City Year Greater Boston Women’s Leadership Breakfast 2024

• Alumni
• Fundraiser

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About the Event

Each year, City Year Greater Boston’s annual Women’s Leadership Breakfast brings together women leaders and allies in our community who are dedicated to supporting and serving local students. Join us to elevate, amplify and empower women, while building awareness and action to advance educational equity in Greater Boston.’

We are thrilled that professor and author Dr. Bettina Love will be joining us as our featured speaker. See below for Dr. Love’s full bio.

Event Details:
7:15am – 8:00am | Networking
8:00am – 9:00am | Program & Breakfast

Registration is required. Please RSVP by October 31st.

Sponsorship Opportunities:

By partnering with City Year Greater Boston as a sponsor, your company earns the opportunity to showcase its dedication to educational equity and care for our students and schools. You can view our sponsorship menu here. Please email Mollie Puskar (mpuskar@cityyear.org) for further details.

We strive to provide an equitably joyful experience at all City Year Greater Boston events. Please contact Alanna Kouri at akouri@cityyear.org to discuss accessibility and accommodations needed to participate fully in this event.  

About the Featured Speaker:

Dr. Bettina L. Love holds the prestigious William F. Russell Professorship at Teachers College, Columbia University, and is the celebrated author of Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal, a New York Times bestseller. This groundbreaking work earned her the Stowe Prize for Literary Activism, a finalist for the LA Times Book Prize, and long-listed for the Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize. In 2022, the Kennedy Center honored her as one of their Next 50 Leaders for her dedication to fostering inspiration, inclusivity, and compassion, and in 2024, she was awarded the Truth Award for Excellence in Education from Better Brothers Los Angeles and The Diva Foundation. In 2024, she also received the Black Girl Magic Award at Lincoln Center in New York City.

Dr. Love was a key figure in founding the task force behind the transformative “In Her Hands” initiative, which distributed over $13 million in financial support to Black women across Georgia.  Her insights have been featured in prominent media outlets such as NPR, PBS, The Daily Beast, Time, Education Week, The Guardian, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In 2018, the Georgia House of Representatives honored Dr. Love with a resolution recognizing her significant contributions to education. As a public scholar, she regularly contributes to Education Week Opinion on issues of race and education in America. Her book We Want To Do More Than Survive has sold nearly 200,000 copies and remains a staple in classrooms across the country, solidifying her role as a leading voice in education today.

Thank You to Our Event Sponsors:

Presenting:

Gold:

Silver:

Reception:

Bronze:

Bowditch & Dewey LLP    |    Eastern Bank    |   KPMG    |   MG+M

Thank You to Our Committee Members:

Founding Chairs: 

Kristin Atwood | Ripples of Hope 

Julie Callaghan | City Year Greater Boston Seven Generations Board 

Sandy Edgerley | City Year Inc. Board of Trustees 

Carol Geremia | MFS Investment Management® 

Clare Richer | Putnam Investments 

Co-Chairs: 

Pam Kelleher | EY 

Lunetta Kwan | KPMG 

Kate Mead | MFS Investment Management® 

Vice Chairs: 

Andrea Carlson | Paytronix Systems 

Mon Chau | Deloitte 

Andrea Evans Zoia | Morgan, Brown & Joy LLP 

Alexis Flanagan | MFS Investment Management® 

Jenine Garrelick | MFS Investment Management® 

Reni Gertner | Strategic Communications and Marketing Consultant   

Sarah Holmes | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co 

Bethany Jewell | Fidelity Investments 

Enna Jimenez | IDEMIA 

Danielle Jurema Lederman | Bowditch & Dewey LLP 

Ellen Keiley | EMK Consulting Group 

Lisa Lebovitz | Cube Art Boston 

Dianne Ledingham | Bain & Company 

Lisa Lobel | Boston Casting 

Andrea Martin | Boston Latin School

Carla Moynihan | Sherin & Lodgen LLP 

Lisa Sheeler | RhumbLine Advisors 

Natasha Walth | Stifel Financial 

Jen Whelan | MG+M Law Firm 

Courtney Worcester | Holland & Knight LLP