Meet the Team

ALEXIS STEEL

PRESIDENT

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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.

NORA WOLF

CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER 

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Residential Program Leadership

Young Parenting Living Program

Mengee Khasu

Director, Young Parenting 

and Housing Programs

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Adult Family Shelter Programs

Transitional & Permanent Housing Programs

Mengee Khasu

Director, Young Parenting and Housing Programs

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Supportive Services Leadership

Behavioral Health Services

Renee Da Silva

Director, Behavioral Health

and Clinical Services 

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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)


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