Board of Directors
Director Emeritus
Jack Alves
Neiland Douglas

Robert Gillis, President
Retired – 2021 President, Cape Ann Savings Bank, Gloucester, MA
Kurt James, Esq., Clerk
Principal, KJP Partners LLP., Boston, MA
John Thomson, Esq., Treasurer
Business Manager, First Baptist Church, Beverly, MA
Rick Alpern
Marketing Consultant, Beverly, MA
Tracey Armstrong
CEO, Copyright Clearance Center, Danvers, MA
Kersten Lanes
Senior Director of Finance and Administration, Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute, Gloucester, MA
Cynthia Nina-Soto
Owner, Broker, Realtor, MRP, Nina-Soto & Company, Salem, MA
Kevin B. Noyes
Senior Vice President, Newburyport Bank, Newburyport, MA
Isis Patterson
Community Development Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank Boston, Boston, MA
Dane Poeske
Chief Commercial Officer, Force of Nature, Inc., Boston, MA
William Scanlon
Former Mayor of Beverly
(2004-2013)
Michael Schaaf
Principal, Community Investment Associates, Ipswich, MA
Abu H. Toppin
Corporate Compliance Program Manager, MFS Investment Management, Boston, MA
Board of Advisors
The Harborlight Homes Board of Advisors (BOA) helps strengthen corporate, sector, and community partnerships to better connect affordable housing efforts with the wider community. Their role is to promote the understanding that safe, affordable homes benefit both businesses and neighborhoods, ultimately increasing support for Harborlight’s mission. BOA members may also provide their personal or professional expertise to guide Harborlight programs, projects, and operations.

Charlie Allen
Principal, Evergreen Partners, Ipswich, MA
Hannah Bolcome
Sr. Associate, Edgemere Consulting Corporation, Lynn, MA
Bernadette Butterfield
Vice President Business Development, Groom Construction, Salem, MA
Dan Carlin
Vice President, National Account Sales, Aqua Star, Seattle, WA
Karla Chaffee
Counsel, Nixon Peabody, Boston, MA
John Colucci, JD, CPA
Director, McLane Middleton, New Hampshire and Massachusetts
Jason Consalvo
Community Business Loan Officer, Salem Five, Salem, MA
Dustin Corbett
General Superintendent, Windover Construction, Beverly, MA
Neiland Douglas
HH Board Member Emeritus; Morgan & Douglas Real Estate Planning & Research, Beverly, MA
Michelle Hagerty
Community Relations Manager, Element Care PACE, Lynn, MA
Tracey Hartford
Corporate Retirement Plan Specialist, Twelve Points Wealth Management
Gretchen Hover
Co-Founder and Manager Partner, Imbue Partners, Middleton, MA
Dirk Isbrandtsen
Hospitality Industry Professional & Support for The Pine Street Inn, Boston, MA
Rick Jakious
District Director & Sr. Advisor to Representative Seth Moulton
David Keiran
Chief Financial Officer, The Senné Company, Boston, MA
Molly Kelley
Chief Executive Officer, Wayside Trans. Corp., Danvers, MA
Eric Mitchell
President & CEO, Pathways for Children, Beverly and Gloucester, MA
Gary Moffie
President and Founder, The Remodeling Company, Beverly, MA
Dianne Palter Gill, Ed. D.
Dean, North Shore Community College
Victor Paulino
Global Real Estate Advisor, Engle & Völkers
David Rosen
Principal, Senior Advisor, LandVest, Boston, MA
Dierdre Savage
Saltaire Properties, Gloucester, MA
Miranda Siemasko
Partner, Glovsky, Counselors-at-Law, Beverly, MA
Greg Smith
Associate Professor, Business and Marketing, Gordon College, Wenham, MA; and Principal, Next Level Consulting, Beverly, MA
Joan Sullivan
Chair of the Math Dept. Dept. and Dean of Faculty, Waring School, Beverly, MA
Deborah Tetrault
Program Director, Family Networks at Lahey Health Behavioral Services at Dept. Children & Families, Lynn, MA
Paul Tetrault, JD, CPCU, ARM, AIM
Senior Director, Personal Lines & Counsel, American Property Casualty Insurance Association
Charles Wear, PE, LEED AP
Executive Civil Engineer, Hancock Associates

























