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Leadership MetroWest, meet Ali; Ali, meet LMW

Ali Phaneuf LMW’26 | Marlboro & Holden

Occupation/Community Activities: Director of Communication & Digital Engagement at Special Olympics Massachusetts, part-time dance instructor at Charlotte Klien Dancer Centers

Interests: Disability rights and fostering inclusion. Dance! Plants & gardening. Reading (add me on Goodreads!)

Favorite thing about your Academy experience: Having the opportunity to step back from my day-to-day work, grow as a leader, and be inspired by the experiences and ideas of such a diverse group of awesome people.

What you`re now looking for from LMW alumni: I’m excited to continue making connections with fellow alumni who are passionate about making a difference in their communities and organizations! Looking forward to exchanging ideas and finding opportunities to support one another.

Favorite motivational quote: "A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference."--Eeyore, from Winnie the Pooh

Linked in profile address https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciaphaneuf/

#LeadershipMetroWest #CommunityLeadership #Leader

INTRODUCTIONS: MEET ALEX

Alexandra Compton LMW`2026
| Medfield

Director of Client Success at CompLyons HR Consulting, we provide fractional HR, compliance and risk management services to small to midsize organizations
Community

Activities: Active in my church UCC Medfield, Medfield, recently joined the board at LMW
Interests: Pilates, cooking, traveling

Favorite thing about your Academy experience: building community within our cohort and getting to know the amazing organizations in Metrowest.

What you`re now looking for from LMW alumni: connection and collaboration

Favorite motivational quote: "Find out who you are and be that person. That`s what your soul was put on earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come" Ellen DeGeneres

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-compton/

#leadershipmetrowest #26of2026

Welcome Sarah L. Raposa, AICP, LMW’26
| Mansfield & Medfield MA
Occupation/Community Activities: Director of Planning & Development for the Town of Mansfield; member of the Medway Planning & Economic Development Board, Community Preservation Committee, and Capital Improvement Planning Committee; and a regional representative for the American Planning Association Massachusetts Chapter

Interests: local government, travel, biking, hiking, audiobooks

Favorite thing about your Academy experience: Getting out of my municipal-government bubble, meeting an amazing group of people, and seeing how much heart and humanity there is across MetroWest.

What you’re now looking for from LMW alumni: Continued friendships, regional collaboration, shared ideas, and opportunities to learn from and support fellow leaders throughout MetroWest

Favorite motivational quote: “Inspiration, move me brightly” - Robert Hunter

LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-raposa-aicp/

#leadershipmetrowest #26of2026

Please join us in welcoming Zoe Moreau LMW’26
| Holliston & Rhode Island

Occupation/Community Activities: Substance Prevention Coalition Coordinator

Interests: Travel

Favorite thing about your Academy experience: Making new friends with incredible leaders around the MetroWest area!

What you`re now looking for from LMW alumni: Continue to network for future collaborations

Favorite motivational quote: "Don`t let anyone dull your sparkle."

Look me up on Facebook by my name Zoe Relli Moreau, or on Instagram, @spark1z
#leadershipmetrowest #26of2026

Over the coming weeks we`ll be using our social media platforms to tell you introduce the members of the Leadership Academy Class of 2026. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome! #leadershipmetrowest #leadershipdevelopment #26of2026

Jessica Lynch Selchan LMW’26 | Hopkinton, MA

Occupation/Community Activities: Positive Psychology Leadership Coach; Leadership committee member for the Positive Health division of IPPA.

Interests: Wellbeing in the age of AI and climate change, employee engagement, optimizing customer experiences, health, parenting, elder caregiving, Red Sox, and dogs.

Favorite thing about your Academy experience: Making new relationships and finding commonalities with my cohort--a melting pot of generations, nationalities, genders, and industry & functional experience.

What you`re looking for now from LMW alumni: Networking support to secure a new role.

Favorite motivational quote: "See the light in others and treat them as if that is all you see." --Wayne Dyer

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicalynchselchan/

Thursday night Leadership MetroWest recognized Mary Kate Feeney LMW’23 with the MetroWest Rising Star Award. This honor acknowledges and celebrates a recent alumnus for their commitment to the public good and to community engagement. With the lengthy list of good causes, civic groups, nonprofits, and committees that she leads and serves, and in her role as the District 3 City Councilor for the City of Framingham, MaryKate epitomizes what it is to work in community for community. We are extremely proud to call her an Alum. Congratulations MK!

Photo by Lynne Damianos

Scott Richardson LMW`99, Cofounder and Principal of GRLA Architects, received the Leadership MetroWest Appreciation award from Helen Lemoine LMW`93/ Executive Director Emeritus, Skye Jensen LMW`25, and Leigh Walker LMW`23 on June 11 at the Leadership MetroWest Annual Leadership Celebration.

Congratulations Scott. Thank you for leading with such grace, commitment, steadfastness, humbleness, and compassion. Thank you for modeling civic-minded leadership through your community service and through your investment in the leadership development of the people on your fabulous GRLA team. By encouraging them in turn to step into civic leadership roles, you have created a positive multiplier that enriches the lives of so so many. We are so proud to call you a LMW Alum.

Photo by Lynne Damianos.

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Please join us for a night of community and celebration as recognize the accomplishments of our peers and the graduates of the Academy Class of 2026!

We`ll present the MetroWest Rising Star Award, the Leadership MetroWest Appreciation Award, and the Helen Lemoine Community Impact Award to three well deserving alumni, and graduation certificates to the mighty "26 of 26." It will be a fun night with hors d`ouevres, a cash bar with alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, a raffle with fabulous prizes, and more!

Purchase ticket here https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/_rq87pTdt6O_j8vhEWHyAg

Thank you to our wonderful sponsors, Middlesex Savings Bank, Avidia Bank, and GRLA | Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects.

Join our LMW alumni for what is sure to be an eye-opening look at the inner workings of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) on Friday June 5. As a group, we`ll tour this iconic and historic bunker (yes, the one under the big MEMA topiary letters on Rt 9) to learn about the myriad of ways that this agency prevents and mitigates all nature of disasters. We`ll have the opportunity to speak with some of the talented MEMA personnel responsible for providing and coordinating equipment, our federal, state, and local resources, and Mobile Emergency Operations Centers (MEOCs) before, during, and after emergencies. And we`ll gather at Jack`s Abbey afterwards to review what we`ve learned and to enjoy pizza and beverages. Registration takes place here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/l5-IsN1bxe43J7dtGjPgIw Sign up before June 4 please. See yah at the bunkah!

Thank you to everyone who came out to volunteer, donate, and support the Class of 2026’s blood drive today, it was a wonderful and meaningful day. ❤️