The Emerald Necklace Conservancy hosted An Emerald Evening at the Museum of Fine Arts on Nov. 8. Janet Atkins received the Olmsted Award for Excellence for her commitment to Boston’s linked urban parks, helping create the Tree Inventory and Management Plan. The 180 guests raised more than $200,000 toward capital improvements, advocacy and public programs in Boston’s historic Emerald Necklace parks.
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An Emerald Evening
Highlights from high society
By Dana Bisbee | Dec. 21, 2018
Tarleton Watkins II and his wife, Janet Atkins, president and CEO of Ridgeway Philanthropy and the event’s honoree
Sharon Phelan, relationship manager at Ropes Wealth Advisors, and Nicole LaChapelle, manager of client services at Ropes & Gray
Veronika Trufanova, director of development and external relations at Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Barbara Millen, president of Millennium Prevention
Ben Taylor, chairman of the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and event chair Alan Leventhal, chairman at Beacon Capital Partners
Emily Norton, executive director of Charles River Watershed Association, and Christopher Cook, commissioner of parks and recreation at City of Boston
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy hosted An Emerald Evening at the Museum of Fine Arts on Nov. 8. Janet Atkins received the Olmsted Award for Excellence for her commitment to Boston’s linked urban parks, helping create the Tree Inventory and Management Plan. The 180 guests raised more than $200,000 toward capital improvements, advocacy and public programs in Boston’s historic Emerald Necklace parks.
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