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New England Council Fellows Program

The New England Council Fellows Program was launched in 2025 to commemorate the Council’s 100th anniversary. In its pilot year, the Council has selected a total of six non-profit organizations – one in each state – and will provide these organizations with $5,000 each to support the hiring of a summer intern to support their charitable mission. The goals of the program are twofold: to support worthy organizations with missions to provide important services in the region, and to help provide young adults with valuable work experience to prepare them for future career success.    

On April 14, 2025, the Council announced that the Fellowship Advisory Committee comprised of 15 members of the Council’s Board of Directors has selected the following organizations to host NEC Fellows during the summer of 2025: 

  • Connecticut: Connecticut Foodshare 
  • Maine: Dempsey Centers for Quality Cancer Care 
  • Massachusetts: St. Mary’s Center for Women and Children 
  • New Hampshire: United South End Settlements’ Camp Hale 
  • Rhode Island: Pawtucket Central Falls Development 
  • Vermont: US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 

Learn More

Please join us in congratulating these incredible organizations on their selection.  We look forward to working with them throughout this inaugural year of our fellowship program.  Check back in the coming months to learn more about the young adults selected as fellows! 

Questions?

Contact Emily Heisig or Mariah Healy

Fellowship Advisory Committee

The New England Council Fellows program was developed by a Fellowship Advisory Committee comprised of 15 volunteers from the Council’s Board of Directors. The Fellowship Advisory Committee developed parameters and guidelines for the program, and selected the six organizations who will host the first class of fellows in the summer of 2025. The committee includes the following members:

Chair

  • Steven DiSalvo, Ph.D. – President, Endicott College

Advisory Committee

  • Michael Curry – President & CEO, Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers
  • Joseph Dalton – Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Engie North America
  • Timothy DelGuidice – Director, Global Government Relations, RTX
  • Darryl Fess – President & CEO, Brookline Bank
  • Becca Gould – Senior Vice President – Public Affairs, American Tower Corporation
  • Dennis J. Kearney, Esq. – Partner, Kearney Donovan & McGee LLC
  • Courtney Larkin – Vice President – Government Relations, Travelers
  • Maura O’Brien – Government Affairs Manager, Ahold USA
  • Kenneth Quigley – Former President, Curry College
  • Malisa Schuyler – Vice President of Government Affairs, Beth Israel Lahey Health
  • Graham Shalgian – Senior Vice President, Rasky Partners
  • Liesl Sheehan – Partner, Tremont Strategies Group
  • Ambassador (Ret.) Robert Sherman – Senior Counsel, Greenberg Traurig
  • Greg Smith – Managing Director, McLane Middleton 

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