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CURRENTLY RETIRED – BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Citizens Housing and Planning Association of Metropolitan Boston, President 1998 - 2000;
Founding Board and Executive Committee Member 1968 – present
Hearth, Inc. (formerly Committee to End Elder Homelessness), Treasurer and Founding Board
Member 1991 – present
Jewish Community Relations Council, Public Policy Committee, Elderly Services Committee,
Council, 1995 to present
Combined Jewish Philanthropies, Committee on Services to the Elderly, 2001 to present
FORMER EMPLOYMENT
President, Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly
30 Wallingford Road, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135
1981 - 2010
Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly is a non-profit developer and manager
of 1,200 units of non-sectarian housing for low income elderly.
Consultant, Washington, D.C. and Boston, Massachusetts
1981
Director of the Departmental Office of Civil Rights,
U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C.
1977 - 81
Faculty, University of Massachusetts at Boston,
College of Public and Community Service, Boston, Massachusetts
1976 - 77
Vice-President and Principal, Justin Gray Associates,
Architects, Planners and Community Development Consultants,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
1970 - 76
Intergovernmental Relations and Legislative Specialist,
Office of the City Manager, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1968 - 70
Lobbyist, various Massachusetts housing and civil rights
organizations
1960 - 69
Lobbyist, Special Legislative Commission on Low-Income Housing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
1965
Concurrent Experience
Faculty, Bunting Institute, Harvard University
1971 - 73
Faculty, Kennedy Institute of Politics, Harvard University
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1971 – 72
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EDUCATION
Radcliffe College, Harvard University, B.A.
Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration
Program for Senior Managers in Government
GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Appointed by Senators Kerry (D) and Mikulski (D), Congressmen Frank (D) and Mollohan (D):
Co-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Affordable Housing and Health
Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century
Appointed by Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford:
Massachusetts Advisory Committee to the United States Commission on Civil Rights
Appointed by Governors Peabody (D), Volpe (R), and Sargent (R):
Chairperson, Boston Area Advisory Council to the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
Appointed by Governors Sargent (R) and Dukakis (D):
Advisory Committee to the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency
Appointed by Governor Sargent (R):
Governor's Select Committee to Investigate the Massachusetts Commission Against
Discrimination
Appointed by Attorneys General McCormack (D), Brooke (R), Richardson (R), and Quinn (D):
Attorney General's Advisory Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Appointed by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, Committee on Boston's Housing Crisis
Appointed by Newton Mayor David B. Cohen, Newton Housing Partnership
Appointed by U.S. Legal Services Corporation
Advisory Committee, Action Plan for Legal Services
Appointed by President of Harvard University:
Advisory Committee, Loeb Fellows Program (in Urban Studies), Harvard University
Appointed by President of American Bar Association
Commission on Enforcement of Bar Discipline
Commission on NonLawyer Practice
Elected:
American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Housing Committee, 1980s,
1999 –2001
American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, President 1972-75,
Director 1970 - 1999
American Civil Liberties Union, Vice President and National Executive Committee
1975-85, Director 1972 - 2010
Americans for Democratic Action, National Board 1966-72
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GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, cont.
Elected, cont.:
Americans for Democratic Action, Massachusetts Chapter, Vice Chairman
American Jewish Congress, Governing Council
1963-70
1983 -1995
American Jewish Congress, New England Region, Vice President
Chairperson of Commission on Law and Social Action
1981 -1998
1983-1994
Central Boston Elder Services, Director
Citizens Housing and Planning Association, President
Founding Board and Executive Committee Member
1984 - 2010
1998 - 2000
1968 – present
Hearth, Inc. (formerly Committee to End Elder Homelessness), Treasurer and Founding
Board Member
1991 - present
Committee to Protect the Affordable Housing Law, Treasurer
2010
Committee to Ratify the Massachusetts Equal Rights Amendment, Steering Committee
1975
Massachusetts Conference on Human Rights, Legislative Chairperson
1970-80
National Low Income Housing Coalition, Executive Committee
Director
1974 - 1991
1974 - 1994
New England Elderly Housing Association, Legislative Chairperson
1984 - 1998
Association of Jewish Aging Services, Vice Chairperson
Public Policy Chairperson
1997 - 1998
1985 - 1998
AWARDS
Jewish Alliance for Law & Social Action, 10th Anniversary Leadership
Award
2012
National Institute of Senior Housing, National Council on the Aging, Sid Spector
Memorial Award for Excellence in Senior Housing Service,
2003
Central Boston Elder Services, 25th Anniversary Community Services Award,
1999
Association of Jewish Aging Services, Award of Honor,
1996
National Association of Social Workers, Massachusetts Chapter, Beverly Ross
Fliegel Public Service Award
1993
Citizens Housing and Planning Association, 25th Anniversary Award,
1992
Lena Park Community Development Corporation, Patrick F. Jones Award for Lifelong
Commitment to Human Rights, Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity,
1989
Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, Abraham T. Alper Award,
1984
Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee, Norman ThomasEugene V. Debs Award,
1979
Americans for Democratic Action, Massachusetts Chapter, Roosevelt Day Award, 1974
Americans for Democratic Action, Chapter Chairman's Award,
1967