YEA Board

YEA’s Board of Ambassadors is active in personally providing, and helping to secure, leadership gifts and sponsorships while building YEA’s network of supporting business and individuals.
YEA’s Board of Overseers is an advisory body that contributes technical expertise, fundraising assistance, and personal liaison to other mission-critical organizations and constituencies.
A list of current YEA Directors, Ambassadors and Overseers appears below.
If you are interested in taking a leadership role at YEA, please contact Julie Nessen at Julie.Nessen@YEAworks.org.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President
Ed Toomey
Boston Architectural College & New England Aquarium (retired)
Vice President
Skip Wells
Wells Asset Management
Clerk
Rebecca Huston Mathews
Huston Foundation
Treasurer
Jason Nuttall
Braver, PC
Robert C. Broderick, Jr.
FSB Winchester Asset Management
Brian Feinstein
Bessemer Venture Partners
Kerry Locke Bedard
Julie Nessen
YEA Executive Director and Co-Founder
Breighana Sahagian
YEA Alumna
BOARD OF AMBASSADORS
Robert Grajewski
J.H. Whitney & Co., LLC / Westwind Investors
Thomas Vance
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
Thomas Waite
Waite Associates
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Niranjan Bose
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Richard C. Csaplar, Jr.
Attorney
Claudia L. Delmonaco
Capital Consulting Partners
Larry F. Lenrow
Davis Marcus Partners
Peter Nessen
CRIC Capital
Robert L. Nessen
YEA Co-Founder
CRIC Capital
Nancy L. Olt
Women's Financial Network
Rosario Salerno
City of Boston
Joseph F. Timilty
Private Consultant
Julie Hardin Tirrell
Nessen Associates
