Kenzie is the Boston City Councilor from District 8. She was formerly Senior Advisor for Policy & Planning at the Boston Housing Authority. She also has her PhD in History from Cambridge University in England, where she spent four years as a Marshall Scholar, and she now teaches weekly undergraduate seminars at Harvard on the history of moral philosophy and on "Justice in Housing". A lifelong Bostonian, she has been involved in local politics and neighborhood civic affairs since childhood, but she first got to know MAHA by working side-by-side on the Yes for a Better Boston campaign to pass the Community Preservation Act over the course of 2016.  Kenzie is invested in ensuring that Boston is a city where people of all incomes can put down roots and thrive.

Treasurer & Audit Committee Chair

Jim is a retired professor of economics from UMass/Boston and a Cambridge homeowner.  He became involved with MAHA while doing research on mortgage lending and community reinvestment in Boston and joined the Board in 1993.   His on-going annual reports on the Community Reinvestment Act performance evaluations of Massachusetts banks, credit unions, and mortgage companies are available on MAHA's website. Jim formerly served as the chairman of the board of the Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston. He was born and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and – like fellow board member Kenzie Bok – earned degrees both from Harvard and from St. John’s College at Cambridge University.  

Esther is a resident of Brockton and a SoftSecond homeowner. She has been a board member since 2005 and served an initial three-year term as MAHA President from 2014-2017 and then served another term as president from 2018-2022. She is a native of Barbados and a graduate of Suffolk University's Sawyer School of Management.

Ed is an adjunct professor at Boston College, focusing on social impact and social entrepreneurship. After 30 years working in marketing for brands like Dunkin’ Donuts and Au Bon Pain, Ed switched gears to work with high-risk young adults looking to turn their lives around.  He worked at UTEC, Inc. in Lowell for seven years, helping to create three social enterprises where 18-24 year olds could get some real-world work experience before moving on to work for others. Ed lives with his wife Ellen in Dorchester and has three grown and married children.

Shannon bought a condo in Dorchester in 2017 with the ONE Mortgage, and has been a volunteer with MAHA since participating in their first-time homebuyers classes. She is a Massachusetts native, has worked in public health for over 15 years, and currently lives in Worcester with her husband and daughter. She believes everyone should have equitable access to homeownership.

Sonia is a ONE Mortgage homeowner who resides in Chelmsford. She has been an active volunteer with MAHA since taking the Homeowner class in 2016. Sonia has lived in New York, Toronto and Portland, OR but now calls Boston home. In 2014, Sonia received her Master's Degree in Geography while focusing on home values and neighborhood change. She tries to remain active in her community in order to ensure development remains sustainable for all neighborhood residents.