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Get Konnected 100
Dear Sponsors, Honorees and Friends
On behalf of Get Konnected! and Colette PhillipsCommunications, Inc., I am delighted to welcome youto the 8th Annual Anniversary of Get Konnected!, abusiness networking event I founded in 2008 on thepremise of “inclusion.” Today, Get Konnected! has be-come Boston’s premier inclusive business networkingevent that brings together urban and international pro-fessionals, business executives, and entrepreneurs ofall cultures for the purpose of networking.
Boston is a thriving world class city, that is both richin history and diversity. Today, the city is consideredone of the most culturally, ethnically and racially diverse cities in the U.S. Thanksto our status as a center for innovation in technology, healthcare, academia, andculture, Boston continues to draw people from all ethnicities and all points of theglobe. The richness and influence of the city’s diversity however, is not always aswidely celebrated and appreciated as it should be.
The GK100: Boston’s 100 Most Influential People of Color aims to change that. It isa unique opportunity to celebrate, document and validate a plethora of individuals ofcolor who are making positive contributions to the economic and social fabric of ourvibrant city. Among them are scientists, corporate executives, educators, innovators,technologists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, artists, social justice and civil rightsadvocates, high-ranking politicians and everyday people who regularly bring changeand progress to their neighborhoods and beyond.
The GK100 should serve as a strong reminder to Boston’s business, academic, politicaland social institutions and circles, to replace the phrase “we can’t find qualified candi-dates of color” with the names in this booklet.
They stand on the shoulders of the GK50: the pioneers and trailblazers who shatteredwhat must have seemed like intractable barriers in a time when little was expected ofthem and out-and-out prejudice rampant. Though many have retired, few have sloweddown, and their work and influence continues. Equally inspiring is the next generation:the GK25: youthful leaders, thinkers, innovators and doers who are already makingtheir mark and creating a brighter future for our city and its citizens. The GK Founder’sChoice celebrates and spotlights 10 outstanding citizen activists, social entrepreneurs
and social justice advocates who are working on the frontline to level the playing fieldand ensure opportunity, equality and equity for all.
More than a popularity contest, these lists are a tool. If you have a corporate ornonprofit board in need of energetic and thoughtful members, consult it. Tap it alsofor panels of experts, job and leadership candidates, or specific expertise truly rep-resentative of the city's multi-ethnic and culturally diverse citizenry. If you are acorporation or Institution, become a Get Konnected! partner. If you are a businessexecutive, entrepreneur or graduate student we invite you to participate as well inthe Get Konnected! gatherings bringing together the richness of Boston’s diversityin every sphere of influence.
Are the lists complete? By no means, but they’re a start. Each represents a samplingof many thousands of African Americans, Asians, Hispanics and Native Americanswho every day shape our lives in the greater Boston area, and without whom the citywould not work. If any were missed, the fault is ours, and the committee humbly andenthusiastically invites nominations for the future.
Lastly, we are deeply grateful to all our corporate and institutional sponsors and partnerswithout whom Get Konnected! and this project would not be possible. We encourageall our friends and members of the Get Konnected! network to patronize and supportthese organizations who help to sustain and make Get Konnected! possible.
With Great Admiration and Respect,
Colette A.M. PhillipsPresident & CEOColette Phillips Communications, Inc.Diverse Solutions for a Global Market
Founder/Publisher Kaleidoscope/Get Konnected!
Colette Phillips CommunicationsOne McKinley Square, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02109
phone: 617-357-5777 • fax: 617-357-7114e-mail: [email protected] • website: www.cpcglobal.com
Get Konnected!e-mail: [email protected] • website: www.getkonnected.com
The GK100Academia
Krystal BanfieldDean for City Music
Berklee College of Music
Javier CevallosPresident
Framingham State University
Tommy ChangSuperintendent
Boston Public Schools
Pam EddingerPresident
Bunker Hill Community College
Robert GittensVice President Public Affairs
Northeastern University
Joi ItoDirector, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Media Lab
Deborah JacksonPresident
Cambridge College
Jackie Jenkins-ScottPresident
Wheelock College
J. Keith MotleyChancellor
University of Massachusetts Boston
Nitin NohriaGeorge F. Baker Professor of AdministrationDean of the Faculty, Harvard Business School
M. Lee PeltonPresident
Emerson College
Joan ReedeDean for Diversity and Community Partnership
Harvard Medical School
Paul WatanabeDirector, Institute for Asian American Studies
and Associate Professor of Political ScienceUniversity of Massachusetts Boston
Academia
The GK100Arts & Entertainment
Jose BarrigaFounder, Boston Latino
International Film Festival
Susan ChinsenDirector
Boston Asian American Film Festival
Junot DiazPulitzer Prize Winning Author
David FranceExecutive Director
Revolution of Hope / Roxbury Youth Orchestra
Lois RoachPlaywright & Director; Lecturer inTheatre Studies, Wellesley College
Lisa SimmonsFounder and Director
Roxbury International Film Festival
Arts & Entertainment
The GK100Business & Innovation
Joanne ChangFounder/Owner
Flour Bakery
Wayne ChangFounder of Crashlytics;
Director of Product Strategy, Twitter
Sheila MarceloFounder, Chairwoman & CEO
Care.com
Quincy MillerVice Chairman & Chief Banking Officer
Eastern Bank
Valerie MosleyChairwoman
Valmo Ventures
Hector & Nivia PinaFounders and Owners
Merengue & Vejigantes Restaurants
Darryl SettlesPres./Managing Partner, Catalyst Ventures Dev.
