Samantha P. Mc Donald

Affiliations Co-Chair, Womens Initiative, MSI Global Alliance Board of Directors, Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Inc. American Antiquarian Society Elected to membership, 2023 Elected to Council of Trustees, 2024 Board of Trustees, New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill Member Emerita, Leadership Council, Womens Initiative of the United Way of Central Massachusetts Corporator & Member of Audience Engagement Committee, Worcester Art Museum Corporator & Member of Marketing Committee, Music Worcester Corporator & Member of Tilton Scholarship Committee, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Member, Wachusett Greenways Trust Member, Real Estate Bar Association Member, Worcester County Bar Association Member, Womens Bar Association Previous Board Chair Emerita/Development Committee Member, YOU Inc, Worcester Board Member, The Commonwealth Department of Children and Families Worcester West Chair, Financial Strategies Committee of the Womens Initiative/Member, Steering Committee, Womens Initiative of the United Way of Central Massachusetts Member, American Bar Association - Environment, Energy & Resources and the Real Property, Trust & Estates Sections Member, White Oak Land Trust President, Arts Worcester Vice President of the Environmental Society, Suffolk University Law School Honors Top Women of Law, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2023) Selected as a member of Leadership Worcester 2016, a joint program of the Greater Worcester Community Foundation and the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce Super Lawyers Rising Star (2015-2019) Recipient of the Pro Bono Publico Award from Community Legal Aid (2014) Articles + Talks Articles With commercial leases, the devils are in the details, Worcester Business Journal, 2024 10 things I know about ... Sustainable development, part 2, Worcester Business Journal, 2024 10 things I know about ... Sustainable development, part 1, Worcester Business Journal, 2024 COVID-19 Legal Impacts Far-Reaching for RE, The Real Reporter, 2022 Authored the chapter on Powers of Attorney, Contributing author, Crockers Notes on Common Forms (10th ed., MCLE 2013), edited by Sydney F. Smithers, IV, 2016 Talks Strategies for Gifting Real Estate to Charitable Organizations, Estate and Business Planning Council of Worcester County, 2025 Adaptive Reuse and Housing Innovation, Worcester Business Journals Economic Forecast & Central Mass Real Estate Forum, 2025 (Moderator) Annual Economic Development Summit: Developing for Climate Resiliency, Bowditch, 2023 (Moderator) NEREJ & CCIM West of Boston CRE Summit, 2022 Real Estate Special Interest Group Meeting, MSI Annual International Conference, 2022 Investing in Worcester: A developers perspective, Worcester Business Journal, 2022 (Moderator) COVID and Beyond: Nonprofit Innovation, Worcester Business Journal Webinar, 2021 (Moderator) Civic Engagement and Your Career, Worcester County Bar Association, 2020 5th Annual Economic Development Summit: Transforming Main Street, Bowditch, 2019 (Moderator) Becoming Ms. Worcester - Getting Involved in Your Community, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerces Worcester Womens Leadership Conference, 2019 (Moderator) An Iconic Building Ready for the Next Chapter: Developing Union Station, Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerces Game Changers Business Conference & Expo, 2018 (Moderator) Media Mentions Samantha McDonald Interviewed on The Chandler Chat, WCCA-TV (2024) Bar Admissions Massachusetts District Court of Massachusetts Education J. D., Suffolk University Law School B. A., cum laude, Environmental Studies, Clark University