About the Fund
Highland Partners Support Organizations that Empower Children and Adults, Promote Healthy Lifestyles, Preserve our Precious Natural Resources, and Celebrate the Vitality of the Arts and Humanities
Our Trustees
Holly L. McGrath
Holly has over 30 years of experience in the non-profit community serving as a trustee on non-profit boards and working with teams on non-profit program management. Holly’s interests include children and education, women’s health and safety, community support including various chapters of the Boys & Girls Club and Big Brother Big Sister, and the arts and humanities. Holly resides in Boston and Southern California.
Scott J. McGrath
Scott has over 30 years of experience in the non-profit world, serving as a trustee on numerous non-profit boards overseeing program development and grantmaking. After meeting his wife Rebecca in college, he started his career in high-tech in the Boston area where they raised their three children. Scott has served on several private company boards including TAD Resources International, the source of the Fund’s endowment. Scott’s interests include organizations that contribute to individual empowerment, children and education, healthcare and support for the outdoors. Scott and Rebecca live in the Boston area where they enjoy hiking, biking and golf, and their four-legged friends.
Samuel C Sichko
Sam Sichko is a nationally recognized attorney at Bowditch and Dewey LLP with more than 30 years of experience working with individuals and families on estate planning and private foundations. Sam regularly acts as counsel and trustee to clients throughout New England and the U.S., overseeing both public and private investments. Clients – including multi-generation families – often turn to Sam for help in the formation and operation of tax-exempt organizations. “In addition to serving as trustee for clients,” Sam notes that, “many of my clients come as a result of starting businesses as entrepreneurs.”