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Molly Paul is Executive Director of the Brookline Community Foundation. Molly previously served as Manager of Individual Giving for the New England Regional Office of the Trust for Public Land, a national land conservation organization, and as Program Manager for the Boston Natural Areas Fund, now known as the Boston Natural Areas Network.
Contact Molly Paul.

 

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. 
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Gwen Ossenfort is Special Projects Coordinator 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. 

Contact Gwen Ossenfort.

 

John Ryan John Ryan is Development Manager of the Brookline Community Foundation. In this role, he manages fundraising, donor services, acquisition, cultivation, events, and gifts. John previously served in the development department of a homeless services agency focused on providing housing in conjunction with effective support services to help change the conditions that create homelessness. He is an active volunteer and sits on the Board of Directors of The Friday Night Supper Program and On Your Feet Project. J

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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.