Renee is a longtime Jamaica Plain/Roxbury resident, and a founding member of CORES: Coalition for Region-wide Services beyond Franklin Park. She also serves on community on the board of directors of Lena Park CDC and acts as Council Chair for Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC).

Dan is a Jamaica Plain resident and serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. He is also the head of the Advisory Board at the Environmental Business Council of New England, Inc. and served as its Executive Director from 1973 to 2016.

Margie is a Beacon Hill resident and serves on the Board of Directors for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. She is the Chair of the Justine Mee Liff Fund Committee of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and is a founding member of the Olmsted Tree Society supporting tree care throughout the Emerald Necklace. She has been active in Franklin Park advocacy since 2017.

Ben is a Brookline resident and serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. He formerly served as President and Publisher of the Boston Globe, and has sat on the boards of organizations such as The Conversation and Discovering Justice.

Beverly resides in the South End and is a writer and community volunteer who believes in public space.

Karen lives on the “Roxbury Side” of Massachusetts Ave. She is the President of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, serves on the board of the nationwide City Parks Alliance and is a member of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation Special Commission.

Rodney is a resident of Roxbury and is a leader in the Highland Park neighborhood. He has served on the Highland Park Neighborhood Coalition Steering Committee, and now serves as Co-Chair for the Highland Park Project Review Committee for a variety of projects, including Bartlett Yard. He is a member of the District 7 Advisory Council, an avid gardener and loves parks.

Dr. McGuire needs no introduction: she is a longtime Roxbury resident and decades-long civil rights leader throughout Boston. In 1966, McGuire helped found the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities, Inc. (METCO). In 1981, she became the first Black woman elected to the Boston School Committee where she served for 10 years. She has served as a board member on various associations including the Boston Children's Museum, Community Change, Inc., Encampment for Citizenship, Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and the Black Educators Alliance of Massachusetts (BEAM).

Arlene is a resident of Brookline and an Emerald Necklace Conservancy Park Advisor on behalf of the Brookline Greenspace Alliance. She is also a founding member of the Olmsted Tree Society and has been the President of the Brookline Greenspace Alliance since 2002.