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Habitat
forHumanity of Greater Lowell
At
Hicks Farm
124 Main Street
Westford, MA 01886
978-692-0927
info@lowellhabitat.org |
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HFHGL
Board of Directors |
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James
Saltonstall,
President
Retired Executive
Jim
retired in 2008 from Middlesex School, Concord,
MA, where he served for 40 years as a teacher
(French and Economics), coach, dorm head
and, most recently, business manager. As
business manager, he was responsible for
budgets and financial accountability, buildings
and grounds, human resources and he worked
on many special projects with the head of
school and trustees. In addition to the
Lowell Habitat Board, Jim serves on the
Boards of Carleton Willard Village in Bedford,
the New England Grenfell Association and
Communities for Restorative Justice in Concord.
He lives in Carlisle with his wife, has
two grown children and enjoys skiing, gardening
and doing outdoor work around the house.
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Rob
Moodie, Treasurer
Senior Vice President,
Eastern Bank
Rob
Moodie is a Senior Vice President and Team
Leader for the commercial banking division
of Eastern Bank in Boston. Rob has 25+ years
of commercial banking experience, and joined
Eastern Bank in 1999. He previously held
commercial banking positions with Fleet
Bank and the First National Bank of Boston.
Rob holds a BA degree from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MBA from
Boston College. In addition to serving on
the board of the Habitat for Humanity of
Greater Lowell, Rob also serves on the board
of The Lowell Development & Financial
Corporation (LDFC), a non-profit development
corporation which offers low-interest loans
as an incentive to invest in commercial
and housing development within the City
of Lowell. Rob is married with three children
and lives in Littleton.
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Peter
Mullin,
Secretary
Attorney, Law Office
of Peter J. Mullin
Peter
J. Mullin is a sole practitioner attorney.
His general practice law office concentrates
in estate planning, small business and residential
real estate. Prior to practicing law, he
worked in high tech manufacturing as an
engineering supervisor. He received a BA
degree from Merrimack College, an MBA degree
from Rivier College and a JD degree from
Massachusetts School of Law. He is an active
member of the Westford Rotary Club and sits
on the Board of Directors for The Merrimack
Valley Food Bank. Peter resides in Lowell
with his wife, Ann. He has a stepdaughter,
Robin, three grandchildren, Vanessa, Jonathan
and Justin and one great-granddaughter,
Emma.
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Thomas
Arrison
Certified Public
Accountant, Arrison & Olden PC
Thom
has either owned his own firm or been a
partner in other firms for over 25 years.
In 1992, Thom openedhis office in Littleton,
Massachusetts. He specializes in working
with non-profits and small businesses. Thom
has also participated in other business
venturesk including being an owner and member
of the board of directors of a professional
soccer team based in Boston. Thom frequently
conducts seminars to educate business owners
on effedtive business development strategies.
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Rev.
E.Tom Barrington
Rector at All Saints' Episcopal
Church
Tom
is an Episcopal priest and served as Rector
of All Saints' Church in Chelmsford for
twelve years. It is through his parish that
he first was invited to swing a hammer for
Habitat. He discovered an amazing array
of people doing the wonderful work. He states,
"For me, helping Habitat is to join
God in God's mission." Before coming
to Chelmsford, Tom served at three different
churches in Syracuse, NY, the large downtown
Cathedral, a small working class congregation,
and a tiny mission church on the Onondaga
Nation, just south of Syracuse. He dilights
in crossing boundaries of race and class
and being able to sometimes introduce one
to the other. Currently he was also involved
in work in Kenyaand East Africa through
the Diocese of Massachusetts.
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Jim
Silva
Attorney and local/regional
government official
Jim
is an attorney with 10 years experience
in intellectual property and business law.
Additionally, he has served for 8 years
as an elected or appointed local and regional
government official. In particular Jim was
a Selectman in the town of Westford from
2003 to 2006 and is a member of the Northern
Middlesex Council of Government (2003 to
present) for which he has been Chairman
for the last three years. He also has extensive
experience in municipal law regarding affordable
housing having served on various local and
regional affordable housing government groups.
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James
L. Milinazzo
Mayor of Lowell,
MA
James
Milinazzo is a lifelong resident of Lowell.
