35th Annual Meeting
Thursday, September 28, 2023, 5-7 PM
Nixon Peabody, Exchange Place, 53 State St, Boston, MA (Map)
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Honoring: Richard Muraida, SVP & Regional Manager at Rockland Trust
Recipient of the Stephen M. Nolan Leadership Award
Rick Muraida has more than thirty-five years of leadership experience in Boston’s competitive commercial banking community. He currently heads up the Boston and Providence commercial lending regions and the affordable housing lending and investment business at Rockland Trust Company. Complex debt and equity structuring and re-structuring during periods of extreme economic distress and expansion is his expertise. Prior to joining Rockland Trust, Rick held senior level positions at Boston Private Bank, Eastern Bank, Fleet Bank and Bank of Boston.
Reflecting his advocacy for economic development and affordable housing in the Greater Boston area, and his background and love for music and the arts, Rick is a long-term board member of the following organizations:
- Vice Chair/Board of Directors, Community Economic Development Assistance Corp. (CEDAC), appointed by Governors Weld, Cellucci, Romney and Patrick
- Board of Directors, MetroHousing|Boston
- Board of Directors, Downtown Boston Business Improvement District
- Board of Directors, Boston Municipal Research Bureau
- Member, Loan Committee, Massachusetts Housing Partnership Fund (MHP)
- Member, National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP)
- Member, Affordable Housing Investors Council (AHIC)
- Board of Advisors, Boston Symphony Orchestra
In addition, he previously chaired the Investment and Loan Committees at the Massachusetts Housing Investment Corp.
Rick is a classically trained clarinetist and has performed professionally with a number of orchestras including the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops. He holds two degrees in clarinet performance from the Boston University School of Music and completed the MIT Center for Real Estate Minority Developers Executive Program and the LeadBoston program.
Honoring: Sara Frank, Principal at Choate, Hall & Stewart
Recipient of the Pro Bono Excellence Award
“I grew up in a family where civic engagement and volunteering were really important. When I became a lawyer, I realized there was a special responsibility and a special opportunity to be able to give back in a way that most people aren’t able to. I’ve always considered it a part of who I am as a lawyer and as a person.” – Sara Frank
Honoring: Shelley Flaherty, Dita Obler, and Erinn Pearson,
Co-Founders of Community Conversations: Sister to Sister
Recipients of the Josephine A. McNeil Community Impact Award
“Honestly, I have to pinch myself sometimes to ensure that I’m not in a fantasy. That there really is a place where I can gain a wealth of knowledge, awareness, and insights about my physical, mental, and emotional health within a circle of sharing, candor, trust, and healing.” – Community Conversations Member
2023 Sponsors to Date
Premium
Eastern Bank
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP
Platinum
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Rockland Trust
Rockport Mortgage Corporation
Stratford Capital Group
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Gold
Affordable Housing and Services Collaborative, Inc.
The Architectural Team, Inc.
Beacon Communities LLC
Brown Rudnick LLP
Cambridge Savings Charitable Foundation
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Jennison Management Company
Keith Construction, Inc.
Klein Hornig LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
The Morrison & Foerster Foundation
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nordblom Company
Proskauer Rose LLP
The Schochet Companies
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Wells Fargo Community Lending and Investment
WinnCompanies
Silver
Barnside Capital, LLC
Beacon Capital Partners, LLC
Boston Financial Investment Management
Brickpoint Properties, Inc.
Brookline Bank
Cambridge Trust Company
Chestnut Hill Realty
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company-National Commercial Services
CREA, LLC
Crosspoint Associates, Inc.
Dellbrook | JKS
Fish & Richardson P.C.
FM Global
Goodwin Procter LLP
Hackett Feinberg P.C.
The Heritage Companies
John M. Corcoran & Company
Liberty Mutual Group
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc.
Rubin and Rudman LLP
Sponsors
Affirmative Investments, Inc.
The Barkan Companies
BlueHub Capital
Capstone Communities LLC
Casner & Edwards, LLP
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Cruz Companies Inc.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Foley Hoag LLP
Goulston & Storrs PC
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP
KJP Partners LLP
Law Offices of Edward Doherty, Esq.
Marsh McLennan
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Metro Housing|Boston
National Equity Fund, Inc.
Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP
Peabody Properties, Inc.
Pierce Atwood LLP
Planning Office for Urban Affairs, Inc.
Riemer & Braunstein LLP
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
UrbanMeritage, LLC
Carolyn Van Tine
Verrill Dana LLP
Friends
AAFCPAs
Marilyn Batastini
The Bulfinch Companies, Inc.
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Dalton & Finegold, LLP
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
The Driscoll Agency
The Druker Company, Ltd.
Father Bill’s & MainSpring
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Ruth Ellen Fitch
Fitch Law Partners LLP
Mia & David Friedman
Shayan Haque & Sara Frank
Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.
Housing Partners, Inc.
Jill Hyde
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Lurie Friedman LLP
Newbanks, Inc.
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
Pierce Davis & Perritano LLP
RBC Community Investments, LLC
ServiceMaster by Gilmore
Esther Schlorholtz
Takeda Corporation
Urban Edge
Winnick & Sullivan LLP