Director of Community Assistance MASSACHUSETTS HOUSING PARTNERSHIP 2004 - present Statewide quasi-public agency which provides financing for affordable rental housing and technical assistance to seed new opportunities to increase the supply of affordable housing in Massachusetts. Participate in state housing policy by helping create relevant resources, workshops and trainings. Facilitate multi-perspective engagement and creation of work products to promote land use and affordable housing policy at the local and state levels. Provide direct pre-development technical assistance, as well as oversee third party assistance to municipalities, housing authorities and non-profit developers. Support public entities with public procurement and disposition processes. Manage multiple grant programs. Promote and create public/private partnerships. Previous marketing, management and real estate/project management experience includes: Artist Housing: Midway Studios, Fort Point, Boston Mixed Income Home Ownership: Costello Homes, South Boston / Town Homes on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, mixed-income limited equity co-op & HOPE VI Mixed Income Rental: Harbor Point Apartments, Boston / Villages at Marley Station, Maryland (LIHTC), Fuller Village, Milton, MA Resort: Ocean Edge Resort and Golf, Brewster, MA KEEN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION - Cambridge, Massachusetts 2001 – 2004 CORCORAN JENNISON COMPANIES – Boston, MA 1987 – 2001 COMMUNITY / PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT Cambridge Housing Authority, Commissioner Women's Development Collaborative, Founding Member ETC Development Corporation Board Member Women’s Institute of Housing & Economic Development, Board Member & Board President, New England Women in Real Estate, Member Citizens for Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA) City of Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals

Jon Hillman comes to Rivera Consulting Inc. with a passion for understanding the intersection of policy, politics, and community engagement. Armed with skills in both social science research techniques and community engagement practices, he is focused on urban planning research projects that promote sustainable, inclusive, and equitable community development. He specializes in techniques of policy and program evaluation, survey design, and both quantitative and qualitative urban planning analysis.

From leading statewide policy campaigns for the reform of the criminal record system to integrated voter engagement and candidate campaigns, Wilnelia Rivera, Founder of Rivera Consulting, Inc., leads a movement building firm that inspires and enables social change while operationalizing solutions for the 21st century. Wilnelia is a political strategist, urban planner, and project management professional.

Peter Dunn was appointed Chief Development Officer for the City of Worcester in May 2020 after previously serving 7 years in the Department with various capacities. As Chief Development Officer, he leads the divisions of Business Development, Housing Development, Neighborhood Development, Workforce Development, Planning & Regulatory Services, and Special Projects. Peter also serves as the Chief Executive Officer for the Worcester Redevelopment Authority. His primary focus has been to create jobs and expand the tax base for the City by encouraging and enabling private investment, administering a portfolio of financial assistance programs, managing projects and initiatives, facilitating real estate development and improving the quality of life for residents. Peter received his undergraduate degree from Roger Williams University and his MBA from Babson College.

Michael Herbert has brought visionary and transformative leadership to the Town of Ashland, first in 2013 as the Assistant Town Manager and Finance Director and since 2016 as Town Manager. He has spearheaded the revitalization of downtown Ashland, a project which broke ground earlier this year and has consisted of $20 million in private investments, with an additional $50 million currently being proposed or permitted. These investments came after multiple downtown improvement projects were initiated, the most recently completed Riverwalk project along with a new streetscape project which is in progress. Early during his tenure, Michael found a creative way to advance the town's redevelopment of the 126-corridor, a $20 million project which had been stagnant for 30 years. He has also led the effort to attract the building of a new regional YMCA that will service Ashland, and surrounding towns of Holliston and Hopkinton. Michael is a strong supporter of land conservation and open space. Through various purchases, tools, and techniques, he has been able to protect over 400 acres of town land. These efforts led to Ashland being awarded “ The Voice of the People Award” from ICMA/NRC in 2020. Michael has spoken openly about his past personal struggles which led him to help develop Ashland's unique Human Services program which provides wrap-around support services for those in need. Furthermore, he successfully consolidated municipal and school IT departments, and created the town's Economic Development and Sustainability Coordinator positions. His financial vision and use of resources to achieve the above projects led to Ashland receiving bond rating upgrades, achieving “AAA” in 2016 and being awarded the GFOA’s “Distinguished Budget Award” for three years running. Michael strongly believes that the underpinnings of these success stories are his consensus-building and collaborative leadership skills, as well as the ability to create and lead a dynamic team of professionals that mirror his own values and vision while maintaining their unique strengths and style.

