THE HYAMS FOUNDATION, INC.

TRUSTEES

Barbara E. Casey, 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 Masters 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.

Adam D. Seitchik, Treasurer of the board, became a trustee in 2006.  He is Managing Partner 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 Lexington and currently serves on the Lexington High School Council.  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.

Martella Wilson-Taylor, Assistant Clerk 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 and 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 South Africa Partners, Pine Manor College, the Cloud Foundation and the Massachusetts Health Council.  She is a graduate of Cheyney State College in Pennsylvania and has a Master’s in Developmental Psychology from San Francisco State University.  Marti lives in Brighton and chairs the Foundation’s Governance 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.

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.

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.