People Type: Board of Trustees

Thomas is the Head of S&P Global Sustainable1. In this role, he sets strategy and leads key initiatives across ESG Technology, Content, Research, Solutions, and Product. Prior to taking the position with Sustainable1 in 2021, Thomas led the corporation’s business within Market Intelligence for the prior six years.

Thomas has an extensive background in finance and technology. He joined S&P Global in 2007. In addition to his time in the financial information services industry, Thomas spent the first decade of his career in software product development and consulting, primarily for global telecommunications firm Alcatel, as well as in a handful of startup businesses. Thomas holds an M.B.A. with honors in Finance and Accounting from New York University Stern School of Business and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Virginia. He is an avid skier and marathon finisher and lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife and three children.

Meghan is Senior Corporate Counsel at Microsoft, where she leads environmental, health, and safety (EHS) legal strategy for global AI and cloud computing operations. She has formerly served as Senior Corporate Counsel at AWS and as a Senior Associate at the environmental law firm Beveridge & Diamond. In these previous legal roles, Meghan advised on complex environmental and infrastructure regulatory issues, including direct engagement with lawmakers on high-impact policy and environmental compliance frameworks.

Meghan earned her B.A., cum laude, from the University of Florida and her J.D. from Boston College Law School, where she completed a concentration in Environmental and Land Use Law and was designated BC Law’s Public Service Legal Fellow upon graduation. She currently serves on BC Law’s Alumni Board and is a frequent guest lecturer on environmental and administrative law topics. Meghan also partners with New England-based law schools to expand an environmental law teaching program in which current law students teach credit-bearing courses to undergraduates, focusing on core environmental law principles and current environmental justice themes.

In her free time, Meghan enjoys tennis, skiing, hiking, and traveling with her husband, Rob, and rescue dog, Poe.

Jo-Ann joins Manomet’s Board, having served for 10 years as a Counselor and a member of the Board Development Committee. Recently retiring as the Chief Advancement Officer at Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA, Jo-Ann’s fundraising and development experience spans over 20 years with volunteer and leadership positions at The Fenn School, Concord, MA; Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, Cambridge, MA (Director of Annual Giving); Middlesex School, Concord, MA (Major Gift Officer), and The Esplanade Association, Boston, MA (Mission Advancement Officer).

Jo-Ann and her husband live in Concord, MA, where they manage the family’s vegetable and perennial gardens together, with an eye to bird habitat. A beekeeper for over 30 years and a member of The Garden Club of Concord, Jo-Ann is also a fiber artist and, now a grandparent, enjoys sharing the joys of birding with her grandchildren. From building birdhouses to identifying bird nests and monitoring the activity of the backyard bird feeder (guide in hand), inspiring the next generation of avian stewards is magical.

Peter is a Director at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where he has worked for 19 years in various capacities, supporting financial analysis, shared services, financial operations, risk management, forecasting, budgeting, and planning for all Reserve Banks. Before that, Peter worked in financial services in corporate finance and actuarial roles.

Peter grew up at Manomet. As a child, he played on the once-extensive lawn between the main house and the bluff. As a teen, he worked at Manomet as an Assistant Camp Counselor and performed data entry for the Fisheries program. College (B.S, – University of New Hampshire), work, business school (M.B.A – Boston College), and other activities mostly kept him away for the last 30 years or so.

Peter now finds himself drawn back to this place and organization with a continued admiration for its mission and the work that continues, and maybe a hint of nostalgia, too. He currently lives in Arlington, MA, with his wife, Anne Leff. They enjoy traveling and getting out into nature. Peter is an active rugby referee and Board member of the New England Rugby Referee Society, where he has served as Secretary, Treasurer, and Auditor over the years.

Paul is an Environmental Attorney at Beveridge and Diamond, where he works with leading companies to anticipate and comply with product-related environmental requirements in the U.S. and in key markets worldwide. He has represented U.S. business interests in negotiating and implementing regional and global environmental agreements that drive national legislation and the circular economy. Paul has advised nonprofit clients on protecting whales, establishing nature reserves, protecting albatrosses, and sustainable fisheries management.

He serves as Vice Chair of the Board at the Conservation Fund. He is a former Board Chair of the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) and Chesapeake Conservancy. He has also served on the Boards of the American Bird Conservancy and World Environment Center. He holds a B.A. from Providence College and a J.D. from American University. He regularly leads bird walks in Montauk on the East End of Long Island and New York’s Central Park.