James J. Fiorentini has been mayor of Haverhill since January 2004. In his 9th term, he is the longest serving mayor of the city, and one of the longest serving mayors in Massachusetts. Since becoming the city’s chief executive, Mayor Fiorentini has directed and overseen a renaissance in downtown Haverhill, highlighted by more than $300 million in new investment and a thriving restaurant district. The downtown revitalization began with zoning changes designed by Mayor Fiorentini in the early 2000s. The zoning changes transformed abandoned and mostly-vacant former shoe-making factories into bustling housing developments and later mixed-use projects. Under Mayor Fiorentini’s leadership, the city’s bond rating has been raised 7 times and is now at its highest level ever. A former city councilor and successful attorney, Mayor Fiorentini is a lifelong Haverhill resident, born here on April 14, 1947. He graduated from Haverhill High School in 1965. As a grade school and high school student, Mr. Fiorentini worked in his grandparent’s restaurant and in other restaurants as a dishwasher and short order cook. In college and law school, he drove a taxi as a union cab driver in Boston. Mr. Fiorentini graduated from Tufts University in Medford in 1969 with a degree in Political Science. After college, he became a VISTA Volunteer (Vista is the domestic version of the Peace Corps) in Waterloo, Iowa where he lived and worked in the poorest areas of the city. He attended Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, where he graduated in 1973 and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 1974. He was later admitted to the New Hampshire Bar, and was the top finisher in the State of New Hampshire on the interstate portion of the bar examination. Attorney Fiorentini was appointed by District Attorney Kevin Burke as an Assistant District Attorney and prosecutor in the Haverhill District Court. In his legal career, Mayor Fiorentini represented labor unions and gained experience in labor law, criminal law, worker’s compensation and personal injury law. While he practiced law, he stayed involved in his community serving as Chairperson of the Haverhill High School Site Council where he led the fight to fix Haverhill High School. He also served as Chairperson of the Community Action Commission and served on the Salvation Army Board of Directors. In 1995, Mr. Fiorentini saw an opportunity to become more involved in his community and ran for and won a seat on the Haverhill City Council. In 2003, Mr. Fiorentini ran for Mayor and was elected with over 55% of the vote. In his campaign, he stressed his vision to put abandoned shoe factories back onto the tax rolls and increase the city’s tax base. Soon after his election, he scheduled a developer’s conference that succeeded in bringing national development firms to the city, sparking his plan to revitalize downtown. Mayor Fiorentini effort to revitalize downtown Haverhill has so far brought more than 600 new housing units, a satellite campus of Northern Essex Community College on the site of the former Woolworth's department store, a boardwalk along the Merrimack River, the $30 million Haverhill Heights mixed-use development by Lupoli Companies bringing rooftop dining and an NECC culinary school to the city, and many other small and medium-sized projects. The growth and excitement these projects have brought to the city has led to an increase in downtown festivals such as the River Ruckus and the very popular weekend farmers market. On the other side of downtown across the Merrimack River, Mayor Fiorentini directed the creation of what is now known as the Fiorentini Rail Trail, a well-used recreational walking path that will eventually loop downtown and stretch toward the Groveland line. Mayor Fiorentini has been re-elected eight times -- in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019. He is a past Chairman of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Brownfield’s Association and has been selected three times to speak at the Kennedy School at Harvard on what has become known as the “Haverhill Renaissance. In 2014, Mayor Fiorentini was chosen by his colleagues to be President of Massachusetts Municipal Association. Under Mayor Fiorentini’s leadership, Haverhill became one of the first cities in the area to institute curbside single stream recycling and has improved its recycling rate by nearly 50%. In 2010, the Haverhill Gazette referred to Mayor Fiorentini as “The Green Mayor” because of his efforts to improve recycling and protect the environment. Mayor Fiorentini has worked to improve the delivery of services and quality of life in every neighborhood in the city. He has greatly expanded street sweeping operations in the city, and has improved numerous parks and playgrounds. In addition to hosting weekly office hours for constituents at his City Hall office, Mayor Fiorentini has an open-door policy. He loves meeting and talking with constituents and takes great pride in recognizing their successes and solving their problems. Mayor Fiorentini maintains a busy schedule of attending community events and can often be found visiting city schools or inspecting a pothole, sidewalk or roadway that a resident has asked him to personally look at for them. Mayor Fiorentini has been married to Martha Fiorentini since 1977. They have 3 children, Jay, Regina and Chrissy.