Project Bread - The Walk for Hunger: About Project Bread

Meet Our Board of Directors

Officers

Ronald Kleinman
Ronald E. Kleinman, M.D., Chair
Physician in Chief, MassGeneral Hospital for Children
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Wilder Professor of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
Bio

"The most important thing in my professional career is how I can improve the health and welfare of children… The health effects of hunger always strike a chord because the most vulnerable children are affected by hunger."

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Glynn Lloyd, Vice Chair and Clerk
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
City Fresh Foods Inc.
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Tim O'Brien

Timothy J. O’Brien, Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
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“Lack of food strikes at the heart of people who are down on their luck. In my small way, on the Board and with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, I can help out.”

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Members

Jeffrey Carp

Jeffrey N. Carp
Executive Vice President
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
State Street Corporation
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Lia Der Marderosian
Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
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William Kennedy

William F. Kennedy
Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
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Catherine McCarron
Attorney
Jager Smith P.C.
Bio

Jean McMurray

Jean G. McMurray
Executive Director
Worcester County Food Bank
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Julia Kehoe
Consultant
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Kacey Pohlad
President
PH Salons
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Eric Rimm

Eric B. Rimm, Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition
Director, Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Harvard School of Public Health
Bio

“I saw an entire cafeteria of kids eating healthy foods [at a Project Bread Better Breakfast school] and loving it. The argument is that you can’t get kids to eat healthily, but if you don’t give them chocolate milk in kindergarten, they just don’t expect it in second grade! Poor nutrition impacts kids’ abilities in school, their brain function, and even their mental health.”

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James Rooney

James E. Rooney
Executive Director
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)
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Christian Scorzoni
Attorney
Travaglini Eisenberg Kiley LLC
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Maria Tedesco
Group Executive Vice President
Director of Retail & Business Banking
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
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Robert Travaglini

The Honorable Robert E. Travaglini
President
Travaglini Eisenberg Kiley LLC
Bio

“No child wakes up one morning and says, ‘I want to be poor; I want to go hungry.’ Every child wants a warm place to live, a safe place to play, and enough food to eat — and each one of them deserves to have these basic needs met.”

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Alberto Vasallo III
Vice President and Publisher
El Mundo Newspaper
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Ellen Parker, Executive Director
Ellen Parker
Executive Director
Project Bread — The Walk for Hunger
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Meet Our Board of Directors

Officers

Dr. Ronald Kleinman is chair of the Department of Pediatrics and chief of the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition Unit at Mass General Hospital for Children and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. His research interests include gastrointestinal immunology, nutrition and support of infants and children, and nutrition and public health policy. Dr. Kleinman’s professional affiliations include the American Gastroenterological Association; the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease; the North American Association for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; the Society for Pediatric Research; and the American Pediatric Society. He is the author of more than 150 peer-reviewed publications, chapters, monographs, and textbooks. He has been a member of the Medical Advisory Group on Diet and Nutrition Guidelines in Cancer for the American Cancer Society and a member of the National Cholesterol Advisory Committee and is also on the Board of Trustees for the Global Child Nutrition Foundation. A graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, Dr. Kleinman earned his M.D. from New York Medical College. He completed his residency and chief residency in pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and his fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Kleinman lives in Boston.

Glynn Lloyd, Vice Chair and Clerk
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
City Fresh Foods Inc.

Glynn Lloyd is the founder and chief executive officer of City Fresh Foods, a food service operation that provides, daily, over 8,000 Latin, Southern, Italian, Russian, and Caribbean meals to elders, school students, child care organizations, and other institutional clients. City Fresh Foods has been honored with various awards and has been featured on National Public Radio, CNN, and in Entrepreneur and Inc. magazines. More important, City Fresh Foods remains a warm and supportive environment in which local residents help to manage and grow the company.

Glynn, a graduate from Boston University, and was recently appointed to the Board of Trustees of Roxbury Community College by Governor Patrick. He has also been actively involved in developing the Boston’s urban community for the past two decades — from organizing the local Million Man March to assuming the role of board chair of innovative nonprofits, such as the Sportsmen’s Tennis Club, The Food Project, Red Tomato, and Four Corner Main Streets. One of his most recent projects is City Growers — a business focused on creating self-sustaining urban farms.

Glynn currently chairs The Foundation: Boston Rising – Jobs and Wealth Task Force with the focus of creating jobs by strengthening the urban entrepreneur ecosystem and partnering with effective workforce development programs. Glynn is a supervisor of the Suffolk County Conservation District and an active member of the Roxbury Moreland Historical Neighborhood Association and lives with this family in Roxbury.

