2022 Friends of Empowerment

Thank you for your generous support; it has made a great impact on children and adults with disabilities across Massachusetts.

$500-$999

Steve Antonucci
Ross Becker
E. Willa Belcher
Colvin Bishop
Justine Black 
Patti Bray
Margot Brickelmaier 
David Cameron
Anthony Kevin Catalan
Stephen Clapp
Paul Conceison
Stephen Coote
Ron Cort
Karl Davis
Peter Dean
Andrew Degatano
Jeannie Diefenderfer 
Ronald Felici
Ian Flanagan
Charles Forand
Mark W. Fuller
William Gagnon
Etienne Greenlee
David R. and Rosalie A. Grenon Fund
Merrilee Guarini
Stella Hammond
Jan Hrabowski
Donald Johnson
Timothy Jones
John Lacerra
John & Cheryl Lazzaro 
David Long
John Lucas
Matt Luzcow
Maryellen MacRae 
James McLaughlin & Keith Maynard
Marc Montalto
Justin & Adele Morreale
Stephen Murphy 
Janice Nelson
Norman Picard Jr. 
Donald Ralph
Anne Sanford 
Frances Smith
Scott Smith
Cathleen & John Sullivan
Cody Volpe
Stephen & Maryjane Walsh

$250-$499

Pete Airasian
Samantha Anjos
Brad Bellows
Patricia Bickford 
Debby Boyle
Gioia Browne 
Doug Chamberlain
Darrin Chapman
Mark Coltin
David Curry
Stuart W. Davidson
Judson DeCew
Sevan Demirdogen
Johnny Desio
Sandra Donovan
Connie Eucker 
Judith Feldmann
Jillayne Flanders 
Paul Foley
Rebecca Fracassa 
James Fuerst
Michelle Gallant 
Thomas & Ann Galligan
Gerald Garlitz 
Arthur Gordon
Lena Higginson
Tom & Kelley Hippler
Ronald Hovsepian
Fred Huffman
Edward & Paula Ivaldi
Matthew Jameson 
Kate Johnston 
Lorraine Kelley-Alessi
Colleen Kigin
Ann Kirby
Mark Klevanosky
Carol Kosicki
William Lawrence
Sally LeBlanc
Nelson Lee 
Charlene Leith 
Joseph Lividini
Ralph Lowell
Nancy Mader 
John Malmborg
Jacob & Elizabeth Martin
Miranda McCarthy 
John McDaniel
Kimberly McDermott 
Dominic Mondon-Poirier 
Bo Moore
JDonald & Joan Morris
Fred Myers
Ronald Narreau
Kenneth Novack
Anthony Noviello
Mark O'Neil
Peter O'Neill
Laura Osman
Jean Papagni
Greg Papazian
Kristine Peak-Oliveira 
Fawn Phelps
Bryan & Susan Pinckney 
Christopher Provo
John Prucknicki
Chris Richards
Alicia Rosen
Peter Salopak
Jan Schafer
Eric Smith
Starbuck Smith
Valerie Smithwood-Green 
Murray Staub
John Terborgh
Alfred Texceira
Martin Torch
John Usinas 
Colleen Wallace Oncay
John Webber

