Advisors:

Each year, a group of Advisors provides input into the identification and selection of speakers, as well as providing advice on program content. 2011 Advisors include:

MILTON BENJAMIN

President
Initiative for a New Economy

GREGORY BIALECKI

Secretary, Housing and Economic Development
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

CRAIG CARLSON

Managing Director
The Carlson Group, LLC

ROBIN CHASE

Founder and Former CEO
Zipcar

JOHN HARTHORNE

Founder and CEO
Mass Challenge, Inc

DEBORAH JACKSON

Chief Executive Officer
President of Cambridge College

HUBIE JONES

Social Justice Entreprenuer in Residence
City Year

SCOTT KIRSNER

Columnist
The Boston Globe

BARBARA KRAKOW

President
The Barbara Krakow Gallery

WINSTON LANGLEY

Provost
University of Massachusetts Boston

ALFRED LARKIN

Former Executive Vice President
The Boston Globe

MARK MALONEY

President
Boston World Partnerships

MICHAEL MASO

Managing Director
The Huntington Theater

MARY JO MEISNER

Vice President for Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs
The Boston Foundation

ASKOLD MELNYCZUK

Associate Professor, English Department
University of Massachusetts Boston

ROBERT POWERS

Vice President, Communications and Public Affairs
The Boston Globe

JOHN SCHNEIDER

Executive Vice President
MassINC

RAJINI SRIKANTH

Associate Provost/Director Honors Program
University of Massachusetts Boston

BALA SUNDARAM

Chair, Physics Department
University of Massachusetts Boston

LYNNE TIRRELL

Associate Professor, Philosophy Department
University of Massachusetts Boston

PAUL WATANABE

Associate Professor, Political Science/Director of the Institute for Asian American Studies
University of Massachusetts Boston