BOARD OFFICERS
Suzanne Preston Blier, President
Laury Hammel, Treasurer/Clerk
Nicola Williams, Vice President
Laury Hammel, Treasurer/Clerk
Nicola Williams, Vice President
BOARD BIOS
Anita Patterson
Anita is a Harvard Square resident and is Professor of English at Boston University. Her research focuses on American literature, modernism, and black poetry of the Americas, and her approach, which emphasizes transnational issues. In Cambridge she has been active in work to recognize earlier Black residents. Term ending 2025.
Babette Meyer
Babette is a Porter Square resident and has recently retired from an Executive Search Firm that focused on Non-Profits. Before that she had worked at WGBH and other local media doing outreach and fund-raising. She moved to Cambridge after graduate school having been drawn here by the diversity of people and neighborhoods. A history buff, she is interested in what Harvard Square must have been like for residents in the 1700s. Term ending 2025.
Ben Lewis
Ben, a Watertown resident, holds a degree in urban planning and is a scientist at Harvard’s Center for Geographical Analysis, where he serves as Geospatial Technology Manager. An environmental advocate, he employs mapping technology to address these and other local and global issues. Term ending 2026.
Christopher Mackin
A Harvard Square resident, and long-time Cambridge renter, is President of Ownership Associates, Inc. of 17 Story Street and special advisor for American Working Capital, LLC. He lectures internationally and is also adjunct lecturer at the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations. Term ending 2025
Elena Saporta
Elena, a Mid-Cambridge resident, is president of Elena Saporta Landscape Architecture, based in this city. She sits on the board of Green Cambridge, on the board of overseers for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Term ending 2024.
Gladys “Pebble” Gifford (Emerita)
An attorney and realtor, lives on Hilliard Place. She has long been active in Harvard Square preservation projects in part through her leadership role on the Harvard Square Defense Fund. She also serves on the Harvard Square Advisory Committee. Ex-Officio.
Gilberte Houbart
Gilberte grew up in France with a French father and a Colombian mother. She lives in the Huron Avenue area and works leading Product Design to create the user experience of large scale applications (finance, travel, commerce, healthcare). Gilberte has lived in the Huron area for 20+ years and came here originally for her Masters in Media Arts and Science at the MIT Media Lab. Term ending 2026
John Gilmore
John has lived in Cambridge all his life and is a resident of West Cambridge. He is a retired Securities Litigation attorney at DLA Piper and has been active in historic preservation efforts and led the effort to create a conservation district in his neighborhood. He writes: “My two passions are gardening and history, including historic preservation. Term ending 2024.
Kathryn Herring Heifetz
Kathryn, a Harvard Square resident, is a retired executive and consultant to non-profits and professional service firms, working in part to stabilize a primary care clinic for the working poor, co-founded a Jewish high school and led a Community in Schools project. Term ending 2026.
Laury Hammel
Laury, a Harvard Square Resident founded the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts in 1988, the Business for Social Responsibility in 1991 and in 2001 co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. He also is President and CEO of The Longfellow Clubs of MA, a group of health and sports clubs and camps. Term ending in 2025.
Laury, a Harvard Square Resident founded the Sustainable Business Network of Massachusetts in 1988, the Business for Social Responsibility in 1991 and in 2001 co-founded the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies. He also is President and CEO of The Longfellow Clubs of MA, a group of health and sports clubs and camps. Term ending in 2025.
Marilee Boyd Meyer
Is an Independent scholar, author, art historian, appraiser, and guest curator, Marilee grew up in Wellesley and lives in Mid-Cambridge. An art and architectural historian, she founded the Arts and Crafts Department at Skinner Auction Gallery. An activist and preservationist, she is a frequent presence at Cambridge Historical Commission meetings bringing insights on architectural history. Term ending 2025.
Nicola Williams
A Harvard Square resident, founded The Williams Agency, a marketing and business strategy firm. She helped to launch the Boston Local Food Festival (Boston’s premier food event) and In 2015 was recognized as a Cambridge Food Hero. She also helped to build Cambridge Carnival International into one of the city’s largest festivals. Term ending 2025.
Peter Glick
Peter, an Avon Hill resident, is a life sciences executive and environmentalist. He serves as Chairman of both NanoImaging Services and Meadowhawk Biolabs, and is the founder of Rise Up Solar. Term ending 2026.
Suzanne Preston Blier
A Fuller Place resident, teaches art and architectural history at Harvard and currently serves as President of the College Art Association. She helped found the Harvard Square Neighborhood Association and also was actively involved in Our Harvard Square. Term ending 2024.
Wylie Chang
Wylie is Project Manager at the Foundation for Civic Leadership in Harvard square. A graduate of Tufts University, he was Project Manager at Register2Vote.org and early worked on gun safety and the Hillary Clinton Campaign. Term ending 2024.
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