Proprietor, Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen
Niraj ShahChief Executive Officer
Wayfair
Raj SharmaFounder and Managing Director
The Sharma Group, Merrill Lynch
Navjot SinghDirector, Boston
McKinsey & Company
Corey ThomasPresident & Chief Executive Officer
Rapid 7
Sushil TuliPresident & Chief Executive Officer
Leader Bank
Clayton TurnbullFounder and CEO
The Waldwin Group
Beth WilliamsPresident & CEO
Roxbury Technology
Teri WilliamsPresident and COOOne United Bank
Business & Innovation
Josefina BonillaFounder and Publisher
Color Media Group
Richard ChaconExecutive Director of News Content
WBUR
Liz ChengGeneral Manager for Television
WGBH
Callie CrossleyHost, “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley”
WGBH-FM
Latoyia EdwardsMorning Anchor
NECN
Marcela GarcíaEditorial Writer
The Boston Globe
The GK100Communications & Media
Karen Holmes WardDir. of Public Affairs and Comm. Services
WCVB-TV
Shirley LeungBusiness Columnist
Boston Globe
Jose MassoHost/Producer, “Con Salsa”
WBUR-FM
Alberto Vasallo, IIIPresident, CEO and Editor-in-Chief
El Mundo Newspaper
Adrian WalkerColumnist
The Boston Globe
Communications & Media
Javier BarrientosSr. Director, Global Diversity & Inclusion
Biogen
Marques BentonVice President & Chief Diversity Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Sadie Burton-GossChief Diversity & Inclusion Officer
Babson College
Lisa ColemanChief Diversity Officer &
Special Assistant to the PresidentHarvard University
Beverly EdgehillVice President
TJX Companies Inc.
Paul FranciscoManaging Director - Head of Diversity
Consulting and Sourcing OfficeState Street
The GK100Diversity & Inclusion
Dawn Frazier BonhertSr. Vice President and
Chief Diversity & Inclusion OfficerLiberty Mutual Insurance
Jackie GlennVice Pres., Chief Global Diversity Officer
EMC
Su JounVice Pres., Talent, Inclusion & DiversityBlue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Kenneth TurnerDirector of Diversity & Inclusion/Compliance
Massport
Diversity & Inclusion
Joseph BetancourtCo-Founder of Quality Interactions;
Director of the Disparities Solutions Centerand Director for Multicultural Education
Massachusetts General Hospital
Tony ColesFounding investor, Chairman and CEO
Yumanity Therapeutics
Ralph De la TorreFounder, Chairman and CEO
Steward Health Care System LLC
Rakesh JainA.Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology,
Harvard Medical School; Director,Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Paula JohnsonProfessor, Harvard Medical School; ExecutiveDirector, Connors Center for Women's Health
& Gender Biology, and Chief, Division ofWomen's Health, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Myechia Minter-JordanPresident/CEO
The Dimock Center
The GK100Health & Human Service, Life Sciences
Oz MondejarSr. Vice President Mission & Advocacy
Partners Healthcare
Inez StewartVice President Human Resources
Children’s Hospital
Frederica WilliamsPresident & CEO
Whittier Street Health Center
Damian WilmotVice President, LitigationVertex Pharmaceuticals
Health & Human Service, Life Sciences
Susan Windham-BannisterPresident & CEO
Biomedical Growth Strategies
The GK100Law & Social Justice
Ferdinand AlvaroGeneral Counsel, Company Secretary
Jazan Gas Project Company
Michael CurryPresident
Boston Branch NAACP
William GrossSuperintendent-In-Chief
Boston Police Department
Ivan Espinoza-MadrigalExecutive Director, Lawyers’ Committee
for Civil Rights and Economic Justice
Winston HendersonVice President, General Counsel
C2Sense and Nano Terra
Paul LeeOf Counsel
Goodwin Procter
Stephanie LovellExec. Vice Pres., Medicare, & Chief Legal Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Charles OgletreeJesse Climenko Professor of Law andFounding Director, Charles HamiltonHouston Institute for Race & Justice
Harvard Law School
Carmen OrtizUnited States Attorney
District of Massachusetts
Diane PatrickCo-managing Partner of Boston office
Ropes & Gray
Walter PrincePartner
Prince Lobel Tye, LLP
Steven TompkinsSheriff
Suffolk County
Darnell WilliamsPresident/CEO
