Officer's Information
President
Beth Macaluso has been volunteering for Phinney's Friends since 2008. She is a civil engineer and works as a project manager in the Facilities Department at a local hospital. Her past work experience includes construction management for a utility contractor and design work for a consulting firm. She received her B.S. in civil engineering and environmental studies from Tufts University and her M.S. from Northeastern University.
Vice President
Leah Ben-Ami Leah Ben-Ami has been a Phinney's Friends volunteer since 2008. She works at Northeastern University as a Program Manager for Market Expansion, and has been working there since 2006. She also holds a part-time job at the Museum of Science as a Membership Sales Associate. She recently completed the part-time MBA program in September 2010 at Northeastern University. She is originally from Minnesota (Twin Cities), and graduated from Boston College in 2006 with a B.A. in Sociology. She is a freelance food writer for the Boston Phoenix.
Clerk/Secretary
Julie Koehler Julie's story coming soon
Treasurer
Jennifer Couget has been volunteering with Phinney's Friends and the MSPCA since 2008. She completed a Masters of Science from Johns Hopkins University in 1997, focusing her interest in genetics. Through her volunteer work, she seeks to widen education in animal health and advocacy for spay neuter programs.
Director's Information
Daniela Caride a journalist with 20 years of experience, has been volunteering at Phinney’s Friends since 2007, at MSPCA Boston Animal Care and Adoption Center since 2008 and at The Feline Adoption & Rescue Society since 2009. She has been a journalist since 1996. She is the President of The Daily Tail, which, among other businesses, detains a web site about pets, www.TheDailyTail.com.
She has a master’s degree in Environmental Sciences from UFRJ, Brazil, and a master's degree in Journalism from Harvard University, writing her final project on dogs and the U.S. military.
Starr Maxwell has volunteered for Phinney’s Friends since 2002. She is a member of a The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club and has been a board member and training director of the Concord Dog Training Club for years. She owns three Cavalier King Charles Spaniels who work as therapy dogs for Pets and People Foundation and is involved in showing her dogs.
Heather Eve Allen has been volunteering with Phinney's Friends and the American Cancer Society Relay for Life since 2008. She completed her MBA at Northeastern University in 2009. She is now Director of Sales and Marketing at HubConnected, a blogging and social media Consulting company. In the past, she worked planning fund-raising events in the nonprofit industry.
Ellen McQuaid has been volunteering for Phinney's Friends since 2010. She manages a team of Project Managers for a major telecommunications company. Her other volunteer work includes the Quincy Animal Shelter and Friends of the Walker School in Needham. She received her B.S. in Marketing from Providence College and her MBA from Northeastern University.