Falmouth Housing Trust held its annual Building Dreams in Falmouth Fundraising Reception on Thursday, October 23, 2025 at the Coonamessett.
Thank you to our donors, sponsors, volunteers, community partners and all who made our Building Dreams Annual Fundraising Event a success! We raised $78,000 for support of the Trust’s mission to develop affordable and attainable workforce housing. Because of your generosity, we are able to create more housing opportunities and help local families build brighter futures in Falmouth! Together we are building community, opportunity and hope.
Our Board of Directors Thanks You for Your Support
Building Dreams in Falmouth
Fundraising Reception
Thursday, October 23, 2025
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Coonamessett
Hors d’oeuvres, Cash Bar, Raffle, Live & Silent Auctions
YOUR PARTICIPATION DOUBLED ITS IMPACT!
Up to $10,000 is matched by Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation.
Sponsors
Diamond Sponsor
Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation
Platinum Sponsors
The Falmouth Walk
The Joel and Blanche Seifer Family
Gold Sponsors
Dalpe Excavation
Eastern Bank Foundation
Silver Sponsors
Lori and George Andrews
Cape Cod Five Bank
Derouen | Levinson Group
Foley & Foley, PC
Eleanor Ling
Mid-Cape Home Centers
New Wave Printing & Design, Inc.
Bronze Sponsors
Eric Asendorf – Janney Sound Financial Advisors
Joan and Robert Bates
Christopher and Laura Lawrence
Bennett Plumbing & Heating
Falmouth Lumber
The Valle Group
Stephanie McDowell is a CPA based in Falmouth with over 30 years of accounting and tax experience. She serves individuals and small businesses, with a specialization in Construction clients. She also works extensively with estate and trust taxation.
Thomas Zine
Lori Andrews has held a variety of leadership roles in HR, finance, audit and IT during a 40+ year career in financial services-insurance, public accounting and government. Lori retired from Liberty Mutual in 2021 as Senior Vice President and Manager of Global Total Rewards. In that role, ensuring more than 45,000 employees receive fair and competitive compensation and benefits worldwide. Lori has served on the Partners for Youth with Disabilities Board of Directors since 2020.
Maro Titus has a deep connection to the Falmouth Community that dates back to her childhood, shaping her passion for the area. Leveraging her successful career in healthcare administration, Maro has transitioned her expertise to Kinlin Grover Compass Real Estate. As a dedicated agent, she strives to understand each client’s unique needs, bringing a wealth of marketing knowledge and enthusiasm to the real estate practice. With a background in executive leadership encompassing strategic planning, government affairs, and business development, Maro’s professional journey is marked by a commitment to excellence.
Sudie Gifford comes to our board with an extremely varied background in arts, education, finance, public relations, and charity work.
David Sutkowy has lived in Falmouth since 2020.
Information coming soon.
Joan Bates has lived in Falmouth with her husband, Robert, since 2002. Prior to that, the couple lived in Newton. Joan’s 25-year professional career was in special education and nonprofit management.
Joanne O’Sullivan is a real estate attorney who has been practicing law in Falmouth since 1995. She is a self described “wash-ashore” living on Cape Cod for close to 20 years. Joanne grew up in South Boston, and graduated from the University of Chicago and Boston College Law School. Attorney O’Sullivan has been a sole practitioner for the past six years. She is married and her children are enrolled in the Falmouth Public Schools. Ms. O’Sullivan joined the FHT Board of Directors in 2009 and became Vice President in 2011.
Director, Addie Drolette, is a Falmouth native and makes her home in East Falmouth. Most of Addie’s professional career has been spent serving the mortgage financing needs of the community of Falmouth. She is presently a Senior Residential Loan Officer with Martha’s Vineyard Bank.