We are currently seeking a Director of Development and Un professeur de français / French teacher.
The French Library Alliance Française of Boston has an impressive list of supporters and advisors from the business, academic and cultural community of greater Boston. Our Board of Trustees and Conseillers are made up of both French and American members who are actively involved in our new Strategic Plan for Growth. We greatly appreciate their efforts on our behalf.
Board of Trustees
As of September 2009
- Mr. Gérard Moufflet, Chairman
- Dr. Vernon Alden, Life Member
- Mrs. Zeina Aoun
- Mr. Alain Briottet, honorary
- Mr. Brad J. Curley
- Mrs. Barbara (Suki) de Bragança
- Miss Catharine-Mary Donovan
- Mr. Jonathan Dorfman
- Mr. Jean-François Ducrest
- Dr. Ted Fey
- Mr. Jordan Golding, honorary
- Ms. Susan Peters
- Mr. Jeffrey Plunkett
- Mr. Patrick Prevost
- Mr. John S. Reed
- Mrs. Lucy Sprayregen, President of the Alliance Française de Boston et Cambridge
- Mr. Eric Vogt
- Mr. Peter Voss
- Mr. Scott Yaphe
Ex Officio
- Ms. Catheline van den Branden, Executive Director
Catheline van den Branden is a multilingual and multicultural woman. Of Greek and French heritage, she was schooled abroad in the French system before coming to the USA. Catheline graduated in 1995 from Wellesley College with a double-major in International Relations and French studies. She also studied art at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, pursuing an MFA degree in 1998.
Catheline's career in public relations and marketing started at Creation Engine, LLC., CA, until 2000, and continued at Cosmetheque Inc., MA, from 2000 to 2004. She then joined the Quebec Government Office in Boston as a Public and Cultural Affairs Attaché, where she remained until August of 2008.
Catheline is passionate about French literature and culture, and has always been actively involved in the promotion of Francophonie through her studies, her work and social activities. Some of her accomplishments include creating an important network of Francophones in Silicon Valley, co-editing the www.BostonFr.com website and directing its literary segment, writing over 300 French book reviews, and leading many of the efforts in the Semaine de la Francophonie events in New England.
American and European, Catheline van den Branden lives with her son, she enjoys traveling, reading, art, music, dancing, fine wine and fine cuisine.Board of Overseers
As of September 2009
- Mrs. Barbara (Suki) de Bragança, Chair
- Dr. Charles Cogan
- Mrs. Ann Collier
- Mr. Patrice Courtaban, TV5 MONDE
- Mr. Charles Davidson
- Dr. Charles C. Dickinson III
- Mrs. Joanne W. Dickinson, Esq.
- Consul General of France in Boston Christophe Guilhou, honorary
- Mrs. Elaine Hepworth
- Mr. George Ireland
- Mrs. Lisa Ireland
- Ms. Ann Lovett
- Ms. Kathleen McGirr
- Ms. Françoise Oldcorn
- Mr. Raymond Ost
- Mr. Peter Sprayregen
- Dr. Robert Stobaugh
- Mr. Steven Walske
- Mrs. Katherine B. Winter
In Memoriam
Elaine Rosenfeld
June 7, 1918 – September 19, 2009
A French Library Trustee from 1993 through 2005, and an active member as early as 1982, Mrs. Elaine Rosenfeld enthusiastically partook in much of what the Center had to offer. Accompanied by her husband Jerome, she would particularly enjoy the Bastille Day Street Dance, the Bal de l’Alliance, and the special “meet and greets” with French film directors.
Beyond her fondness for cultural events, Elaine was arguably most passionate about the library, in particular the audio-book collection, and in 2005, the Elaine Rosenfeld Bibliothèque Sonore was founded.
Words cannot fully express how grateful we are to have had Mrs. Rosenfeld as a friend, an advocate of our library, and a dear and devoted Trustee.