37th Annual Meeting

Honoring

Michelle Volpe, President of The Property and Casualty Initiative
Recipient of the Stephen M. Nolan Leadership Award

Michelle Volpe leads The Property and Casualty Initiative (PCI) as the President of the $85 million investment fund that mobilizes capital from member Property & Casualty insurance companies to fuel transformative community development across Massachusetts. Since its inception in 1999, PCI has delivered over $550 million in financing through more than 300 flexible, community-focused loans, driving affordable housing, uplifting minority- and women-owned businesses, sparking economic development, and strengthening critical organizations that form the backbone of vibrant, growing communities throughout the state.

Michelle joined PCI in 2022, bringing more than three decades of experience as a bold advocate for equitable access to capital and inclusive economic growth. Prior to PCI, she spent twenty-seven years at BlueHub Capital, where she most recently served as President of the BlueHub Loan Fund from 2011-2022. There, she helped double lending activity, expanded lending across 23 states, with a sustained record of strong portfolio performance – while channeling funding into affordable housing, education, youth services, health care, and healthy food access in under-resourced neighborhoods.

A seasoned leader, Michelle honed her credit and community finance expertise early in her career at BayBank Boston, with a focus on healthcare, education, and nonprofit lending. She has also served on advisory boards for the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Working Cities Challenge and Inclusive Economies Initiatives, the Eastern Bank Foundation’s Business Equity Initiative, and the Nonprofit Finance Fund’s External Investment Committee—contributing her insight to advance collaboration and equity statewide.

Michelle holds a BA with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Morehead Scholar, and an MBA from the Yale School of Management. Outside the office, she cherishes time with her adult children whenever and wherever she can find it, discovering new art and destinations with her partner Mark, and embracing outdoor adventures with family and friends—polar plunges included!

Recognizing

Dain Torpy, Phillips & Angley, and Pierce Atwood
Founding Firms, Tax Lien Foreclosure Clinic
Recipients of the Pro Bono Excellence Award

In recognition of their respective efforts to assist with the founding and operation of the Tax Lien Foreclosure Clinic and their ongoing commitment to helping clients avoid tax lien foreclosure and the loss of their homes.

Women’s Money Matters
Recipient of the Josephine A. McNeil Community Impact Award

In recognition of their work over the past fourteen years to empower low-income women and girls to improve their financial health to create a more secure future for their families and communities. Through a combination of workshops and free, personalized one-on-one coaching, Women’s Money Matters helps participants build the skills they need to achieve financial wellness, confidence, and stability.

Sponsors to Date

Premium
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Ropes & Gray LLP

Platinum Sponsors
Eastern Bank
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
NEI General Contracting
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Gold Sponsors
Beacon Communities LLC
Brown Rudnick LLP
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Dechert LLP
DLA Piper
Fish & Richardson P.C.
FM
Goodwin Procter LLP
JE Properties LLC
Keith Construction, Inc.
Klein Hornig LLP
McCarter & English, LLP
McDermott Will & Schulte LLP
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Nixon Peabody LLP
Nordblom Company
Proskauer Rose LLP
The Property & Casualty Initiative
Residences at Malden Station
The Schochet Companies
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
WinnCompanies

Silver Sponsors
Arbella Insurance Group
The Architectural Team, Inc
BlueHub Capital
Brookline Bank
Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company – National Commercial Services
Crosspoint Associates, Inc.
Cruz Companies
EA Fish Development LLC
First Resource Development Company LLC
Goulston & Storrs PC
Hackett Feinberg P.C.
The Heritage Companies, Inc.
Holland & Knight LLP
John M. Corcoran & Company
Leader Bank
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Marsh Moriarty Ontell & Golder, P.C.
Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Morrison & Foerster LLP
Needham Bank
Oxbow Urban LLC
Preservation of Affordable Housing
Red Stone Equity Partners LLC
Riemer & Braunstein LLP
Robinson & Cole LLP
Rockland Trust
Rubin and Rudman LLP
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Urban Edge
Wells Fargo

Sponsors
Affirmative Investments, Inc.
Arx Urban
Causeway Development LLC
Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Daniel Dennis & Company LLP
Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
First American Title – National Commercial Services
First Citizens Bank
Foley Hoag LLP
Hinckley, Allen & Snyder LLP
Jonathan Mishara
KJP Partners LLP
Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Law Offices of Edward Doherty, Esq.
The Life Initiative
Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Munkenbeck Consulting
Newbanks, Inc.
Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Peabody Properties
Pierce Atwood LLP
Planning Office for Urban Affairs

Friends
AAFCPAs
B’nai B’rith Housing
The Bulfinch Companies, Inc.
Cambridge Savings Bank
Capital Link
The Community Builders, Inc.
Civico Development
Conn Kavanaugh Rosenthal Peisch & Ford LLP
Dain, Torpy, Le Ray, Wiest & Garner, P.C.
Dalton & Finegold LLP
Father Bill’s & MainSpring
Groom Construction Co., Inc.
Harborlight Homes
Homeowner’s Rehab, Inc.
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation
Jewish Alliance For Law and Social Action
Jill Hyde
Louise Elving
Marilyn Batastini
Martin O’Riordan
Metro Housing | Boston
Pennrose
RBC Community Investments
Resolution Architects/StepONE
Robert Milanette
Schwarzschild Consulting LLC
WaypointKLA, Inc.

Leadership Committee

Co-Chairs
Karen Kepler, Sullivan & Worcester LLP
Sarah Kitterman, The Property & Casualty Initiative
Alex Rosso, Nixon Peabody LLP

Brendan Bettez, First Citizens Bank
Valerie Ann Bonds, Creating Community
Robert Brunelli, FM
Laurie Burlingame, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nicole Clement, Beacon Communities LLC
Dan Cruz, Cruz Development Corporation
Pam Feingold, Eastern Bank
Sue Finegan, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
Melissa Fish-Crane, Peabody Companies
David Foss, Pierce Atwood LLP
Sara Frank, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Mia Friedman, Fish & Richardson P.C.
Ben Golden, New England Law
Aaron Gornstein, Preservation of Affordable Housing
David Greenblatt, Beacon Communities LLC
Mossik Hacobian, Higher Ground
Rick Henken, The Schochet Companies
Doug Henry, Sherin and Lodgen LLP (Retired)
Dara Histed, Nixon Peabody LLP
Jill Hyde, Beacon Capital Partners
Kurt James, KJP Partners LLP
Jason Korb, Capstone Communities LLC
Joe Kriesberg, MassINC
Gail Latimore, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation
Kim Martin-Epstein, Hackett Feinberg P.C.
Greg May, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Matt Mittelstadt, EA Fish Development LLC
Nick Moise, Eastern Bank
Paul Momnie, Goulston & Storrs PC
Steve Nolan, Nolan Sheehan Patten LLP
Maribeth Perry, Lawyers Clearinghouse (Retired)
Justin Pierce, Cambridge Savings Bank
Becky Regan, Capital Link
Dan Rosen, Klein Hornig LLP
Cindy Rowe, Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
Elka Sachs, Krokidas & Bluestein LLP
Allison Trumbull, Dechert LLP
Eleanor G. White, Housing Partners, Inc.
Ken Willis, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston
Clark Ziegler, Massachusetts Housing Partnership