About Us

Friends of Mary Cummings Park Inc was founded in 2007 as a non-profit corporation in order to help keep Mary Cummings Park, in Burlington and Woburn, Massachusetts, forever open as a public park and playground; to promote recreation consistent with the historic uses of the park and to promote the protection of wildlife habitat and watershed

Board of Directors and Officers

Steven Keleti
President, Chairman of the Board
stevenkeleti@cummingspark.org
Steven has been involved in environmental affairs for over 20 years with many environmental groups. He has served as a volunteer for the Sierra Club and Nature Conservancy. He served on the City of Everett's Recycling Committee to help establish their recycling program. He has served as a conservation buyer to hold land during the granting process for the Caribou Bog in Maine. He has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, and works as an engineering and software contractor and consultant.

Patrick O'Reilly
Treasurer, Board Member
patoreilly@cummingspark.org
781-244-9340
Pat grew up in Woburn near Mary Cummings Park and played there as a child. He is currently an Application Developer and Business Analyst working for MIT. Holds a BA from Boston College.

Molly J. Markey
Clerk, Board Member
mollyjmarkey@cummingspark.org
Molly is currently a freelance science writer and stay-at-home mom. She lives in Woburn near Mary Cummings Park. She recently taught Environmental Science, life science, and human anatomy at a private school in Newton, MA, and has published biomechanics and paleontology research. She holds a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Harvard University and a second degree brown belt in Kokushi-Ryu Jujutsu.

Walt Howe
Board Member
walt@walthowe.com
www.walthowe.com
Walt is active in various local and national organizations concerned with the environment, the arts, history, genealogy, and using the web to promote social concerns.

Catherine Moore
Board Member
cathmoore@cummingspark.org
Cath is a local activist involved in many issues of environmental and social justice who co-founded the Friends organization. She is a researcher by trade, having received her MA in Library and Information Science from Simmons College. She has led the search to place Mary Cummings in her times to better understand how Mary came to establish her forward-thinking trust.

David Cummings
Board Member
Dave is a Woburn native and great great nephew of the Honorable John and Mary Cummings whose farm was donated to create the park.

Christine Warren
Board Member
Chris is a graduate of Skidmore college and a licensed Massachusetts CPA. Most recently,she served as Vice President of Corporate Accounting at Harvard Management Company, a subsidiary of Harvard University, where she worked from 1992-2009.

Rob Truslow
Board Member
rtruslow@cummingspark.org
Rob has a broad background with experience in the automotive manufacturing industry, employee assistance program consulting, counseling, printing, sign-making, training, and technical support. Most recently he co-wrote a proposal to the city of Boston to restart a children’s educational and community gardening program at Mary Cummings Park. He holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina and an MSW from Columbia University.

Stephen O'Leary
Board Member
stephenoleary@cummingspark.org

Our Mailing address

Friends of Mary Cummings Park Inc
#343
101 Middlesex Tpke Ste. 6
Burlington, MA 01803