Board of Directors

The Clearinghouse is governed by an nineteen member Board of Directors which meets on a bi-monthly basis.  Board members serve staggered terms of three years.  Officers serve terms of one year.  The 2009 – 2010 board members are:

Douglas M. Henry, Esq. President Sherin and Lodgen LLP 101 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 dmhenry@sherin.com	Andrew R. Stern, Esq. Vice President Foley & Lardner LLP 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02199 astern@foley.com
Benjamin B. Tymann, Esq. Treasurer Mintz Levin One Financial Center Boston, MA 02111 btymann@mintz.com	Nancy I. Blueweiss, Esq. Massachusetts Housing Partnership 160 Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 nblueweiss@mhp.net
Leslie J. Cook, Esq. Chicago Title Insurance Company 75 Federal Street #805 Boston, Massachusetts 02110 cookle@CTT.com.com	Steven M. Cowley, Esq. Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 111 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02199 scowley@eapdlaw.com
Kurt A. James, Esq. Rackemann, Sawyer & Brewster 160 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110 kjames@rackemann.com	Jeffrey R. Katz, Esq. Ropes & Gray LLP One International Place Boston, MA 02110 jeffrey.katz@ropesgray.com
Karen J. Kepler, Esq. Goulston & Storrs, P.C. 400 Atlantic Avenue Boston, MA 02111-3333 kkepler@goulstonstorrs.com	M. Chrysa Long, Esq. Holland & Knight LLP 10 St. James Avenue, 11th Floor Boston, MA 02116 chrysa.long@hklaw.com
Josephine A. McNeil, Esq. CAN-DO 1075 Washington Street West Newton, MA 02465 Jam_cando@msn.com	George W. Mykulak, Esq. WilmerHale 60 State Street Boston, Massachusetts 02109 george.mykulak@wilmerhale.com
Stephen M. Nolan, Esq. Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP 50 Federal Street, 8th Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02110 nolan@nolansheehanpatten.com	Kathleen M. Phelps, Esq. Bingham McCutchen LLP One Federal Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 kathleenphelps@bingham.com
Rita M. Schwantes, Esq. Klein Hornig LLP 145 Tremont Street, Suite 400 Boston, Massachusetts 02111 rschwantes@kleinhornig.com	Cindy A. Rowe, Esq. Rowe Resources 18 Tremont Street, Suite 401 Boston, MA 02108 cindy@roweresources.com
Jeffrey W. Sacks, Esq. Nixon Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110 jsacks@nixonpeabody.com	Rita M. Schwantes, Esq. Klein Hornig LLP 145 Tremont Street, Suite 400 Boston, Massachusetts 02111 rschwantes@kleinhornig.com
Paul R. Tremblay, Esq. Boston College Law School 885 Centre Street Newton Centre, MA 02459 paul.tremblay@bc.edu

Staff Members

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.