Board of Directors

Deborah Goldberg

Chair of the MSBA, Treasurer and Receiver General of the Commonwealth

Deborah B. Goldberg is the Massachusetts State Treasurer and Receiver General.
In that role she is responsible for the state’s cash and debt management, unclaimed property, and chairs state boards and commissions, including the Massachusetts School Building Authority, the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the State Board of Retirement, Massachusetts State Lottery Commission, and the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust. In 2015, she established the new Office of Economic Empowerment, the first of its kind in the country, and chairs its Economic Empowerment Trust Fund. Treasurer Goldberg is the former President of the National Association of State Treasurers and is the Co-Chair of the National Institute of Public Finance.

As a former businesswoman and local elected leader, Treasurer Goldberg brings innovative leadership, disciplined fiscal management and an unwavering commitment to uphold economic stability and create opportunity for every Massachusetts resident. Treasurer Goldberg served for six years on the Brookline Board of Selectmen, including two as its Chair. Prior to her career in public service, she worked in retail operations, buying, and consumer affairs at The Stop & Shop Companies, Inc.

Treasurer Goldberg is the President Emeritus of Adoptions with Love and serves on the Advisory Board of the Greater Boston Food Bank. She was one of the founders of Berkshire Hills Music Academy, a school for individuals with intellectual disabilities, is a trustee emeritus at Beth Israel Lahey Health, and a former Director at Affiliated Physicians Group / Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare. Treasurer Goldberg has been actively involved with numerous philanthropic activities, including The Grow Clinic, the 100 Club, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and the Combined Jewish Philanthropies.

A graduate of Boston University, Boston College Law School and Harvard Business School, Treasurer Goldberg lives in Brookline with her husband Michael Winter. She has a son, Evan, and daughter, Meredith.

Anne Brockelman

Appointed Member, Principal, Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects (PDR)

Anne Brockelman, AIA, LEED AP BD+C is an architect with over 20 years of experience in the design profession. She is a Principal at Perry Dean Rogers Partners Architects (PDR), a full-service architectural firm with a national reputation for service to academic and cultural institutions. She brings to the practice an enthusiasm for creating dynamic learning environments, where her interests in the practice and teaching of design converge. For this reason, she finds working with educational building typologies an ideal way to explore the relationship between education and practice. Also an educator, she has served as adjunct faculty at the Boston Architectural College since 2001, and received the Certificate in Design Education in 2006.

Since joining PDR in 2006, Ms. Brockelman’s diverse experience has included all project phases from planning, programming through construction, and various project types such as campus and facilities master plans, academic libraries, and institutional projects such as a museum and a courthouse. As Director of Sustainable Design, she has led the sustainable design focus of many projects at PDR, working with institutional clients to introduce sustainable design strategies to campuses or buildings.

Ms. Brockelman graduated from Wesleyan University with a B.A. in Art History and Studio Art, and holds a Master of Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

Sean R. Cronin

Designee of the Secretary of Administration and Finance, Senior Deputy Commissioner for Local Services

Sean Cronin has been the Senior Deputy Commissioner for Local Services at the Department of Revenue since February, 2015 and serves as the Secretary of Administration & Finance's designee.

Prior to that, Sean spent 17 years working in Brookline, the last 12 as the Deputy Town Administrator.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in government from Wesleyan University and a master’s degree in public administration from the Maxwell School at Syracuse University.

Matt Deninger

Designee of the Commissioner of Education

Matthew Deninger, Ed.M., is a Senior Associate Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). In this role, Matt works to support school districts in their efforts to enhance their use of resources to improve academic achievement for all students. Matt manages DESE’s functions related to strategic planning, research, federal grant programs, effective practices, monitoring, and compliance.

Mr. Deninger has a broad range of experience in education as a high school English teacher, athletics coach, researcher, and, at the Department, as a district liaison, policy analyst, project manager, performance management expert, and director.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Dartmouth College and a master’s degree in Educational Policy and Management from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Terry Kwan

Appointed Member, former teacher and Brookline School Committee member

Terry Kwan, an educator with unique skills in curricular and facilities design, has worked on public school building projects in Massachusetts for more than thirty years, both professionally and as an elected official.

As a school administrator from 1973-1982 and then as an elected member of the Brookline School Committee from 1985-2003, Ms. Kwan participated in many construction decisions for the Brookline Schools. She taught middle school before becoming a science supervisor and teacher trainer and has consulted with a number of school communities on the design and construction of science facilities. Ms. Kwan is co-author and contributor to several books and articles for teachers and administrators. She serves as a community representative to Institutional Biosafety Committees for the Harvard Medical School, Mass General Brigham, and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Ms. Kwan holds a BA from SUNY Binghamton and an MSEd from Hofstra University.

Cassandra McKenzie

Appointed Member, Associate Vice President, Real Estate and Capital Projects, Northeastern University

Cassandra McKenzie is the Associate Vice President (AVP), Real Estate and Capital Projects in the Planning, Real Estate, and Facilities Division of Northeastern University (NU). As the AVP, Cassandra is responsible for the global real estate portfolio and roughly $500M of new construction and renovations annually in Northeastern’s global footprint. Cassandra has transformed the project management practices at Northeastern and shifted the focus to a more data driven decision making process. She is particularly adept at team building and has focused her return to NU on developing staff through mentoring, training, and professional development. Cassandra is dedicated to increasing diversity in the construction industry both in hiring practices and supplier engagement.

Cassandra is a “Double NU Husky” and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a Master’s degree in Leadership with a concentration in Project Management from Northeastern.