Our associates and faculty include academics from Boston College and other universities, professionals with expertise in various fields, and corporate practitioners. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to our Center. 

Bea Boccalandro
Bea Boccalandro is President of VeraWorks, a global consulting firm that helps companies with their community involvement. She has helped Aetna, Bank of America, Levi Strauss & Company, The Walt Disney Company and others develop and enhance their community involvement through research, strategy design, program development and evaluation. She is the lead author behind the Drivers of Excellence for Employee Giving and Volunteering Programs and related Fortune 500 research. In addition to serving as faculty for the Boston College Center, she teaches cross-sector partnerships at Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Leadership and consults and teaches for the Points of Light & Hands On Network and for the Council on Foundations.

Ronald G. Brown
As a field office manager with Carolina Power & Light Company (CP), Ron managed all aspects of local community relations, including contributions, media and public affairs. After joining the corporate community relations department as Director of Program Development, he managed CP's community relations programs and administration a two-state service area. He designed and implemented corporate contribution policies, community relations strategic plans, key leader communications and community programs.

Mark Feldman
Mark Feldman, Principal and Managing Director of the Cause Consulting Group, advises Fortune 500 CEOs, marketing and foundation executives on corporate citizenship and the development of signature cause-marketing, branding, and strategic philanthropy programs. The firm specializes in integrating communications, business, and social disciplines to maximize impact. Mark is co-author of "Causes and Effects," a best practice article in Harvard Business Review. Earlier in his career, Mark served for eight years as Executive Vice President of Cone’s Cause Branding practice where he was responsible for client consulting and the Cone Research Series on corporate citizenship. 

Ken Freitas
For more than 10 years Ken Freitas led the development and implementation of global strategies at the Timberland Company. As vice president of marketing, Ken developed the worldwide brand position and creative platform for Timberland. As vice president of social enterprise, he led the effort to establish corporate citizenship as a central part of the company's value. In both roles, Ken served as a member of Timberland's core senior management team. His experience in marketing includes brand management, advertising, corporate communications, visual presentation and sports marketing; in social enterprise it includes public/private partnerships, cause-related marketing, employee volunteerism and urban retailing. Ken consults with corporations and nonprofits on marketing and corporate citizenship.

Bradley K. Googins, Ph.D.
Bradley K. Googins, associate professor in the Department of Organization Studies at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management, is a leading global expert on corporate citizenship. He was executive director of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship from 1997-2009. In 1990 Dr. Googins founded the Center for Work & Family at Boston University and directed it for six years before moving the center to Boston College. Dr. Googins is the lead author of Beyond Good Company: Next Generation Corporate Citizenship, published by Palgrave in December 2007. The book takes a practice-oriented look at corporate citizenship through real, behind-the-scenes examples from well-known companies to show how social responsibility and sustainability are now a defining part of some leading company’s business strategy and culture. He also sits on the review board of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship and the advisory boards of Corporate Voices for Working Families and the Brazilian research and education center Uni-Ethos. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Policy from The Heller Graduate School at Brandeis University; a M.S.W. from Boston College and a B.A. in philosophy and sociology from Boston College.

Paul S. Gray, Ph.D.
Paul Gray is an associate professor at Boston College and senior research associate at The Center. He is also the founding Faculty Chair for Boston College's Leadership for Change Executive Program, an action learning-based program designed to train managers in change-making and "dual bottom line" business strategies. His major research interests are corporate community involvement, work and technology, adult education in the workplace, and labor relations and social change, and he has authored numerous articles and books on these and other topics. His consulting engagements have included work with Battelle, Shell Chemical, Sapient, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Motorola Communications and BP.

Patricia Hurley
Pat is a senior consultant with Cause Consulting, where she guides companies in reaching the hearts and minds of their customers and employees. Over almost 20 years, through her work with both for-profit and non-profit organizations, she has garnered diverse experience in brand marketing, public relations, strategic philanthropy, and training/facilitation. Earlier in her career she served as a senior vice president for Cone, Inc.; associate creative director for Burson-Marsteller; director of community relations at Barnes and Noble; and most recently as the director of communications for Trinity Church in Boston. Some of the many programs she helped create include Avon’s Breast Cancer Awareness Crusade; Chevy R.O.C.K. (Reaching Out to Communities and Kids); Making Smoking History campaign; and the Kimberly-Clark Community Playground Project.

