell’s Website
Louis Casagrande Retired
- 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 Executive Director, Dorchester Youth Collaborative
- 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 Chief Executive Officer, uAspire
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. Managing Director, Blue Meridian Partners
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 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. Executive Director Neighbor to Neighbor
Juan Leyton Director of Community Building, NeighborWorks America
- Juan Leyton’s Bio
- Juan Leyton’s Website
Giles Li Senior Program Officer, Arts & Creativity
Vivien Li Waterfront Expert
- Vivien Li’s Bio
- Vivien Li’s Tweets
Jeremy Liu Managing Partner, Creative Ecology Partners
- Jeremy Liu’s Bio
- Jeremy Liu’s Website
Penn Loh 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 Executive Director Community Labor United
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 Executive Director, Project RIGHT
- 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 Founding Member & Strategic Advisor, Young People's Project
- 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 Executive Director, Center for Artistry and Scholarship
Elaine Ng Chief Executive Officer, TSNE MissionWorks
- 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 Chief Executive Officer, Madison Park Development Corporation
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 Chief Executive Officer, BUILD
David Shapiro President & CEO MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
Jesse Solomon Executive Director, Boston Plan for Excellence (BPE)
Madeleine Steczynski Co-founder & 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, Chelsea Collaborative
- Gladys Vega’s Bio
- Gladys Vega’s Website
Juan Vega Assistant Secretary, Communities and Programs, Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Bill Walczak President & CEO, South End Community Health Center
- 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 Founding Pastor New Roots AME Church
Wayne Ysaguirre Principal, Ysaguirre Consulting