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Beth O’Neill Maloney
Executive Director
Beth is an experienced values-driven professional with vision, passion, and a commitment to making a positive impact through responsible leadership with thoughtful, creative strategies. Dedicated to achieving organizational goals through a collaborative approach grounded in years of experience in law, government, and nonprofit sectors, her goal is to ensure that Kendall shines brightly for decades to come. With curiosity, energy and enthusiasm, Beth’s focus is on a bright future for all in a diverse, innovative Kendall Square.
Before joining the KSA team, Beth served as the Regional Director for national nonprofit, Positive Coaching Alliance where she worked with leaders in business, sports, philanthropy, academia, and government to help deliver on the promise of what youth sports can be. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Georgetown Law School, Beth is a former Litigation Partner at the law firm of Nixon, Peabody in Boston where she practiced for 12 years. Over the next decade, Beth raised her three children, served on nonprofit boards, and taught at Boston University Law School. Beth was selected as a Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Fellow and served as a Director at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the MBTA.
Beth lives in Newton with her husband Bob, and enjoys spending time outdoors and with her now grown children.
Blake Anderson
Government Relations and Membership Associate
Blake joins the Kendall Square Association with enthusiasm for community-based work. A collaborative professional dedicated to addressing the needs of Kendall Square, he firmly believes that connecting with one another is often the best solution to the world’s most pressing problems. Before the KSA, he gained valuable experience working in nonprofits, financial services, and public policy analysis. These sectors and how they often overlap demonstrate the need for a nuanced understanding of complex issues. With this in mind, Blake enthusiastically embraces various perspectives that synthesize and solve problems effectively.
After growing up in South Dakota, Blake graduated summa cum laude from Tufts University with majors in English and Civic Studies. He enjoys crocheting, reading, and learning piano in his free time. He is unnecessarily tall and enjoys trying to be a morning person.
Kendra Foley
Vice President of Strategy and Operations
Kendra Foley is a collaborative team player with a deep appreciation for organizational dynamics and the political skills required to get things done in complex environments. After graduating from Boston College in 1999, she joined Teach for America before heading back to Boston to pursue a career in public service and advocacy. She worked on multiple statewide political campaigns and served for eight years in the Deval Patrick Administration in leadership roles. Since then, she has supported clients in the areas of education policy, non-profit development, organizational and project management, and political fundraising.
Most recently, she held the role of Development Director at the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, a progressive think tank focused on racial and economic equity. Deeply committed to her community and the transformative power of education, she has served as an elected member of the Watertown School Committee since 2016. Kendra lives in Watertown with her husband and three children.
Lina Lahlou
Digital Communications and Membership Associate
Lina Lahlou is an enterprising, values-driven young professional who is passionate about fostering community and cooperation and is dedicated to directing her skillset into making a positive impact on Kendall Square and beyond. Her previous experience includes co-oping in the biotech and medical industries, and most recently performing outreach and donor relation coordination in the non-profit sector. No matter the place Lina’s professional journey has taken her, she has experienced common threads of community and connection, threads that have shaped the way she works and learns, and that have taught her to follow with mindfulness and to lead with care.
Lina traded the sunny skies and warm breeze of Casablanca, Morocco for the pebbled shores and autumn leaves of Massachusetts in 2017, where she pursued a degree in Communications and Media and Screen Studies from Northeastern University. Today, she lives in Somerville with her husband and two cats. In her spare time, you’ll find her struggling to learn a new craft or prying yet another mysterious piece of plastic out of her cats’ mouths.