Lewis Karabatsos
First at Digital, then at Compaq and the Hewlett-Packard company, now at Monster.com, Lew Karabatsos championed the company's community involvement efforts. He worked with senior and site management teams across the country and abroad to develop and implement strategic community involvement programs and initiatives; managed corporate-sponsored community and employee programs; managed the company's national Community Support Campaign, which, under his leadership was expanded to replace existing traditional United Way workplace giving programs; and developed communications strategies that supported the company's brand, image and reputation in the community. 

Jonathan B. Levine
Jonathan Levine is a researcher, consultant and writer focusing on international aspects of corporate citizenship, global management and strategy. As a Senior Research Associate at the Center, he conducts case studies and investigations into best practices in the field. In his work for companies such as Pfizer and Merck, he provides research and qualitative assessment of CSR strategies, and counsel on structuring initiatives and leveraging assets in cross-sector partnerships. Jonathan served 12 years with BusinessWeek magazine as San Francisco Bureau Chief, covering a broad range of industries from semiconductors and high-tech to banking, then as European Technology Editor analyzing industrial and public policy. His writings on international business, management best practices and CSR issues have appeared in the New York Times, Ethical Corporation, Fast Company and Center publications.

Farron Levy, President, True Impact LLC
Farron Levy is president of True Impact, a provider of web-based tools and consulting services for measuring social, financial, and environmental return on investment (ROI). True Impact’s “triple bottom line” evaluations have helped companies such as Allstate, Deloitte, Home Depot, PNC Bank, and Verizon to prove value, guide strategic investment, and promote continuous improvement of community engagement, sustainability, and other corporate citizenship activities. Farron was formerly a partner and director of cost-benefit-analysis services at SmithOBrien, a social auditing firm; co-founder and president of a yield-management service for the restaurant industry; and an analyst with Industrial Economics, Inc., an environmental and economic consulting firm. Farron has also managed urban economic development projects for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Social Venture Network, and CitySkills (where he was executive director); and served as an advisor to City Year, New Profit, and CitySoft. He earned an MPP from Harvard University, and a BS with university honors from Carnegie Mellon University.

Steven D. Lydenberg
Steven Lydenberg is director of the Institute for Responsible Investment, an affiliate of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. He is Chief Investment Officer of Domini Social Investments and Vice President of the Domini Funds, and has been active in social research since 1975. He was a founder of KLD Research & Analytics, Inc., served as its research director from 1990 to 2001, and continues to serve on KLD’s Domini 400 Social IndexSM Committee. From 1987 to 1989, he was an associate with Franklin Research and Development Corporation (now known as Trillium Asset Management). For 12 years he worked with the Council on Economic Priorities, ultimately as director of corporate accountability research.

Julie Engel Manga, Ph.D.
Julie Engel Manga, Ph.D., has over 20 years experience as an organization development consultant, coach, facilitator and trainer in the corporate sector. She has worked with the Boston College Center of Corporate Citizenship for the past six years, on the Center’s staff as a senior research associate, consultant and assistant director of research, and as a Center faculty member. During her tenure at Boston College, Julie's research focused on the processes through which corporations initiate and build alignment for a commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business practice, and integrate this commitment into core business operations and strategy. She also established a peer-to-peer learning network of corporate responsibility managers and executives from 14 Fortune 500 companies. Julie also leads workshops and provides one-on-one coaching and consultation supporting executives and managers in their role as catalysts for change around responsible business practice.

Philip H. Mirvis, Ph.D.
Philip Mirvis is an organizational psychologist and senior research fellow at the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship. His studies and private practice concern large-scale organizational change, the character of the workforce and workplace, leadership development, and the role of business in society. An advisor to global businesses headquartered on five continents, he has authored nine books including, most recently, Beyond Good Company: Next Generation Corporate Citizenship (with Bradley Googins and Steve Rochlin). His writings on citizenship have appeared in Harvard Business Review, Journal of Business & Society and California Management Review, and in select Center publications. Mirvis is a research fellow of the Work/Family Roundtable, a board member of the Citizens Development Corps, and has served on the boards of the Foundation for Community Encouragement and Society for Organization Learning. He has a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. He has taught at Boston University and the University of Michigan and served as visiting faculty at Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China and the London Business School.

