Members serve as community ambassadors and business leaders in
the communities Eastern serves
Eastern Bank is pleased to announce the election of six local
community and business leaders to its Board of Advisors and Board
of Ambassadors.
The newly elected Advisors are: -
Daniel Rivera, President and CEO, MassDevelopment - Andrea Silbert,
President, the Eos Foundation, and - Grace Sterling Stowell,
Executive Director, The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual
and Transgender Youth (BAGLY)
The newly elected Ambassadors are:
- Robert Corley, CEO, NeighborWorks Housing Solutions - Aisha
Francis, PhD, President and CEO, Franklin Cummings Tech, and -
Wilnelia Rivera, President and Founder, Rivera Consulting, Inc.
“Eastern is deeply committed to building and sustaining our
organization, including our boards, to reflect the makeup of our
workforce, customers and communities we serve, because simply put,
it makes good business sense,” said Bob Rivers, CEO and Chair of
the Board of Eastern Bank. “Daniel, Andrea, Grace, Rob, Aisha and
Wilnelia are at the forefront of their respective areas in the
public and private sectors, and we look forward to benefiting from
their insights and perspectives as we advance our work of creating
opportunity for all.”
Eastern Bank is governed by a Board of Directors comprised of
the same individuals who serve as directors of Eastern Bankshares,
Inc. In addition, the Bank has a Board of Advisors and a Board of
Ambassadors, whose members serve as advisors and ambassadors for
Eastern and centers of influence in the communities that Eastern
serves.
Background on the new Advisors:
Daniel Rivera, President and CEO of MassDevelopment,
focuses on many facets of the Massachusetts economy through
economic and community development. He previously served as Mayor
of the City of Lawrence, MA, leading investments in housing, job
creation, downtown development, and transit-oriented development,
among other areas. During his time as Mayor, the city saw
significant commercial development, record new units of housing,
and tens of millions of dollars invested in economic development.
During the pandemic, Mr. Rivera was a member of the state-wide
COVID-19 Reopening Advisory Board, bringing the municipal viewpoint
to the Commonwealth’s strategy to reopen the economy, and the
COVID-19 Vaccine Advisory Group. He also served on the Latino
Advisory Commission addressing concerns of the Massachusetts Latino
community and promoting economic prosperity and well-being. He has
held various positions in the private and nonprofit sectors, and is
a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Andrea Silbert, President of the Eos Foundation, is a
nationally and locally recognized leader in economic development
and gender and racial equity. Her current efforts focus on fighting
hunger and poverty and addressing structural barriers to gender and
racial equity. Ms. Silbert was previously a candidate for
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, campaigning on a platform of
job creation, economic development and economic justice. She is
committed to economic empowerment for women and has run grassroots
economic development initiatives from inner-city Boston to Latin
America. She founded the Center for Women & Enterprise, one of
the nation’s largest nonprofit entrepreneurial training centers,
and co-founded Springboard Enterprises, which helped fast-growth
women entrepreneurs raise over $2 billion in angel financing and
venture capital. Ms. Silbert served as founding Board Chair for the
Association of Women’s Business Centers promoting legislation to
assist women-owned small businesses, and was appointed to the
National Women’s Business Council. She serves as Vice Chair of the
boards for the Alliance for Business Leadership and the Harwich
Conservation Trust.
Grace Sterling Stowell, founding Executive Director of
The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
(BAGLY), has been a leader in the LGBTQ+ youth, transgender and
social justice communities for over 40 years. Her work at BAGLY for
both youth and adults led to the AGLY Network of Massachusetts and
BAGLY’s youth-led programs becoming a local and national model for
LGBTQ+ youth leadership development and community organizing. A
pioneer in the national movement to expand community organizing,
advocacy and support for the LGBTQ+ youth and transgender
communities, Ms. Stowell is a founding member of the National Youth
Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) for LGBTQ youth, and both the MA
Commission on LGBTQ Youth and the MA Unaccompanied Homeless Youth
Commission. A longtime Steering Committee Member of the MA
Transgender Political Coalition and a Breaktime Board Member, Ms.
Stowell continually advocates for the needs of LGBTQ youth and
transgender communities in Massachusetts and nationally.
Background on the new
Ambassadors:
Robert Corley, CEO of NeighborWorks Housing Solutions
(NHS), leads a regional nonprofit housing organization committed to
creating affordable housing, providing housing resources and
promoting homeowner education. Under his leadership, NHS has
greatly expanded the geography, capacity and diversity of its
services, serving more than 20,000 households, including
individuals, families, elderly, formerly homeless individuals and
veterans across Plymouth, Bristol, and parts of Norfolk County.
Prior to becoming CEO, Mr. Corley served as Director of Real
Estate, overseeing housing development activities and transforming
a one property portfolio into hundreds of units of affordable and
special needs housing across the region.
Aisha Francis, PhD, President and CEO of Franklin
Cummings Tech, is an award-winning academic, nonprofit leader and
strategist focused on organizations and individuals transforming
underserved communities, specifically around accessibility and
equity of educational and economic opportunities. Prior to becoming
the first female President of Franklin Cummings Tech, Dr. Francis
served as the college’s Chief of Staff overseeing external and
government relations and developing a new workforce development
programming framework that has generated millions of dollars in new
contracts. She has also held leadership positions at Harvard
Medical School, Economic Mobility Pathways, the John F. Kennedy
Library Foundation and Boston Medical Center. Dr. Francis is
devoted to the civic health of Boston, and serves on the Board of
Directors of the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center and as a Trustee
for public radio station WBUR. She has been recognized by the
Boston Business Journal as a 40 Under 40 leader and by the Greater
Boston Chamber of Commerce with a Pinnacle Award.
Wilnelia Rivera, President and Founder of Rivera
Consulting, Inc., is a transformational consultant, facilitator and
researcher with 20 years of experience in community planning and
sustainable community economic development. A leader in
understanding that important economic and social issues—from race
and class to the environment and education, transportation and
health care—are all interconnected, Ms. Rivera focuses her
management and strategy consulting firm on helping organizations
transform at the intersection of planning, engagement and equity.
She is a leading movement building professional and strategist
working at the connection of cross-sector collaboration,
organizational development and planning. Ms. Rivera has been
recognized for her efforts as one of the 100 Most Influential
Bostonians by Boston Magazine as well as by Tufts University Alumni
Magazine.
About Eastern Bank
Founded in 1818, Boston-based Eastern Bank has more than 120
locations serving communities in eastern Massachusetts, southern
and coastal New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. As of June 30, 2023,
Eastern Bank had approximately $22 billion in total assets. Eastern
provides banking, investment and insurance products and services
for consumers and businesses of all sizes, including through its
Eastern Wealth Management division and its Eastern Insurance Group
LLC subsidiary. Eastern takes pride in its outspoken advocacy and
community support that includes $240 million in charitable giving
since 1994. An inclusive company, Eastern employs approximately
2,100 deeply committed professionals who value relationships with
their customers, colleagues and communities. Join us for good at
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