September 30, 2020

An Evening to Benefit Rogerson September 30, 2020

Honoring Governor Michael Dukakis and Kitty Dukakis Recipients of the Charles E. Rogerson Award ROGERSON COMMUNITIES PROGRAM Now celebrating 160 years, Rogerson Communities Our mission is to protect the health, dignity and Walter J. Ramos, President and CEO, Rogerson Communities has provided housing and healthcare for elders longevity of all those whom Rogerson serves. and low-income individuals and families since its At the same time, we are continuing in our work to Celebrating Team Rogerson founding in 1860. alleviate Greater Boston’s housing crisis by raising for meeting the challenges of public awareness, influencing housing policy, the pandemic and drawing A Salute to Team Rogerson — Our Heroes We serve over 1,800 Greater Boston families developing properties to meet accelerating need on 160 years of experience in through 29 properties and programs, providing and partnering with other nonprofit entities to keeping elders safe. from the Board of Directors greater independence to a diverse community of create and implement effective strategies for individuals in affordable, supportive housing. In Brit d’Arbeloff, Chair housing and health. many cases we prevent homelessness. Our Adult Day Health programs help avoid unnecessary from Friends of our Honorees hospitalizations and delay nursing home care by keeping elders safe, strong and engaged. with Governor Michael Dukakis and Kitty Dukakis led by Jim Braude and Margery Eagan, co-hosts of WGBH’s Boston Public Radio

of the Charles E. Rogerson Award John Dukakis

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ROGERSON CELEBRATES 160 YEARS OF GROWTH AND INNOVATION! 1957 1970s 1860 1904 The Home moves James Hunnewell, The Home for Aged Rogerson’s president to Jamaicaway and Chair of the Board, Men opens in Boston Charles E. Rogerson is renamed and James F. Seagle, for “aged men with sets a standard for Rogerson House. Jr., President, few resources.” charitable giving. transform Rogerson’s mission and vision. Together and individually, Governor Michael and Kitty Dukakis has elevated public understanding HONORING Governor Michael Dukakis and Kitty Dukakis with the Charles E. Rogerson Award Mrs. Kitty Dukakis have enhanced the well-being of mental health and addiction by sharing her of our communities in immeasurable ways. They personal struggle. She has advocated for continue their extraordinary work as passionate compassionate behavioral healthcare to ensure the advocates for our state’s most vulnerable availability of vital treatment services and shelters populations. for women. Much of her leadership on contemporary human rights issues focuses on the Michael Dukakis served as Governor of victims of genocide; she works on behalf of Massachusetts from 1975-1979 and from refugees striving for fulfilling and productive lives 1983-1991. His vast progressive agenda has in their adopted communities. advanced equitable economic development, introducing gateway cities and investment in The Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy public transportation. He responded to the at Northeastern University is named in honor of challenges of family homelessness by establishing their legacy of public service to the Commonwealth. the first public shelter in Massachusetts in 1983 Boston’s South Station was renamed in honor of and created programs that significantly increased Governor Dukakis in 2014. They are the 2020 the state’s stock of affordable housing. The recipients of the Massachusetts Health Council Democratic Presidential candidate in 1988, Michael Champions of the Century Award and the 2015 Art founded a leadership initiative to encourage young of Healing Award from Cambridge Health Alliance. people to pursue careers in public service. He serves as Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Northeastern University and Visiting Professor of Public Policy at UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs.

