H. Wm. Adams retired after 35 years in the investment business. He currently serves as President of the Greater Boston Council on Alcoholism; Vice-Chair of the Board at Youville Hospital, Cambridge; Board member at Covenant Health Care, Lexington; Board member of Father Bill's Main Street, Quincy; Chair of the Planning Board, Quincy; and Chairman of the Finance Committee at Old South Church, Boston.
Sam Bartlett was a Lawyer and diplomat for the U.S. State Department (ret.). He was employed as an Inspector for the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for eight years.
Lynn Bratley, M.Ed. is Artistic Director of Improbable Players, a touring theater company she founded in 1984. She develops new performances and workshops about substance abuse prevention with actors who are, like Lynn, artists and educators in long-term recovery. The Players put a face on recovery for schools, colleges and conferences throughout the United States.
Kelvin Brooks has worked for WBUR, the National Public Radio news station in Boston, since 1997. Prior to WBUR he worked in public finance at Bank of Boston and BayBanks. Mr. Brooks received his Bachelor of Science degree from Boston University and a J.D. from Concord Law School. He is married to Cheryl Warrick, an artist, and they have two girls.
William L. Burke III has been Headmaster of St. Sebastian's School in Needham, Massachusetts since 1990. An English teacher, Mr. Burke received a B.A. at Middlebury College and an M.A. with Distinction at Boston College. He is a member of the Headmaster's Association and has served on the boards of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Independent Schools in New England. Mr. Burke is married to Dr. Patricia Burke, a psychologist. The Burkes have four sons.
Robert W. Carlson is a Weston attorney and a partner in the Worcester law firm of Schyberg, Casey & Carlson, a general practice law firm. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Suffolk University Law School; and received his LL.M. in Taxation from the Boston University School of Law. Mr. Carlson is President of the Massachusetts Congregational Fund, and serves on the Board of Directors for Lawyers Concerned For Lawyers and Massachusetts Sober Housing. Married to Martha Coburn, he is the father of three sons and 4 step-sons and the proud grandfather of Grace Carlson.
Wallace W. Johnston has worked in the Boston and New York financial and technology industries
for 28 years, most recently with the med-tech company Isotron, Inc. which focuses on neutron brachytherapy treatment delivery. He is very involved in town government, green initiatives and youth sports coaching in Needham, MA where he lives with his wife, son and Labrador retriever.
Ruth Gardner Lamere works as a realtor in the Boston area. She is active with several non-profit organizations that serve people in recovery, as well as being on the board of directors of arts organizations and colleges. She herself has been in recovery for 27 years and has served on the Board of GBCoA for 25 years. Ruth has eight children and fifteen grand children.
Maureen McGlame, LADC1, LCSW has worked in the addictions field for 35 years. She has been a senior clinician at the West End Clinic for 16 years doing individual, group and family therapy and facilitating the Family Substance Abuse Support Group at the hospital at the Blum Patient and Family Learning Center for 7 years. She is founder and director of COASA (Children of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse) at the Robert F Kennedy Children's Action Corps.
Roger Weiss, MD is Chief of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse at McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA and Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He has a long interest in the treatment of individuals with alcohol and drug abuse problems, and has conducted a number of research studies examining new treatments for alcohol and drug dependence.
