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Welcome New Trustees

Megan Craigen

Megan Craigen is an Equity Research Analyst at Putnam Investments in Boston. She is responsible for evaluating companies in the U.S. retail sector and making buy/sell recommendations for the Putnam Funds. Megan has been in the investment management industry since she joined Putnam in 2002, serving in various operating, marketing, and investment roles before becoming the firm’s U.S. Retail Analyst in 2007. Prior to Putnam, Megan worked as an Account Executive at Digitas, an advertising firm now part of Publicis Groupe, in New York and Boston. She also served as a Legislative Associate for a U.S. Senate sub-committee in Washington, D.C.

Megan joined the Brigham Health Board of Trustees in September 2020. Prior to that, she served as a member of Brigham Health’s Board of Overseers from 2008-2020 and as part of the Executive Committee for the Board of Overseers from 2014-2020. She is a Trustee of the Murray Family Charitable Foundation and previously served as Treasurer and Trustee of The Wellesley Community Children’s Center.

Megan is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard College. She earned her M.B.A. in 2002 and her A.B. (cum laude) in 1997. While at Harvard, Megan was a member of the varsity women’s golf team and the varsity field hockey team.

Megan and her husband, Joe, are parents to Meadowbrook students Samantha (5th grade), Charlie (3rd grade), and Lily (2nd grade).

Rudina Seseri

Rudina Seseri is Founder and Managing Partner of Glasswing Ventures, where she leads the firm’s investments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled enterprise software as a service (SaaS), cloud, Information Technology (IT) software, and vertical markets. Prior to Glasswing, Rudina led investments and held Board of Directors roles at ChaosSearch, Inrupt, Navigant (acquired by Veritas), Verusen, Zylotech, CrowdTwist (acquired by Oracle), among others. She also serves as an independent director on the boards of M&T Bank and MSC Industrial.

Previously, Rudina was in the Corporate Development Group at Microsoft Corporation, where she led a number of

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successful acquisitions and investments. Prior to Microsoft, she was an investment banker in the Technology Group at Credit Suisse, where she was responsible for multibillion-dollar acquisitions and financings.

For the past five years, Rudina has been appointed by the dean of the Harvard Business School as Entrepreneur-in-Residence. She is an inaugural member of Rock Venture Capital Partners, a member of the Business Leadership Council of Wellesley College, and was previously an Advisor for GSK Consumer. Her philanthropic work includes serving as Vice-Chairwoman of the Philanthropy Board for Boston Children’s Hospital.

Rudina graduated magna cum laude from Wellesley College with a B.A. in Economics and International Relations and holds an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Epsilon honor societies.

Rudina and her husband, Adrian Ketri, are parents to one Meadowbrook student: daughter, Livie, who is in 2nd grade.

Esperanza Watkins

Esperanza Watkins is the former Vice President of External Affairs and Government Relations for Cambridge College. As part of the senior executive team, she expanded the College’s visibility within the local, state, and federal government and was responsible for securing state, private, and federal funding.

During her tenure at the College, Esperanza successfully raised money from the Massachusetts State Legislature by proposing a first-of-itskind initiative. In addition, she developed new fundraising strategies with the president and the Board of Trustees by leveraging and creating new relationships with the community and donors. She was responsible for all expansion projects, including a $40-million dollar renovation and development project in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Previously, Esperanza was the first Hispanic District Director for U.S. Congressman Martin Meehan. In this role, she worked with the congressional delegation on economic revitalization projects, public policy initiatives, veteran affairs, and constituency relations. She also served as a senior advisor on several local, state, and federal political campaigns, including those of the late Senator Ted Kennedy and former presidential candidate John Kerry. Esperanza was one of three founders of the first Latino community bank in Lawrence. Through her work, the bank ultimately raised $13 million dollars to begin its operations. She was recruited by the United Nations Association to help run its New England Chapter while finishing her Master’s in Public Administration at Northeastern University. She has served as a Program Associate at The Organization of American States in Caracas, Venezuela.

Esperanza and her husband Rick are parents to two Meadowbrook students: Victoria (4th grade) and Ricardo (8th grade).