Editor’s note: Newsmakers is a regular feature spotlighting accomplishments of Newton community members, businesses and organizations.
Boston College named Climate Leader
Mass Save has named its 2024 Climate Leaders, and Boston College has made the list.
The designation, announced on Energy Efficiency Day, was given to 19 organizations that have demonstrated commitment to reducing energy consumption and cutting carbon emissions.
Boston College earned its spot on the list for the following:
New buildings designed in accordance with LEED silver standards as well as upgrading equipment yearly to optimize efficiency.
LED lighting installed across all campuses with enhanced system controls to monitor and modify the conditions within its buildings.
Boston College Law School, in total, reduced its consumption dramatically during the global pandemic and has maintained consumption 26% lower than the original baseline.
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Newtonian to brawl for cancer research
Newton resident Danielle Simon is entering the boxing ring to help fight cancer. She’ll be participating in the annual Haymakers for Hope Belles of the Brawl charity boxing event on Oct. 10 at the MGM Music Hall in Fenway along with 29 other fighters from New England.
The event will benefit the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
Haymakers for Hope has raised more than $32 million for cancer research, awareness, survivorship, and care since it was launched in 2011.
Newtonian joins Doc Wayne board
Newton psychologist Christina Wood Baker, PhD, has joined the Board of Directors of Doc Wayne Youth Services, which provides athletics-based mental health therapy for youth.
“When I learned about the mission of Doc Wayne and their innovative approach to delivering empirically-based therapy skills through the lens of sports, I knew I wanted to learn more and get involved,” Wood Baker said. “I am a psychologist and an athlete and have a passion for nonprofit board governance, so it seemed like an excellent match for both my interests and my skills. The need for accessible and relatable mental health services is extraordinary, and I am excited to support an organization that is working to increase access and to offer creative solutions.”
Wood Baker is a clinical health psychologist in private practice specializing in eating and weight disorders, and anxiety among adolescents, young adults, athletes and parents. She is also a consultant to Curavit Clinical Research in Boston.
She previously worked at the MGH Weight Center and the MGH Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program conducting research and treating clients, and was a consultant to senior staff and program directors at Walden Behavioral Care providing empirically-based guidance on program development and the integration of goal-setting and assessment into treatment.
“With Christina’s multilayered expertise as a psychologist and educator in the field of psychiatry, coupled with studying social enterprise on nonprofit board governance and impact measurement at the Harvard Business School, she is distinctly positioned to enrich the Board and impact the organization’s advancement,” Doc Wayne Board Chair Shalini Kasida said.
Wood Baker was born in Nairobi, Kenya, and has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Yale University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Brown University.
