Board of Directors
Janice Bourque
Co-President
Janice Bourque is Managing Director of Life Sciences at Hercules Technology Growth Capital. At Hercules, the leading specialty finance company, she provides venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development. Ms. Bourque recently advised and provided strategic corporate investor fundraising for Commons Capital and Oxford Bioscience Partners, two life science venture capital firms, to create a Gates Foundation supported $100 Million Commons Capital Global Health focused on innovative healthcare investments for emerging and developing countries. She most recently was Senior Vice President and Group Head-Life Sciences for Comerica Bank for the past four years. She lead Comerica’s strategy for the life sciences, positioning Comerica as the “Bank of Choice” by delivering value to the industry and generating portfolio growth through relationship development and creative debt financing.
Co-President
Janice Bourque is Managing Director of Life Sciences at Hercules Technology Growth Capital. At Hercules, the leading specialty finance company, she provides venture debt and equity to venture capital and private equity backed technology and life science companies at all stages of development. Ms. Bourque recently advised and provided strategic corporate investor fundraising for Commons Capital and Oxford Bioscience Partners, two life science venture capital firms, to create a Gates Foundation supported $100 Million Commons Capital Global Health focused on innovative healthcare investments for emerging and developing countries. She most recently was Senior Vice President and Group Head-Life Sciences for Comerica Bank for the past four years. She lead Comerica’s strategy for the life sciences, positioning Comerica as the “Bank of Choice” by delivering value to the industry and generating portfolio growth through relationship development and creative debt financing.
Formerly, Ms. Bourque was President/CEO of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council (MBC) for 12 years. Under her leadership, MBC released MassBiotech 2010, providing a blueprint for Massachusetts to remain at the forefront of the biotechnology revolution. MBC was the first biotechnology association in the world and achieved national and international leadership during her tenure. The organization served as a model for future life science associations by demonstrating success via collaboration with policy makers, educators, media, scientists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and service providers.
Prior to leading the MBC, Ms Bourque held several other senior managerial positions, including CFO/controller of Cambridge Medical Technology Corporation, senior public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand Emerging and Middle Market Group, and NASA Space Science grants Project Manager for the first satellite payloads to be repaired by the space shuttle missions.
Ms. Bourque is currently on the board of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the Boston Museum, Xconomist (industry commentator) for Xconomy.com, chair of the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative, Chair for National Center for Family Homelessness and member of the Women’s Forum. She has won numerous awards and was named one of Boston Magazine’s 100 most influential women.
On a community level, she was elected to the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council in 1992 and has served as President for the past 6 years. She is Chair of the Mayor’s Crystal Lake Task Force and founding member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy.
Ms. Bourque received her MBA degree in finance and accounting and her BS degree in veterinary science from the University of New Hampshire.
Schuyler Larrabee
Co-President
Schuyler Larrabee has been a Newton resident since 1991. A resident of Allerton Road, he has lived very close to the lake for over 22 years, and has taken a serious interest in the welfare of the lake and its adjacent City-owned open space during that time. In 1994, he spearheaded a petition urging the City to restore the two Coves to their original condition. Within two weeks, he had, with the help of two volunteer assistants, collected over 200 signatures from homeowners in the immediate vicinity. This public support resulted in the reconstruction of the parkland at Levingston Cove, and some minor maintenance to Cronin’s Cove. He has regularly advocated for Crystal Lake on an individual basis since that time, leading to his appointment to Mayor Cohen’s Crystal Lake Task Force in 2007. He served the Task Force as its scribe, providing notes of the Task Force’s proceedings through the next two years. Schuyler is a founding member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy.
Schuyler Larrabee graduated from Syracuse University in 1972, with a Masters degree in Architecture. His professional career as a practicing architect has included land planning, office, industrial and residential architecture, and commercial interiors in New York, California, and all New England states. In 1986, he founded Larrabee Associates Architects Inc, which he ran for 18 years. In 2003 he went into public service, working at the Division of Capital Asset Management in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he manages new and renovation building projects for health care and higher education. In 2009, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee, a part of the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Prior to leading the MBC, Ms Bourque held several other senior managerial positions, including CFO/controller of Cambridge Medical Technology Corporation, senior public accountant for Coopers & Lybrand Emerging and Middle Market Group, and NASA Space Science grants Project Manager for the first satellite payloads to be repaired by the space shuttle missions.
Ms. Bourque is currently on the board of the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and the Boston Museum, Xconomist (industry commentator) for Xconomy.com, chair of the Boston History and Innovation Collaborative, Chair for National Center for Family Homelessness and member of the Women’s Forum. She has won numerous awards and was named one of Boston Magazine’s 100 most influential women.
On a community level, she was elected to the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council in 1992 and has served as President for the past 6 years. She is Chair of the Mayor’s Crystal Lake Task Force and founding member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy.
Ms. Bourque received her MBA degree in finance and accounting and her BS degree in veterinary science from the University of New Hampshire.
Schuyler Larrabee
Co-President
Schuyler Larrabee has been a Newton resident since 1991. A resident of Allerton Road, he has lived very close to the lake for over 22 years, and has taken a serious interest in the welfare of the lake and its adjacent City-owned open space during that time. In 1994, he spearheaded a petition urging the City to restore the two Coves to their original condition. Within two weeks, he had, with the help of two volunteer assistants, collected over 200 signatures from homeowners in the immediate vicinity. This public support resulted in the reconstruction of the parkland at Levingston Cove, and some minor maintenance to Cronin’s Cove. He has regularly advocated for Crystal Lake on an individual basis since that time, leading to his appointment to Mayor Cohen’s Crystal Lake Task Force in 2007. He served the Task Force as its scribe, providing notes of the Task Force’s proceedings through the next two years. Schuyler is a founding member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy.
Schuyler Larrabee graduated from Syracuse University in 1972, with a Masters degree in Architecture. His professional career as a practicing architect has included land planning, office, industrial and residential architecture, and commercial interiors in New York, California, and all New England states. In 1986, he founded Larrabee Associates Architects Inc, which he ran for 18 years. In 2003 he went into public service, working at the Division of Capital Asset Management in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where he manages new and renovation building projects for health care and higher education. In 2009, he was elected Vice-Chair of the Regional Transportation Advisory Committee, a part of the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Frank Bachner
Dr. Frank Bachner was born in Brookline, MA and moved to Newton when he was eight years old. He attended the Mason School, Weeks Junior High and graduated from Newton High in 1957. Upon graduation he entered MIT where he received his bachelor and doctorate degrees in materials science. After serving two years as a Captain in the Army, Dr. Bachner worked for 15 years at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory and then spent several years working in the microelectronics industry both in Boston and subsequently in San Diego. He has been an industry consultant specializing in advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly for the past several years. While growing up in Newton, Dr. Bachner swam, fished and skated at Crystal Lake. His children raised in Newton also swam and fished in the lake and even skated there when they were very young, Now semi-retired, Dr. Bachner enjoys taking his grandchildren swimming and fishing at Crystal Lake and working to preserve the lake for their
children.
Liane Hartnett
Liane Hartnett has lived in Newton since 1988, when she and her husband Paul bought a house in Newton Highlands where his father had grown up. Paul remembers swimming in Crystal Lake as a child when visiting his grandparents. Liane grew up in Braintree, where her parents were active on School Committee and the conservation Commission. She graduated from Wellesley College and went on to get a PhD from Boston University in Medical Sciences. While her three children were growing up, she taught part time at several local colleges. All three children attended Newton Public schools, with the oldest two graduating from Newton North and the youngest from Newton South. Liane was involved in PTO activities, and served on the Parents Advisory committee at Brown Middle School. She and her husband were also Co-commissioners of the Newton East Farm League for several years, and she was a member of the Newton South Boosters club while her son was at South.
