Keeping Metro Boston Cool: Building a Heat Resilient Region

City Manager, Chelsea

Tom Ambrosino previously served as Mayor of Revere from 2000-2012. Tom currently serves as the City Manager of Chelsea. As City Manager, Tom is responsible for the day-to-day operations and creating an overall vision for the city of Chelsea.   

Darya Mattes, Resilience Manager, North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability

Darya Mattes manages climate resilience projects, including efforts to mitigate the impacts of extreme heat and flooding, with the North Suffolk Office of Resilience and Sustainability. This new office supports sustainability and climate resilience projects across the Cities of Chelsea and Revere and the Town of Winthrop, with a particular focus on ensuring that these efforts benefit all residents equitably. 

Dira Johanif, Program Associate for Community Resilience at CRWA

Dira Johanif currently works with the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) as a Program Associate for Community Resilience at the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA). Her role focuses on coalition-building with town and city staff, elected officials and watershed residents to foster conversation around increasing community resilience to climate change impacts like flooding, impaired water quality and urban heat island effects, including Nature-Based Solutions like Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI). 

Erin Noël, Community Engagement Specialist, City of Somerville Office of Sustainability

Erin Alyssa Noël works in the City of Somerville's Office of Sustainability and the Environment. Erin works as a community engagement specialist and works on various programs and outreach efforts. 

Aaron Greiner, Founder & Director, CultureHouse

Aaron Greiner is an urban designer passionate about making cities that are happy, healthy, vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. He is a graduate of Olin College and the Founder and Director of CultureHouse. 

John Bolduc, Environmental Planner, City of Cambridge, Community Development Department

John Bolduc is an environmental planner with the City of Cambridge Community Development Department where he manages climate change initiatives, including the City’s Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, the Climate Change Preparedness and Resilience Plan; coordination of the Climate Protection Action Committee, an advisory group to the City Manager on local climate change policy and implementation; administers the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance; and participates in a range of other municipal sustainability efforts.  He is also a member of the Climate Resilience Zoning Task Force. After 25 years with the city of Cambridge John will be retiring in the next few months. 

Jeanette Pantoja (Moderator), Public Health Planner, MAPC

Jeanette Pantoja joined MAPC’s Public Health team in July 2018. As Public Health Planner, Jeanette’s work focuses broadly on supporting collaborative approaches to address the social and physical conditions that impact health outcomes and disparities in the region. Jeanette’s work at MAPC includes evaluation of collective impact initiatives, policy research and analysis, and the development of tools and training materials to support public health stakeholders’ participation in local planning and land use decision-making.