After former Executive Director Meaghan Overton moved to Colorado in May, we spent the summer interviewing several fine candidates who applied to be the new SMAMS Executive Director. Boston Main Streets, the St. Mark’s Area Main Street, our Board Members, and Staff, are delighted to announce that Jenn Cartee will be joining us as Executive Director this August.
Jenn has been a committed and civicly engaged Dorchester resident since 2006. She was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 2002 and practiced as an attorney on staff in the state court system and in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Government Bureau during her early career. More recently, she has maintained a private practice doing contract work for other attorneys, as well as non-legal consulting. Her local community involvement has included connecting Dorchester families in person and online through DotParents, volunteering as part of the Ashmont Nursery School Co-Op, and, most recently, her extensive work at First Parish Dorchester (in Meetinghouse Hill), which she now serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees. We know that you will welcome Jenn and will support her as she settles into her new position and makes it her own.
Interim Director Sydney Miller will stay on for the transition in August. She wants to thank the countless volunteers, local business owners, sponsors, and vendors who have worked closely with her this summer. Their commitment and the continuity they provided at a key time of year for SMAMS made it possible for us to keep our doors open this summer.
The St. Mark’s Area Main Street is effective because of our collaboration with the residents and businesses, civic and neighborhood associations, advocacy and outreach organizations, corporate sponsors, elected officials, city offices and programs that support us. YOU are the people who make this neighborhood, this business district, this community, and this city what it is. We humbly thank you.
~ Philippe Saad, SMAMS Board President
[Photo by Jessica McDaniel, Boston Baby Photos]