Tim O'Brien

Timothy J. O’Brien, Treasurer
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Timothy (Tim) J. O'Brien serves as senior vice president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, where he is responsible for sales and marketing, client relations, and the dental business unit. In this position, he leads the company’s efforts to distribute and maintain high quality services and products delivered to its 40,000 customers representing over 2.7 million medical members and 680,000 dental members. Prior to coming to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Tim was president and CEO of The Wellness Plan of North Carolina, and president and general manager of Cigna HealthCare of the Carolinas. He earned a bachelor’s of arts degree from Wesleyan University and a master of business administration/master of health administration from Pfeiffer University. Tim lives with his family in Wellesley.

Jeffrey Carp

Jeffrey N. Carp
Executive Vice President
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary
State Street Corporation

Jeffrey (Jeff) N. Carp is executive vice president, chief legal officer, and secretary of State Street where he is responsible for State Street’s legal, regulatory, compliance, and security functions globally. He is also a member of the Management Committee — State Street’s most senior strategy and policy-making committee. Before joining State Street in 2006, Jeff served as general counsel at MFS Investment Management® for approximately two years. Prior to his work at MFS, Jeff spent 22 years in the Corporate Department of Hale & Dorr, LLP (the predecessor of WilmerHale), where he was a senior partner. Jeff earned a bachelor of science in mathematics and economics from Tufts University and a juris doctorate from George Washington University National Law School. In addition to his leadership at Project Bread, he also serves as a member of the board of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Boston. Jeff currently lives in Wayland.

Lia Der Marderosian
Partner
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Lia Der Marderosian is a vice chair of the Corporate Practice Group at WilmerHale, and a member of the WilmerHale Venture Group, the Emerging Company Practice Group, and the Life Sciences Group. She is also a member of the firm’s Hiring Committee and a co-chair of the firm’s Associates Committee. She joined the firm in 1997. Lia has a broad practice focused on corporate and securities law matters. She represents public and private companies, principally in the life sciences area, on a wide range of matters, including formation, corporate governance, venture capital financings, initial public offerings, follow-on and other offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and SEC compliance. Lia is a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Boston Bar Association. Lia has a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, 1998, and a B.S., Psychology, summa cum laude, University of Massachusetts, Boston, 1995. Lia currently lives in Needham.

William Kennedy

William F. Kennedy
Partner
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

William (Bill) Kennedy is a partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP chairing their Public Policy group. Bill concentrates his practice on public law strategy, government relations, and administrative law while counseling the firm’s clients in the areas of regulatory enforcement, compliance, and public policy. Prior to joining Nutter, Bill served as the chief of staff and chief legal counsel to the former Massachusetts Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is a member of the adjunct faculty of Suffolk University Law School and a former member of the Judicial Nominating Committee. Bill resides in Quincy.

Catherine McCarron
Catherine F. McCarron
Attorney
Jager Smith P.C.

Catherine (Cathy) McCarron is an attorney in the Business, Tax & Estate Planning and Real Estate Law Groups at Jager Smith P.C. She joined the firm in 1981 as a secretary following her graduation from Smith College. Cathy attended Suffolk University Law School, and became an associate attorney at the firm in 1986. Admitted to practice in Massachusetts, Maine and New York, she represents individuals and families in the areas of estate planning, guardianship, conservatorship and estate administration. In addition, Cathy counsels clients with regard to the purchase, sale and leasing of commercial and residential real estate, including borrower and lender representation for secured real estate and asset-based financing transactions. She is a licensed real estate broker in Massachusetts, and a member of the National Association of REALTORS®. Cathy is proud to assist veterans at the Soldiers' Home in Chelsea, Massachusetts, as a pro-bono guardian and conservator; she is also one-half of a certified therapy dog team and regularly visits the Soldiers' Home with her toy poodle, Bella. Cathy and her family live in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jean McMurray
Jean G. McMurray
Executive Director
Worcester County Food Bank

Jean McMurray is the executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury — a position she has held since 1998. In this role, she provides leadership and direction to all areas of the Food Bank’s programs and operations. She has also worked for a local homeless shelter and held positions in Washington, D.C., as a media analyst for the Embassy of Jordan; as a research assistant to David Gergen, former White House communications director; and as a consultant to the Central American Peace Scholarship Program at the United States Agency for International Development. In 1987, Jean spent a year in Costa Rica working with small-scale family farmers on a sustainable agricultural development project. Jean serves as co-director of the Worcester Advisory Food Policy Council, is on the Grants Committee for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, and is a member of the Worcester Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance. She earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Eisenhower College, the liberal arts college of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Jean lives in Whitinsville.

