The Advisory Council of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advises the Bank on the administration of its special programs for housing and community development.

Organized in 1990, the council is made up of representatives of housing and community-development organizations throughout New England. Each of the New England states is represented on the council, which meets quarterly.

Members of the Council
The members of the Bank's 2008 Advisory Council are as follows.

Sarah E. Carpenter
Executive Director
Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Burlington, Vermont

Sharon Conard-Wells
Executive Director
West Elmwood Housing and Development Corporation
Providence, Rhode Island

Joseph F. Garlick Jr.
Executive Director
NeighborWorks Blackstone River Valley
Woonsocket, Rhode Island

Rosemary M. Heard
President and Chief Executive Officer
CATCH Neighborhood Housing
Concord, New Hampshire

Caprice B. Hover
Commissioner
Vermont State Housing Authority
Montpelier, VT

Julie M. Iffland
Executive Director
Randolph Area Community Development
Randolph, Vermont

Christopher J. LaRoche
Chair of the Advisory Council
Housing Development Coordinator
York Cumberland Community Action Corporation
Sanford, Maine

Dale McCormick
Director
MaineHousing
Augusta, Maine

Josephine McNeil
Executive Director
CAN-DO
Newton, Massachusetts

Diane Randall
Vice Chair of the Advisory Council
Director
Partnership for Strong Communities
Hartford, Connecticut

Dana W. Totman
Executive Director
Avesta Housing
Portland, Maine

Carlos Vega
Board Member
Nueva Esperanza, Inc.
Holyoke, Massachusetts

David H. Wood
Executive Director
Affordable Housing, Education & Development, Inc.
Littleton, New Hampshire

2007 Annual Report
Download the 2007 Annual Report of the Advisory Council (PDF/2.59MB).