Board of Directors

The Clearinghouse is governed by its Board of Directors which meet on a bi-monthly basis. Board members serve staggered terms of three years. Officers serve terms of one year. The 2011 – 2012 board members are:

Andrew R. Stern, Esq. President Foley & Lardner LLP 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02199 617.342.4012 fax: astern@foley.com	Benjamin B. Tymann, Esq. Vice President Mintz Levin One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 617 210-6853 fax: 542-2241 btymann@mintz.com
Jeffrey R. Katz, Esq. Treasurer Ropes & Gray LLP Prudential Tower 800 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02199-3600 617 951-7072 fax: 951-7050 jeffrey.katz@ropesgray.com
Nancy I. Blueweiss, Esq. Massachusetts Housing Partnership 160 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 617 330-9944 x272 fax: 330-1919 nblueweiss@mhp.net	Leslie J. Cook, Esq. Chicago Title Insurance Company 265 Franklin Street, 8th Floor Boston, MA 02110 617 210-0750 fax: 210-0777 cookle@CTT.com
Douglas M. Henry, Esq. Sherin and Lodgen LLP 101 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 617 646-2128 fax: dmhenry@sherin.com	Kurt A. James, Esq. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster 160 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110-1700 617 951-1154 fax: 542-7437 kjames@rackemann.com
Karen J. Kepler, Esq. Dalton & Finegold LLP 34 Essex Street Andover, MA 01810 978.470.8400 fax: 542-7437 kkepler@dfllp.com	Rebecca A. Lee, Esq. Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02199 617 239-0225 rlee@edwardswildman.com
Lance B. Levy, Esq. Affinnova, Inc. 265 Winter Street, 4th Floor Waltham, MA 02451 781 464-5104 llevy@affinnova.com	Elizabeth Lintz, Esq. Goulston & Storrs, PC 400 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02110 617 574-6495 elintz@goulstonstorrs.com
Kathleen McGrath, Esq. Liberty Mutual Group 175 Berkeley Street, Mail Stop 06E Boston, MA 02117 617 574-5858 fax: 603 334-7146 Kathleen.McGrath@LibertyMutual.com	Josephine A. McNeil, Esq. CAN-DO 1075 Washington Street West Newton, MA 02465 617 964-3527 fax: 964-3593 Jam_cando@msn.com
George W. Mykulak, Esq. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 617 526-6023 fax: 526-5000 george.mykulak@wilmerhale.com	Stephen M. Nolan, Esq. Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP 101 Federal Street, 18th Floor Boston, MA 02110 617 419-3171 fax: 451-1729 nolan@nolansheehanpatten.com
Kathleen M. Phelps, Esq. Bingham McCutchen LLP One Federal Street Boston, MA 02110-1726 617 951-8481 fax: 951-8736 kathleen.phelps@bingham.com	Meghan L. Rhatigan, Esq. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 81 Wyman Street Waltham, MA 02451 781-622-1282 meghan.rhatigan@thermofisher.com
Christian A. Rivera, Esq. Brown Rudnick LLP One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 617 856-8578 fax: 289-0767 crivera@brownrudnick.com	Cindy A. Rowe, Esq. Rowe Resources 18 Tremont Street, Suite 401 Boston, MA 02108 617 742-1836 fax: 742-3953 cindy@roweresources.com
Jeffrey W. Sacks, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110 617 345-1056 fax: 866 439-3852 jsacks@nixonpeabody.com	Teresa M. Santalucia, Esq. Klein Hornig LLP 145 Tremont Street, Suite 400 Boston, MA 02111 617 224-0600 fax: 224-0601 tsantalucia@kleinhornig.com
Kathleen M. Sheehan, Esq. Beacon Communities LLC 100 High Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02110 617 574-1143 fax: ksheehan@BeaconCommunitiesLLC.com	Paul R. Tremblay, Esq. Boston College Law School 885 Centre Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 617 552-4368 paul.tremblay@bc.edu

Management

Executive Director
Maribeth Perry, Esq.
p: (617) 778-1980
f: (617) 778-1981

mperry@lawyersclearinghouse.org

Maribeth joined the Clearinghouse as its Executive Director in 1996. She is responsible for the overall administration of the organization. Maribeth is the former Co-Executive Director of the Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance, Inc., and Executive Director of the Housing Information Center, Inc., multi service housing agencies providing services to landlords, tenants, homeless seeking shelter, elder homeowners, and first time homebuyers.

Maribeth graduated from Hofstra University School of Law in New York and the University of Utah. She is the author of The Successful Landlord, a guide to the rights and responsibilities of owning and managing rental property in Massachusetts.

Legal Referral Director
Machiko Sano Hewitt, Esq.
p: (617) 778-1954
f: (617) 778-1955

msanohewitt@lawyersclearinghouse.org

Machiko joined the Clearinghouse as the Legal Referral Director in 2004. She is responsible for the Community Legal Referral Program, which matches pro bono attorneys with nonprofit housing, homelessness and economic development agencies in need of legal services. Machiko also administers the Boston Bar Association Business Law Pro Bono Project.

Prior to joining the Clearinghouse, Machiko worked at the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts as a staff attorney and coordinator of its legal referral program. Machiko is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law and Hokkaido University School of Law in Sapporo, Japan.