OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BOARD MEMBERS

Nina Leach, President
Former Director of Advancement, Chatham Day School
Email: ninafleach@gmail.com

Brian O’Connor, Treasurer
Chief Transformation Officer, Lumanity

Pedro Arce, Director
People’s United Bank VP
Email: parce7@gmail.com

Shannon Butler-Mokoro, Director,  MSW, Ph.D.
Dean of First-Year Students, Wellesley College

Allison Caffrey, Director
Nonprofit & Philanthropy Consultant

George Leach, Director
Talent Development at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luke McArdle, Director
Attorney, McArdle Law & Associates, PLLC (Lawrence, MA)
Email: Luke@mcardlelaw.com

Teresa Prego, Director
Chief Executive Officer, EpiWatch

Advisory Board

Wendy Luzon
Casabe, Owner & Former MassHire MVCC Outreach Specialist
Email: wendyluzon@gmail.com

Chas Figueroa
University of Cincinnati, Community Coordinator / “Beyond” Alumni, former BOD Member
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Thanks for your past Board leadership and contributions!

Paul Wennik, President
Former Board President & Fundraiser and Retired Record Executive, who sadly passed away in 2024. There is a scholarship in his name, the Paul “Lefty” Wennik Outstanding Character Scholarship

Dan Kelly
Dan & Debee Kelly Foundation

Edwin Esteves
RVG ACO Health Providers, LLC (CEO)

A New Plan for a New Decade!

Thanks to a Community Impact Consultant with Highland Street Foundation and Board President Nina Leach’s leadership, Beyond Soccer completed an intensive 6-month strategic planning process in December 2022. That means over the next two years, key staff & stakeholders will advance priorities focused on:

  • Serving as Lawrence’s flagship sports-based youth development program, committed to programs focused on leadership and life skills.
  • Engaging the entire community, like re-establishing FUSE and a new alumni group to grow the next generation of supporters, staff, and board members.
  • Building the resources for sustainable excellence for our next or second decade.

A special thanks to Community Impact Consultant Carolyn O’Brien, whose expertise and compassion made the process possible.