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