Kara Hart

Co-Chair

Kara joined the community in 2015 and really connected with the people and rhythm of retreat life. She fell in love with dance parties, floats in the water, campfires, and the friendships that grew around it all. She cares deeply about keeping those moments alive and sharing the magic with more friends.

Kara currently lives on Martha’s Vineyard and works as a commercial operations manager in the healthcare space making her an incredible asset to the operations side of The Ashmere Project.

Kara is excited to help shape the new property into a place where everyone feels welcome, included, and part of the fun.

Erik Sebesta

Clerk

Erik is connected to the Ashmere community through his brother Leif. In recent years, his daughters, sister, nephew and niece have become valued volunteers. With Erik’s corporate and non-profit board experience background, he is eager to help Ashmere continue to be a wonderful, fun and creative community.

Erik believes that Ashmere's new home provides the opportunity to expand the retreat and share the magic with more adults with disabilities. Building the best and most fun accessible forest trails in New England is something Erik is passionate about. He is looking forward to seeing Leif and his friends swimming in our new pristine and gorgeous pond.

Rich Bonomo

Treasurer

As a retired restructuring banker, Rich brings 40 years of financial, governance, and operating experience to The Ashmere Project Board. His involvement results from his son, Jamie, who has spent summers volunteering at Ashmere since it’s inception. He looks forward to helping Ashmere deliver its vision for the long term.

Maggie Moyers, RN, BSN

Chair

Maggie has been part of the greater community since 2007 and was a co-founder of the Ashmere Project in 2022. She currently works as a Registered Nurse at a Montessori School outside of Boston and brings previous non profit board and operations experience.

The driving force of her passion are the members of this community who have quickly gone from friends to family. She is excited for Ashmere’s future and the potential to reach more people with and without disabilities who simply are looking for a place to belong.

Keenan Bartlett

Board Member

Keenan has been involved with this community since 2016 and has been hooked ever since- it’s where he met his wife! He has a day job as a scientist researching tumor genetics and he loves to stay busy, whether that is adventuring outdoors, traveling, or helping the Ashmere Project grow to its full potential.

With the recent acquisition of the new property, Keenan is excited to spend the coming years building the space into an accessible utopia that will provide incredible experiences for generations to come! 

Myles Brawn-Husband

Board Member

Myles has been a member of the community since 2009. He was involved in the inception of the Ashmere Project and he is extremely excited and grateful for the opportunity to have the new lake front space.

Myles lives in Rhode Island, and brings previous board experience and a passion for making positive change in the disability space to our community.

Nancy Connelly

Board Member

Nancy has been a member of the community since 1991. She currently lives in Nashua, New Hampshire and spends time working at the YMCA with pre-school students.

Nancy is looking forward to see what the future holds for the ever growing Ashmere family and the achievements that will be accomplished in the new forever home.

Meet our Board of Directors

Johanna Romero De Slavy, MSN, RN, CCRN, GERO-BC, NPD-BC

Board Member

Jojo has been involved in the greater community since 1990. Her expertise as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Baltimore area make her an incredible asset to Ashmere’s board, a co- session director, the medical team and community as a whole. She is looking forward to officially having a new place to call home and loves her Ashmere family!

Joe Wood

Board Member

Joe became involved with the Ashmere Project through his son, Samuel who has been part of the community since it's inception. He is excited to see how the project will grow, in numbers of members, in times of year they meet and in and amongst the local communities.

Robin Traquina

Board Member

Robin’s family has been involved with The Ashmere Project since its inception. Her daughter, Kate serves as a co-session director, and she has enjoyed volunteering as a cook during the past 4 summer retreats. Robin believes that Ashmere's incredibly beautiful new property is going to offer many opportunities for program development, involvement with the local communities and preservation and restoration. She is looking forward to what the organization’s future will hold!

Karen Gadbois

Board Member

Karen and her family love the Ashmere Community! Her daughter Marie has been a member of the summer retreats since the beginning and she always has a wonderful experience there. Karen is very supportive of Ashmere’s mission and has great admiration for the wonderful people who make up the community. 

Karen is excited for Ashmere as the organization embarks on a new chapter and a new home!  She is looking forward to continuing to enrich the lives of the members of the community and hopefully opening up opportunities for others to participate as well.