For more than 50 years, the Massachusetts Law Reform Institute has advocated to advance policies and practices that secure economic, racial, and social justice for low-income communities. Over the past six years, MLRI’s Catalyst for Change award and event have celebrated exceptional leaders in the community who strive for these same goals and who have achieved incredible success in making a positive impact on the people of Massachusetts.
2023 Catalyst for Change Award Recipient:
Michael Curry
Michael Curry, Esq. serves as President & CEO of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which represents 52 health centers, serving over one million patients out of over 300 practice sites. He has over 30 years of experience and results in civil rights advocacy, health reform and health equity. He is also the Immediate Past President of the Boston Branch of the NAACP (2011-2016), and has over 25 years of dedicated service to the NAACP on the city, state-area conference and national levels.
2023 Catalyst for Change Award Ceremony:
The Catalyst for Change event and award ceremony will be held on Tuesday, October 10 from 5:30-7:30pm at the UMass Club at 1 Beacon Street in Boston.
Event Committee
Richard C. Allen, Partner, Casner & Edwards (retired)
Kenneth Berman, Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish
John J. Carroll Jr., Partner, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Anthony Doniger, Partner, Sugarman, Rogers, Barshak and Cohen
Matt Fishman, Vice President for Community Health, Mass General Brigham
Paul Francisco, Chief Diversity Officer, State Street Financial
Brent Henry, Partner, Mintz
Georgia Katsoulomitis, Executive Director, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
Michael B. Keating, Senior Counsel, Meehan, Boyle, Black & Bogdanow, P.C.
Martha Koster, Partner, Mintz
Hon. Edward (Ned) P. Leibensperger, Justice, Massachusetts Superior Court (retired)
Makeeba McCreary, President, New Commonwealth Fund
Stephen H. Oleskey, Of Counsel, Barclay Damon
Lonnie Powers, Former Executive Director, Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation
Dean Richlin, Partner, Foley Hoag
Allan G. Rodgers, Former Executive Director, Massachusetts Law Reform Institute
2023 Catalyst for Change Sponsors
Patron
Richard and Rosemary Allan
Dean Richlin
Allan Rodgers
Paul Sugarman
Sustainer
Ken Berman
Advocate
Marie and John Dacey
Richard Neumeier
Amy Simon, M.D. and Bernie Guekguezian
Jeffrey and Patricia Cantor Petrucelly
Andrew Cohn and Marcia Leavitt
Tony Doniger and Liza Lunt
Brent Henry
Georgia Katsoulomitis
Karl Klare
Ann Lambert
Hon. Edward (Ned) P. Leibensperger
For general questions about Catalyst for Change 2023, contact Project Lead Charlotte Graf at cgraf@mlri.org.
For more information about sponsorship, please contact Steve Sullivan, Director of Development at development@mlri.org.