Our volunteer leaders give generously of their time and hearts each and every year. They are critical to driving and growing the spirit and purpose of Perkins.
Matlack is a community fundraiser, volunteer and philanthropist in nonprofits benefiting children. She has been an active member of Perkins Corporation since 2010 and has served on the Perkins Possibilities Gala Committee since 2009. Matlack is a Board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. She has been involved with Massachusetts General Hospital for Children since 2004 as a member of the Advisory Board and annually co-chairs the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Symposium in Boston.
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Co-Chair, Member of the Corporation
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Co-Chair, Member of the Corporation
Chapman Stemberg founded, ran and sold a manufacturing company from 1986-2000 and then co-founded a specialty retail chain in 2001, both in Toronto. Now based in Boston, Chapman Stemberg is active on many committees and events in the city, serving as co-chair of the Corporation. Perkins School for the Blind; trustee at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; overseer, Boston Symphony Orchestra; member, MGH Presidents Council; and trustee, Thomas G. Stemberg Charitable Foundation. She is a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and got her M.B.A. at the Richard Ivey School of Business.
Vaithehi Muttulingam
Secretary of the Board
Vaithehi Muttulingam
Secretary of the Board
Muttulingam is a member of the Boston Security Analysts Society, Massachusetts Society of CPAs and the AICPA. She is currently the Treasurer of Siharum Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisory firm. She also serves on the Board and Executive Committee of Refugees International, Inc, a nonprofit organization. Previously, she was a partner, CFO, CCO and member of the Board at Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership.
Randy E. Kinard
Treasurer of the Board
Randy E. Kinard
Treasurer of the Board
Kinard has worked at Fiduciary Trust since 2005, where he is an Investment Officer and a Director of the firm’s New Hampshire affiliate. Previously, Kinard was with JP Morgan for 16 years with another stint at Salomon Brothers. In addition to being a member of the Perkins Finance Committee and the Committee on Trustees, he chairs the Investment Committee and is treasurer of the Board. Kinard has served on the Board of Overseers at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, on the Museum’s Audit Committee, and is a member of the Boston and the New Hampshire Estate Planning Councils. He earned his B.S.E. in Geological Engineering from Princeton University and his M.B.A. in Finance from New York University.
Clifford is retired from a management career in the financial services sector, including a long stint at Kidder Peabody & Co. He owned Clifford Associates where he was an investor and advisor to several early stage companies. Clifford has been a Perkins trustee since 1986, is a governor’s appointee, and served as chair of the board from 2008-2014. He previously served as chair of Beth Israel Deaconess-Plymouth and Jordan Health Foundation where he was also a board member. Clifford is chairman and co-founder of the Duxbury Bay Maritime School, an overseer of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Partners HealthCare (now Mass General Brigham), and a director of Pioneer Institute.
Bret Connor
Trustee
Bret Connor
Trustee
Connor is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at athenahealth, a cloud-based healthcare technology and services platform. The company is a Career Launch partner and has hosted a Career Launch intern. Prior to joining athenahealth in 2017, he served in executive leadership roles at VMware, Inc. and McKinsey & Company. In addition to serving as a Perkins Corporator since 2020, he has also been a long-standing volunteer for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. He received his B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago and his MBA in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School.
Julia Satti Cosentino
Trustee
Julia Satti Cosentino
Trustee
Satti Cosentino is a partner at Boston law firm Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP. A member of its Private Client Department and co-founder of its Nonprofit and Social Impact practice group, Julia focuses on complex estate and tax planning, probate and trust administration and advising family foundations and philanthropists. Additionally, she serves as trustee or director of numerous private trusts and family foundations, is a member of the board of directors at Social Innovation Forum and is active in equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives in the Boston legal community. She received her B.S. from Boston College and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.
Rosenberg leads the Global Digital Education and edTech Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, a global leadership advisory and search firm. She advises corporations and nonprofits on innovation and talent across the education and technology sectors. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, she was a Senior Vice President at Fullbridge, Inc., a company that provided professional and business skills training through online and in-person learning, and was also a co-founder of Global Student Loan Corporation, a student loan concern funding higher education for non-US citizens. Meredith is a member of the Philanthropy Trust of Boston Medical Center, an “Expert in Residence” in edTech at The Wharton School and a member of the Board of Advisors of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. Meredith was previously a member of the Board of Trustees of Cornell University.
Stead served as the executive director of Sight Loss Services, Inc., an organization that provides peer support, training and outreach to those who are struggling with visual impairment, from 2010 to 2017. She works as a Housing Navigator for Catholic Social Services in Hyannis and is a Commissioner of the Dennis Housing Authority. She has been the editorial & issues columnist for the Cape Cod Times since 2006. In 2016, Stead was appointed to the Perkins Board of Trustees by Governor Charlie Baker.
Vijay Vishwanath
Trustee
Vijay Vishwanath
Trustee
Vishwanath has served as Senior Partner at management consulting firm Bain & Company since 1993. He first joined the firm in 1986, going on to lead its Global Consumer Products Practice for 15 years. Throughout his career, he has counseled numerous Fortune 500 companies and advised CEOs and management teams at leading global consumer companies on matters of strategy, organization, mergers and performance improvement. Vishwanath has also served on the boards of The Yankee Candle Company and Staples, written on a variety of consumer issues and has spoken to audiences around the world on the topic of growth and brand strategy. He’s been affiliated with Perkins since 2015, primarily focusing on supporting the organization’s work in India.
Matlack is a community fundraiser, volunteer and philanthropist in nonprofits benefiting children. She has been an active member of Perkins Corporation since 2010 and has served on the Perkins Possibilities Gala Committee since 2009. Matlack is a Board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. She has been involved with Massachusetts General Hospital for Children since 2004 as a member of the Advisory Board and annually co-chairs the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s Symposium in Boston.
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Co-Chair, Member of the Corporation
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Co-Chair, Member of the Corporation
Chapman Stemberg founded, ran and sold a manufacturing company from 1986-2000 and then co-founded a specialty retail chain in 2001, both in Toronto. Now based in Boston, Chapman Stemberg is active on many committees and events in the city, serving as co-chair of the Corporation. Perkins School for the Blind; trustee at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum; overseer, Boston Symphony Orchestra; member, MGH Presidents Council; and trustee, Thomas G. Stemberg Charitable Foundation. She is a graduate of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and got her M.B.A. at the Richard Ivey School of Business.