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Kennedy Center Leadership & Staff
Kennedy Center Board Officers
Melissa McGaughey President
Thomas S. Cunha Vice President
Jennifer Dowd Treasurer
A. Elizabeth Davis Clerk
Kennedy Center Board Members
Russell Bolt
Elisabeth Cronin
Eileen Ward
Susan Mullen
Diana Heter
Jack Kelly
Edward Katz
Senator Anthony Gallucio
To contact a member of our staff teams, click their name to open an e-mail message window
Katherine McDonough Executive Director extension 1112
Joseph Maciel Controller extension 1118
Sarah Siepierski Director of Children’s Programs extension 1340
The Kennedy Center has 52 Staff - 30 full-time and 22 part time. 38 staff are
Charlestown residents.
In the summer, the Kennedy Center employs 6 to 8 youths through the MassPort
Summer Program.
Kennedy Center Board Officers
Melissa McGaughey President
Thomas S. Cunha Vice President
Jennifer Dowd Treasurer
A. Elizabeth Davis Clerk
Kennedy Center Board Members
Russell Bolt
Elisabeth Cronin
Eileen Ward
Susan Mullen
Diana Heter
Jack Kelly
Edward Katz
Senator Anthony Gallucio
To contact a member of our staff teams, click their name to open an e-mail message window
Katherine McDonough Executive Director extension 1112
Joseph Maciel Controller extension 1118
Sarah Siepierski Director of Children’s Programs extension 1340
The Kennedy Center has 52 Staff - 30 full-time and 22 part time. 38 staff are
Charlestown residents.
In the summer, the Kennedy Center employs 6 to 8 youths through the MassPort
Summer Program.
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Phone: (617)241-8866
Fax: (617)241-5466
Email: info@kennedycenter.org
Phone: (617)241-8866
Fax: (617)241-5466
Email: info@kennedycenter.org
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Katherine McDonough,
Executive Director
Kate’s vision for the Kennedy Center
is based on 40 years of human
services experience and a
philosophy based on giving
individuals a hand up, not a hand-
out. She graduated from Boston
College with dual bachelor degrees
in Biology and Education. She
served as Executive Director of
several women’s health services in
California and New Hampshire before
becoming Executive Director of The
Kennedy Center in 1985. During her
tenure she has raised $2,000,000 to
renovate its early education facility,
overseen the accreditation of its
programs by the National Association
for the Education of Young Children,
and overseen the provision of a
variety of human services to
Charlestown residents. She has also
been a leader on the Boston
Community Partnerships for Children
Governing Council.
Joseph Maciel, Controller
Joe Maciel, who has been with the
Kennedy Center since 2000,
graduated from Northeastern
University with a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration. His
diverse experience with property
management firms and several non-
profit health care entities provides a
firm foundation for his current
responsibilities to various external
customers, such as funders, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
the Federal government, and to
internal customers at the Kennedy
Center.
Sarah Siepierski, Director of
Children’s Programs
Sarah is well qualified to operate the
Kennedy Center’s Children’s
Programs since she has both a
Master’s degree in Education in
Early Childhood, with a focus on
curriculum development, as well as
eleven years of experience as the
assistant director and business
manager of a large not-for profit
Child Care Center. She has also
served in the classroom for Head
Start in Jamaica Plain and developed
curricula for a large multi-
generational Center in Cambridge.
She is a key problem solver noted
for her flexibility and for establishing
high expectations of staff and
students.
Executive Director
Kate’s vision for the Kennedy Center
is based on 40 years of human
services experience and a
philosophy based on giving
individuals a hand up, not a hand-
out. She graduated from Boston
College with dual bachelor degrees
in Biology and Education. She
served as Executive Director of
several women’s health services in
California and New Hampshire before
becoming Executive Director of The
Kennedy Center in 1985. During her
tenure she has raised $2,000,000 to
renovate its early education facility,
overseen the accreditation of its
programs by the National Association
for the Education of Young Children,
and overseen the provision of a
variety of human services to
Charlestown residents. She has also
been a leader on the Boston
Community Partnerships for Children
Governing Council.
Joseph Maciel, Controller
Joe Maciel, who has been with the
Kennedy Center since 2000,
graduated from Northeastern
University with a Bachelor of Science
in Business Administration. His
diverse experience with property
management firms and several non-
profit health care entities provides a
firm foundation for his current
responsibilities to various external
customers, such as funders, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
the Federal government, and to
internal customers at the Kennedy
Center.
Sarah Siepierski, Director of
Children’s Programs
Sarah is well qualified to operate the
Kennedy Center’s Children’s
Programs since she has both a
Master’s degree in Education in
Early Childhood, with a focus on
curriculum development, as well as
eleven years of experience as the
assistant director and business
manager of a large not-for profit
Child Care Center. She has also
served in the classroom for Head
Start in Jamaica Plain and developed
curricula for a large multi-
generational Center in Cambridge.
She is a key problem solver noted
for her flexibility and for establishing
high expectations of staff and
students.