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Our liaisons may or may not be members of these groups – they are either members of the groups they liaise to or have agreed to serve as a link to that group for the purposes of NRN connection.
Ramin Abrishamian
Needham Diversity Initiative; NUARI; Baha’i
Joanne Allen-Willoughby
METCO;
REAL Coalition; Voices in Unity
Georgina Arrieta-Ruetenik
At My Neighbor’s Table; League of Women Voters; Needham Art Association
Tina Burgos
Needham Human Rights Committee
Bill Burke
Catholic Leader; Independent Schools
Lieutenant Belinda Carroll
Needham Police (Alternate)
Tom Denton
Youth Mental Health
Don DeVeuve
Rotary Club of Needham; VFW;
Knights of Columbus; Masons
Michael Diener
Democratic Town Committee
Kate Fitzpatrick
Needham Town Manager
Massiel Gallardo
Spanish-Speaking/Latino Community of Needham; Equal Justice Needham
Cynthia Ganung
Quaker; Interfaith Clergy Organization
Dan Gutekanst
Needham Public School Leadership
Paula Jacobson
YMCA; Needham Business Alliance; Exchange Club
Liz Kaponya
Republican Town Committee
Katie King
Needham Assistant Town Manager (Alternate)
Frederica Lalonde
PTC Leaders and Parent Community
Rinaz Mala
Immigration Justice Task Force; Immigrant Community
Tim McDonald
Needham Public Health
Marcus Nelson
Needham Select Board;
Black Community of Needham
Rabbi Jay Pearlman
Needham Jewish Community
Jen Pinto
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center – Trauma; Needham Medical Community
Zeenat Rasheed
Muslim Community of Needham
Jessica Reese
Needham Housing Tenants Association
Sandy Robinson
Needham Community Council
Jenn Scheck-Kahn
SEPAC; Charles River Center; Needham Commission on Disability
Chief John Schlittler
Needham Police
Reverend Catie Scudera
Unitarian Universalists; Interfaith Clergy Group
Sherri Sklaritz
LGBTQ+ Community of Needham
LaTanya Steele
Needham Council on Aging
Kritika Storer
AAPI Community of
Needham (past NRN participant)
Valine Valbrun
METCO Parents’ Association
Bala Venkat
ICON; Needham Council for the Arts
Yinfei Zhang
Chinese Friends of Needham