$100 - $249

Matthew Abbate
Megan Abbett
Scott Adler
John Aharonian
Cindy Aiken & Liz Hebert
Niklaas Andreas
Joseph Andrews
Peter Archer
David Aronson
Lucia Aubut
Andrew Baldassarre
Jane Barbash
Pam Barrett
Edwin Basse
James Beagan
Robert Bethune
James Beyloune
David Blanchard
Patricia Blanchette
James Bonasia
Caterina Bonmassar 
Richard Borrows
Gregory Boudreau
Joel Bradley
Paula Brown 
John Brugman
Thomas Buckingham
Daniel Buckley
Elaine Bull
Kathleen Burdick-Lachance
Jessica Byrnes
Crystal Campbell
Douglas Campbell
Ronald Canney
Zachary Cardwell
Eric Case 
Sean Case
Kirsten Casey
Geoffrey Chamberlain
James Christo 
Joan Christo 
Louise Colbourne 
Kathryn Comaskey
William Condon
Lynda Connaughton
Ronan Connolly
Janice Cooney
Pardon Cornell
Helder Costa
Edward Cote
Vincent Coviello
Kimberly Cunningham
Karen Curreri
Betsy Dahlie
Dale Danahy
Peter Dawson
Albert De Bueriis
Jeanne Dee 
Linda Degatano
Rachel Delgado 
Janet Deltenre
Madeleine Deschenes
Cheryl Desrochers
Tina Devivo
Stephen Dimattei
Dorothy Dixon
Kristy Dobson 
Andrew Doheny
Barbara Dorazio 
David Drake
John Dubsky
Bill Dugger
David Essensa
Peter & Doreen Evans 
Robert Evans
Jillian Feinberg
Candace Fields
John Fife
Elisa Filman
Patricia Fitzgerald
Carleen Flanagan
John Flanagan
David Flynn
John Flynn
Gerry Forget
Jake Fox
Kenneth Frankel
Robert Fredette
Andrea Freeman 
Casey Freeman
John & Linda Freeman
Deborah George
Michael Giallella
Paul Gigliotti
Beth Gilfeather
Carlos Goncalves
Rachael Gonsalves
Kristina Grace
Geoffrey Graves
Richard Greenfield
David Grimes
Lois Groves
Lauren Guillette
Margaret Hagemeister
Rita Hale
Deirdre Hall
Samantha Hamann 
Amy Harley
Linnea Hennessy
Andrew Hess
Michelle Higginson
Sharon Hingley
Edward Hough
Michele Hubley
Stephen Huggins
Janet Huntley
Margaret Hyde
Albin Irzyk
Jeffrey Johnson
Kelly Johnson
Mike Kasprzak
Pamela Kaufmann
Robert Keenan
Todd Keiller
Michael Kennedy
Cardell Kerr
Melissa Kerr 
Chris Kittle 
William Klessens
Brady Kramer
Jeanine Kuchta 
Pamela Kyrka
Ronald Lacro
James Lagoulis
Alyssa Lam 
Patricia Lane
Richard Lawler
Nick LeBlanc
Kelly Lee
Richard Lockard
John Lugus
Nicholas Lynch
Daniel Macadam 
Robert E. Maher
Mickela Mallozzi 
Abigail Mann 
Joseph Mannarino
Audrey Martin
Jerome McCue
Ryan Mcdonald 
Jamie McIntyre 
Robert Meisterman
Mark Melikian
Caroline Merrill
Michelle Minnocci
John Mirick
Jane Mize
Debra Moffitt 
Sean Monahan
Thomas Morrison
Carmen Morrissette
Barbara Mucciardi
Ellen Murphy
Ramona Nee
Matthew Nucifora 
Lisa O'Loughlin
Archer O'Reilly
Joe O'Rourke
Dennis Okula
Anthony Paolillo
Bud Parker
Kenneth Paul
George Payette
Rita Payette
John Perazella
Elizabeth Petrangelo
Stephen Petrangelo
Carla Pierrot
Karla Pierrot
Sandra Pietraszek
Richard Poirier
Francis & Judith Polito
Mark Profita
James Quealy
Michael Raines
Mark Reed
Claire Regan
Kathleen Regan
Rosemary Restuccia
Thomas Rita
Frank Robinson
Lee Rollins
Gregory Rosen
Joseph Rotondi
Karen Santiago 
Emily Schkeryantz
Joel Schulman
Bob Schultz
Gregory Schumacher
Beverly Schwartz-Katsh
Jennifer Searle
Lawrence Seidler
Kristine Shah
Daniel Shea
Michael Shea
Girard Smith
Joseph Snee
Jessica Sousa
Annalisa Specter 
Carlo Stanizzi
Deborah Stanley
The Doug Stewart and Betsy Disharoon Charitable Fund
Shelley Stiles 
Joseph Sullivan
Craig Suyematsu
Jean Swenson
Gary Taraian
Christine Thomas
M. A. Tomkiewicz
Linda Towle
Alexandra Ullrich 
Christopher Umana
Katrina Vassallo
Mark Venezia
Sarah Vu 
Gregory Waryasz
Robert Wells

