the Annual Fund, The Park Parent, and with a
Davis Companies and a senior managing
variety of Parents’ Association committees.
director of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler.
Teresa’s two-year term as president of the
Brian is involved with a number of civic,
P.A. begins this fall, and she looks forward to
charitable, and industry-related organizations.
leading the parent community. In addition to
In 2005, the Governor appointed him to the
her work for Park, Teresa also volunteers her
Board of Directors of the Massachusetts
time as a supporter of Tenacity, the Brookline
Development Finance Agency. Brian is a
Foundation for the Arts, and the Church of
trustee of Tufts University and an overseer of
the Redeemer.
the Tisch College at Tufts. He also serves on the Board of Directors and as treasurer of the Greater Boston YMCA and is a member of the Board of Overseers of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Brian is a member of the Board of Direc-
Brian Kavoogian
tors of the local chapter of The National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, and
B
rian and Susan Kavoogian live in
in 2004, he served as the chairman of the
Wellesley with their two Park School stu-
Greater Boston Real Estate Board.
dents, Tyler (13) and Sarah (10) and their son,
In their short time at Park, Brian and
Previously, Teresa held senior positions at
Scott (16). A native of Shrewsbury, Brian
Susan have become very active parents. Brian
Critical Therapeutics and Merck and served as
attended the local public school system before
has served on the Building and Grounds
an internal strategic consultant at Genzyme.
moving to Boston for college. At Tufts Univer-
Committee and volunteered for the Annual
Teresa was recognized by Merck as Marketer
sity, he met his wife, Susan, who was studying
Fund and the Capital Campaign. Susan volun-
of the Year while leading the launch of VIOXX
to become an occupational therapist.
teers in the library and on various P.A. com-
as senior director of marketing during her 13 years with the company. Teresa received a BA from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the Wharton
Brian is the president and founder of
mittees. As a member of Park School’s Board
Charles River Realty Investors, a private equity
of Trustees, Brian looks forward to playing
real estate investment firm. Prior to forming
a more active role in “the very special Park
Charles River, Brian was a principal of The
community.”
School of the University of Pennsylvania. While at Vanderbilt studying economics, Teresa met her future husband, Douglas, who was studying engineering. Douglas spent
Anne Punzak Marcus
childhood summers in Cotuit on Cape Cod, and his love for the area ultimately drew Nashville, Philadelphia, and Washington,
A
D.C., before settling in Brookline with their
sons, Robbie (14) and Christopher (10), who is
three children, Clasby ’13, Ford ’15, and
in Grade IV at Park.
them to Boston. Teresa and Douglas lived in
nne Punzak Marcus resides in Brookline with her husband, Paul, and their two
Anne’s oldest son, Robbie, was born with
Sallie Lawrence ’17.
cerebral palsy. Actively involved in a project
“When applying to schools in the Boston
to advance mental health support for adoles-
area,” Teresa says, “Park stood out from the beginning with its dedicated faculty, aca-
cents in urban schools, Anne is also spear-
demic excellence, warmth, and expansive
heading a research project to develop new
green space.” Since joining the Park School
approaches for teaching social pragmatic skills
community in 2003, Teresa and Douglas have
to children with special needs, by utilizing
been increasingly involved as volunteers for
some of the recent scientific advances on how
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The Park Bulletin | Fall 2008