Liane is currently the Lab Manager for the Biology Department at Emmanuel College. As a biologist, she is concerned with the environment and preserving and maintaining natural space. She is an avid bird- watcher and amateur naturalist, which gives her a perspective on the necessity of preserving habitats, for our generation and future generations. Her daughter Annie currently lives in Newton and Liane and Annie enjoy walks with their dogs in Cold Spring and Hemlock Gorge.
James Jampel
James Jampel has been bringing people to swim in Crystal Lake, and running laps around it, since 1998. When he’s not near the water, James manages HITE Hedge Asset Management (HITE), an investment firm based in Newton Corner. Before starting HITE Hedge in 2004, James co-founded Roadlink USA, the second largest intermodal trucking firm in the U.S. at the time. Prior to Roadlink, James was a management consultant for A.T. Kearney, specializing in transportation carriers. James has an MBA from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern), and a B.A. in economics from Harvard. James, his wife Sandy, and the kids that are still home live on West Newton Hill.
Srdjan S. Nedeljkovic, M.D.
Treasurer
Dr. Nedeljkovic is an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist based at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, a major teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Nedeljkovic is also the Fellowship Director and is also Director of Resident Education in Pain Medicine at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. He also holds teaching appointments at both Harvard Medical School and Tufts Medical School. He also is an affiliate faculty in Anesthesiology at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center. He is also on staff at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Nedeljkovic is Board-Certified in both Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and practices in both specialties. Dr. Nedeljkovic has published and given numerous lectures on his areas of expertise. Dr. Nedeljkovic completed his undergraduate education at Penn State University and is a graduate of Jefferson Medical College. After his residency in anesthesiology, Dr. Nedeljkovic completed a fellowship in Pain Management through the Harvard Coordinated Pain Management Program.
Dr. Nedeljkovic has been active in both the Newton community and in the larger community. He is the Vice President of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council. He has been appointed to serve on the Newton Comprehensive Planning Advisory Committee and the Crystal Lake Task Force. He is the Policy Advisor and on the Board of Directors of Bike Newton. He has been appointed by the MBTA to serve on the Arborway Rail Restoration Advisory Committee and is a member of the Arborway Committee. He is a founding member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy.
Lisa Rosenfeld
Lisa Rosenfeld is Counsel and Legislative Director for the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities at the State House in the office of Newton Representative Kay Khan. Representative Khan serves as the House Chair of the Committee. An integral part of her work is to research, analyze and summarize referred bills for briefing Representative Khan and Committee members and writing advisory opinions. Attorney Rosenfeld organizes the Committee's public hearings, briefings and informational hearings on the referred bills and topics of concern. She also meets with various constituencies including legislators, State House staff, state agencies, advocacy organizations, unions, and the public to craft and improve legislation, regulations and state statutes as well as problem-solve. She assists the Chair and Committee in overseeing and monitoring state agencies and Commissions and their budgets that are under the Committee’s purview. These include the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Developmental Services, the Department of Transitional Assistance, the Department of Youth Services, the MA Commission for the Blind, the MA Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the MA Rehabilitation Commission. She also coordinates the response to the federal Juvenile Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act and collaborates on issues surrounding incarcerated women and their children.
Attorney Rosenfeld graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelors in Fine Arts in Environmental Design. She received, from the State University of New York at Albany, a Masters of Social Work in Public Policy and Administration, and her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law.
Lisa has been active in the community and a resident of Newton Highlands with her family for almost 30 years. She served as Vice President of the Newton Highlands Neighborhood Area Council, worked to extend the swimming season and re-establish ice skating at Crystal Lake and organized a Newton Highlands Area Council Village Day. She co-founded Newton Singers, now a 60-person strong chorus, has been a long-time Board Member of the Newton Food Pantry and founded Friends of Cold Spring Park which resulted in the installation of the playground near the Beacon Street tennis courts.
She has been an active member of the Crystal Lake Conservancy testing the Lake’s water, completing numerous watershed surveys, and distributing the Conservancy’s newsletters. Crystal Lake has played an important role in her life. She looks forward to furthering the Conservancy’s mission and goals so that Crystal Lake remains vital for the neighborhood and the community-at-large.