30Th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
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CURRENT AND FORMER WARD SPONSORS Judge William G. Young Judge Patti B. Saris Judge Roanne Sragow Judge Sydney Hanlon Lt. Governor Evelyn Murphy Lt. Governor Kerry Healy THE JOHN WILLIAM WARD Mass DEP Commissioner Lauren Liss Mass Public Health Commissioner Howard Koh PUBLIC SERVICE FELLOWSHIP Mass School Building Authority Jack McCarthy ’76 Massport Chief Counsel Scott Kafker Of Massport Executive Betty Desrosiers The Boston Latin School Massport Executive Director Virginia Buckingham Massport Executive Joni Belfiore th Mayor Martin J. Walsh 30 ANNIVERSARY Mayor Raymond L. Flynn Mayor Thomas M. Menino CELEBRATION Secretary of Administration & Finance Mark E. Robinson Undersecretary of Administration & Finance Rachel Madden WF ’88 Remarks By Secretary of State Michael Connolly Secretary of State William F. Galvin U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy, III Secretary of Transportation Richard L. Taylor & Senate President Thomas F. Birmingham Sheriff Dennis Kearney Former Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld Sheriff Robert Rufo State Rep. Ed Coppinger Presentation of A Bronze Portrait of Fellowship Chairman State Rep. Nick Collins ’01 State Rep. Kevin Honan Judge Mark L. Wolf ’90H State Rep. Marie St. Fleur State Rep. Adrian Madaro WF ’06 A Symposium on Public Service Featuring State Senator Jarrett Barrios State Senator Linda Dorcena Forry Fellowship Sponsors, Current Fellows State Senator Patricia McGovern & Fellowship Alumni State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz State Senator William Brownsberger State Treasurer Joe Malone HARRY V. KEEFE ’39 LIBRARY State Treasurer Shannon P. O’Brien U.S. Attorney Donald K. Stern BOSTON LATIN SCHOOL U.S. Attorney John Pappalardo U.S. Attorney Wayne Budd U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy, III UMass Building Authority Katherine Craven ’90 JUNE 6, 2015 UMass Building Authority Patricia Filippone John William Ward ’41 CURRENT AND FORMER WARD SPONSORS Attorney General Francis Bellotti Attorney General James Shannon Attorney General Martha Coakley Attorney General Scott Harshbarger Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly Attorney General Maura Healy BHA Administrator Doris Bunte BHA Civil Rights Chief Robert Trestan BHA Civil Rights Specialist Connie Y. Tom WF ’90 BHA Civil Rights Specialist Michelle Waters-Ekanem Boston Chief of Environmental Affairs James W. Hunt, III WF ’90 Boston Chief of Veterans Affairs Francisco Urena Boston Corporation Counsel William Sinnott ’75 Boston Globe Editor Dante Ramos Boston Globe Editor Peter Canellos Boston Globe Editor Robert L. Turner Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis Boston Redevelopment Authority Director Brian Golden ’83 Boston School Committee Staff Tracey Lynch Boston School Committee Staff Chris Horan Boston Superintendent Thomas W. Payzant City Councilor-At-Large John Connolly City Councilor-At-Large Michelle Wu City Councilor-At-Large Stephen J. Murphy ’75 Commissioner of Health & Hospital Judith Kurland District Attorney Daniel Conley District Attorney Ralph C. Martin, III District City Councilor Matt O’Malley WF ’96 District City Councilor Michael P. Ross District City Councilor Tito Jackson DSS Commissioner Harry Spence Governor A. Paul Cellucci John William Ward once said that what was needed in Governor Jane M. Swift Massachusetts was “the confidence that we have the intelligence and Governor Michael S. Dukakis the will to create good government . [which would] depend on Governor Deval L. Patrick engaged citizens to become informed and demand good Governor W. Mitt Romney Governor William F. Weld government.” House Speaker Robert L. DeLeo ’67 House Speaker Thomas M. Finneran ’67 The Ward Fellowship has been committed to this principle for thirty Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan years. Inspector General Glen Cunha Judge Mark L. Wolf ’90H 2010 PROGRAM OF EVENTS Nelson Arnous, Patricia Cahill, 2013 Randy Coplin, Laura DiNardo, Christopher Hamilton, Nya Gavin, Welcome Olivia Grant, Damary Gutierrez, Christine Zheng, Hannah Givertz, Boston Latin School Head Master Dr. Lynne Mooney Teta ’86 John McKenna, Rory O’ Donnell, Antoine Jones, Raymond Cen, Felicco Toney, Jennifer Tran, Andy Patricia Louijame, Cindy Lee, Alicja Remarks Vo, Christian Wasner, Sophia Wang, Gancarz, Alexandra Kennelly, Head Master Emeritus Michael G. Contompasis ’57 Lily Wu, Bill Ye Marcella Caruso, Kevin Mayer, *Cinique Weekes Michael Skerrett, Rose Silverman, U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy, III Jacob Zhang, Wanli Tan, Kenneth Ward and Miller Fellow Sponsor 2011 Tang, Anthony Cherry Jillian Baker, Kevin Baptista, *Edalina Wang Former Governor William F. Weld Isaac Buck, Arismendy Cabral, Former Ward Fellow Sponsor Rashad Hossain, Julia