Lawrence E. Moore, Ph.D.
Lawrence has nearly two decades of experience in the design, development and implementation of corporate social responsibility programs. Previously as Director of Community & Public Affairs for a $1.7 billion global business unit of Motorola, he helped the company forge a link between Baldrige-related Performance Excellence goals and The Center's Standards of Excellence. The resulting programs and processes served company business units around the globe. Lawrence's experience includes senior management roles in external communications, issues management, corporate philanthropy, employee communications, media relations, and public affairs. He holds a doctorate from Northwestern University.

Celina Pagani-Tousignant
Formerly a Global Health and Quality of Life consultant at Levi Strauss & Co., Celina consults with companies in the U.S. and Latin America on work/life, corporate community involvement, and workforce diversity. She has provided coaching and guidance on change management to hundreds of corporate executives, and has been involved with the design and delivery of diversity training at corporate settings such as PG&E and Levi Strauss. Her teaching experience includes diversity training, team building and transition management for corporate employees and for students at John F. Kennedy University. A native of Uruguay, she teaches in both English and Spanish.

Ann Pomykal 
Ann Pomykal was formerly director of the TI Foundation and Corporate Giving for Texas Instruments and now serves as Director of the TI Foundation. Ann’s past civic activities include five terms in public office, including Mayor for the city of Lewisville, and City Council. She served two years as President of the Greater Lewisville United Way and two years as Campaign Chairperson. She served on the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas board for nine years and led the TI UW campaign for many years, establishing it as the largest corporate campaign in Dallas. Ann is a graduate of Leadership Texas and was selected Citizen of the Year. Ann presently serves on the advisory board of the Junior League of Dallas, is President of Friends of Fair Park, and an executive board member for the North Texas Business for Culture and the Arts. She also served on the board of the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship for over ten years. Ann's focus has been in assisting corporations in developing social responsibility into their business models, and has been a driving force for internal branding and retention of employee programs tied to social responsibility.

Richard Pringle
Richard Pringle is co-president of GrantStream, a consulting and technology firm in the field of corporate citizenship and community involvement. He has worked with leading companies in the development of award-winning corporate signature programs in the fields of hospice palliative care, front line health care and active living. At Glaxo Wellcome Canada, he was responsible for the corporate foundation and the company’s industry-leading stakeholder relations initiatives. His experience includes brand and sales management, corporate communications and stakeholder relations.

Susan L. Santos, Ph.D.
Susan is an expert in risk communication and risk assessment. She brings extensive hands-on technical experience with years of research and implementation aiding clients with strategic design, comprehensive implementation, and expert evaluation of health, safety and environmental issue-oriented risk communication programs. Currently, she is executing intervention strategies for communicating hazardous waste cleanup programs, food product safety issues, military deployment related risks, and decommissioning a nuclear reactor facility, and is engaged in developing crisis communication and evaluation programs.

Jason Saul
Jason Saul is an expert in measuring performance in the social sector. He has advised some of the world’s leading corporations and nonprofits, including McDonald’s, Kraft Foods, Levi Strauss & Co., OfficeMax, Easter Seals, American Red Cross, the Humane Society of the U.S. and the Smithsonian. Jason is the Founder and President of Mission Measurement, LLC, a firm that provides strategy and measurement services to corporations, foundations and nonprofits. In 1994, Jason co-founded the Center for What Works, a nonprofit organization focused on benchmarking. Saul began his career as an attorney, most recently at Mayer Brown LLP in Chicago where he represented government and nonprofit clients in public finance transactions. Jason teaches performance measurement at the Center for Nonprofit Management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and is the author of Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Manage, Measure and Improve Performance. He holds a law degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a bachelor’s degree in government and French literature from Cornell University. In 1989, Jason was awarded the Harry S. Truman Scholarship for leadership and public service. In 2001 he was selected as a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow.

