Chief Michael Davis  | 

Michael Davis began his public service in 1992 and as a police officer with the City of Minneapolis.  During his career with the Minneapolis Police Department, Mike served as a sergeant, lieutenant and sector commander. In 2008, he became the Chief of Police for the City of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota’s 6^th largest and second most diverse municipality.  During his six-year tenure as Chief, Mike led the City of Brooklyn Park to the lowest levels of crime in 22 years.

Mike currently serves as the Associate Vice President of Public Safety for Northeastern University, a global research institution based in Boston, with an enrollment of over 35,000 students and campuses throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.  Reporting to Mike in this role is the Northeastern University Police Department, Office of Emergency Management and the International Safety Office.

Mike was the recipient of the 2012 Gary P. Hayes Award from the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF).  This award is given annually to a leader in policing, in recognition of their outstanding initiative in improving the quality of police service.  Mike was also one of a few select police chiefs throughout the nation to be invited as a member of the 2011-2014 Harvard Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety a project of the National Institute of Justice.  Mike has served as a national police practice consultant since 2012 and is the Founder of MBD Innovations (a police leadership consulting consortium).

Mike is a two-time graduate of Concordia University in St. Paul Minnesota with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and a master’s degree in organizational management.

Maggie Moore  | 

Maggie is an advisor and board member at organizations serving parents and families across the country, including SimpliFed, Project Bread, Roca, and Boston Community Pediatrics. She earned her Master’s of Public Health in Nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in 2022 and previously worked at Goldman Sachs for 13 years in asset management, ESG and impact investing.

Christine Kendall  | 

Christine Kendall is the Founding Partner of SmarterGive where she provides strategic advice on high-impact philanthropy to individuals, families and businesses. At SmarterGive, she helps donors to be more effective grantmakers and ultimately to drive greater impact on the lives of others. She has spent her career at the crossroads of the private and social sectors developing expertise in both fields.

Christine spent much of her career in strategy consulting, at both LEK and FSG, where she gained an analytic, and strategic skill set. While at FSG, a consulting firm focused exclusively on the social sector, she gained a deep knowledge and understanding of this sector. She has worked with many donors including foundations such as the Hilton Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Knight Foundation as well as corporate donors such as The Shell Foundation, The McKesson Foundation, and Eli Lilly. She has not only worked with funders but has experience working with many non-profits, large collaboratives, and government organizations.

In addition to her domestic work, Christine has extensive global experience having worked on projects across the world including in Africa, Asia, and South America. She has also worked for Dana-Farber Cancer Center, and several research think-tanks in Boston and Washington DC. She has also taught public health at an elementary school in Achaise, Ghana.

Christine has a master’s in healthcare management from the Harvard School of Public Health and a B.A. with honors in economics and history from Colby College.

Stewart Chapin  | 

Stew Chapin is trustee of the Bennett Family Foundation, with a focus on organizations that help teens and young adults get reconnected to a supportive community. He spent his professional career in senior marketing, business development and product management roles for technology companies that included large corporations such as Microsoft and AT&T Wireless. He served as manager, investor and board member to start-ups in software, streaming media and aviation services.

Prior to joining the Board, Stew led teams from CCT Boston that consulted with Roca on a pro-bono basis to address some of the challenges facing this growing organization. He serves on the Board of CCT Boston and the Advisory Board of Youth Harbors. Stew received his BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from Dartmouth’s Amos Tuck School of Business.

Molly Baldwin  | 

Molly Baldwin is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Roca. A graduate of UMass Amherst, Molly began her professional life as a youth worker and community organizer, and soon founded Roca in 1988 for a small group of high-risk young people.

For 35 years, she has been a tireless advocate, mentor, and community convener, reaching out to the young people at the center of violence in Massachusetts’ most troubled urban communities, and bringing together the major institutions, agencies, and corporations affecting their lives. With the help of engaged institutions and Roca’s committed staff, Molly’s efforts at Roca have helped over 25,000 young people make positive and profound changes in their lives.

Today, Roca relentlessly reaches out to over 1,300 young adults each year across 25 communities in Massachusetts, Hartford, CT and in Baltimore, MD. Meanwhile the Roca Impact Institute, Roca’s intensive coaching arm, equips community-based violence intervention (CVI) programs, juvenile and young adult justice agencies, and law enforcement with tools and strategies to address trauma, reduce violence and improve outcomes for young people.

Under Molly’s leadership, Roca’s Intervention Model has become one of the most effective interventions for young adults at critical risk in the nation. Molly holds a master’s degree in Education from Lesley University and honorary Ph.D. degrees from Salem State University and Lesley University. She was a 2020 recipient of the prestigious Heinz Award in the Human Condition category.