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BOMA Boston names 2014 board of directors and will host the 25th Annual Benefit

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Boston (BOMA Boston), a division of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, have named their board of directors for 2014. Richard Page of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts will serve as 2014 BOMA Boston president, June Cunniff of A.W. Perry, Inc. will serve as the 2014 president-elect, and Mike Gill of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston will serve as the 2014 secretary. BOMA Boston also welcomes 10 new members onto their board of directors: * Brian Curry, Janitronics * Mark Cozzens, Boston Properties; * Liz Davis, Colliers International; * Jim DerMinasian, Taurus Investments Holdings LLC; * Ed Fontaine, Colliers International; * Steve Gilmore Jr, ServiceMaster by Gilmore; * Michael Johnson, Tyco SimplexGrinnell; * Gerry McGonagle, BELFOR; * DeAnna Murphy, Equity Office; and * John Tello, Boston Properties. The following will continue to serve on the board for 2014: * Robert Brierley Brookfield Properties; * Greg Brown, Hines; * Scott Brown, Lincoln Property Company; * Amy Bush, Brookfield Office Properties; * Dennis Callahan, Colliers International; * Erika Clarke, Novaya Real Estate Ventures LLC * Jeff Cook, Fidelity Real Estate Company LLC; * David Drady, Lincoln Property Company; * Amy Forman, Upland Capital Corporation; * Kerri Gallaway, A.W. Perry, Inc.; * Ursula Guthrie, Advanced Elevator Technology; * Brian Kickham, Northeast Security, Inc.; * Robert Lemons, KeyPoint Partners, LLC * Mark Milone, DivcoWest; * Neil Mullane, KONE Inc.; * Jonathan Peck, DTZ; * Stephen Prozinski, Avison Young; * Michael Quinn, CBRE | New England; * Paul Rappoli, ARS Restoration Services; * M. Shay Sims, CBRE | New England; * John Sullivan, CBRE | New England; * Dana Warren, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; * Clayton Wentworth, DivcoWest; and * Stephen Wessling, Wessling Architects. 25th Annual BOMA Benefit: BOMA Boston will be holding their 25th Annual BOMA Benefit on Saturday, February 8th at the Seaport Hotel from 7-11 p.m. The 2014 Beneficiaries are: Birthday Wishes, Generations Incorporated, Hospitality Homes and the St. Francis House. The benefit will also raise money and donations for Cradles to Crayons and My Brother's Keeper. Now in its 25th year, the BOMA Benefit is an annual fundraiser that raises money on behalf of local charities whose missions are aligned with providing affordable housing, housing solutions and education benefiting the community or individuals of Greater Boston as a whole. Since 1989, BOMA Boston has raised over $900,000 for local charitable causes, including: * Homes for our Troops; * City Year Boston; * Habitat for Humanity; * My Brother's Keeper; * Home Start; * Rosie's Place and many more.
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