Sr. Management
James W. Rappaport
Timothy J. Medlock
James P. Kelleher
Michael J. Buckley
Michael J. Doherty
Pryse R. Elam
Jonathan D. Gillman
Gary J. Hofstetter
Charles E. Nolfi
Patrick J. Shooltz
Kirk A. Sykes
Helen Topor
Eric VanDusen
Board of Directors
Jerome L. Rappaport
James W. Rappaport
Phyllis E. Rappaport
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Board of Directors
Jerome L. Rappaport - Chairman Emeritus
As Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Directors, Jerome Lyle Rappaport
provides guidance on the overall direction for New Boston Fund.
Mr. Rappaport has over 50 years of real estate investment experience,
including the development, management and sale of one of the largest
mixed-use developments in New England, Boston's Charles River Park.
Guided by the Rappaport family, Charles River Park grew into a thriving
community that ultimately consisted of 2,300 units of housing, well over
500,000 square feet of retail and office space and over 3,400 parking spaces.
Mr. Rappaport also played a prominent role in the redevelopment of the
Charlestown Naval Yard in Boston, the redevelopment of 2000 Commonwealth
Ave in Brighton, MA, and numerous other real estate investments in the
Northeast. Mr. Rappaport has been a driving force in Boston's urban
planning affairs since the 1950's and has served on the boards of several
civic, charitable, and professional organizations. He has also founded a
number of charitable and research programs, including the Jerome Lyle
Rappaport Charitable Foundation and the Rappaport Institute for Greater
Boston at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Rappaport
is also the founding member and senior partner of the law firm of Rappaport,
Aserkoff & Gelles.
Mr. Rappaport received an AB from Harvard College and an LLB from Harvard Law
School as well as an MPA from Littauer School of Government at Harvard
University. He was also the recipient of an Honorary Degree from Suffolk
University Law School.
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James W. Rappaport - Chairman, CEO and Director
As Chairman, CEO, and board member of New Boston Fund, Jim Rappaport
provides overall direction for New Boston Fund. As a voting
member of the Investment Committee, he reviews and approves major
investment transactions of the various funds and is an active member
of the Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee and the New
Boston Advisory Board.
Mr. Rappaport has over 25 years of real estate investment experience.
Beginning in 1982 he was a General Partner in Charles River Park,
where he managed the daily operations of the mixed-use development
which generated over $40,000,000 in annual revenue. Also during the
1980s, he personally purchased, repositioned, and sold several
properties in Hawaii, including the Kauai Resort Hotel. From 1991
to 1994, Mr. Rappaport served as President of Charles River Properties,
Ltd., overseeing company operations, investments, and public affairs.
Mr. Rappaport is actively involved in numerous civic and charitable
organizations, including serving in a number of leadership positions
for the Combined Jewish Philanthropies. He is also a member of the
Board of Trustees for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute as well as the
Board of Overseers of Boston's Children's Hospital. He is the current
Chairman of Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC, which owns and manages
two long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) in Washington, DC.
Specialty Hospital of Washington and Hadley Memorial Hospital have over
140 LTACH beds and 180 skilled nursing beds. Mr. Rappaport is a
member of both the Massachusetts and Vermont Bar.
Mr. Rappaport holds a BS from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a JD from the Boston University School of Law.
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Phyllis E. Rappaport - Vice Chairman and Director
As Vice Chairman and Director, Phyllis Rappaport contributes to the oversight of New Boston's strategic planning, human resource planning, and organizational performance.
Ms. Rappaport's experience includes serving from 1991-1996 as member of Rappaport Associates, which oversaw Rappaport family real estate business and venture capital investments. Ms. Rappaport is Chairperson of the Phyllis and Jerome Lyle Rappaport Foundation, which focuses on state and local public policy, basic research, and contemporary art. She is co-founder of Cure Alzheimer's Fund which seeks and funds leading research toward a cure for that disease.
Since 1993, Ms. Rappaport has been a trustee of the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, MA. She serves on advisory boards for Massachusetts General Hospital, McLean Hospital, the Taubman Center for State and Local Government at Harvard University, and Smith College. She was elected member of a Massachusetts regional public school system from 1986 to 1993. She held management positions at what is now Hewlett-Packard from 1979 - 1991. From 1975 to 1979, Ms. Rappaport was a PricewaterhouseCoopers auditor, specializing in banking and healthcare.
Ms. Rappaport earned a BA from Smith College and an MBA from the Simmons Graduate School of Management.
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