Pamela is a resident of Mattapan and serves as Treasurer of the Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council. She walks Franklin Park five days a week.

Louis is a Roxbury resident and has spent thousands of hours of his life raking leaves and doing maintenance in Franklin Park. A founding member of the Franklin Park Coalition in 1978, he is the President of the Garrison Trotter Neighborhood Association, and holds degrees from Harvard Graduate School of Design in City and Regional Planning. Louis has served in multiple local, state, national and international leadership roles, including serving as a US representative to NATO, and served three governors, numerous mayors and a variety of elected officials in myriad ways.

Rory lives across the street from Franklin Park in Jamaica Plain. He is active in the Stonybrook Neighborhood Association, serves as a leader of CORES: Coalition for Region-wide Services beyond Franklin Park, developed the website Bostonheatmap.com and is a devoted father.

Melissa is a long -term Jamaica Plain resident, activist, artist and a leader of CORES: Coalition for Region-wide Services beyond Franklin Park. She is an advocate of increasing dog park access in Boston.

Jeff is a Brookline resident who serves on the Board of Directors of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and is the facilitator of the Trustees Collaborative for Parks & Open Space. Jeff was the founder of the Environmental Careers Organization, including its Diversity Initiative which introduced over 1,000 college and graduate students of color to environmental careers through paid internships, conferences, books and seminars. Alumni include USEPA Administrator Michael Reardon, environmental justice leader Mustafa Ali and Spelman College professor Dr. Na'Taki Osborne Jelks, among many others.

Caliga is a life-long Boston resident, having lived in Roxbury, the South End and now Jamaica Plain. She is a registered nurse and is active in CORES: Coalition for Region-wide Services beyond Franklin Park, as well as many other community efforts. She is a parent of five BPS students, two of whom are currently in BPS High Schools.

Derrick is a longtime educator, historian and civil rights/ environmental justice leader in both Roxbury and his native Mississippi. A former researcher for the PBS “Eyes on the Prize” film series and former teacher at Roxbury’s Phillis Wheatley Middle School, he has also taught US civil rights and related social science and humanities courses at Roxbury Community College and Harvard University. Derrick co-founded the Epiphany School in Boston and remains a driving force behind Roxbury’s “Wakullah Street” initiative. Another PBS film, “Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek” follows the painful but inspiring story of Derrick’s 20-year fight to save his ancestral Mississippi community from racial and environmental harm before, during and after Hurricane Katrina and the BP Oil Spill. For his efforts in Mississippi and Roxbury, he was awarded the National Bob Moses Award for Community Education and Organizing.

Jamie is a resident of Jamaica Plain and is a member of CORES: Coalition for Region-wide Services beyond Franklin Park.

Jon is a CORES member who lives in Jamaica Plain. He is a retired Mathematics lecturer at UMass Boston.