Boston Plan Board of Trustees


    The Boston Plan for Excellence is guided by a volunteer board of trustees who represent the corporate, higher education, foundation, and civic communities in the city.


    Charles K. Gifford, Chair, Chairman Emeritus, Bank of America

    Maura Banta, Manager, Corporate Community Relations, IBM Corporation

    Thomas Birmingham, Senior Counsel, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

    Elizabeth Chen, Former President, The New England College of Optometry

    Carol Johnson (ex officio), Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

    Richard Elmore, Gregory R. Anrig Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education

    John Fish, President, Suffolk Construction Company

    Robert Gallery, President, Bank of America Massachusetts

    Gregory Groover, Pastor, Charles Street A.M.E. Church

    Willis Hulings III, President & CEO, The Education Resources Institute

    Pendred Noyce, Trustee, The Noyce Foundation

    Kathryn Plazak, President, Plazak Associates

    Jacqueline Rivers, Community Activist