Committees
AFP Massachusetts is governed by a volunteer board of directors that includes a range of standing committees. These committees, listed below, carry out the important work of AFP Massachusetts in line with best-practice standards of association management. To learn more about any committee or to get involved, please contact the committee chair directly.
Communication Committee
- Alicia Ianiere, Vice President
- Caroline Donohue
- Ellen Hurley
- Frank White
- Kelly Gallagher
- Kozue Sawame
- Lisa Rowan-Gillis
Finance Committee
- Gregg Chambers, Vice President
- Shelley Brown
- Lori Etringer
- Catherine Squires
- Hugo De La Rosa
- Suzanne Tompkins
Diversity
- Christopher Thomas, Co-chair
- Yumi Yasutake, Co-chair
- Maureen George
- Lois Lindauer
- Jennifer Trapp
- Jaye Smith
Conference Leadership Committee
- Doug MacPherson, Vice President
- Lori Etringer, Immediate Past Chair
- Tobey Fossey, Program Chair
- Jaye Smith, Roundtables Co-chair
- Abbie Von Schlegel, Roundtable Co-chair
- Judith Krimski, Marketing
- Beth Tishler, Scholarships
- Margaret McNamara, Co-chair
Nominating Committee
- Allen Peckham, Chair
- Shelley Brown
- Gregg Chambers
- Scott Nichols
- Usha Pasi
- Stephanie Truesdell
- Sunny Stich
Membership Committee
Education Committee
- Shelley Brown, Vice President
- Beth Tishler
- Bob Sherburne
- Bridget Gallagher
- Colette King
- Jeff Coots
- Hugo De La Rosa
- Jennifer Palan
- Jill Wierbicki Abrahams
- Karen Wood
- Kathy Sheehan
- Lori Etringer
- Lynn Krasker
- Mary Dorley
- Meghan Canal
- Nancy Sullivan Skinner
- Shake Sulikyan
- Stephanie Truesdell
- Sunny Stich
- Tanya Holton
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This two-day conference will be packed with information, examples and take-aways. BASICS covers all areas of the development process from identifying your priorities and prospects through the cultivation, solicitation and stewardship process, corporate and foundation solicitation strategies, annual giving and major gifts, working with boards and volunteers, and communication strategies.