Board of Directors

Guy D. Busa Jr. - President of the Board

Guy has worked in the transportation planning, traffic, and civil engineering disciplines for the past 23 years, 20 of which have been with Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates (HSH), located on Chauncey Street in downtown Boston. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Worcester Polytechnical Institute and a M.S. in Transportation from M.I.T. His work, either in the private development arena or with the public works projects, involves close coordination with primary City agencies of the Boston Transportation Department; Boston Public Works Department and its Public Improvements Commission, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority.

Guy has been a resident of the South End since graduate school in 1983. He has been active with the Washington Gateway Main Street since 2004, mostly with the Design Review Committee, chairing that committee for a little over a year. Office interests are: Design Review Committee as well as outreach from WGMS to GTI and the South End Business Alliance.


Marc LaCasse - Board Vice Chairperson

Marc is a partner at The McCormack Firm, LLC in Boston. His practice includes a wide variety of civil litigation at both the trial and appellate levels. His areas of expertise include: reinsurance, fidelity insurance, business litigation, city licensing, condominium association law and general liability matters.

Marc has previously served on the Zoning Board of Appeals of the town of Ashburnham; the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Harvard; and the Master Plan Steering Committee of the Town of Harvard. He currently serves as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Rollins Square Condominium Association; the Clerk of Boston Jewish Spirit; and is a member of the Program Commission of Emmanuel Center. He is a pro bono attorney for the GLBT Domestic Violence Attorney Program of the Gay Men's Domestic Violence Project. Marc has lived in the City of Boston for over 20 years - 10 years in the South End.


Edward D. Bean

Ed is currently the owner of a retail business located on Washington Street. He has 15 years association experience with his national association. He has served as the Chairman of their planning committee, legal committee, government relations committee, Vice President and National President over those years. Ed has been active as a trustee of his condominium association and is also an attorney. Ed and his family have operated businesses on Washington Street for approximately 100 years.


Carlo Caramanna



Bud Larievy



Carla J. Richards

Carla is the Director of Community Relations at Boston University Medical Center. Over the past 15 years she has worked with both private non-profit and for profit organizations in Boston and across the country to assist efforts at building community and economic and strategic partnership development, implementation and growth.

A research and policy analyst with academic and professional training from the University of Chicago, Carla served as Transition Manager for the first-year start up of The Boston Empowerment Zone. She subsequently served as the Chief of Staff for Massachusetts State Senator Dianne Wilkerson. Carla received a Masters in Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago and a BA in Sociology from Brooklyn College at the City University of New York.


James R. Seligman

James R. Seligman Jim is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston. He practiced dentistry in Brookline for nearly nineteen years and recently relocated his practice to 1180 Washington Street in the South End. While in Brookline, Jim was a member of the Rotary Club (past president), and the Brookline Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the board for the Brookline Arts Center, the Friends of Brookline Public Health and the Metropolitan District Dental Society. He is presently a member of the South end Business Alliance (SEBA), and is on the Board of Visitors for the SpeakEasy Stage Company. Other activities have included hosting the Boston Access Television, “Oral Health Update” on the Answer Channel. Jim is a member of the American Dental Association, the American Academy of General Dentistry, and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Jim is presently a South End resident.


Michael Semizoglou



Douglas Upton

Doug moved into the Fenway neighborhood in Boston in 2000, and was fortunate to win a place in of the city’s first-time homebuyer programs, helping him to purchase an apartment in the South End in 2001.  Since then, he has been actively involved in Boston-by-Foot, a local organization that provides walking tours that emphasize the neighborhood’s rich architecture and colorful history.  By day, Doug is an educator who works with many of Boston’s international students and their families.


Thomas E. Vines

Thomas attended the University of Lowell, studying He currently works for the Postal Service at the Massachusetts District in North Reading. He trains customers as well as Postal employees on the rules and regulations regarding Business Mailings. On a daily basis he interacts with business customers to help them reach their personal goals using the Postal Service. As a resident of the South End he is an interested in the current and future success of the Washington Street area. His goal is work with Washington Gateway to help protect the vitality of our neighborhood and attract new businesses that would benefit everyone.