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New Member Spotlight: Carolyn Sidor

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Carolyn Sidor is the Managing Principal of Cushman & Wakefield’s New England offices. She oversees all lines of business and leads a team of more than 180 professionals in Boston, Hartford, CT and Manchester, NH who develop creative and holistic real estate solutions for the firm’s investor and occupier clients across the region.

New Member Spotlight: Wendy Sherman

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Wendy is a professor of the practice of public leadership and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she prepares students to exercise leadership in a world that faces an array of social, political, and economic challenges. As former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, she led the U.S. negotiating team and was a central player in concluding the Iran nuclear agreement, for which, among other diplomatic accomplishments, she was awarded the National Security Medal by President Barack Obama.

New Membership Spotlight: Audrey Shelto

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As a proven leader with 30 years of achievement in improving the delivery of health care and human services, particularly for low-income and vulnerable populations, Audrey assumed leadership of the Blue Cross Blue Shields Foundation in 2013. She leads the Foundation’s strategic agenda to broaden health coverage and reduce barriers to care through grants, research, and policy initiatives.

New Member Spotlight: Honorable Patti Saris

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Patti broke barriers by becoming the first woman to be named chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 2013. In her years as chief, she has deftly tackled cases at the far reaches of technological innovation, intellectual property, and emerging science and, more recently, immigration and deportation cases.

New Member Spotlight: Yves Salomon-Fernandez

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As President of Greenfield Community College, Yves is a staunch advocate for reinventing higher education in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. She has been recognized as a thought leader, writing and speaking on issues related to rural innovation, workforce development, and women’s leadership.

New Member Spotlight: Andrea Rosen

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Andrea manages brand and marketing at Puma, as the Head of Business Affairs and Marketing and Deputy General Counsel. This includes all of Puma’s influencer relationships with celebrities like Jay Z, where Andrea has brought insight for her twelve years with the company.

New Member Spotlight: Valerie Roberson

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During her five years as president at Roxbury Community College, Valerie has fostered an environment of opportunity for access to a college education consistent with students’ interests and aptitudes and helped reduce economic, social, psychological and academic barriers to educational opportunity. She has championed environmentally friendly renovations and developed new programs in emerging fields.

New Member Spotlight: Cindy Perettie

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Cindy joined Foundation Medicine, a company bringing cutting-edge science and technology to everyday cancer care, in 2019 as its Chief Executive Officer. She is passionate about improving the care of cancer patients and brings more than two decades of scientific and commercial experience with global biopharmaceutical organizations. 

New Member Spotlight: Shanna O’Reilly

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Shanna is a Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Wellington Management, a private, independent investment management firm, where she leads long-term investors focused on the future. The company pursues capital appreciation through direct investments in private companies seeking capital to accelerate growth.

New Member Spotlight: Beth Myers

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Beth Myers has a long history of involvement in public issues and campaigns, which she brought to the co-founding of The Shawmut Group. The Shawmut Group specializes in public affairs consulting for companies and associations, as well as general campaign consulting for candidates. Most recently, she was Campaign Manager for Mitt Romney’s presidential race and before that served as his Chief of Staff through all four years of the Romney governorship.