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: info@cpcglobal.com • website: www.cpcglobal.com

Get Konnected!e-mail: info@getkonnected.com • 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

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CELEBRATING THEEMERGING LEADERS

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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