The Public Art & Culture Committee is a new commission of the City of Watertown, formed to initiate public art projects and events.

After stepping down as the ED for the MCA, I continued as a volunteer to realize the much needed 1st and 2nd Floor renovation of the Center. I worked with key MCA staff and board, and ARE to secure and structure funding to execute feasibility study, design and construction phases, as well as serving on the building committee on design and construction.

Early stage organizational strategy, business formation, business operations, and business development work for a range of startups.

Launchpad Venture Group is a Boston-based angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies. We are looking for innovative, technology-driven startup companies addressing a significant market opportunity where our investment can make a difference. We introduce entrepreneurs to potential investors through business plan presentations at monthly meetings. Launchpad Venture Group consists of individual angel investor members interested in achieving superior returns by financing privately held companies at an early stage of development.Launchpad is the largest angel investing group in the Northeast, with a broad base of very active members coming from a variety of backgrounds and professions, including the technology, financial service, industrial and life science communities. As a group, we are well connected to potential customers, service providers, partners and future sources of financing.In a typical first round situation, Launchpad will invest between $100,000 and $500,000, and will usually syndicate its deals for a larger total investment amount. We then work with the company to proceed to the next stage. We can help your business grow by helping you recruit new members of your management team, develop strategic partners, refine product and go-to-market strategies, and raise your next round of venture funding.Launchpad is focused on investments in the technology and life-science spaces and select opportunities in the green space. Launchpad will consider opportunities from other areas if group members have expertise and the opportunity is deemed to have the potential to generate superior returns. Primary sector focuses are software / IT, web and e-commerce, media and social media, mobile and wireless, medical devices, diagnostics, healthcare IT, networking and telecom, clean-tech, renewable energy and green-tech.

I founded and led a consulting firm for twenty+ years which was focused on the evolution of democratic principles through organizational development and innovation. Clients included:State and Local Governments Arapahoe County, CO Alabama Commission of Higher Education Birmingham, AL Boston, MA Cambridge, MA Chelsea, MA State of Connecticut Hampton, VA Commonwealth of Massachusetts Mesa, AZ Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, MAMetropolitan District Commission, MA Middlesex County District Attorney, MA State of New York Pittsburgh School Committee, Pittsburgh, PA Scottsdale, AZFoundations Lilly Endowment, Indianapolis, IN National Institute of Dispute Resolution, Washington, D.C. PEW Charitable Trusts, Philadelphia, PA Federal Programs Healthy Boston, MA SafeFutures - Boston and National Community Nutrition Education, FCS - Philadelphia, NYC, and National Healthy Start - Boston and NationalNon-profit Organizations Agricultural Institute, Indianapolis, IN Birmingham YWCA, Birmingham, AL Civic Network Television, Washington, DC Conflict Clinic, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA National Association for Community Leadership, Indianapolis, IN National Association of County Administrators, Washington, DC National Civic League, Denver, CO Partners for Democratic Change, San Francisco, CAThe Philanthropic Initiative, Boston, MAPublic Service Institute, Elyria, OH Urban Center, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OHPrivate Sector Organization James River, Bangor, ME Mercedes-Benz, USA Polaroid Corporation, Cambridge, MALeadership Training Programs Capital Leadership Program, Albany, NY Leadership Greater Chicago, Chicago, IL Indiana Agricultural Leadership Program, Indianapolis, IN Leadership, Inc., Philadelphia, PA