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Charlotte Lewis

Chairwoman, Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation

Charlotte R. Lewis serves as Executive Vice President of Kensington Investment Company (KIC), the Lewis family’s Boston-based real estate development and investment firm. She is responsible for leading the development of The Townsend in Roxbury. With her brother Ed, who serves as KIC’s CEO – they have set a bold 2035 vision for KIC to be the leading socially and environmentally responsible family Real Estate Development, Investment and Philanthropic organization. Charlotte is deeply committed to developing leaders and building a culture of high values, accountability, and results.

As Chairwoman of the Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation, Charlotte is actively involved in Alnoba’s leadership programs and believes meaningful change begins with strong, daring leaders to make lasting change on behalf of environmental justice, social justice and youth empowerment. Her work is driven by the conviction that both business and philanthropy can be powerful forces for positive social impact. She serves on both the Investment and Giving Committees.

Charlotte also serves as Vice Chair of the Lewis family’s travel companies, Grand Circle Corporation, including Overseas Adventure Travel, Grand Circle Cruise Line, and Grand Circle Travel, building on her parents, Alan and Harriet Lewis’s vision to help change people’s lives through international adventure travel.

Born and raised in Boston, Charlotte is passionate to help change young people’s lives in Dorchester, Roxbury and Mattapan neighborhoods through philanthropy, leadership coaching and experiential learning programs.

She received a BA from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania for Art & Art History and Sociology as well as a Post Baccalaureate degree in Art from the School of the Museum of Arts. She is sportswoman, world traveler, and philanthropic leader. She is married to Mike Aylward, a Boston Fire Fighter at Ladder 17 and former USMC Scout Sniper First Battalion, Twenty Fifth Marine Regiment, Fourth Marine Division. The couple best enjoy sharing adventures with their young and curious daughter.

One of her favorite quotes: “Begin difficult things while they are easy. Do great things when they are small. The difficult things of the world must have once been easy; the great things must have once been small… A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” — Lao Tzu