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Steven WrightExecutive PartnerHolland Knight
Law & Social Justice
The GK100Philanthropy & Non-Profit
Phyllis BarajasFounder and Executive Director
Conexion
Vanessa Calderon–RosadoCEO
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
James CanalesPresident and Trustee
Barr Foundation
Desh and Jaishree DeshpandeFounders
Deshpande Foundation
Sylvia Ferrell-JonesPresident & Chief Executive Officer
YW Boston
Carol FulpPresident and CEO
The Partnership
Philanthropy & Non-Profit
Charlayne Murrell-SmithVP, External Relations & Corp. Development
Boston Children’s Museum
Joan Wallace-BenjaminPresident & Chief Executive Officer
The Home for Little Wanderers
Leverett WingExecutive Director
The Commonwealth Seminar
The GK100Politics & Public Sector
John BarrosChief of Economic Development
City of Boston
Sonia Chang–DiazState Senator
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Linda Dorcena ForryState Senator
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Charlotte Golar RichieCommissioner
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Tito JacksonCity CouncilorCity of Boston
Ayanna PressleyCity Councilor-at-Large
City of Boston
Jabes RojasDeputy Chief, Office of Access & Opportunity
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
E. Denise SimmonsMayor
City of Cambridge
Ronald L. Walker, IISecretary of Labor & Workforce Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Setti WarrenMayor
City of Newton
Michelle WuCity Council President and
City Councilor-at-Large, City of Boston
Politics & Public Sector
THE
Get Konnected!
5025Founder’sChoice
CELEBRATING THEPIONEERS & TRAILBLAZERS
CELEBRATING THEEMERGING LEADERS
CELEBRATINGCITIZEN ACTIVISM &SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The GK50
Felix Arroyo, Sr.Former City Councilor, Boston
Register of Probate, Suffolk County
Royal Bolling, Jr.State Representative (Retired)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Wayne BuddSenior Counsel; former United StatesAttorney for the District of Mass.;
Goodwin Procter LLP
James CashJames E. Robison Professor of
Business Administration, Emeritusand Associate Dean
Harvard Business School
Frank Chin"Mayor of Chinatown" (Retired)
Community Social Justice Advocate
Phillip ClayProfessor of Urban Studies andPlanning; former ChancellorMass. Institute of Technology
John B. Cruz, IIIPresident & CEOCruz Companies
Priscilla DouglasFounder & Principal
PHDouglas & Associates
Jane EdmondsVice President for Governance
Babson College
Carmen FieldsProducer/Host, "Higher Ground"
WHDH-TV
Atsuko Toko FishCo-Founder
Fish Family Foundation
Jovita FontanezBusiness Manager, City of BostonBusiness Development; 1st LatinoAppointed to Election Commission
Hon. Joyce London FordChief magistrate judge (Retired)United States District Court
of Massachusetts
Gloria FoxState Representative
Massachusetts House ofRepresentatives
Frieda GarciaFormer President & CEO
United South End Settlements
Ken GuscottFounder, President & CEO (Retired)
Long Bay Management
Leslie HarrisJudge
Massachusetts Trial Courts
Michael HaynesPastor Emeritus; former State Rep-
resentative; Twelfth BaptistChurch; Commonwealth of Mass.
Roderick IrelandChief Justice (Retired)Supreme Judicial Court
of Massachusetts
Clarence "Jeep" JonesDeputy Mayor; Chairman (Retired)
City of BostonBoston Redevelopment Authority
Hubie JonesFounder
Massachusetts Advocatesfor Children
Kathy JonesFounding Member
Metropolitan Council forEducational Opportunities (METCO)
Joyce KingCommunity Social Justice
Advocate
Wendell KnoxPresident and CEO (Retired)
Abt Associates
Mel King1st Black Mayoral Candidate; State Rep.;Community Fellows Program Founder &
Adjunct Professor; City of BostonCommonweath of Massachusetts; MIT
Howard KohFormer United States Assistant Secretary for
Health; Prof. of the Practice of Public Health Lead-ership, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services;
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Joanna LauFounder and CEO
Lau Technologies, Inc.
