Back to the Point

In the second edition of Back to the Board, host Rick Goulding '04 sits down with June Matte P'15, '17, Managing Director of PFM Financial Advisors LLC and a newly minted Trustee. June shared her BC High story, her thoughts on the future of secondary education, what she hopes to bring to BC High’s Board of Trustees and much more!

Rick Goulding '04 talks with Tanner Gildea '15 about his recent work with the Biden campaign, his BC High story, growing up Gildea, jumping the Border Street bridge in Cohasset, Luxembourg, and much more!

In the first edition of a brand new segment, we are calling "Back to the Board," host Rick Goulding '04 sits down with Stephen Fulton '83 P'25, '26, Deputy Director of Boston Catholic Charities and a newly minted Trustee. Rick and Steve talk about Steve's onboarding process to the Board of Trustees, what he hopes to bring to the board, and the role his own BC High experience plays in all of it.

Rick sits down with Joe Goode '84 to talk about his BC High story, his time as a White House Correspondent, his career path, the media landscape today, and much more! Check it out!

Season 3 of Back to the Point kicks off with BC High's President, Grace Regan. Rick and Grace discuss how the school dealt with the arrival of COVID-19 last spring, the planning and conversations that took place this summer to prepare for the 2020-2021 school year, BC High's ongoing efforts to address the issues of equality, diversity, and inclusion in the community, and much more.

Nick Puleo, class of 2001 and a Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Steward Healthcare joins Rick (remotely) to talk about his path to the communications sector, the challenges of communicating during a crisis, and what he is seeing on the ground at Carney Hospital and others as the medical professionals there cope with treating Coronavirus patients.

Rick Goulding '04 hangs out with Mark McLaughlin '97 to catch up on what Mark has been up to since leaving campus. Spoiler Alert: It involves founding his own whiskey company and flying planes off of aircraft carriers in the middle of the night.

Rick Goulding '04 grabs some early morning coffee with Mary Farrell, a teacher of thirty years at BC High. They cover BC High over the years, the important difference between knowledge and wisdom, the rise of the BC High sailing team and so much more!

Rick Goulding '04 gets together with the Gosnell boys. Scott '15, Jake '17 and Joey '17 stop by the pod to talk about their time at BC High, what they have been up to since graduating, the incredible legacy their late father left behind, and their work with ALS ONE.

Rick Goulding '04 sits down with this year's inductees into the BC High Hall of Fame (Bob Graham '57, David McLaughlin '92, Matt Carney '96, Myles Staunton '00, Greg Smith '02, and Pat Reams '05), Serge Georges '88, recipient of the James Cotter '55 Courage Award, and Brian Oates '89, recipient of the Paul Hunter '53 Man for Others Award to discuss their stories and what being honored in this way meant to each of them.

Patrick Shaughnessy '94 catches up with Rick Goulding '04 to share his story. They touch on a lot: how he became involved with the IDD community, his career, his time at BC High, his work at Best Buddies, and even his recent engagement.

New Principal Adam Lewis stops by to talk with Rick Goulding '04. They talk about leadership, identity, what it means to be an all boys school in the 21st century, and much more!

Rob Cocuzzo ’04 drops in to talk about his new book, "The Road to San Donato," the bike ride of a lifetime through Italy, being vulnerable as a writer, learning about himself and his family, and much more.

Keith McGilvery '01, anchorman on Fox News 61's morning show, calls from Hartford, CT to talk about what it's like to be on television from 4 AM to 11 AM every day, his journey from BC High, through Fordham, and into the news, how the BC High community has stepped up in his life recently, and much more!

Rick Goulding '04 sits down with Bryan ('04) and Taylor ('07) Sears, co-owners and operators of Mass Bay Guides, charter fishing company out of Scituate Harbor. Bryan and Taylor dive into their experiences at BCHigh and Massachusetts Maritime Academy, what it's like to run a family-owned business, some good old fashioned fishing stories and much more!