Team

  • I love Waban, its graceful houses set well back from the street and its mature trees and lawns.

    I am running for the Waban Area Council to preserve its beauty for future generations. We need to ensure that new McMansions do not systematically replace houses having historical or architectural significance. Zoning laws should make sure that new structures have adequate green space around them and not turn our...

  • I moved to Boston with my husband 22 years ago to follow our academic and professional careers. When it came time to identify where we wanted to raise our children it became Newton. We live in a home that was built at the turn of the last century by Nelson Marvin whose legacy for the Waban community was the founding of the Waban Land Trust, of which he was the original...
  • Dinah and her family have lived in Waban since 1991. Most important to Dinah when choosing a home was good access to public transportation and a walkable village center. Dinah worked as a research scientist until 1996, then devoted herself to raising her children (all now grown). Dinah is an amateur pianist and sings with the Newton Community Chorus. Dinah often hosts chamber music houses parties under the aegis of...

  • When I first helped bring this council into existence, one of my goals was to begin serious future planning for Waban. The Future Planning Working Group held meetings and events for three years culminating in the survey published on this website and shared with the city. I am a firm believer that no matter the issue...
  • Originally from Pasadena, Megan moved to Newton in 2003 from Virginia. She fell in love with the historic look and feel of Waban, and moved to the Angier side of the village in 2013 with her husband and children. Before becoming the managing director and owner of Camperdown Properties, she conducted Alzheimer's research at the Virginia Center on Aging and volunteered for related causes. 

    In addition to her...

  • I am a strong supporter of the Area Council idea of participation in government at no dollar cost to the voter. I have been actively involved with the other working members of the ad hoc committee that organized the Waban Area Council, meeting monthly for over a year, helping to address many issues of concern to Waban citizens by facilitating communication between the City’s executive and legislative branches and...

  • Sumukh and his wife Shalini and their two children have lived in Waban since 2008. Sumukh is currently a member of the School Council at Newton South HS. He leads product and marketing at a startup - Cybersixgill, a startup. Sumukh has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Univ of Mumbai and an MBA from MIT Sloan School.  He is interested in giving back to the village of Waban which has given so much to him and his...

  • Bill grew up in the very same house he lives in now on Varick. His devotion to Waban cannot be overstated. Simply, he believes it is the best place to live, to grow up in and to retire in. Bill is a graduate of Angier, Brown Middle, Newton South High School, and Wentworth University. He is a mechanical engineer at BR+A Consulting firm specializing in HVAC.  He and his wife Tasha (a well-known corporate and private...

  • Mark Friedman is the owner and founder of Senior Helpers Boston & South shore, a private duty home-care agency serving the Boston metropolitan and South Shore areas of Massachusetts metropolitan area. Friedman served as the National Chair of the Franchisee Owners Council.  He has grown this franchise into one of the top-performing Senior Helpers business in the country.  He is the author of a national blog on...

  • TODAY.
    The Waban zip code is one of the wealthiest in the USA. Yet, jigsaw utility patchwork makes our roads unpleasant, an ancient high-wire act of tilted telephone poles line our streets, overgrown trees and shrubs make side-walking and intersection driving a real challenge, inviting retail signage and lighting does not exist, and residents who cherish a green environment cannot find a public EV...

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