David Lee, Pres. & Managing PartnerDonald Stull, Founding PartnerStull and Lee Incorporated
Tunney LeeProfessor Emeritus and former Head,
Department of Urban Studiesand Planning; MIT
William Lee1st Asian AmericanManaging Partner
WilmerHale
Ralph MartinFormer District Attorney
Suffolk County
Jose MateoFounder & Artistic DirectorJose Mateo Ballet Theatre
Indira PatelFormer CEO
New England Office Supply, Inc.
Andre PorterFormer Executive Director, Office ofSmall Business and EntrepreneurshipCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Deborah Prothrow-StithFormer Commisioner of PublicHealth; author and consultant
Commonwealth of Massachusetts;Spencer Stuart
Jorge QuirogaReporterWCVB-TV
Mary ReedFounder & Former PresidentBessie Tartt Wilson Initiative
for Children
Marita RiveroExecutive DirectorThe Museum of
African American History
Marta T. RosaSenior Executive Director, Dept. ofGovernment & External Affairs, &Community Impact/Chief Diversity
Officer, Wheelock College
Byron RushingState Representative
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Helen Chin SchlichteCommunity Activist
Board of Directors, Beth IsraelDeaconess Medical Center
Sarah-Ann ShawReporter (Retired)
WBZ-TV
Gail SnowdenPrincipal
Gail Snowden Consulting Services
Richard SodenOf Counsel
Goodwin Procter LLP
Valerie StephensPerformer, Artist and Arts Educator
Valerie Stephens Group
Charles StithFormer United States Ambassador to
Tanzania; Founder, African PresidentialArchives and Research Center; PastorU.S. Dept. of State; Boston University
Richard TaylorFormer Secretary of TransportationCommonwealth of Massachusetts
Alberto Vasallo, Jr.Founder and PublisherEl Mundo Newspaper
Benaree Wiley, PrincipalFletcher Wiley, Attorney, Partner
The Wiley Group
Anthony WilliamsFounder & Executive Director
BalletRox, Tony Williams Ballet,Tony Williams Dance Center
Victoria WilliamsFormer DirectorCity of Boston
Office of Civil Rights
Marti Wilson-TaylorChair
Hyams Foundaton
Janet WuReporterWCVB-TV
Liz WalkerPastor
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
The GK25
Alicia AdamsonFounder and Director ofStrategic Initiatives
The Young Black Women’s Society Inc.
Evelyn BarahonaVice President of Membership
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Shaun BlughDirector of Growth Strategies
City of Boston
Hodari CailCommunity Affairs Director
Office of Governor Charlie Baker
Nurys CamargoFounder
Chica Project
Andrea Joy CampbellCity Councilor, District 4
City of Boston
Bithiah CarterFounding PresidentNew England Blacks
in Philanthropy
Christina ChanAssistant Attorney General
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Yasmin CruzProgram & Grants Manager,
Corporate Social ResponsibilityJohn Hancock Financial Services
Vicky Wu DavisExecutive Director
Youth CITIES
Stevie DeGroffGlobal Brand Solutions & Innovation,
YouTube/VideoGoogle
Herby DuvernePrincipal and CEO
Taino Consulting Group
Naisha Bradley ForresterDirector
Harvard College Women's Center
Yvonne GarciaSenior Vice President,
Investment Manager ServicesState Street Corporation
Gregory JaneyPresident
Janey Construction Managementand Consulting, Inc.
Peniel JosephProfessor of History and Founding
Director, Center for the Study of Raceand Democracy at Tufts University
Justin KangFounder and Executive Director
City Awake
Daniel KohChief of Staff
Office of the Mayor of Boston
Malia LazuExecutive Director & Co-Founder
Future Boston
Giles LiExecutive DirectorBoston Chinatown
Neighborhood Center
Juan LoperaVice President of Business Diversity
Tufts Health Plan
Diego Portillo MazalFinancial Services Professional
NYLIFE Securities LLC.
Greg ShellManaging Director, Boston
Bain Capital
Jay TuliSVP Corporate Development
Leader Bank
Aditi TaylorPrincipalDeloitte
The Founder’s Choice
Tina CheryPresident and CEO
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Joe ChowBoard Trustee/Director
Delaware Investments Family of Funds
Selina ChowBoard President
Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center
Denella ClarkChief Development Officer
Bottom Line
Betty FranciscoFounder and PresidentFitNation Ventures
Regla GonzalezVice President
LULAC
Darrin LeverettFounder
American Color Network
Robert Lewis, Jr.President & Founder
The BASE
Juliette MayersPresident and CEOInspiration Zone LLC
Nam PhamAssistant Secretary of Business DevelopmentCommonwealth of Massachusetts, ExecutiveOffice of Housing & Economic Development
Jeanne PinadoChief Executive Officer
Madison Park Development Corporation
Mary TruongExecutive Director
Commonwealth of MassachusettsOffice of Refugees & Immigrants