Annual Meeting

On June 11, 2026, members gathered at the Scandinavian Cultural Center for our Annual Meeting.  We enjoyed some socializing time with members both old and new, as well as some non-members looking to learn more about our organization, followed by our business meeting.

Some highlights of what we accomplished during the business portion of the meeting include:

• Modifications to the city government section of our Local Positions to reflect our transparency goals were approved
• The 2026-2027 Program was approved
• A budget for the new Fiscal Year was approved (see pages 24 and 25 of the 2026 Annual Meeting Workbook)
• Julie Lindstrom was awarded this year’s Jane Leighton Award
• Amani Arunga from Newton North High School was awarded our High School Scholarship
• A new slate of officers and directors was approved.  We welcomed the following new Board members:  Lee Gelb, Runa Islam, Peter Klapes and Diana Singer

Here is the 2026-2027 LWVN Board:

On June 5, 2025, members gathered at the Scandinavian Cultural Center for our Annual Meeting.  We enjoyed some socializing time with members both old and new, as well as some non-members looking to learn more about our organization, followed by our business meeting.

Some highlights of what we accomplished during the business portion of the meeting include:

• Amendments to our bylaws (mostly reflecting the change to our membership process) were approved
• Modifications to the education section of our Local Positions were approved
• The 2025-2026 Program was approved
• A budget for the new Fiscal Year was approved (see pages 28 and 29 of the 2025 Annual Meeting Workbook)
• Meryl Kessler was awarded this year’s Jane Leighton Award
• Nehir Topaloglu from Newton North High School was awarded our High School Scholarship
• A new slate of officers and directors was approved.  We welcomed the following new Board members:  Dan Gaynor, Alex Jablon and Carolina Ventura

Here is the 2025-2026 LWVN Board:

On June 10, 2024, members gathered at The Social for our Annual Meeting.  We welcomed old and new members, as well as the students and families of our scholarship award winners.  We honored our departing state representatives, Ruth Balser and Kay Khan, and recognized and honored Halina Brown for all her accomplishments and service to the city over many years.

Some highlights of what we accomplished during the business portion of the meeting include:

• Jane Harper was awarded this year’s Jane Leighton Award
• The 2024-2025 Program was approved
• Modifications to our Local Positions were approved, including adopting support for (i) efforts to improve the climate and tackle climate change,  (ii) the Village Center Overly District for all village business districts, (iii) the MBTA Communities Act, and (iv) the effort to make Washington Street and certain adjoining streets a designated Cultural District by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• A budget for the new Fiscal Year was approved (see pages 26-27 of the 2024 Annual Meeting Workbook)
• We gave tribute to these members leaving the Board: Maddy Ranalli, Marcia Tabenken, and Cyrus Vaghar, and a special tribute to our departing past president Marcia Johnson
• A new slate of officers and directors was approved.  We welcomed the following new Board members:  Alicia Bowman, Barbara Howard, Julie Lindstrom, Tami Roberts and Kathy Shields.

Here is the 2024-2025 LWVN Board: