Staff

Richard E. Ward is Executive Director of the Brookline Community Foundation. Richard has held leadership positions in nonprofit organizations, philanthropic consultancy and community organizations, including the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the Boston Foundation. At the Boston Foundation, one of the country’s oldest and largest community foundations, Ward spent nearly a decade in senior positions including Director of Grantmaking and Director of Programs.

Gwen Ossenfort is Director of Operations at the Brookline Community Foundation. She has served as the director of Brookline Artists' Open Studios since 2003 as well as co-chair and treasurer of the Brookline Council for the Arts & Humanities.

Sara Dassel is Director of Programs and Communications for the Brookline Community Foundation. She previously worked in arts administration, as Director of Exhibitions for the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University and as the Exhibitions Coordinator for the American Federation of Arts in New York. Sara is a former co-chair of the Brookline Commission for the Arts.

Tommy Good is Interim Development and Administrative Associate for the Brookline Community Foundation. In this role, he manages fundraising, donor services, events, and gifts. Tommy recently graduated from William and Mary and is working with BCF until February when he departs for the Peace Corps.

Bea Schembri is Finance Consultant for the Brookline Community Foundation.  She has worked for more than 25 years in Managerial Accounting and Finance functions in a variety of service industries.  Bea has performed these business and financial functions through her own firm for the past eight years for small growing businesses from Boston to Rhode Island.