Who is on the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal?
The Boston Zoning Board of Appeal is chaired by Sherry Dong and includes members such as Norm Stembridge, Giovanny Valencia, Hansy Better Barraza, Alan Langham, and David Collins, appointed by the Mayor.
The Boston ZBA is a mayor-appointed board that rules on zoning variances, conditional-use permits, and appeals. Members serve fixed terms and often continue as holdovers past a term's expiry. Verdwise tracks the current roster and how often each member has been observed sitting on hearings.
Panel makeup is part of the public record: the same appeal is heard by whichever members sit that day. Verdwise's Intelligence section shows the current roster and each member's observed hearing attendance. It does not publish approval rates or voting scores for individual members: they are named public officials, and scoring them would be a read on how a future panel might rule rather than a fact in the record.