Organization
Executive Board
2026 Officers
- Chair: Pamela Kuechler, PACE
- Vice Chair: Matthew Dansereau, Town of Dartmouth
- Clerk: Dan Joyce, St. Vincent dePaul
- Immediate Past Chair: Carl Alves, PAACA
2026 Executive Board Members
(by last name/alphabetical order)
- Esperanza Alejandro-Berube, New Bedford Housing Authority
- Joshua Amaral, OHCD
- Kristin Batstone, Women’s Center
- Wendy Bluis, Family Preservation Program
- Danielle Brown-Isom, Steppingstone
- Ellen Bruder-Moore Abramowitz, CCBC
- William Burns/Ali Lebert, SouthCoast Hospitals
- Angela Clarke, CCBC
- Jennifer Clarke, OHCD
- Jamie M. Gau, SCCLS
- Michael Jackman, Congressman Keating’s Office
- Rev. David Lima, Inter-Church Council of Greater New Bedford
- Susan Mazzarella, CCFR
- Wil Edmond, MASSHire/GNB Career Center
- Darlene Spencer, Carney Family Foundation
- Jasmine Vega, NB Public Schools
- Rev. Dr. Sandra Whitley, Bethel AME Church
The BCCC Nominations Committee convenes at the end of each calendar year and develops a slate of Officers and Executive Board Members that is presented to the BCCC membership for its vote at its annual January meeting.
