Will is the Founder of the organization, and the current President of the Board of Directors.
Will got involved with the Chelmsford Dog Association in 2009 and worked with the board as a Director and the Town of Chelmsford for 7 years to et the Chelmsford Dog Park funded and built. Once the park opened, he took over as the President and led the organization in fundraising, maintenance, and enhancements for the Chelmsford Dog Park. In 2019, Will started to think on a wider scale as he saw more dog parks open around the state of Massachusetts. The original group was called the Mass Dog Park Coalition and was set to have it’s first meet-up in 2020 – until COVID. Post COVID-shutdown, Will started visiting the parks around the Massachusetts and the other states around. Talking to people at those parks, he realized that the need for shared information was just as great for the groups running parks in the other states, and so he expanded the mission to cover the parks in all 6 New England states and incorporated the group as a formal organization.
Will’s current dog is Maizey (a rescue originally from Mississippi) and she has LOVED helping him in his goal of visiting every dog park in New England. (As of 1/1/25, their count is that they have visited 245 of the 301 parks). He is passionate about improving the experiences for dogs and helping other people as well.
