Mayor Menino and Executive Director Bob Giannino-Racine

ACCESS Honors

Mayor Menino

At our annual Gala, ACCESS honored Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the City’s leading champion for access to higher education for Boston’s youth.

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Maura Banta

Eastern Regional Manager for Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs, IBM Corporation

Maura Banta is the Eastern Regional Manager for Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs at IBM. Maura joined the corporation in 1973 and has held positions in Sales, Insurance Industry Consulting and Marketing Management. She currently sits on the following non profit boards: the United Ways of New England, The Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy, the Carroll School of Management at Boston College and the John Adams Institute. Maura chairs the Mass Business Alliance for Education Board and serves as a trustee for the Massachusetts Taxpayers’ Foundation. Maura earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Marymount College.