$100 - $249

Laura Wiedeman
Brittany Wilson
Brian Witherell
James Wood
Kimberly Young
Karen Zaccaria

$1-$99

Sheila Adams
Elizabeth Agresta
Alexa Albano
Colleen Albano
Colleen Amaral
Katharyn Atkins
Maria Atlas
Cara Bailly
Carolyn Baker
Marie Balthazar
Andrew Bank
Gary Banks
Diane Baraby
Katie Barnes 
Norman J. Barrett
David Bastille
Deborah Bastoni
Amber Baur
William Beck
Amanda Berg
Justine Berman 
Frances Bernier
Karen Berthiaume
Sheila Bilotta
Ruby Bishop
Kathleen Bisson
Noreen Blanchette
Hannah Blunt 
Danielle Bones 
Claudia Bonmassar 
Dorothy Boucher
Michelle Bouley
Holly Brady
Maria Branco
Armand Brochu
Nicholas Brown
Jan Bruton-Novello
Linda Buckley
Lynn Burke
Susan Burt
Sara Caissie
Deborah Caliguri
Emily Callahan
Marianne Cameron
Cellia Campbell
Nelson Campos
Terry Caprario
Marie Caradona
Ashley Caron
Andrew Carr
Margaret Carr
Robert Carter
Erin Celico
Sharmila Chatterjee
Joel Chery
James Ciffolillo
Jennifer Ciuffo
Fujiko Clark
Ken Clark
Steve Coldwell
Dorothy Collins
Lucille Connolly
Nancy Cook
Steven Cooperman
Brian Cordeiro
Gregory Cormier
Craig Correia
Alexander Costa
Adam Costello
Eileen Cowles
Sean Crawford
Ryan Cronin
Virginia Crossman
Donald Cummings
Tony De Louise
Lisa DeCanio
Elizabeth Delaney
Elaine Delgado
Maureen Deshaies
Lee Desorgher
Bernadette DeSousa
Paul DeStefano
Joseph Devasto
J M. Devolder
Michael DiGiando
Joseph DiSabato
Lynette Disberry
Gretchen Dixson
Patricia Doherty
Sandra Dorfman
Deborah Downey
Allyson Doyle
Jon Dresser
Marie Drewry
Susan Drinan
Pamela Durkee
Anne Edgington
Carola Eilers
Jonathan Elwell
Margarita Encomienda
Robyn Ennis
Julie Euloth
Sharon Evans
Elaine Ferro
Debra Fisher
Whitney Fitts
Cindy Fitzgerald
Kristen Flood
Carleen Foley
Lisa Foley
Lajiah Forch
Pauline Forte
Noel Foster
Louise Francisco
Adrianne Frankel
Margaret Franklin 
Marilyn Gagalis
Sandra Gallant
Milly Garcia
Akash Rag Garg
Arlene Gately 
Debbie Gillis
Raisa Goldin
Alfredo Gomez
Priscilla Gonzalez
Stephen Goodenough
Virginia Goodwin
Judy Graber
Daniel Grammel
Shirley Gregory
James Griffin
Steve Grogan
Pauline Groh
Jennifer Hall
Ginny Hamel
Erin Hasley
Carol Hayton
Jason Heath
Robert Heaton
Patricia Heelan
Emily Hess
Karen Holmes
Theresa Holt
Vito Honey
Kathleen Hosier
Kristina Huber
Donna Hunsinger
Joanne Hunt
Todd Hunter
Joseph Hutcheson
Elizabeth Isherwood
Mary Jacobs
Seth Jajliardo
Judy Jaynes
Barbara Jezak
Angela Johnson
Jessica Kasprzak
Lisbeth Kasprzak
Marcia Kaufman
Thomas Kelly
Richard Kendrick
Angela King
Anne Klopfer
Gail Knowles
Hai-Ping Ko
Kathleen Krajeski
Jack Kramer
Lynn Kramer
Robert Krantz
Cecilia Krisnosky
Oren Kuhn
Melissa Kusz Nemet 
B.R. LaCoursiere
Karen Lambert
