Jim Rappaport
Jim Rappaport is an attorney, real estate developer, entrepreneur, philanthropist and fundraiser and political activist.
In 1993, he joined his father and brother Jerry Jr. and founded the New Boston Fund, which owns, develops, and operates over 15 million square feet of office, research and development, warehouse, and residential real estate. He currently serves as Chairman of Specialty Hospitals of America, LLC, a provider of long-term acute care at two hospitals in Washington DC. He has also been active in state and national politics, serving as Massachusetts Republican State Chairman from 1992 to 1997 and as a member of the Republican National Committee. He ran for US Senate in 1990 and lieutenant governor in 2002.
Jim and his wife, Cecelia, have funded three fellowships at Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Pediatric Oncology and Melanoma and at Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Surgery. They have also been involved in numerous other community organizations at the board and fund-raising levels. In addition, Rappaport’s commitment to the goals of the Foundation can be felt in his recent work with the Rappaport Honors Program at Suffolk University Law School and the Jerome Lyle Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at Suffolk University.
Nancy Rappaport, M.D.
Nancy Rappaport, M.D. is the Director of School Programs at Cambridge Health Alliance and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rappaport is nationally recognized for her clinical expertise in identifying and safely managing aggressive students in schools. She has worked extensively with school administrators and teachers to recognize the opportunity for intervention and treatment that optimizes students’ functioning.
Dr. Rappaport completed her medical degree in 1988 and is a board certified child and adolescent psychiatrist. Her research, teaching and clinical expertise focuses on the collaboration between education, psychiatry and understanding the demographic profile of aggressive students in an urban setting to discern the psychiatric diagnoses, functional impairment, psychosocial stressors and appropriate interventions. Before entering medical school, Nancy was inspired by her work in Harlem as a science teacher at an innovative elementary school. She has expanded upon that commitment and presented nationally and regionally on her experience
with school based program development. Dr. Rappaport has published extensively in chapters, requested reviews and peer review journals to help redefine the expectations of child psychiatrists.
Jonathan Rapaport
Jonathan Rapaport has served on the Board since December 2007. He graduated Vassar College in 1993, where he majored in Russian Studies and foreign language education. After college Jonathan lived in Russia for a spell, then Texas. He now resides in New York City with his wife, Sarah.
Jonathan has worked on various entrepreneurial endeavors. He is currently the president of Thanks For Everything Enterprises LLC, an e-commerce concern specializing in custom thank-you notes. In his spare time he enjoys rock-climbing.
