people & happenings
NEW MEMBERS JOIN MOUNT AUBURN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND COMMITTEES
By Jean Fleischman Board Relations Officer
ount Auburn Cemetery was fortunate this fall to have welcomed four very talented and enthusiastic new
M members to its Board of Trustees and Board Committees .
Rebecca Gardner Campbell comes to the Board with extensive experience in non-profit governance and historic preservation . Now retired , her professional background is in Fine Arts . She is a member of the Board of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and a former board member with The Trustees of Reservations . Becca looks forward to her work as a Trustee and to being active with the Preservation , Facilities & Infrastructure Committee .
Sarah Bennett Baker is a communications and non-profit fundraising professional whose non-profit governance experience includes work for over a decade in the San Francisco area supporting small non-profits and educational institutions serving low-income students . She is a member of the Board of Trustees of Shady Hill School in Cambridge . Sarah joins Mount Auburn as an Advisory Member of the Education & Programs Committee .
Bina Thompson brings a wealth of professional financial experience to the Cemetery Services Committee as an Advisory Member . Now retired , Bina ’ s deep background in administration and investor relations are a welcome fit with the Committee ’ s core business agenda . She is a member of the WGBH Board of Advisors and a Trustee with the American Repertory Theater ( A . R . T .), as well as a former member of the Babson College Board of Trustees and the New York Stock Exchange Advisory Board . Candace Young is a seasoned business executive and the founder and owner of From The Ground Up , a landscape and garden design firm serving residential clients in the suburbs west of Boston . She spent 20 years in finance and other commercial endeavors in various public and private companies supporting both U . S . and international operations . Candace has also served on the boards of Grow Native Massachusetts and The Schwartz Center for Compassionate Care . She will be sharing her talents as an Advisory Member with the Horticulture & Landscape Committee .
We thank each of these accomplished individuals for their willingness to be part of Mount Auburn governance and look forward to working together on behalf of the Cemetery to promote beauty , service , and welcome .
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