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Jim is a partner in the certified public accounting firm McGladrey & Pullen, LLP and is a managing director in RSM McGladrey, a tax and business consulting firm. The firms are member firms in RSM International. Jim is the manufacturing and wholesale distribution (MWD) team leader in the Boston area offices of McGladrey, servicing middle-market companies throughout New England. In addition to performing audit, review and tax services for clients, Jim's responsibilities include preparation of business valuations, projections, due diligence and business plans in connection with mergers and acquisitions, capital projects and corporate reorganizations.
Jim obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Boston College, a Master of Science in Taxation Degree from Bentley College and a Business Advisor Certificate from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business.
Jim is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Jim is also the treasurer of the Asia America Chamber of Commerce. Jim lives in Topsfield with his wife and four children.
Joseph C. Correnti is a Partner in one of the North Shore’s most established law firms, Serafini, Serafini, Darling & Correnti, LLP, located across from the court complex on Federal Street in Salem.
Born and raised in Salem, Correnti is a graduate of St. John’s Prep, Boston College and Thomas M. Cooley Law School. A former Assistant District Attorney in Essex County, his current practice includes real estate and land use law, health care, municipal and business law. The firm specializes in finding effective solutions for difficult business and land use issues.
Active in the community, Correnti currently serves as Chairman of The Salem Partnership, Vice-Chair of the Salem State College Assistance Corporation, and is an Overseer for the North Shore Medical Center and Beverly Cooperative Bank. He has served as Chairman of the Community Leadership Forum of The North Shore Medical Center, and as President of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. He has been involved as a Little League coach as well as serving on the Board of his children’s grammar school.
He lives in Salem with his wife, Teresa, and their two children, Anthony and Amanda. Correnti joined the Board of Children’s Friend in December, 2007.
An 18-year veteran of public relations and marketing, Monique leads the North American Healthcare Practice for Manning, Selvage & Lee, a global public relations firm. She is responsible for building a strong healthcare network of talent and business for the MS&L healthcare practice and creating value for healthcare clients.
She has helped leading brands build and protect their reputation through aggressive internal and external stakeholder outreach and media relations. She has experience working with a wide range of stakeholder groups in the areas of women’s health, oncology, cardiology and medical technology. Her work in these areas has been recognized by PR industry organizations as best-in-class, winning more than 22 PR industry awards.
Monique is an active member of The Boson Club, serving both on the Non-Profit Board Resource Committee and The Mentor Program. She is also a member of Healthcare Business Women’s Association, MassMEDIC, the Paul Revere Dinner Group and Boston’s Women Business Communicators. She has a B.A. from Bowdoin College. She speaks fluent Dutch. Monique and her family live in Newburyport.
Monique joined the Board of Children’s Friend August, 2007.
Bob is currently the Executive Director of the Northshore Education Consortium, an educational collaborative headquartered in Beverly with 17 member school districts North of Boston. The Consortium is the largest provider of special education services to severely disabled students on the North Shore. Bob has an extensive background in education, child welfare and social services. He was previously the Executive Director of Concord Family and Youth Services and also served in leadership positions at the Walker Home and School in Needham, Bay Cove Human Services and Home for Little Wanderers in Boston.
Bob served as school committee member for the town of Randolph for 24 years and is the former President of the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC). Active in his local community, Bob co-chaired the Middle School Building Committee which oversaw a multi-million dollar middle school renovation and has been a town meeting member for 28 years. He also helped found the local youth basketball program and has been a Little League board member for 30 years.
Bob currently is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of the South Shore Charter Public School in Norwell and serves on the Board of The Massachusetts Organization of Educational Collaboratives and the Special Education Committee of MASC. Bob has presented at numerous state and national conferences over the past years with a particular focus on helping public schools better service students with significant emotional and/or mental health needs.
A licensed social worker, Bob also holds certifications as a school superintendent, building principal and administrator of special education. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Boston College and is a longtime Eagles sports fan. Bob lives with his wife, Diane, a first grade teacher. They are parents of three sons and have one grandson. Bob joined the Board of Children’s Friend in 2007.
David Grey is the principal of Grey Investments, a family office located in Beverly, Massachusetts. From 1986 to 2002 he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of IpswichBank. Mr. Grey took the bank public in 1993 and sold it to Banknorth in 2002. He is a 1977 graduate of Northeastern University with a BS in economics. He has served as a Corporator of the Boys and Girls Club of Lynn since 1984 and is a Mentor at Children’s Friend. He resides in Wenham with his wife Janet and two daughters.
Mr. Grey joined the Board of Children’s Friend in early 2007, and was elected Chairperson beginning in January 2008.
Jonathan Miller has held administrative and clinical positions in social service agencies for the past 32 years. Since 1981 Jonathan has been Executive Director of Team Coordinating Agency in Haverhill, MA. TCA is a non-profit organization that provides addiction treatment, child welfare and mental health services in outpatient, residential, and forensic settings.
In addition to serving on the Board of Children's Friend since 1996, Jonathan currently sits on the Board of Directors of Mental Health and Substance Corporations of Massachusetts and Greater Lawrence Women's Resource Center. He is also a founding board member and Past President of Emmaus, Inc., a Haverhill-based organization that provides a range of supportive housing services to homeless individuals and families.
Since 1982 Jonathan has trained graduate students as a field supervisor for Antioch New England Graduate School and clinically supervises candidates for Allied Mental Health licensure in Massachusetts.
Jonathan holds a BA in Biology, a Master of Theology and a PhD in Theological and Religious Studies, all from Boston University. His clinical training is in pastoral counseling, and he is licensed in Massachusetts as a Marriage and Family Therapist and as a Social Worker.
Jonathan has been married to Laurie Cutter since 1974. They live in southeastern New Hampshire and have no children.
Michael Ward has a considerable background in employee-benefits plan design, funding and administration. As the practice leader, he manages the division that provides brokerage and advisory services in the health and welfare, retirement plan and executive benefit areas. Prior to serving as the Executive Vice President of Eastern Benefits Group, Michael was President of Harbour Benefits Insurance Brokerage, an organization that he founded. Harbour Benefits was acquired by Eastern Bank and its subsidiary Eastern Insurance Group, and was renamed Eastern Benefits Group.
Prior to Harbour Benefits, Michael was the Managing Director and a brokerage representative for a regional insurance brokerage firm and also worked for many years as a Sales Executive for a leading national insurance company.
Michael is a member of the Broker Advisory Boards at Blue Cross Blue Shield, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Tufts Health Plan and Delta Dental Plan. These boards work with the executive teams of the insurance companies in a consultative role with respect to product development, service initiatives and marketplace insight.
Michael is actively involved with the New England Employee Benefits Council, Massachusetts and National Health Underwriters Associations and Northeast Human Resources Association. In addition to the Children’s Friend Board of Directors, which he joined in May of 2007, Michael also serves on the Board of Directors for The Plummer Home for Boys and the Salem Chamber of Commerce and on the Board of Overseers for North Shore Medical Center.
Michael has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tufts University and an MBA, summa cum laude, from Babson College.
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