THE HYAMS FOUNDATION, INC.

TRUSTEES

Martella Wilson-Taylor, Marti Wilson-Taylor, Chair of the board, became a trustee in 2006.  She is the recent past President and CEO of the YWCA Boston.  Under Marti’s sixteen years of leadership, the YWCA completed a major renovation of its headquarters building. In addition, she founded the YWCA’s Academy of Women Achievers, among other accomplishments.  Marti also served on the board of the National YWCA.  Prior to joining the YWCA, Marti was a principal in the organizational development consulting firm, Wilson Taylor Associates and served as President of Transitional Employment Enterprises, Inc.  Marti currently serves on the boards of Pine Manor College and the Cloud Foundation and serves on the advisory board of South African Partners.  She is a graduate of Cheyney State University in Pennsylvania and has a Masters in Developmental Psychology from San Francisco State University.  Marti lives in Brighton, has been a Boston resident since 1981 and serves on the Foundation’s Governance Committee.

Adam D. Seitchik, Treasurer of the board, became a trustee in 2006.  He is Managing Director of Auriel Capital Limited.  Adam’s prior positions include serving as Investment Office and Executive Vice President for Trillium Asset Management, Chief Global Strategist and Managing Director for Deutsche Asset Management in London and as Global Balanced Portfolio Manager, Associate Partner at Wellington Management Company in Boston and in a variety of executive positions at John Hancock Financial Services.  Adam also has taught economics at Wellesley College and worked as a consultant at Abt Associates.  Adam is a graduate of University of Texas, received his Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.  Adam lives in Cambridge.  He chairs the Foundation’s Investment/Finance Committee.

Roslyn M. Watson, Assistant Treasurer of the board, became a trustee in 1981.  She is President of Watson Ventures, a company that invests in commercial and residential real estate projects in the United States and France and provides real estate counsel to American investors seeking French real estate opportunities.  Her prior positions include serving as Vice President at the Gunwyn Company in Cambridge and Project Manager for the development of Commonwealth Pier for the Massachusetts Port Authority.  She is a graduate of Simmons College and has a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management where she was an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow.  She is a trustee of the National Osteoporosis Foundation in Washington, D.C., Director of American Express Centurion Bank where she chairs the Audit Committee, and trustee of the Dreyfus/Laurel Mutual Funds.  Ros serves on the Foundation’s Investment/Finance Committee and Executive Committee.

Iris Gomez, Clerk of the Board, became a trustee in 2005.  She currently serves as an attorney at Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, a statewide legal services support center.  Iris has helped immigrants gain access to benefits and legal status, worked to change policies at the state and federal levels that keep immigrants in poverty, and advocated for systemic reforms that achieve social justice for immigrants.  She also provides training and technical assistance to other attorneys, advocates and the public; coordinates statewide advocacy activities; and provides consultation to local nonprofits in the areas of strategy development and fundraising.  Previously Iris was a senior attorney at Greater Boston Legal Services where she directed the organization’s immigrant work.  She is a graduate of Boston University School of Law and has taught an immigration law course there for many years.  Iris serves on the board of the National Immigration Law Center and was appointed its board chair in 2002, and she is also a published poet.  Iris serves of the Foundation’s Governance Committee.

Penn S. Loh, Assistant Clerk, became a trustee in 2010.  He currently is a Professor of the Practice in the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Prior to joining Tufts, Penn was the Executive Director at Alternatives for Community & Environment (ACE) in Roxbury. He also has held positions at the Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security in Oakland, CA, and the Tellus Institute for Resource and Environmental Strategies in Boston. Penn received his M.S. in Energy and Resources Group from the University of California, Berkeley and a B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves on the board of the New World Foundation, the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board, Massachusetts Energy Efficiency Advisory Council and Massachusetts Climate Protection and Green Economy Advisory Committee. He was chosen as a Barr Fellow in 2007. Penn’s parents immigrated to the United States from Taiwan in the early 1960s. Penn lives in Cambridge and serves the Foundation’s Governance Committee.

Barbara E. Casey, former Chair of the board, became a trustee in 1994.  She is Managing Director, BNY Mellon/Wealth Management, Boston.  She has held a variety of executive positions with Schwab, WorldClinic, Fidelity Investments, Dreyfus and John Hancock Financial Services.  Barbara is a graduate of Wellesley College and has a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard.  She also serves on the Business Leadership Council of Wellesley College and the Bay Cove Human Services Board of Advocates.  Barbara serves on the Foundation’s Governance Committee and Executive Committee.

Maria Elena Letona became a trustee in 2010.  She currently serves as a consultant to immigrant-run and other grassroots nonprofit organizations and previously was the Associate Director of the National Alliance of Latin American and Caribbean Communities and the Executive Director of Centro Presente in Cambridge. Earlier in her career, Elena worked for the Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community Development and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts/Boston; Management Consulting Services; Office of Environmental Affairs, Department of Health and Hospitals in Boston; and the Latin American Department at Pathfinder International. She received a Ph.D. and an M.S. in public policy from the University of Massachusetts/Boston and has a B.A. from Oberlin College. Elena has served on a number of boards and was selected as a Barr Fellow in 2005. She was born in El Salvador and came to the United States as a child. Elena lives in Brighton and serves on the Foundation’s Program Committee.

Karen L. Mapp became a trustee in 2006.  She is a Lecturer on Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is on the faculty of the Boston Principal Fellows Program and the Boston Teacher Residency Program.  Karen previously served as the Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement in the Boston Public Schools, as President of the Institute for Responsive Education and in various teaching and administrative positions at Northeastern University, Harvard University, Wellesley College and Trinity College.  She is a graduate of Trinity College and has Master’s degrees from Southern Connecticut State University and Harvard University and an Ed.D. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard.  Karen serves on the boards of the Center for Collaborative Education and the Orchard Gardens K-8 Pilot School and co-chairs Boston’s Campaign for Proficiency.  Karen lives in Roxbury and chairs the Foundation’s Program Committee.

John Hoang Sarvey became a trustee in 2005.  He is Development Officer, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy, at Northeastern University.  Prior to that position, he was Vice President for Service at City Year and responsible for the development of the organization's service strategy and program design.  Other national City Year positions John has held are Director of the National Corps, Alumni Director and Deputy Director to the Vice President of Education and Training; and Executive Director of City Year in San Jose, California.  Earlier, John was Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League, a national organization that promotes and supports college student involvement in community service.  John is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and has served on numerous boards including Asian Americans for Community Involvement, a comprehensive social service agency in San Jose, California.  John currently is chair of the Boston Chapter of the Coro Alumni Association and serves on the Boston Volunteer Literacy Collaborative.  He serves on the Foundation’s Investment/Finance Committee and Executive Committee.

Edward M. Swan, Jr., CFA, became a trustee in 2001.  He is the former President of the FIS Group in Philadelphia, an institutional investment consultant and $1.4 billion fund of fund manager.  He served as a Visiting Faculty Member, Florida A&M University School of Business & Industry (MBA Program). He has had a 30-year career in asset management with MFS Institutional Advisors, Franklin Management Corp, UBS Asset Management, Mitchell Hutchins Asset Management, WR Lazard & Co, and Prudential Insurance Company.  He is a graduate of Tufts University with a M.B.A. from the Wharton School and has taken courses in furniture making at North Bennett Street School.  Ed serves on the Foundation’s Program Committee and Executive Committee.