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ABOUT
PROJECT STARBOARD
Project Starboard builds places and experiences that connect people to East Boston. Through public realm installations, storytelling, and shared experiences, we make the neighborhood’s past more visible and its future something people can help shape.
HISTORY | INNOVATION | IDENTITY
MISSION
To strengthen East Boston’s shared identity and inspire participation in its future.
OUR PEOPLE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
David Lank
Executive Director & President
David is the founder of Project Starboard and principal of Arch House Companies. His work in East Boston spans housing, public space, public art, and neighborhood storytelling, shaped by a belief that the built environment should strengthen belonging.
ALEJANDRA VASQUEZ
Treasurer
Alejandra is a Vice President at Needham Bank, an Eagle Hill resident and an active member of the Colombian-American community. A banking leader with deep experience in branch management, she brings financial stewardship and community-based perspective to institutional structures.
ANDREW FIRGER
Clerk
Andrew is a Senior Director of Development at Mass Eye and Ear and an Orient Heights resident. He brings deep experience in philanthropy, donor engagement, and institutional partnerships to help strengthen Starboard’s foundation.
PROJECT TEAM
JAY RUGGIERO
Public Affairs & Civic Strategy
Jay is a fourth-generation East Bostonian and founder of Meridian Insights, with experience across city planning, community engagement, and waterfront civic affairs. He previously led planning and rezoning for PLAN: East Boston and PLAN: Charlestown.
TIM ZEITLER
Architecture & Public Realm Design
Tim is an architect at Zephyr Architects and artist whose work explores how design can connect people and place. He is helping shape the physical language of the Golden Thread, from the Thresholds to future public-realm elements.
CRYSTAL CHIEREGATTI
Events & Production
Crystal is an entrepreneur who has built businesses across catering, neighborhood retail, real estate, and construction, bringing hospitality instincts and hands-on production experience to Starboard’s public events.
OUR PARTNERS
PROJECT PARTNERS
MERIDIAN INSIGHTS
ZEPHYR ARCHITECTS
empire builders
SITE HOSTS
Massport
City of Boston
ebcdc, iNC.
PROGRAM PARTNERS
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