The Leadership Behind the Movement
Our Leadership Structure
To advance our ambitious goals, Boston Builds Credit (BBC) operates through a collaborative, three-part leadership structure designed to provide strategic direction, strong coordination, and shared accountability:
- The Lead Agency: BBC’s lead agency, Working Credit, provides overall leadership, strategic direction, organizational oversight, and management of the initiative.
- The Backbone: Serves as BBC’s oversight and governing committee, leading strategic coordination, decision-making, and alignment across BBC’s priorities, partners, and committees.
- The Committees: Bring cross-sector expertise, community perspective, and focused leadership to advance key areas of BBC’s work.
At the center of this structure is a commitment to shared decision-making. Recognizing that lasting systems change cannot be achieved by any one organization alone, BBC intentionally creates opportunities for cross-sector partners and Boston residents to shape priorities, strategies, and decisions. The Community Advisory Council (CAC) plays a critical role in ensuring that community voice and lived experience are embedded throughout BBC’s work.
Morgan Spears
Co-CEO of Working Credit
Kristin Schell
Co-CEO of Working Credit
Susan Simon
Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships
Shawn Judge
Director of Boston Builds Credit
Our Committees
BBC Backbone
Responsible for the overall oversight, governance, and strategic decision-making of BBC.
Community Advisory Council (CAC)
Responsible for bringing community voice and lived experience into BBC’s work and helping guide the priorities and decisions of other BBC committees.
Service Delivery
Responsible for strengthening collaboration among service providers to better align, connect, and improve the impact of credit-building services across Boston.
Systems Change
Responsible for identifying and challenging structural barriers through advocacy, policy, and systems-level coordination that advances BBC’s mission.
Safe Products
Responsible for expanding access to safe and affordable credit-building products by partnering with financial institutions to develop and promote non-extractive financial products.
Join Us
If you are interested in our credit-building services or want to join us in our efforts to aid the residents of Boston, please contact us.
