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2018 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Awards

October 25, 2018 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Laugh Boston

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  • Join us as we celebrate our 2018 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Awards!

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  • Members: Individual $50, Pack of 10 Tickets $500
  • Government:Individual $50, Pack of 10 Tickets $500
  • Non-Members:Individual $50, Pack of 10 Tickets $500
  • RSVP by Thursday, October 25
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Join us as we celebrate our 2018 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders Awards!

Congratulations to our 2018 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders!

If you’re looking to be inspired by who will make Boston’s future, then join us for this year’s awards on October 25. We’ll hear from our honorees as they share their visions for keeping Boston the best place for people and businesses to thrive.

Check out the full list of past honorees here!

Ali Brainard (Nigro)

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Nicole Estaphan

Reporter & Producer, WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle Master of Ceremony

Award-winning journalist Nicole Estaphan is a reporter and producer for WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle, the nation’s longest running and top rated locally produced…Read more
Award-winning journalist Nicole Estaphan is a reporter and producer for WCVB Channel 5’s Chronicle, the nation’s longest running and top rated locally produced news magazine which airs weeknights on WCVB at 7:30 PM.  Nicole joined WCVB in January of 2016 as a freelance news reporter. Before joining WCVB, Nicole reported in Utica, New York; Burlington, Vermont; Providence, Rhode Island; and most recently Atlanta, Georgia at WAGA-TV FOX 5.  During her time in the south, she conducted the last televised interview with poet Maya Angelou.  Her work also included Georgia-based reporting for “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren.”  While in Georgia, Nicole received state recognition for her series of reports on a toxic neighborhood with a legacy of military waste dumping.  The chemicals left behind were thought to be the cause of a cancer cluster.  Though the military never admitted fault, Nicole’s reporting led to immediate mitigation. While at WCVB, Nicole also spent some time over the last two years working on NASA’s North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study (NAAMES) documentary project, including shooting two full months in the North Atlantic. It was the first time a journalist was embedded for that length of time with a NASA mission at sea.  She’s also done producing for The Discovery Channel.  Nicole graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a master’s degree in journalism.

Jared Banner

Vice President, Player Personnel, Boston Red Sox Honoree

Jared has worked for the Red Sox for eleven years in a variety of capacities within baseball operations, ranging from international and amateur scouting to player…Read more
Jared has worked for the Red Sox for eleven years in a variety of capacities within baseball operations, ranging from international and amateur scouting to player development. Currently, he oversees the scouting of the foreign professional markets as well as evaluates Boston’s internal minor league system. Jared is an active volunteer for Baseball Miracles, a charity organization that provides baseball clinics and donates equipment to underprivileged children around the world. 

Taneshia Camillo-Sheffey

Founder & CEO, MadeINcubator Honoree

MadeINcubator is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that is revolutionizing the way designers learn, build and succeed in fashion. Through MadeINcubator,…Read more
MadeINcubator is a Massachusetts-based nonprofit organization that is revolutionizing the way designers learn, build and succeed in fashion. Through MadeINcubator, Taneshia serves as a guide for fashion professionals looking to develop their brands and businesses, using fashion as an anchor to build economic development in the greater Boston area. Taneshia is also Founder and CEO of The Haute House brands, which is in the business of developing fashion businesses. 

Derek Canton

Founder & CEO, paerpay Honoree

Derek started his mobile payments company after winning Money 20/20, the world’s largest financial technology Hack-a-thon, with his payment solution. paerpay makes…Read more
Derek started his mobile payments company after winning Money 20/20, the world’s largest financial technology Hack-a-thon, with his payment solution. paerpay makes mobile payments simple, secure, and frictionless so you never have to wait for the check to pay at restaurants. Derek is passionate about giving back, and volunteers on the Framingham State University Foundation Board. He is also a dynamic motivational speaker who often shares his journey as a young entrepreneur. 

Yolanda Coentro

President & CEO, Institute for Nonprofit Practice Honoree

The Nonprofit Practice (INP) equips the most promising nonprofit leaders with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to make their organizations effective,…Read more
The Nonprofit Practice (INP) equips the most promising nonprofit leaders with the skills, confidence, and resources they need to make their organizations effective, innovative, and sustainable. Yolanda, an alumna of the Institute, is now currently leading the development and implementation of a plan to scale the organization nationally. Yolanda is an Overseer at the Boston Children’s Museum and serves on the Public Policy Committee of Independent Sector. 