Julia Kehoe
Consultant

Julia E. Kehoe is an independent consultant whose work focuses on improving opportunities for low-income families and individuals, people with disabilities, children, and elders. Julia served as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) from 2007-2011. DTA is the agency responsible for administering nutrition and cash assistance programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) to more than 850,000 Massachusetts residents. Julia previously served as the executive director of the Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP), a regional nonprofit affordable housing organization. She began her career as a high school English teacher in Brooklyn, New York. Julia holds a B.A. in English from Barnard College of Columbia University and a Master of Public Policy degree from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Kacey Pohlad is fresh from Washington, D.C., where she worked in the U.S. Senate as a legislative assistant for Senator Amy Klobuchar. While on Capitol Hill, she was the Senator’s advisor for social justice issues, including education, housing, and child nutrition policy. Kacey aided in the passage of the Healthy and Hunger-free Kids Nutrition Act. This bill ushered in new standards for school lunches and other federal food assistance programs. Before joining Senator Klobuchar’s office, she worked for the Senate Small Business Committee. Currently she is in the process of opening small businesses in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood and in Minneapolis. Kacey earned her master’s degree at Georgia Tech and her undergraduate degree at the University of South Carolina. She lives in Boston.

Eric Rimm

Eric Rimm is an associate professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Channing Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Director of the Program in Cardiovascular Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. His research interests include the study of nutrition in relation to obesity in children and the study of nutrition and diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke in adults. He has published more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts in journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, the British Medical Journal, and the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Eric lives in Brookline.

James Rooney

James E. Rooney
Executive Director
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA)

James (Jim) Rooney is the executive director of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA), which oversees the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center (BCEC), the John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center in Boston’s Back Bay, the 1350-space Boston Common Parking Garage, and the MassMutual Center in Springfield. Prior to being named executive director, Rooney was director of Development and Construction for the MCCA and oversaw the construction of the $850 million BCEC and the renovation and expansion of the $71 million MassMutual Center. Before moving to the MCCA, Rooney served as chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. He has a B.A. in Economics from Harvard College and attended the Boston University School of Management. Jim lives in Dorchester.

Christian Scorzoni works as an attorney at the Government Affairs Practice of Travaglini, Eisenberg, & Kiley LLP. Drawing up his years of experience working with the legislative and executive branches of state and federal government, Christian advises a wide cross section of businesses and non-profits in developing successful public affairs strategies to help serve their needs. Prior to joining Travaglini, Eisenberg & Kiley, Christian served as Senior Advisor and Counsel to the Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs, where he led the development and successful passage of six landmark pieces of legislation addressing clean energy, biofuels, oceans management and climate change, including the 2007 Green Communities Act. Christian also served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Counsel to the Massachusetts Senate President between 2003 and 2007, focusing largely on environmental, health care, and children’s issues. Christian has served on the boards of the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust as well as the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. He was also the founding president of the Revere Beach Partnership, a non-profit organization dedicated to the revitalization of Revere Beach. Christian received a B.A. in Political Science from American University in Washington, DC and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School. He lives in Amesbury.

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Maria Tedesco
Group Executive Vice President
Director of Retail & Business Banking
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

Maria P. Tedesco is a Group Executive Vice President & Director of Business Banking at Citizens Financial Group, Inc. She is a member of CFG’s Executive Leadership Group, a team of key individuals who hold critical and influential senior leadership roles within our various businesses. She joined Citizens Bank of Massachusetts in 1994 and has held a variety of senior leadership roles in Retail and Business Banking. Maria currently sits on the Financial Services Roundtable: SBA Working Group and has served on the boards of the YMCA Metropolitan, Big Sisters of Massachusetts and the Thatcher School, where she chaired the diversity committee. Maria graduated from Ithaca College in New York with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance, then went on to obtain her M.B.A in from Northeastern University in Boston. She also attended Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study in Leadership.

The Honorable Robert E. Travaglini
President
Travaglini Eisenberg Kiley LLC

Robert (Bob) Travaglini is president of Travaglini Eisenberg Kiley LLC. He counsels his clients on a range of public and private concerns. Bob is a former president of the Massachusetts Senate, where he represented constituents from the First Middlesex and Suffolk senatorial district for 14 years, and also previously chaired the Committee on Ways and Means. He has broad interests in issues affecting children and families and has received numerous awards at the state and national level for his advocacy. He was the primary legislative sponsor of Project Bread’s bill to end child hunger and was one of our strongest legislative allies. Bob lives in Winthrop.

Alberto Vasallo III

Alberto Vasallo III
Vice President and Publisher
El Mundo Newspaper

Alberto Vasallo is vice president and publisher of El Mundo, the largest Latino newspaper in New England. Since 1995, he has also produced and hosted the TV show "Revista Hispana" on 7NEWS on 7NBC and CW56. He is also an occasional host of "Urban Update," also on 7NBC. In 1995, Alberto partnered with the Boston Red Sox to promote and implement the annual Latino Youth Recognition Day at Fenway Park and, in 2001, to develop the annual Latino Night at Fenway Park. For the past few seasons, he has also produced and hosted the Boston Red Sox pre-game show for the Red Sox Spanish Baseball Network. He is a graduate of Boston College and lives in Revere.

Ellen Parker, Executive Director
Ellen Parker
Executive Director
Project Bread — The Walk for Hunger
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