Board of Directors
Warren Tolman
Founder & Board Chair
Emanuel Alves
Warren Tolman was raised as the 7th child of 8 in a working class family in Watertown, Massachusetts. After graduating from Watertown High School, Warren became the first in his family to attend college and graduated from Amherst College with a degree in Economics and received his Juris Doctorate from Boston College Law School.
In 1990, Warren was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and then the State Senate in 1994. During his time on Beacon Hill, Warren became known for his advocacy for campaign finance and government ethics reform as well as his work to reduce the use of tobacco products. Warren’s commitment to good governance and ethics were themes in both a campaign for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and a campaign for Attorney General in 2014.
In 2002, Warren became Of Counsel at Holland & Knight where he argued a variety of cases in court, including for reforms to indigent defense laws in Massachusetts. Warren has remained active in Massachusetts and the Watertown community, where he raised his three children with his wife and fellow Watertown native Carolyn, including a campaign for Attorney General in 2014. Warren is the Founder and Board Chair of The Valedictorian Project.
Before retiring in May 2024, Emanuel (Manny) Alves served as the General Counsel for John Hancock Life Insurance Company. Manny was a member of the John Hancock Leadership/Management Team, the Manulife Global Leadership Team, and the Global Law, Compliance and Audit Leadership Team. Manny also served as a member of the Board of Directors of John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A), John Hancock Life Insurance Company of New York and John Hancock Life & Health Insurance Company; and represented John Hancock on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
In his 25+ years at John Hancock, Manny held a range of roles. Prior to assuming the role of General Counsel he served as Vice President, Counsel & Corporate Secretary. He also held the duties of governance and regulatory counsel and head of U.S. Law & Compliance Administration. His previous responsibilities include oversight of litigation and general corporate and securities law matters.
Before joining John Hancock, Manny practiced law with the firm of Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer as a litigation attorney. Before pursuing a career in law, Manny held the position of Bank Officer and Senior Credit Analyst at the Bank of New England. Manny is a graduate of Brown University and Boston College Law School. He also holds a Masters of Law (LLM) Degree in Banking & Financial Law from Boston University. Manny joined TVP's board of directors in 2024 and serves as a mentor with the program.
Grace Cotter Regan
Treasurer
Grace Cotter Regan is the first woman to serve as President of Boston College High School (BC High) in the school’s over 150 year history. Grace has deep roots in the Boston College High School and the Jesuit and Catholic educational communities. Grace has a long legacy with Boston College High School. Her father Jim Cotter first began teaching at BC High in 1960 where he chartered a storied career as a teacher, coach, councilor, athletic director, and fundraiser. Her son Bartley was a three sport athlete graduating in 2012. Grace herself is a graduate of Notre Dame Academy in Hingham, Massachusetts.
She has a BA in theology and sociology from Boston College, an M.Ed. in Student Affairs and Higher Education from the University of Vermont and an MA in Pastoral Ministry and Spirituality from the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. It was at BC that she embraced the Jesuit charism of being a person for others committed to a faith that does justice. After graduating from BC, Grace joined a Jesuit service mission to newly independent Belize, Central America where she taught English and Physical Education at Pallotti High School for girls. She has returned to Belize six times leading service trips for the Boston College Arrupe Service Program and the Boston College High School Hyde Center for Global Education.
Jon Santiago
Secretary
Jon Santiago is a Massachusetts State Representative, emergency room physician, and Captain in the US Army Reserves. He was born in Puerto Rico before moving to Boston with his parents when he was in elementary school. They lived in subsidized housing in Roxbury where he was exposed at an early age to the simultaneous crises of HIV/AIDS and gun violence that were decimating his neighborhood. These early experiences drove him to pursue a life of medicine and public service.
After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin and traveling the world as a member of the Peace Corp and then a Fulbright scholar, Jon returned to Boston to pursue a career in medicine. After graduating from Yale Medical School, Dr. Santiago joined the emergency department at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where he provided care to some of Boston’s most vulnerable communities, including on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Believing not enough was being done to address the critical issues facing his neighbors, especially the opioid crisis, Jon decided to run in 2018 to represent the 9th Suffolk District (including Roxbury, The South End, Fenway, and Back Bay) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and defeated a longtime incumbent. Since being elected, Rep. Santiago has been a leading voice on healthcare, including combating the opioid crisis and COVID-19, transportation, and climate change. He also remains active in his community through service on several boards of directors, including the South End Community Health Center, Friends of the South End Library, Friends of Titus Sparrow Spark, and the Puerto Rican Veterans Park.
Jacob Citrin
Jacob is the founder and CEO of Cargo Ventures LLC, an owner and developer of logistics facilities throughout the United States and Europe. Founded in 2003, Cargo Ventures LLC focuses on developing and repositioning industrial and office facilities in close proximity to major airports and seaports, the key transportation hubs in our economy. Jacob leads the executive team and has guided the development of over $3.2 billion of logistics and last-mile distribution facilities nationally and internationally.
Prior to founding Cargo Ventures, Jacob had a ten-year career with International Airport Centers LLC (IAC) and its predecessor company. There Jacob led the site selection, acquisition and permitting processes and served on the Management Committee of the company.
Renée Landers
Renée Landers is a Professor of Law, Faculty Director of the Health and Biomedical Law Concentration and the Masters of Science in Law: Life Sciences program at Suffolk University Law School in Boston.
Renée was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance, the President of the Boston Bar Association in 2003-2004, and was the first woman of color and the first law professor to serve in that position. Renée has worked in private practice and served as Deputy General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Office of Policy Development at the U.S. Department of Justice during the Clinton Administration.
Renée has served as the president of the Boards of Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, the Shady Hill School, the Harvard Board of Overseers, and has also served on the Board of WGBH and the Board of Overseers of Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth.
David Mannheim
David Mannheim grew up in Framingham, MA and graduated from Framingham North H.S. in 1978 and received a BA from Amherst College in 1982 and SM from Sloan School of Management at M.I.T. in 1988. He has lived in Wellesley, MA for over 30 years with wife Janet and they have three adult children, all residing in the Boston area.
David worked for MFS Investment Management (over $600 billion in assets under management) from 1988 until retiring in 2018. His principal role was as a portfolio manager on a global equity strategy. He had a number of other roles, including as a reporting manager and a member of the equity management committee. After retiring, he served on the MFS Advisory Council.
Dan Rivera
Dan Rivera has spent his entire career in public service, working for non-profit organizations and in government. Catholic Charities, the Mauricio Gaston Institute, UMass Boston, and the Stadium Courts & Market Street housing projects at the Lawrence Housing Authority, where Dan grew up, are among the many organizations he has served. Dan also served as Special Assistant to Lawrence Mayor Patricia Dowling, and in 2009, he was elected to the Lawrence City Councilor as a Councilor-at-Large.
In 2012, Dan was elected to his first term as Mayor of Lawrence and elected to a second term in 2016. As Mayor, he has worked hard to rebuild Lawrence’s public safety departments and reduce crime. He has also worked hard to regain the community’s trust in the City’s financial health, and to bring jobs and economic growth to Lawrence. Dan oversaw the implementation of the state’s turnaround plan for the Lawrence Public Schools which resulted in the creation of the city’s first accelerated studies program and a continued increase in the percentage of students scoring at proficient and advanced levels. This work resulted in increased graduation rates by over 51% from 2014 to 2019.
Dan attended Lawrence Public Schools and after graduating high school, he enlisted in the United States Army 3rd Armored Division. He was deployed to Iraq and Kuwait in support of Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield. After his tour overseas, he returned home and worked his way through college at UMass Amherst, where he completed his undergraduate degree in three years. Dan was the first in his family to graduate college. He is currently President and CEO of MassDevelopment.
Lenworth A. Williamson
Len joins the board with 10 years of experience in education and youth development work. He currently serves as the Program Director at BUILD Boston, overseeing entrepreneurship programming in their partner high schools. Prior to BUILD, he worked at the Pingree School as the Dean of Students, a history teacher, and basketball coach. Coaching local youth basketball teams while playing professional ball overseas after college was the spark for Len to ultimately get into teaching. Be it school or sports, he's an advocate for experiential learning and believes in the power of a growth mindset.
He earned a B.A. in Sociology from Amherst College and an M.Ed. in K-12 Learning & Instruction from Northeastern University.