Civic and Charitable
- John is a longtime advocate for Boston's traditional downtown. He is a current board member and the former chair of the Board of Directors of the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District
- He serves on the Board of Directors of Friends of Post Office Square, which owns the Norman B. Leventhal Park and the Garage at Post Office Square in the heart of Boston's financial district
- In 2001, John served on Mayor Thomas Menino's Linkage Commission, which proposed revisions to the City of Boston's linkage requirements for major real estate developments
- Former member of the Advisory Board, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate
Teaching Experience
John has been a guest lecturer at the MIT Center for Real Estate and at Harvard Law School.