Jesse Lane
Maurice Lane
Gregory Lang
William LaPierre
Stephen Larson
Michele Lasko
Anthony Lawrence
Cecilia Lebeau
Susan Lewis
Arlene Lim
Michael Lioce
Harold Lockhart
Mary Logsdon 
Nancie Longo
Simon Lopez
Kathryn Loring
Jake Louzan
Marc Lowenthal
Brett Lueders
Francesca Lynch
Nancy Lynch
Mary Ann Maag
Lynne MacDonald
Valerie MacDonald
Andrea MacKinney
Robert Maguire
Mary Majkut
Dominic Mann
Cara Marchetti 
AJ Marchionne
Jacqueline Martin 
Sheila Martin
Evan Mauser
Shannon McClintock 
David E. McCloskey
Roberta McGaffigan
Megan McKenna
Greg McKinnon
Michael McNally
Shivani Mehra 
George Mello
Adrianna Mena
James Metcalf
Lauren Middleton
Maureen Mills
Madeline Mitchell 
Richard and Sally Mitchell
Thomas Mitchell 
Greg Moll
Susan M. Molloy-Devins
Connie Monahan
Danica Mondon-Poirier
Gwen Montalto
Karen Morakis
Maureen Morelli
Judith Morris
Joan Morrow
Lidney Motch
Sandra Mullins
Abigail C. Mumford
William Murphy
Debra Nardone
Stephen Nault
Lori Nazzaro
Warren Nelson
Alan Newcomer
Deborah A. Nichols
Jack Nip
Mary O'Brien
Sarah O'Connell
Jennifer O'Donnell
James O'Malley
John O'Malley
Tyler O'Neil
Susan O'Sullivan
Jack Olson
Jacqueline Onorato
Sabine Orcel-Campbell
Leonard Orlandello
David Owens
Laurie Ozelius
Ann Marie Pantos
Elizabeth Pedras
Jessica Pellien
Ryan Pellitier
Kim Perry
Nathan Persampieri
Estelle Peterson
Matt Peterson
Gamalia Pharms
Claudette Phillips
Breanna Pianka 
Elaine Pigott
John Pigott
Michelle Piselli
Nicole Porter 
Linda Poulin
John Powers
Jean Prato
Som Praylay
Karen Puopolo
Beth Putnam
Gum Quan
James Quinn
Dennis Ramsier
Donna Rawson
Evan Richard
Maureen Richard
Kimberly Richardson
Sam Risinger
Stacey Rizzo
Mary Robin
Cynthia Rodenhiser
Erin Roser
James Ross
Marcy Ross
Steven Rovithis
Adam Royce 
Zena Runkel
Diane Sabino
Barbara Sacco
Judy Salisbury
Thomas Sarbanis
Nancy Schwarz
Lori Scricco
Christina Seggern
Joanne Seymour
Angela Sgarano
David Shanahan
Joe Shanahan
Denise Shaughnessy
Amy Shea
Sara Shea
Sun Shillock
Scott Shrier
Meg Siegal
William Sisler
Tracy Sizer
Cassie Smith
William Sodeman
Karen Spaulding
Joanna Stefano
Judith Sterns
Lori Stevens
Charles Stevenson
Andrea Stiller
Derek Stirk
Catherina Strydom
Sharman Sullivan
Michele Szymanczyk
Erin Thomason
Carla Jo Thompson
Christine Thorsteinsson
Nina Tierney
Kathleen Tivnan
Kari Toney
Kathleen Townsend
Steven Tromp
John Tsai
Susan Turci
Lily Vautour
Vanessa Vinarub
Jonathan Vizard
James Weagle
Mary Weber
Kim Wegrzyn
Karen Wellerson
Carolyn White
Jacqueline White
Bernie Willett
Susan Williams
Roger Wood
Leonard Worsley
Sara Wroblewski
Stephen Yalanis
Sarah Young-Hong
John Yurewicz
Linda Zaccagnini
Wei-Zhu Zhong