Board of Directors/Advisors

Board of Directors

Director Emeritus

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


Board of Advisor Partnerships