Paul English, Reverend Liz Walker, and Reverend Jeffrey Brown would like to thank the following people for serving as the Board Of Directors for Embrace Boston:

Board Of Directors

Reverend Jeffrey Brown

Co-Founder and Co-Chair

Tito Jackson

Co-Chair

Terence "TK" Ankner

Michael Curry

Paul English

Founder

Paul Francisco

Kate Guedj

Linda Mason

Kevin McGovern

Pat Mitchell

Alison Quirk

Dr. Joan Reede

Reverend Liz Walker

Co-Founder

Embrace Boston Team

Imari K. Paris Jeffries

Executive Director

Elizabeth Tiblanc

 Deputy Director, Programs

Duncan Remage-Healey

Deputy Director, Operations

Ana Maria Medina

 Deputy Director, Development

Camila de la Vega Maldonado

Senior Executive Manager & Special Projects

Gregory Ball

Director, Digital Strategy & Production

Na’tisha Mills

Program Manager

Rachael Walker

Daniella Dias

Donor Relations Manager 

Domenica Good

Executive Director, New England, Facing History and Ourselves

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement, Commonwealth

MLK Professor of Ethical Leadership, Boston University

Executive Director, Great Grove Hall Main Streets

Chair, MA Advisory Board, The Trust for Public Land

Chief Philanthropy Officer, The Boston Foundation

Founder, JRJ Leadership Coaching and Consulting

Founding Faculty Member, Boston Arts Academy

MLK Scholar, Professor, Harvard University

Paul English, Reverend Liz Walker, and Reverend Jeffrey Brown would like to thank the following people for serving as advisors to Embrace Boston during the project:

Director of Education, Museum of African American History

Boston Art Commission, and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Public Art Scholar, Professor of Art History, Emerson College

Boston Poet Laureate, Professor, Lesley University

The Art Committee was responsible for the solicitation and selection of the artists who became finalists for the memorial and the selection process, and continues to provide feedback on the work.
The Committee was co-chaired by Barry Gaither and Karin Goodfellow, and included:

Our Team