Mass. League of Environmental Voters welcomes new chairman, directors

The Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters, a non-partisan, non-profit advocacy group, has a new chairman and four new directors on its governing board.

Board member Chuck Anastas, of Westborough, was elected Chairman of the Board. Chuck replaces Tom McShane, a principal at Dewey Square Group, who will remain a board member. Chuck is co-founder and Managing Partner of Durand & Anastas Environmental Strategies, Inc., and oversees the company’s permitting and regulatory business. Chuck served from 1999 – 2003 as Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, where he was responsible for oversight of the Secretary's initiatives and managing senior staff activities, including operating and capital budgets, municipal harbor planning, and the land protection program.

New board members are Erik Balsbaugh, a Senior Associate with Dewey Square Group’s Boston office, Jennifer L. Ryan, a board member of the Massachusetts Non-Profit Network and the Arlington Land Trust, and former Legislative Director for Mass Audubon, Mark Jester, President of the Berkshire County League of Sportsmen, and Doug Pizzi, principal of Pizzi
Communications Company and former Press Secretary at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs.