Building on our record of research, convening, and coalition-building, MassINC established the Greg Torres Senior Fellows Program to broaden our capacity, impact, and network across key issues facing Massachusetts. Torres Senior Fellows are a group of diverse professionals who partner with MassINC for a two-year period to explore a variety of research, policy leadership, and convening opportunities. Named after MassINC’s former CEO and board chair, Greg Torres, the program honors his penchant to elevate innovative and urgent ideas and promote talented leaders committed to improving the commonwealth.
The program’s purpose is to serve as:
- A laboratory for research and development, exploring and testing new policy and program ideas.
- A home for a diverse cohort of community leaders across the state seeking to engage with new audiences, advance civic discourse, and gain new skills and perspectives.
- An opportunity to deepen MassINC’s ability to take on big issues facing our state by broadening our network of thought leaders.
Torres Senior Fellows customize their goals and workplan to meet MassINC’s organizational needs and their professional interests. Torres Senior Fellows will engage in a wide range of activities, including: convening working groups to tackle complex challenges, organizing events and conferences, writing articles and reports, guiding ongoing MassINC research, facilitating introductions and partnerships, and collaborating with MassINC staff and interns.
Meet the Fellows
Dina Fein
Retired Judge, Massachusetts Trial Court, Housing Court Department, Western Division
Pema Latshang
Founding Executive Director, Teach Western Mass
Mary Wambui
Asset Manager, Planning Office For Urban Affairs (POUA)
Leverett Wing
President and CEO, Commonwealth Seminar
Charlotte Golar Richie
Former state representative, former commissioner on the Mass. Commission Against Discrimination, and former senior executive at YouthBuild USA