Partners for Youth
with Disabilities, Inc.
Board of Directors
Partners for
Youth with Disabilities Board of Directors is responsible for reviewing
and advising management on matters affecting the strategic, operational,
clinical, market, and financial conditions of the organization. The
board performs its role by receiving and reviewing financial, management,
and fundraising updates and reports from the Executive Director, selected
staff and/or outside consultants including Independent Auditors. In
addition to meetings in the whole, the Board performs its oversight
role through several committees including the Executive Committee, Finance
Committee, Nominating Committee, and Fundraising Committee. These committees
and/or the Board as a whole are responsible for approving the organization's
strategic plan, annual budget and financial statements, and general
organizational, financial and operating policies. Additionally, the
board maintains direct oversight of the organization's Executive Director
and approves any changes in the Executive Director's compensation
structure.
Board composition
is designed to maximize access to necessary professional financial,
marketing, business, and fundraising skills while maintaining diversity
and close ties to the disability community. Approximately 38% of the
Board members are affiliated with the disability community. An additional
25% have children or immediate family members with a disability and
56% are women/minorities.
Neil Leonard -
Board of Directors President
Vice President,
Fidelity Investments
Linda Long-Bellil
- Secretary
Project Director
UMMS Center for Health Policy & Research
Peter Southard
- Treasurer
Fidelity Investments
Tracy Atkinson
EVP and Chief
Compliance Officer
State Street Global Advisors
Vicki
Benjamin
Partner KPMG
Hollis Cotton
Massachusetts
Office on Disability
Community Affairs
Frederick DeDona
Fred DeDona
Jr. Consulting
Benjamin Golub
President and
CEO
Plaxo, Inc.
Judge Reginald
C. Lindsay
United States
District Court
Noreen McMahon
Vice President
Government and Community Affairs
Citizens Bank
Peter Montgomery,
Esq.
Attorney at
Law
Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten
George Recck
Professor of
Mathematics
Babson College
Sean P. Riley
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Ann P. Rose
President
Sassy Sports Girl, Inc.
Jay Kemp Smith
Chairman &
CEO
Leading Market Technologies, Inc.
Kendra Snavely
Vice President
Sentinel Securities, Inc.
Manu Thakral, R.N.
Tina Ziegler
Marketing and
Event Management
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