Meet the Team
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ALEXIS STEEL
Read BiographyPRESIDENT
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![Christina Bryant is the Chief Operations Officer at St Mary's Center. After joining the organization in October 2023 as Chief Administrative Officer, Mrs. Bryant’s role to oversee human resources and administrative teams, security and IT expanded to include all Programs in August of 2024. Prior to joining St. Mary’s Center, Mrs. Bryant served 2 decades for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, holding 14 roles in 2 divisions, developing skills in organizational effectiveness, project management and process development. She retired as their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Senior Manager. In that role, she served as a key advisor to the Vice President of Talent Acquisition, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging and other business leaders by providing directional advice on diversity-related issues, especially as they pertain to policy, practices and talent recruitment and hiring. As the key consultant, Mrs. Bryant developed and integrated diversity goals and strategies into all business and planning processes and practices. She has been recognized globally as Top 15 Influential Women in DEI by DiversityGlobal, as well as Top 10 Empowering Women Leaders in DE&I to Follow in 2023 by CIO Views. Christina is on the DEI Advisory Board for Big Sister of Greater Boston and Plymouth Public School, Vice Chair of No Place for Hate Plymouth, and Advisor for Women in Leadership Program at The University of Tennessee.]()
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NORA WOLF
Read BiographyCHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
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Residential Program Leadership
Young Parenting Living Program
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Mengee Khasu
Read BiographyDirector, Young Parenting
and Housing Programs
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Adult Family Shelter Programs
Transitional & Permanent Housing Programs
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Mengee Khasu
Read BiographyDirector, Young Parenting and Housing Programs
Supportive Services Leadership
Behavioral Health Services
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Renee Da Silva
Read BiographyDirector, Behavioral Health
and Clinical Services
Facilities Management
Shane Wood, John M. Corcoran & Co.
Board of Trustees
Dustin C. Sarnoski, Chair
State Street Corporation
Head of Global Realty
Smitha Gudapakkam, Vice Chair
Sakhee
Founder & CEO
Brendan Sullivan, Treasurer
Team Impact
Chief Operating Officer
Thomas Flynn, Clerk
Stonehill College
Vice President and General Counsel
Jan Aldrich
Michael Berkery
Health and Human Services Advisor
Colette Dieujuste, RN, PhD
Wheaton College
Dean of Nursing
Maureen Feeney
City of Boston
City Clerk (retired)
Lisa Heelan-Fancher
UMASS Boston
Assistant Professor, Nursing
Monsignor J. Bryan Hehir (Ex Officio)
Archdiocese of Boston
Secretary for Healthcare and Social Services
Mary Lou Jackson, Ph.D.
Regis College (retired)
Rev. Robert T. Kickham
Archdiocese of Boston
Secretary to the Cardinal
Nora Leary, LICSW
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Clinical Director, Ambulatory Social Work
Mark Payson, Jr.
Gloribel Rivas
Office of State Rep. Adrian Madaro
Chief of Staff
Lydia Rivera
Lyd Riv Communications
Brenda Rosario
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Service Representative- Member Service Team
Hon. Mary Dacey White (Ret.)
Brookline District Court
First Justice
Tiffany White
Hancock Convention Center
Project Supervisor
TRUSTEE EMERITUS
Katherine A. Hesse, Esq.
Murphy, Toomey, Hesse, Lehane, LLP
Peter Meade
Pemberton Square Group
Rosanne Bacon Meade
Educator (retired)
Claudina C. Quinn