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CREW Boston’s November luncheon at Mandarin Oriental Boston focused on the City’s planning efforts leading into 2030 and beyond. The event centered around the question of who we want to be as a city in 15 years and how these planning efforts can help us to get there. The event kicked off with an overview of Imagine Boston 2030, the City’s planning initiative which is working to define a vision for Boston leading up to its 400th birthday and beyond and provide a roadmap to realize that vision. As Boston’s first citywide plan in 50 years, Imagine Boston 2030 will create a framework to preserve and enhance Boston while embracing growth as a means to address our challenges and make the city stronger and more inclusive.
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CREW Boston's Meds and Eds Group hosted a Conversation and Coffee with Deb Poodry, Senior Advisor, Capital & Space Planning, Facilities Management, UMass Lowell on November 9th. Deb shared the many advances that have been taking place at UMass Lowell that led to a significant change in University ranking, reputation, enrollment and campus development. Our members gleaned insights into how an institution successfully navigates major change when the majority of projects are undertaken in one sweep. UMass Lowell's progress and achievements are stunning.
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CREW Boston's Community Involvement Committee hosted the fourth annual Holiday Shop for a Cause event to benefit the Elizabeth Stone House, an organization that serves homeless and at-risk families and individuals who have experienced domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental illness. CREW attendees and their guests enjoyed delicious appetizers and drinks while shopping the wares of vendors with a treasure trove of goods for the mind, body and soul, including unique jewelry, handmade knits, delicious jams and savory spreads, hand crafted signs, wine totes and even repurposed metal products! Most importantly, the event raised over $2,000 which will be used for Elizabeth Stone House's summer camp program for the children they served.
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CREW Boston’s October luncheon at Boston’s InterContinental focused on the future of Kendall Square, the most innovative square mile in the world, with its dense cluster of life science, technology and education sectors thriving off of each other. Our panel included Bob Coughlin, president and CEO of MassBio; Tom Andrews, executive vice president of Alexandria Real Estate Equities; Bill Kane, senior vice president of BioMed Realty; Michael Owu, director at MIT Investment Management Co.; and Michael Cantalupa, senior vice president of Boston Properties. Tina Cassidy, executive vice president and chief content officer at InkHouse served as moderator.
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The Rising Leaders Group was thrilled to have CREW Boston Presdient Cara Nelson and special guest Haley Ayraud from Next Level Consulting at their October Reception. Cara spoke about her career while Hayley discussed her insight into networking and meaningful connections.
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Over 50 CREW Boston members attended the 2016 CREW Network Convention & Marketplace held in New York City in October. The Convention was a tremendous success and the largest CREW Network gathering to date, with nearly 1,500 in attendance.
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Attendees of the Networking, Wine and CREW Boston enjoyed a fun evening of conversation and wine in October. Members and guests had the opportunity to hear about the organization’s amazing committees while sampling 8 great wines and hors d’oeuvres! The room was filled with great energy and excitement as members, guests and committee volunteers mingled and networked. This was a great way for those new to the organization to learn about how to get more involved. Thanks to all the committee volunteers and our host, DLA Piper, for making this an enjoyable evening.
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Just weeks after Millennium Tower welcomed its first residents, Kathy MacNeil and Halle Auerbach of Millennium Partners gave members a private tour and special networking event. After the tour, the networking continued at the Millennium Tower Sales Office with cocktails and light hors d’oeuvres.
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CREW Boston members and colleagues enjoyed a round of golf at Wellesley Country Club on a crisp fall day to benefit the CREW Boston Educational Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) endowed fund that supports the CREW Boston Educational Foundation Scholarship (Scholarship). Thank you to all of our sponsors and donors – and a special thanks to tournament sponsor, Schneider Electric.
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With over 50 members attending the 2016 CREW Network Convention & Marketplace in New York at the end of October, over 30 members met for lunch at Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company to share information about the upcoming Convention. A lot of helpful information was shared to prepare yourself for attending the convention.
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