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Board of Directors & Staff

Preservation Massachusetts is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and maintains a professional staff that collaborate on advocacy, programs and projects, and with project specific consultants, such as legislative and conference planning. We also work with partners statewide, regionally, and nationally. Our office staff work from our base in Plymouth, MA, while our Circuit Riders work “in the field,” responding directly to requests for advocacy assistance. 

We're Hiring: The James Igoe Historic Preservation Fellowship

Preservation Massachusetts (PM) established the James Igoe Preservation Fellowship to honor the 20 years of dedicated leadership of former president and executive director James Igoe, who retired at the end of 2021. PM seeks candidates for the 2025 James Igoe Preservation Fellowship, a program that will fund an individual for up to six (6) months to work with PM to gain hands-on preservation experience through a dedicated project led in collaboration with PM staff and leadership, and with access to the Preservation Coalition network and statewide partners. Fellows have the opportunity to engage in the daily operations of PM—fostering community engagement, developing educational programming, identifying funding resources, building strategic partnerships, and advocating for endangered historic resources. 

Read the full fellowship description.
 

To apply, please submit a resume, personal statement*, and two (2) references with contact info to hiring@preservationmass.org

Include your LAST NAME with “Igoe Fellowship” in the email subject line (e.g. SMITH, Igoe Fellowship). 


Applications will be accepted until December 5th at 5:00 p.m.

Staff

Jessica Rudden-Dube, Executive Director
Jeff Gonyeau, Circuit Rider
Stacia Caplanson, Circuit Rider
Julie Roper, Event Planner
Ellen White-Davis, Administrative Coordinator

 

Board of Directors

2024

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Mary Thompson, Chair (Bank of America)

Robert Charest, Vice Chair (Boston Financial Investment Management)

Nick Ratti, Treasurer (CohnReznick)
Daniel Kolodner, Clerk (Klein Hornig, LLP)

  • Kara Anderson (Architectural Heritage Foundation)

  • Pamela Bailey (Bond Brothers)

  • Maureen Cavanaugh (PAL Inc.)

  • John Cornell (Nixon Peabody, LLP)

  • John Gahan (Sullivan & Worcester, LLP)

  • Wendall Kalsow (McGinley Kalsow & Associates)​

  • Douglas Kelleher (Epsilon Associates)

  • Sarah la Cour (Westmass Area Development Corp.)

  • Ryan Lynch (Shawmut Design and Construction)

  • Karen Mauney-Brodek (Emerald Necklace Conservancy)

  • James E. McDermott (Holland & Knight LLP)

  • Gordon Pulsifer (First Resource Companies)

  • Scott Winkler (Wessling Architects)

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