OUR TEAM

JUA ROBINSON

JUA ROBINSON

Co-Founder/Executive Director

Jua Robinson serves as the Executive Director of the Boston Collaborative since founding the organization in 2018. He is a recent graduate of the General Management Program at Harvard Business School. Under his leadership, Boston Collaborative has developed robust partnerships with the Boston Foundation, the Boston Public Schools, and the Mayor’s Office to foster community flourishing. His diverse professional background includes serving as a Wellness Team Member and Chaplain for the New England Patriots from 2021 to 2025, where he developed leadership curriculum for players and staff, and co-founding Heart Change Fellowship, a multi-ethnic church in Jamaica Plain. In addition to convening the annual Boston Flourish conference, Jua serves on several boards, including Vision New England, The Well Coffee House, and the Massachusetts Society to Aid Discharged Prisoners.

DR. BARRY KANG

DR. BARRY KANG

Director, Pastors Praying Together

Dr. Barry Kang is the directional leader for Greater Things for Greater Boston, a diverse network of missional leaders stubbornly committed to accelerating Christ’s work in Greater Boston. He is the lead (and founding) pastor of Symphony Church, a pan-Asian church focused on making disciples of Jesus among the young people of Boston, equipping them to seek and work for the flourishing of Boston. Barry has a passion for bringing pastors together to pray and partner together for the kingdom of God to come. Before his call into ministry, Barry was a bond trader at a boutique investment management company in Los Angeles.

JENNIE FOURNIER

JENNIE FOURNIER

Consultant

Jennie began consulting with The Boston Collaborative at the end of 2022. She has organized the Boston Trauma Healing Collaborative  Community of Practice and assisted trauma healing groups for adults and children. She has served as a missionary since 2007. Since 2012, Jennie’s focus has been on populations vulnerable to abuse and exploitation. She formerly served with the Emmanuel Gospel Center and was one of the founding members of the Massachusetts Coalition to End Human Trafficking.  She has been an ordained Chaplain since 2019 with the International Fellowship of Chaplains.  She serves as a team member with the Boston Healing Rooms.  She is also the founder of Global Prayer Advocacy Nexus and author of “Prayer Advocacy: How I Learned to Pray for the Vulnerable. Abused and Exploited”.  Before being called to ministry, Jennie worked as a medical technologist for over 20 years. 

OUR BOARD

JONATHAN PIERRE

JONATHAN PIERRE

BOARD MEMBER

FINANCIAL REPRESENTATIVE, THE BULFINCH GROUP

REV. DAVIE HERNANDEZ

REV. DAVIE HERNANDEZ

BOARD MEMBER

SENIOR PASTOR, RESTORATION CITY CHURCH

DR. CHRIS ROBERTS

DR. CHRIS ROBERTS

BOARD MEMBER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, CIVETTA THERAPEUTICS

JANELLE RIDLEY

JANELLE RIDLEY

BOARD MEMBER

PH.D. CANDIDATE IN SOCIAL POLICY, BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY