Sybil Gallagher (Chairwoman & Co-Founder) started down her path of service as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Boston and then joined the team of Citizen Schools, where she led grade school students in apprenticeship-based after school programming. For the next decade, Sybil worked on reforming elder care programs, managing assisted living facilities in the Greater Boston Area. In 2002, she became the recipient of the Alfa Star Award, honoring her outstanding leadership and commitment to service on a national level. For the last 7 years, Sybil has served as tour manager for indie rock band State Radio, while leading the charge to inspire its fan base to public service and awareness building of key social issues. She and her partner, musician Chad Stokes, met at Camp Jabberwocky, a camp for adults with various physical and mental disabilities, which led to How’s Your News?, a critically-acclaimed documentary film on HBO and series on MTV. Sybil and Chad’s latest venture is Ruff Shod Records, an independent music label currently building its artist roster.
Alex Allen (Vice Chairwoman) joined City Year as a Project Manager of the Boston site in the summer of 1996. Alex became increasingly pivotal in the Program and Service Department as Program Director in 1998 and in 1999 as Director of City Year Boston's first Service and Civic Impact Department. She has also been instrumental in the development and management of City Year’s multi-million dollar partnership with the Timberland Company. In 2000 Alex invited three other partners to help her found the City Year New Hampshire site where she was the founding Executive Director and still remains working today. Alex worked with a strong team of staff members to expand the program in New Hampshire from 24 to 55 AmeriCorps members and leads a site that has won 7 “Best of City Year” Awards over the past 11 years. This year, City Year New Hampshire is celebrating its 12th anniversary and is operating fully out of the City of Manchester, partnering with 6 Manchester Public Schools focusing on keeping kids in school and on track with the long term goal of significantly reducing the dropout rate in the Granite State’s largest city. Alex is a graduate of Bowdoin College and besides her role on the Calling All Crows Board also serves as the Vice Chair for the New Outlook Teen Center. Alex lives in Exeter, NH with her husband Jim and daughter Delaney.
Wayne Bloom (chief executive officer at Commonwealth Financial Network) is a member of the firm’s senior management team since 1999, he is responsible for managing the primary objective of providing indispensable products and services to a network of 1500 independent financial advisors who oversee $62 billion in investor assets. Prior to joining Commonwealth, Wayne was employed at Fidelity Investments. Wayne is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, having graduated from the Owner/President Management Program. He received a BS in Business Management from Northeastern University, graduating with honors. Wayne lives in Sherborn, Massachusetts, with his wife, Veronica, and children, Kevin, Molly, Aidan, and Callie. He enjoys playing sports, coaching his children’s teams, kayaking, windsurfing, and spending time with family on Cape Cod—and he is thrilled to have finally seen the Red Sox win it all!
Dan Cignarella works at Keurig, Inc, a subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, as VP of Sales for the Commercial Division. He has over 17 years of sales and marketing experience with some of the largest brand names in consumer products. Dan has a BS in Business Administration from Cornell University and currently resides in Cambridge, MA. His passions include learning, sharing and music.
Bob Ferguson is Senior Advisor for Music Outreach at Oxfam America, where he is responsible for Oxfam's relationship with some of the world's most respected music artists, and at whose concerts Oxfam connects with tens of thousands of music fans every year. Bob holds a BS in Political Science from Montclair State University, and works from his home office in Summit, New Jersey.
