Founding members - Waltham News Alliance

June Kinoshita

Co-founder

June Kinoshita

Co-founder. A Waltham resident since 2003, June has been a writer and editor for Scientific American, Science, The New York Times Magazine, among others. She co-founded the Alzheimer Research Forum and N-of-One. Currently she is Senior Director of Research & Education for the FSHD Society, a rare disease advocacy organization. She is also co-founder and executive director of New Harmony Line, a music education technology nonprofit.

Mary K. Pratt

Co-founder

Mary K. Pratt

Co-founder. Mary K. Pratt is an award-winning freelance journalist based in Waltham. She has covered various subjects ranging from community news to fashion to health and fitness, during her career. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including newspapers, magazines and trade journals. She currently focuses her coverage on business, management and information technology.

Annette Reynolds

Co-founder

Co-founder. Annette Reynolds has lived in Waltham for 23 years and has been active with a number of organizations in the city including the League of Women Voters of Waltham and WATCH CDC.

John S. Allen

John works as a writer, coach and consultant on bicycling. He makes his home in Cedarwood with his wife Elisse and son Jacob.

Colleen Crotty Brennan

Retired educator and Waltham resident since 2021, Colleen is happy to be part of a team bringing news and information to the people of Waltham to strengthen and enliven the civic and cultural life in our city.

Natalya Chernyak

A retired college professor, Natalya has lived in Waltham for 20 years. She is bilingual and contributes a monthly column about art, travel, and nature for two popular Russian language magazines.

Andrew Greene

Andrew Greene, a longtime Waltham resident, is an energy/environmental professional with extensive public and private sector experience. His past and present volunteer work in Waltham involves energy, transportation, schools, and housing issues, as well as occasional articles in local media.

Caroline A. Grossman

Over nearly three decades working in communications, public affairs, and public-health advocacy, Caroline has used storytelling — and more recently, her art — to move people: Why should I care? Why should I believe? Caroline has served on nonprofit boards and as an advisor to Waltham, state, and national nonprofits and government committees dedicated to strengthening communities through health, environment, housing, and education initiatives. She is the pro bono graphic designer of our Waltham News Alliance and The Waltham Times logos and collateral materials.

Aubrey Hawke

Aubrey

Aubrey grew up in Waltham and holds a B.A. in History from Principia College. She served as editor-in-chief of Principia's The Pilot and as an intern at The Christian Science Monitor.

Jennifer Rose

A breezer since 1977, Jennifer Rose has been instrumental in the creation of local organizations, including Waltham Concerned Citizens, Waltham Farmers’ Market, Way Out in Waltham and Downtown Waltham Partnership. She helped save the Grover Cronin facade and bring boating to the downtown. Jennifer works in the field of downtown revitalization. A poet and creative non-fiction writer, she brings her writing skills to her work as a copyeditor and wedding and funeral officiant. Her journalism has appeared in The Boston Globe and Baltimore Sun.

Daphne Wang Stubbs

After living in different countries and cities over the past three decades, 3 years ago, Daphne relocated back to Waltham. As a founding member of the Waltham News Alliance, she brings skills in strategic planning for marketing communication, business development, and sales management. Daphne currently works for an international trading company specializing in innovative medical and healthcare products. She and her husband live in the north of Waltham and enjoy outdoor activities and community connections in the area.

Scott Ziegler

Scott worked in community news and national publishing for 40 years as Classified Manager and Senior Account Executive for The Tab newspapers, Advertising Director at Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, Associate Publisher at Continental Airlines Magazine, Director of Business Development at Today's General Counsel, Publisher at Horseman's Yankee Peddlar/Equine Journal. Currently Scott is the Business Development Manager at TOSS C3.