Paul Foster, Vice-Chairman, has served on the Board of Directors since 2006. He spent 17 years at Reebok International, Ltd. where he served as the Vice President of Trade, Community and Governmental Relations. He also served as the Executive Director of the Reebok Human Rights Foundation, where he promoted and protected human rights through grant-making, awareness and advocacy initiatives. Foster continues to serve as a consultant at Reebok.

Prior to joining Reebok, Foster spent eight years as the Vice President for Corporate Communications at Boston Whaler, Inc.,a leading manufacturer of family fishing boats. He also worked for the City of Boston for 14 years, including six years as Deputy Commissioner at the Boston Transportation Department. He also serves on the Boards of Directors for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay, Boston's Courageous Sailing Program, and the Canton Association of Industries. He is also the chairman of the Massachusetts Sports and Entertainment Commission. Foster holds degrees from the University of Prince Edward Island and Boston University's College of Communications. He is a North End resident.

Consuelo Gonzales-Thornell has served on the Board of Directors since 1989. Consuelo is not only the first Latina to be appointed but also the first woman in the 50-year history of the Boston Redevelopment Authority. She has resided in Dorchester for over thirty years. During her tenure on the Board of Directors at the BRA, Boston has been transformed into one of the world's most dynamic cities. Currently, she is president of BCT Construction Inc., a small lead abatement and remodeling company based in Providence, Rhode Island. The company participates with various cities and towns in their affordable housing programs funded through the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Through both her private and professional roles she has found most meaningful the development of minority- and women-owned businesses and cultivating a diversified workforce that meets the needs of the ever-changing market. Thornell considers herself a voice for those who are less fortunate and applies her passion for fairness and integrity to her position.

James Coyle has served as a member of the board since 2007. He graduated from Sacred Heart High School, Weymouth in 1964. He then went on to attend the Massachusetts College of Art and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1969. His career as an Ironworker began immediately after graduation at the age of seventeen. Coyle worked at all phases of his chosen trade, graduated from Local 7's apprentice program, served on Local 7's Executive Board and was elected to the position of Business Agent in 1997. He served in that position until his appointment as Business Manager of Local 7 in 2001. James remained at Local 7 until his current elected position as General Agent of the Boston Building Trades Council in April 2005. Coyle's commitment to the labor movement and community involvement was honed at an early age by his parents, Vincent, a Local 7 member and Annette, a schoolteacher. He is a member of the Board for the Department of High Education for the Commonwealth and currently resides in South Boston.

Chris Supple is an attorney and has served as a member of the BRA Board since 2000. Supple's legal and government experience is extensive, including more than twenty years as a litigator, prosecutor, and government policy maker and regulator/permitter/ enforcer at the federal, state, and local levels. His private practice covers administrative, regulatory, investigative/enforcement, and legislative issues of law and policy at all three levels and in all three branches of government. Supple received his law degree from Duke University Law School and his undergraduate degree from Holy Cross College. He lives in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston with his wife, Kate, and his two sons, Stuart and Timmy.