about eccf
staff, board and
leadership teams
eccf staff

Beth Francis
President & CEO
b.francis@eccf.org | ext. 125

Crystal Bates
Director of Development and Communications
c.bates@eccf.org | ext. 121

Hehershe Busuego
Senior Program Officer
h.busuego@eccf.org | ext. 128

Andrea Castaño
Fund Administration Coordinator
a.castano@eccf.org | ext. 143

Michelle Xiarhos Curran
Communications Writer, Storyteller
m.curran@eccf.org | ext. 142

Nicole Demars
Communications and Marketing Specialist
n.demars@eccf.org | ext. 129

Joan Henkels
Donor Services Officer
j.henkels@eccf.org | ext. 139

Brit Hutchins
Director of Finance and Administration
b.hutchins@eccf.org | ext. 124

Stacey Landry
Director of Gift Planning & Advisor Relations
s.landry@eccf.org | ext. 122

Stratton Lloyd
Executive Vice President & COO
s.lloyd@eccf.org | ext. 126

Keri-Ann Miserandino
Administrative Assistant
k.miserandino@eccf.org | ext. 130

Kate Machet
Director of Strategic Initiatives
k.machet@eccf.org

Michelle Pelletier
Finance Manager
m.pelletier@eccf.org | ext. 144

Karen Ristuben
Program Director, Creative County Initiative
k.ristuben@eccf.org

Carol Lavoie Schuster
Vice President for Grants, Nonprofit and Donor Services
c.lavoieschuster@eccf.org | ext. 133

Rebecca Turner
IFT Consultant
r.turner@eccf.org
eccf board of trustees

Steven P. Cohen
Community Volunteer

Ana Colmenero
Community Volunteer

John D. Colucci
Chairman of the Board
McLane Middleton

Robert R. Fanning, Jr.
Finance Committee Chair
Northeast Health Systems (retired)

Robert P. Goldman
Bob Goldman Law LLP

Robert C. Gore
Towers Perrin (retired)

Allan W. Huntley
Audit Committee Chair
Human-Centered Apps

Moira McNamara James
Development Committee Chair
Community Volunteer

Ben Langille
Affiliated Managers Group

Liz Moulton
Activision Blizzard

Christine Ortiz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Derek Reed
Beauport Financial Services

Jim A. Rullo
Investment Committee Chair
Wellington Management Company (retired)

Pamela Carrington Scott
LVCC, Inc.

Richard L. Sumberg
Governance Committee Chair
The Financial Advisors, LLC

Jean Verbridge
SV Design

Anita Rajan Worden
Grants Committee Chair
Lightspeed Energy, LLC

Richard Yagjian
Hunt’s Photo & Video
county leadership council
This special group of donors, residing and working in different regions across Essex County, volunteer their time to advise ECCF on important topics and strategies. Their local knowledge and individual expertise increase the impact of our work.
Karen Andreas
Karen Ansara
Ryan Barrett
Polly Beyer
Scott Beyer
Leila Blodgett
Jennifer Borggaard
Joan Brooks
Tom Burger
John Byrnes
Mollie Byrnes
Chrissy Cahill
Josh Cahill
Diane Connolly
Kevin Connolly
Eric Curtis
Naomi Dalessandro
Matt Doring
Linda Durkin
Tom Durkin
Jennifer Eddy
Tom Eddy
Joseph Giso
Lane Glenn
Edith Pepper Goltra
Jack Good
Susan Gray
Bonnie Henry
David Henry
Paul Heggarty
Tricia Herring
Jim Horrocks
Bob Howell
Ralph James
Mathew Jensen
Courtney Kagan
John Keenan
Katie King
Amy Kingman
Andrew Kingman
Joe Knowles
Daniel Koh
Alex Lamb
Natasha Lamb
Holly Langer
Michelle Langille
Becky Linhart
Kiame Mahaniah
Sandy McGrath
Cynthia McGurren
Colleen McMillan
Tim Murnane
Jean Nichols
Bernadette Orr
Brian Patrican
Jon Payson
Jennifer Perkin
Gautam Ramchandani
Chat Reynders
Rebecca Riff
Andree Robert
Gary Romano
Jim Rose
Julie Rose
Jackie Rosenthal
Mary Sarris
Betsy Shields
Gary Sidell
Derek Smith
Rebecca Oldfield Smith
Carolyn Stewart
Kevin Tierney
David Turnbull
Jen Field Whitman
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