The LOCUS process brings together a cross-section of community stakeholders who are working to define the public and community benefits that the Union Square community needs to see as a result of real estate development that will take place in the district over the next 30 years.  This group is also tasked with taking action to make those benefits a reality and creating lasting mechanisms of accountability to ensure that they benefits are obtained.

The members of the LOCUS working group are listed below, as well as an specific areas of focus and contact information.  To reach any member on this list, even those with no email listed publicly, please contact Victoria Maguire (vmaguire@locusdevelopers.org) or Erik Neu (novus1@gmail.com).

Name	Description	Focus  (Other than "General")	Email
Joe Beckmann	Member of Union Square Civic Advisory Committee (CAC) and Sustainable Neighborhood Working Group. Co-founder of Progressive Democrats of Somerville.
Tom Bent	Somerville’s representative to the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Member, Somerville Chamber of Commerce. SomerVision Steering Committee. Local business owner, Bent Electric.
Regina Bertholdo	Director, Parent Information Center. District Liaison for Homeless Students. Multilingual Services Coordinator. Member, Somerville Homelessness Task Force. Member, Somerville Family Learning Collaborative.
Jennifer Blundell	Co-Chair, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee. Finance professional advising banks and investment firms, and Union Square resident.
Ben Echeverria	Member, Union United. Acting Director, The Welcome Project. SomerVision Steering Committee.
Glen Ferdman	Director of Libraries, City of Somerville.	Library/Community Space	gferdman@somervillema.go
Irma Flores	Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee. SomerViva Spanish Language Liaison. Former Somerville Public Schools family liaison. Community/parent organizer, Sociedad Latina.
Bill Gage	Member, Somerville Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors.
David Gibbs	Member, Union United. Executive Director, Community Action Agency of Somerville.		dgibbs@caasomerville.org
Seth Grady	Representative, Union Square Partners LLC, owners of former Post Office building.
Esther Hanig	Executive Director, Union Square Main Streets. Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.	Business Community, Preserving the character of Union Square, Economic vitality of Union Square	unionsquaremain@gmail.com
Scott Hayman	Somerville Community Corporation	Housing	shayman@somervillecdc.org
Stephanie Hirsch	Lincoln Park Neighbors. Argenziano School Council. Data analyst. Union Square resident.	Schools, Recreation, Family	shirsch@sprynet.com
Jennifer Lawrence	Former Director of Groundwork Somerville. Sustainability Planner for City of Cambridge. SomerVision Steering Committee.
Patrick McCormick	Former President, Somerville Homeless Coalition Board. Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.	Smart City Infrastructure, Homelessness, Low Income Housing	paddy@post.harvard.edu
Patrick McMahon	Board Member, Planning Office for Urban Affairs. Staff, Federal Realty Investment Trust.
Erik Neu	Graduate, Somerville Academy for Innovative Leadership (SAIL). Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.	CBA Process and Accountability, Place Management Organization, Family Housing	novus1@gmail.com
Courtney O’Keefe	Representative, Somerville Local First. Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.		Courtney@courtneyokeefe.com
Philip Parsons	Principal, Parsons Consulting Group. Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee
Emily Reichart	Executive Director of Greentown Labs. Member, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.
Cheri Ruane	President, Boston Society of Landscape Architects. Union Square resident.
Jhenny Saint-Surin	SomerViva Haitian Creole Language Liaison
Renee Scott	Founding Member, Green and Open Somerville.	Green and Open Space	reneetscott@gmail.com
Derek Seabury	Executive Director, Artisans Asylum.
Anne Tate	Architect and Professor at RISD. Co-Chair, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee.
Ileana Tauscher	Associate, Urban Land Institute. Leadership Council Member, Peer Health Exchange.		Ileana.Tauscher@uli.org
Frank Valdes	Member, AIA. Architect for SCC’s 181 Washington Street project. Walnut Street resident.
Don Warner	Select Development Corporation. Owner, former Union Square police station. SomerVision Steering Committee.	Real Estate, Development, Urban Design	donaldwarnerarch@gmail.com
Bennie Wheat	Steering Committee Chair, Union United.	Housing, Homelessness,  Jobs, Community accountability structures	bennywheat@gmail.com
Wig Zamore	Co-Chair, Union Square Civic Advisory Committee. Mystic View Task Force. Somerville Transportation Equity Partnership. SomerVision Steering Committee.