M. Iacoi, 2014 Angie Isaza, B. Kim, Kevin Liang, Eden Bekele, Zoe Dinneen, Sculpture Presentation Lily Liu-Krason, Abigail Mayer, Louis Messier, Shirley Zhou, Former Fellow and Former Law Clerk Eugenia M. Carris ’86, Annie McDonnell, Emmanuel Emily Carrara, Amias Callender, Former Law Clerks William Stone and Daniel Weintraub Oppong-yeboah, Eshe Sherley, Edward Wang, Tamira Acce, Michael R. Tomasini, Mengning Kenneth Cruz, Phung Vo, Remarks Wang, Annie Zhang Helen Skerrett, Angus Cusack, Fellowship Chairman Judge Mark L. Wolf ’90H *Felicco Toney Alexander Hsia, Margaret Coppinger, Zoe Huang, Jennifer Recognition of Ward Program Sustainers 2012 Zhang, Victoria Wu, Natasha Boston Latin School Association President Peter G. Kelly ’83 Sasha Benov, William Corbett, Karunaratne to Thienan Dang, Mark Favorito, *Hannah Givertz Helaine Miller W ’48, Paul N. Fruitt ’49, Kelsey Flattery, Steven Gingras, William F. Griffin Jr. ’60, and Lawrence S. DiCara ’67 Vanessa Jarnes, Elizabeth Jiang, 2015 Pooja Kalapurakkel, George Lok, Saron Adamasu, Linda Qin, Sean The Legacy of the John William Ward Public Service Fellowship Katherine McCoy, Caitlynne Cheatum, Maddie Kilgannon, Adam Moderated by Jack O’Brien WF ’86 McGaff, Jacob Metz-Lerman, Kamoune, Justin Flattery, Aimee Judge Cathi Campbell WF ’86, James W. Hunt, III WF ’90, Hannah Pullen-Blasnik, Dennis Chan, Fiona Fitzgerald, Abigail Dawn Smalls WF ’92, Trujillo, Edalina Wang, Katie Wang Thompson, Vivian Herbert, Boston City Councilor Matthew O’Malley WF ’96, *Abigail Mayer Katherine Swain-Smith, Marcus Hughes WF ’01, John Wang, Paul Mulroney, Kylie State Representative Adrian Madaro WF ’06, Webster-Cazeau, Alejandra Spruill, Isaac Buck WF ’11 Aixa DaVila, Javiera Vasquez *Amias Callendar 2014 Fellows at the White House A Note from the Chairman 2003 Bryan Strickland, Nghi Tran, Jesse Oscar Baez, Darius Banani, Tenisha Yang In 1986, the John William Ward Callender, Erin Durkin, Jessica *Ashlyn Garry Fellowship for Boston Latin school students was Fong, Meredith Garry, Anna established as a living memorial to a man who Goodkind, Natasha Leary, Ruthzee 2007 personified the highest tradition of public service in Louijeune, Pei Shuang, Yiting Jin, Adele Jean, Alexandra Flatley, our democracy. Bill Ward graduated from Boston Chris Saunders, Hanna Yoo, Robert Anastasia Pokholok, Andrew J. Latin School in 1941, fought with the Marines in Winikates, Muching Zhang DeStefano, Andrew Klein, *Marcus Hughes Ari Klickstein, Erica S. Moise, Normandy in 1944, graduated from Harvard Jenny Umana, Marlene Romero, College, and went on to become the President of Amherst College in 1972. 2004 Maryana Vrubel, Michelle Romero, He resigned that position in 1977 to serve, at the request of then Governor Ethiopiah Al-Mahdi, Nathan Monique Symes, Rafael Hernandez, Michael Dukakis, for two years without pay as the Chairman of a Special Allukian, Christine Baker, Molly Rhea Kroutil-McKendry, Samantha Commission investigating corruption in the award of public contracts in Coyne, Lydia Downing, Adam Kaufman, Virginia Ng Massachusetts. Feeney, Tamkinat Firoz, Simon * Rodline Louijeune The Ward Commission demonstrated that “corruption was a way of Fischer, Yuanjian Li, Qingni Lin, life in Massachusetts,” with significant tangible and intangible consequences Caitlin McGovern, Katherine 2008 for the Commonwealth. In striking contrast, the Ward Commission Pittore, Elizabeth Sculley, Alejandro Lauren Anderson, Cameron conducted itself with great integrity and distinction, providing an inspiring Smith Arroyo, Queen Arsem-O’Malley, *Oscar Baez Andrew Connors, Jared Coyne, example of how well our government can perform. The Commission also Natalie Dorokhina, Natasha Farrell, generated the successful prosecutions of corrupt public officials, improved 2005 Chris Gu, Candace Hensley, public contracting procedures, and the establishment of new offices to Ashlyn Garry, Elizabeth J. Good, Rebecca Kan, Rachel O’Donnell, combat corruption, including the State’s Inspector General. Franklin Ho, Lisa Jing, Lisa Lavia, Gina Palino, Beverly Shraybman, Bill Ward recognized, however, that his Commission’s work was only Hong-Gam Le, Jenny Lum, Courtney Smith, Michelle Yan, a beginning. He concluded that what was needed most in Massachusetts was Matthew Luongo, Nicholas Milano, Chenglin Yuan, Elizabeth Zappalla “confidence in government,” which would “depend on engaged citizens to Monica Mleczko, Faustino Mora, *Erica Moise become informed and demand good government,” and “political leaders who Jessica Qu, Helen Tu, Annie Wong manifest the will to serve the public good.” In view of the long history of *Ethiopia Al-Mahdi 2009 corruption in Massachusetts, Bill Ward was skeptical about whether any of this Samuel Brenner, Joseph Callahan 2006 III, Catarina Goncalves, Joyce would be achieved. He believed, however, that “whatever one’s doubts, one Michael Baskin,