Cathleen D. Stone

Cathleen D. Stone is a philanthropic leader and trailblazer. She currently serves as President of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation; as an appointed member of the partnership board for the Boston Harbor Islands National Park; on the board of directors for Boston Harbor Now and the Wilderness Society, and as a member of the Honorary Committee of the Museum of African American History Stone Book Award. Among other accomplishments, she founded the Stone Living Lab at University of Massachusetts, Boston; the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship at the University of California, Berkeley; and the MAAH Stone Book Award. Stone also served as chair of the board of directors for the Museum of African American History and as a member of the boards of The Nature Conservancy, National Public Radio, the Supreme Court Historical Society, WBUR Boston, and MATCH Public Charter High School.

In the 1990s she served as the City of Boston’s first ever chief of environmental services and worked with Senator Kennedy, Congressman Moakley, and others to establish the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. She continued her environmental stewardship and public service during the more than 25 she served as a commissioner for the Boston Water and Sewer Commission.

In 2006, Stone received the Eleanor Roosevelt “Following In Her Footsteps Award” and in 2017 she received the Norman B. Leventhal Excellence in City Building Award.

Stone earned her B.A. and J.D. from American University and an L.L.M. from Georgetown University Law Center. She was of counsel and a past partner of the Boston law firm Foley, Hoag & Eliot where her practice encompassed environmental and administrative law issues.