Neil Smith
Neil Smith is co-founder and managing partner at SmithOBrien, where he leads the firm’s corporate responsibility auditing and financial measurement practice and Shareholder Resolution Advisory Service. Neil has extensive experience in helping corporate managers and employees operationalize the organization’s core values and code of practice as the foundation for culture change and growth. He is also a founding partner of innovation, measurement 21st Century (im21), which specializes in the use of network analysis and mapping to facilitate inclusive collaboration and communication, resulting in accelerated innovation, continuous improvements, and problem-solving. Neil is an adjunct faculty member at Boston’s College’s Carroll School of Management and has been a guest lecturer on corporate responsibility at the Harvard University School of Public Health. He participated on the Verification Working Group of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). He is former co-publisher and executive editor of ExecutiveCitizen, a newsletter on corporate responsibility for senior managers, and has authored journal articles and books, including “Shopping for Safer Boat Care” (International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 1997), an analysis and rating scheme of the environmental and health effects of 100 marine products.

Richard F. Trabert
Richard F. Trabert is a consultant specializing in the development of public affairs strategies for companies and not-for-profit organizations. Previously, as the head of public affairs for the Merck Manufacturing Division, he counseled division executives on the public affairs aspects of their business activities. His responsibilities included government, community and media relations and employee communications. He introduced the Neighbor of Choice program to Merck manufacturing facilities in the United States and Europe. Trabert has lectured on community and government relations topics.

Sandra Waddock, DBA
Sandra Waddock is Professor of Management at Boston College's Carroll School of Management and a senior research associate at The Center. She has published extensively on corporate responsibility, corporate citizenship, and inter-sector collaboration. Her 1997 paper with Sam Graves entitled "Quality of Management and Quality of Stakeholder Relations: Are They Synonymous?" in Business and Society won the 1997 Moskowitz Prize. Her latest book is "The Difference Makers: How Social and Institutional Entrepreneurs Created the Corporate Responsibility Movement" (Greenleaf Publishing, 2008). Other books include "Total Responsibility Management:  The Manual," (Greenleaf Publishing, 2007) and "Leading Corporate Citizens: Vision, Values, Value Added" (McGraw-Hill, 2002). She is Senior Fellow at the Ethics Resource Center in Washington, D.C., and a founding faculty member of the Leadership for Change Program at Boston College.

John Weiser
John Weiser is co-founder of Brody•Weiser•Burns, a consulting firm that specializes in working with organizations that seek to use business strategies to achieve social goals. His focus is on helping businesses, nonprofits, foundations and public sector agencies create, build consensus around, and implement a broad range of corporate-community partnership strategies. John graduated magna cum laude in mathematics from Harvard University, and holds an MBA from the Yale School of Management. He is the co-author of "Conversations with Disbelievers," which details the quantitative evidence on when and how corporate community involvement is good business.

Allen L. White, Ph.D.
Allen White is vice president of Boston-based Tellus Institute, a leading international sustainability think tank. He directs the Institute’s corporate responsibility activities. Dr. White co-founded the Global Reporting Initiative, served as acting chief executive and currently is special adviser. He has advised multilaterals, foundations, corporations, and NGOs on corporate responsibility policy and practices. He has held faculty and research positions at the University of Connecticut, Clark University and Battelle Laboratories; is a former Fulbright Scholar in Lima, Peru; and served as a Peace Corps volunteer and staff member in Nicaragua. He has served on advisory groups for the Nordic Partnership, ISO, and Civic Capital, a social investment fund, and serves on the board of directors of GAN-NET, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering innovative global governance. He has published and spoken widely on corporate responsibility, sustainability, accountability and social investing.

Eric P. Young
For more than 25 years Eric Young has been involved in social marketing, a discipline focused on the development of strategies and campaigns to promote social change. He is the founder and president of E.Y.E., an agency that works with leading government, corporate and voluntary organizations to address some of the most pressing issues facing contemporary society. Young has been the architect of numerous campaigns for change and social innovation projects in areas ranging from health, environmental sustainability and ethics in sport to citizen engagement, corporate social responsibility, community development and global humanitarian relief. He has written and lectured extensively throughout North America on the challenge of change, and the remaking of community in the 21st century. He currently serves on the board of Ecotrust Canada, the Canadian Advisory Board of Right To Play, the editorial advisory board of the Social Marketing Quarterly, and the Corporate Citizenship subcommittee of Imagine Canada.