Jenna Lebel

VP, Brand & Integrated Marketing, Liberty Mutual Honoree

Jenna is a passionate marketer who has managed social media strategy for brands like Verizon, Neutrogena, GE, Medtronic, Logitech, Cumberland Farms, and 1-800-FLOWERS. …Read more
Jenna is a passionate marketer who has managed social media strategy for brands like Verizon, Neutrogena, GE, Medtronic, Logitech, Cumberland Farms, and 1-800-FLOWERS.  Jenna joined Liberty Mutual in 2013 to help grow social and digital marketing for the Fortune 100 insurance company. Her work has been recognized by a variety of publications like AdAge, AdWeek, USA Today, Fortune, and Forbes and has won over two dozen awards including a 2015 Cannes Lions. She currently serves on the Alumni Board of Directors for Emerson College. 

Dennis Magnasco

Corporate Director, Board of Directors, Brighton Marine Honoree

Dennis served in the Army as a Combat Medic with an infantry unit and deployed to Ghazni, Afghanistan. Since January 2017, Dennis has served as a Corporate Director…Read more
Dennis served in the Army as a Combat Medic with an infantry unit and deployed to Ghazni, Afghanistan. Since January 2017, Dennis has served as a Corporate Director on the Board of Directors at Brighton Marine, an organization that serves as the network community for uniformed service members transitioning back into civilian life and a resource hub for military, veteran, and family services in the Greater Boston area. Brighton Marine has been working in conjunction with the City to end veteran’s homelessness through its veterans housing fund, which assists veterans by covering expenses associated with obtaining housing that are not met by public or other financing programs. 

Elissa Spelman

Executive Director, Breakthrough Greater Boston Honoree

Breakthrough Greater Boston is an organization that prepares low-income students for success in college and trains the next generation of urban teachers using its…Read more
Breakthrough Greater Boston is an organization that prepares low-income students for success in college and trains the next generation of urban teachers using its unique Students Teaching Students model. Over the last eight years, 97% of Breakthrough graduates have gone on to college and nearly three-quarters of teaching fellow alumni have launched careers in education. Elissa has taught in a variety of settings and began her career as a third-grade teacher at the Neighborhood House Charter School in Dorchester, MA, where she currently serves on the Board of Directors and chairs their Education Committee. 

Geoffrey von Maltzahn

Partner, Flagship Pioneering Honoree

Geoffrey is an inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, and the co-founder of multiple groundbreaking companies in healthcare, nutrition and agriculture that have, in aggregate,…Read more
Geoffrey is an inventor, entrepreneur, CEO, and the co-founder of multiple groundbreaking companies in healthcare, nutrition and agriculture that have, in aggregate, achieved over $4 billion in public and private market capitalization. Geoffrey currently serves as chief innovation officer and director of Kaleido Biosciences and recently served as its chief executive officer, where he led the company from inception to building the first industrialized drug discovery platform for the human microbiome and launched multiple human studies. He is an inventor on over 200 patent applications and patents, and he has co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications.

Monica Wang, ScD

Assistant Professor, Boston University School of Public Health Honoree

Dr. Wang’s research focuses on targeting disparities in obesity and chronic diseases among under-served children and families. Her research has been supported…Read more
Dr. Wang’s research focuses on targeting disparities in obesity and chronic diseases among under-served children and families. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). She has garnered national recognition for her work and has received numerous awards in research and teaching, including the Early Career Investigator Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2016. Dr. Wang has previously served as an evaluation consultant for the CDC. At the local level, she sits on the advisory committee of the Massachusetts legislative task force to reduce sugary drink consumption. At the national level, she serves as Chair of the Civic and Public Engagement Committee in the Society of Behavioral Medicine.

Alec Zadek

Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C. Honoree

Alec is a commercial litigator with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance and reinsurance. In the corporate litigation…Read more
Alec is a commercial litigator with strong capabilities around fiduciary matters, corporate governance, and insurance and reinsurance. In the corporate litigation side of his practice, Alec ably handles cases involving disputes between shareholders of closely-held corporations and counsels directors and officers regarding fiduciary duties and business strategy. Alec is devoted to the Boston community and representing the interests of those who have been disenfranchised by our legal system, including providing pro bono representation to numerous sex trafficking survivors and survivors of domestic violence. He has championed legislative reforms to help sex trafficking survivors obtain post-conviction relief and works with the Boston Bar Association to educate other attorneys about how they too can help survivors of sex trafficking.

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