He is married to Anabel (Byrne), who is
a school teacher. They have one daughter,
Julie. James Milinazzo has a Master’s
in Public Administration from Suffolk University
and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
from Merrimack College and is currently
Vice President of Business Services at Jeanne
D'Arc Credit Union. He served the city as
Executive Director of the Lowell Housing
Authority from 1993-2002. He also served
as the Director of the City of Lowell Division
of Planning and Development. Jim was first
elected to the Lowell city council in 2003.
He was Mayor of Lowell from 2010-2011. He
served as the Vice -Mayor to Mayor William
F. Martin in 2006 and 2007 and has served
the community on numerous boards and commissions.
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Rob
Moodie, Treasurer
Senior Vice President,
Eastern Bank
Rob
Moodie is a Senior Vice President and Team
Leader for the commercial banking division
of Eastern Bank in Boston. Rob has 25+ years
of commercial banking experience, and joined
Eastern Bank in 1999. He previously held
commercial banking positions with Fleet
Bank and the First National Bank of Boston.
Rob holds a BA degree from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MBA from
Boston College. In addition to serving on
the board of the Habitat for Humanity of
Greater Lowell, Rob also serves on the board
of The Lowell Development & Financial
Corporation (LDFC), a non-profit development
corporation which offers low-interest loans
as an incentive to invest in commercial
and housing development within the City
of Lowell. Rob is married with three children
and lives in Littleton.
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Melissa
Robbins
Attorney, Deschenes
& Farrell, P.C.
Melissa Robbins has been
actively involved with the legal aspects
of the development, financing and construction
of real estate and affordable housing for
the last six years. During that time, Ms.
Robbins has been promoting smart growth
and affordable housing for developers, as
well as non-profit and governmental agencies
through the use of local zoning, M.G.L.
Chapter 40B and other creative methods.
Ms. Robbins and attorneys
within the firm represent developers, as
well as affordable housing advocates, in
towns including, Westford, Littleton, Groton,
Concord, Hopedale, Clinton, Dracut and Tyngsboro.
Paiman
Nodoushani
Sr. Director Engineering,
Avaya
Paiman Nodoushani is Sr.
Director at Avaya responsible for cloud
strategy and products. Paiman is a high
tech industry professional with 20 years
experience in engineering/product development.
Prior to Avaya, he spent over 12 years at
Cisco in various leadership roles. Paiman
holds a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering
from the University of Connecticut. Paiman
is also a trustee with the Massachusetts
Technology Leadership Council.
Robert
Darin
Executive
Vice President, Health Dialog
Bob
Darin has 17 years experience in health
care anaytics and operations management.
He currently serves as Executive Vice President,
Research and Development for Health Dialog,
where he has overall reponsibility for product
develjopment, analytics, and consumer decision
aid development. In previous work at Health
Dialog, Bob also served 4 years as Senior
Vice President of Client Operations from
2003 to 2006, and he helped set up serveral
randomized controlled trials fo care management
program effectiveness, includeing Health
Dialog's seminal study published in New
England Journal of Medicine. Bob's prior
executive experience include his most recent
position as Vice President and General Manager
of MediQual Service, a business unit of
Cardinal Health, from 2006-2008. Bob holds
an honors MBA in analytic finance from the
University of Chicago Graduate School of
Business, and he received a magna cum laude
degree in economics from Harvard College.
Brenda
Gould, Interim
Executive Director
Business
Optimization Specialist, Schooley Mitchell
Telecom Consultants
Brenda
joined the HFHGL Board in 2007 and had served
3 years as Treasurer, then elected VP in
March 2010. In spring 2010 Brenda opened
a Schooley Mitchell Telecom franchise, where
she works on a contingency basis to make
sure companies get the best options and
best prices for their telecommunicatin systems.
Prior work experience includes 25 years
of industry experience as a Business Operations
Manager with Millipore Corporation in Billerica
MA and Agamatrix in Salem, NH. Brenda lives
in Westford, MA with her husband, Perry
and two daughters, Jennifer and Danielle.
She holds a BBA in accounting from Siena
College in NY, and MBA in finance from Bentley
College in Waltham.
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