Staff Directory

Best Buddies in MA & RI

Statewide Staff
State Director – Patrick Shaughnessy
Director, Development – Mike Sullivan
Deputy Director, Operations – Kari Kenyon
Office Assistants – Ari Palefski & Blythe Brown

Boston, Massachusetts Office
Regional Headquarters
massachusetts@bestbuddies.org
529 Main Street, Suite 202
Boston, MA 02129
Phone: 617.778.0522
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Friendships
Deputy Director, Programs – Krista Thurstone
Program Manager, Community Engagement – Matt Lundeen
Program Manager, Mission Expansion – Julianne Sullivan
Program Manager, Mission Expansion (RI) – Elisabeth Townsend

Jobs
Director, Jobs – Rebekah McPheeters
Deputy Director, Jobs – Carly Leonard
Managers, Job Development – Corey Kilmartin, Pam Miller & Alison Paradis
Manager, Transitions Program – Pauline November & Alexandria Valdez
Employment Consultants – Elizabeth Dean, Shiloh Murray, Elizabeth Navarro & Jessica Urquhart

Worcester, Massachusetts Office
massachusetts@bestbuddies.org
51 Union Street, Suite 308
Worcester, MA 01606
Phone: 617.778.0522
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Program Manager, Volunteers – Sarah Akenhead-York
Supervisor, Transitions Program – Emily Stark
Manager, Transitions Program – Amber Rivera
Office Assistant – Tyrone Hicks
Interns – Jack Lewis, Jaya Wetzel & Sarah Woodstein