Nicole Stewart
Executive Director
Nicole served as an educational leader for almost two decades in the Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School and Boston Public School systems, where she championed the opportunity for quality education for all children. Her...
Katherine Sandy
Director of Operations
Kate Sandy is social worker with over 20 years experience in the the nonprofit field. Prior to joining Boston CASA, she was the Director of Program Operations and Evaluation at Starfinder Foundation a nationally and inte...
Karen Solomon
Director of Development and Communications
Karen has more than 25 years of experience in the development field; heading up fundraising shops, conducting capital campaigns, starting and growing philanthropy efforts, engaging in major gift work and consulting. Spen...
Janon Rollins
Program Director
Janon Rollins. Janon spent more than twenty years at DCF and held many positions within the department, including Network Specialist Contract Manager for the past six years in Central Office. Janon’s extensive skills a...
Charly Snellings
Director of Community Engagement & Volunteer Services
Charly Snellings has been passionate about working with and serving others throughout his career. After graduating from Roger Williams University with a degree in education, he served two years as an AmeriCorps member at...
Elizabeth Spain
Development & Grants Manager
Prior to beginning her work at Boston CASA, Elizabeth received her master’s degree in Macro Social Work from Boston University and worked at the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts. A native Brooklyn-ite, Elizab...
Lizabeth Raffel
Volunteer Coordinator
Lizabeth Raffel is a graduate from Marquette University with a BA in Criminology and Law Studies. Before joining Boston CASA Lizabeth served as a Public Ally through Public Allies Milwaukee where she worked to strengthen...
Taisha Alexis
Deputy Advocate Supervisor
From an early age, Taisha felt drawn to be in the helping profession. She studied Health Sciences with a concentration in Human Services during her undergraduate years. As a full time student, Taisha also balanced 40 h...
Sam Bello
Advocate Supervisor
Sam Bello is passionate and committed to community-driven social change, youth-driven advocacy, and empowerment-based systems change. They graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, earning th...
Lucas Brunt
Advocate Supervisor
Lucas Brunt (he/they) is a graduate of the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies (2020) and Boston University School of Social Work with a Master’s degree in Socia...
Cora Wright
Advocate Supervisor
Cora Wright is a graduate of Niagara University in Niagara Falls, NY. She graduated in 2017 with her Bachelor of Science in Social Work with a Law and Legal Jurisprudence minor. Cora is a recent graduate of Boston Univer...
Janet Burt
Advocate Supervisor
Janet joins CASA Boston from a background practicing law. She spent her legal career fighting for clients whose access to justice was limited by socioeconomic and racial discrimination. She received a bachelor’s degree...
Amari Hanberry
Advocate Supervisor
Amari Hanberry is a graduate of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Criminal Justice with a certificate in Pre-Law. Before joining the Boston CASA team, she dedicated her time at the Department of Children an...
Board of Directors, Fiscal Year 2023
- Gale Batchelder, Board Chair – Principal, New Leadership Group
- Payal Salsburg, Board Vice Chair – Partner, Laredo & Smith, LLP
- Caury Bailey, Board Treasurer – Vice President & Investment Treasurer, Liberty Mutual Investments
- Michael Willock, Board Secretary – Chief Technology Officer, Chief Data Officer, Liberty Mutual Investments
- Sally Jenks – Director of Managed Care and Business Development, McLean Hospital (Retired)
- Deirdre Karle – Director, Global Medical Affairs, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
- Cecile Le Camus – Head of Global Medical Affairs Hemophilia, Sanofi Genzyme
- Meghan Montgomery – Senior Director, Marketplace Operations, DraftKings Inc
- Nancy Powers – Community volunteer
- Steve Savas – Retired, part-time consultant
- Jacob Wilner – Associate, Calera Capital
- Katherine Xia – Senior Product Manager, Binti
- Emily Campbell
Former Board Members
Steve Davis
Brian Ferguson
Susan Ganz
Joe Hanlon, Esq.
Anne Harvey Kilburn
Jake Hixon
Emily F. Hodge, Esq.
Meghan L. Holmes, Esq.
Herbert Lewis, MBA, CPA
Timothy G. Lynch, Esq.
Kristin Maceachern
John J. Moriarty III
Alonzo Portlock
Clare Reilly
Nicole Schiavone
Bryan Scott Ganz, Esq.
Courtney Scrubbs, Esq.
Evelynne Swagerty
Jim White
Renee Yourk
In Memory of Lauren Sampson
Lauren served on the Board of Boston CASA for almost three years. She was committed to social justice and equity. She was committed to the youth, families, staff, and volunteers of Boston CASA. Lauren contributed beautifully and created significant positive change here at Boston CASA. She is our dear friend and will be deeply missed.