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Rogerson welcomes Beacon House and New nonprofit partnerships women to their Farnsworth House expand affordable housing for properties. kick off the expansion elders and working families. Rogerson pioneers of Rogerson’s Rogerson House Adult Day Health residential portfolio. becomes a national leader in programs in Rogerson allows dementia care. Rogerson Massachusetts. pets—a first in the Communities announces its nation! new name! WELCOMING Jim Braude and Margery Eagan ROGERSON COMMUNITIES WELCOME HOME 2020 Co-hosts of WGBH’s Boston Public Radio PROPERTIES COMMITTEE Roxbury Our emcees have worked together for 18 Back Bay Carleton House CO-CHAIRS years, first hosting a TV program at NECN and Hale House Cooper House Charles A. Baker III then as co-hosts of the Jim & Margery Show at Council Tower John & Annie Hall Beacon Hill Spencer House Phil & Beverly Johnston WTKK. Since 2013, they have co-hosted the midday Beacon House Walnut House talk show Boston Public Radio, acclaimed for its Joy Street Residence Host Committee engaging, quality journalism. Peter Faneuil House West Roxbury Leonard & Sara Aronson Sophia Snow House Brent & Lena Berc Jim Braude is a lawyer and Boston radio and Chinatown Residences at Snow Place Cynthia M. Connelly Hong Lok House television personality. He is the executive editor Brit d’Arbeloff Weymouth Andrew Dreyfus and host of the WGBH News program, Greater Jamaica Plain Farnsworth Fairing Way John Dukakis Photo © David Yellen Boston. Prior to joining WGBH, he hosted House Mount Pleasant Home Donna & James French Broadside with Jim Braude on New England Cable Rogerson House Wrentham Community at Pond Meadow Gary P. Kearney, M.D. & Susan Kearney News (NECN). Springhouse Independent Living, Assisted Living Pond Home Margery Eagan has written for numerous and Memory Care Support

publications including her hometown paper, The Norton PROGRAMS Fall River Herald News, Boston Globe, Boston Daggett-Crandall-Newcomb Magazine, and the Boston Herald, where she was a Home Egleston Adult Day Health regular columnist for 27 years. Elder Assistance Fund Roslindale Fitness First Florence House Rogerson House Day Program Longfellow House Roslindale Adult Day Health Roslindale House Roslindale Dementia Day

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Rogerson opens Ribbon cuttings mark Walter J. Ramos We continue our Fitness First centers the openings of inaugurates a new era vital leadership role for elders. Work Hong Lok House in as President and CEO. on behalf of the begins on transforming Chinatown, Cooper most vulnerable a blighted parcel in House in Egleston members of our Roxbury into a Square, and Fairing community. beautiful campus, Way in Weymouth. Franklin Park Place. SENIOR LEADERSHIP George Bennett Patricia N. Burdick* Carolyn J. Campanelli* Walter J. Ramos, J.D. Brent A. Berc President & CEO Cynthia M. Connelly Robert D. Chellis Natalya Leshchiner John E. Cupples Meredith P. Clapp* Chief Finance Officer Lloyd C. Dahmen Lisa Clark Laurie N. Trilling Ogden M. Hunnewell Christine F. Collins Chief Operating Officer Mary R. Jeka Erica A. Corsano Peter van Kalkeren Phil Johnston Pat L. Cox* Chief Administrative Officer Martin J. Williams, M.D. Andrea d’Amato Courtney A. Barth Vice President of Advancement Ellen Feingold & Human Resources LIFE DIRECTORS Susan Flanagan, Ph.D. Ken Crisafulli Meredith P. Clapp Elizabeth M. Hanson Vice President of Real Estate Lawrence S. DiCara, Esq. Sarah D. Hurlbut Construction and Design Paul S. Evans Bonlyn A. McBride John H. Finley, III OFFICERS Barbara McNeil, M.D., Ph.D. Shelley Kaplan Brit d’Arbeloff, Chair Randace Rauscher Moore Gary P. Kearney, M.D. John L. Hall, II, Vice Chair Joanne Prince Peter M. Keating Patricia M. Hillman, Treasurer Sarita Rogers Cecily O. Morse James Mackey, Assistant Treasurer Jeffrey W. Sacks Joseph L. Serafini Karla Todd, Clerk Esther Schlorholtz William Stone Walter J. Ramos, J.D., President & CEO Merlin Southwick Paula Thier Robert Tuchmann DIRECTORS Ellen Takagi Walsh* BOARD OF OVERSEERS Sarah Acer Allen Georgiana K. White Nile L. Albright, M.D. Charles A. Baker, III Peter Zane Daniel Bancroft * Past Board Member