OUR MISSION

The International Institute of New England (IINE) creates opportunities for refugees and immigrants to succeed through resettlement, education, career advancement and pathways to citizenship.

OUR HISTORY

Founded in 1918 in Lowell, Massachusetts as a community effort to welcome new Americans immigrating to the area, IINE today serves more than 3,000 refugees and immigrants annually, with programs in Boston, Lowell, and Manchester, NH.

OUR PROGRAMS

Refugee Resettlement
IINE helps newly arrived refugees, special immigrant visa holders, and humanitarian evacuees during their first few months in the United States as they transition from insecurity to a supportive, healthy new beginning. Our team welcomes them at the airport, helps them to find a home and a job, registers children for school, enrolls families in health plans, and helps newcomers navigate a new community.

Family Reunification
IINE addresses one of the continent’s greatest challenges by reuniting unaccompanied children released from detention centers on the southern U.S border with family members or sponsors living in the United States. Based in Boston, this program is one of the largest of its kind in the region.

Immigrant Education and Workforce Preparation
Each year more than 1,500 immigrant adults enroll in our English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Skills Training classes, and employment programs. We offer specialized training programs that prepare people for jobs in the healthcare and construction industries.

Immigration Legal Services
For people seeking work authorization, permanent resident status, citizenship, humanitarian parole for loved ones, family reunification, and much more, we provide trustworthy and affordable legal services.

THE GOLDEN DOOR AWARD

The Golden Door Award has been an IINE tradition for more than 50 years. The honoree is an immigrant to the United States who has made outstanding contributions to American society. It is an occasion that calls us to stand together in celebration of the achievements of new Americans who have played an integral role in our community, economy, and society.

The award takes its name from Emma Lazarus’s words, which are inscribed at the base of the Statue of Liberty: “From her beacon hand glows world-wide welcome… I lift my lamp beside the golden door.”

THE 2022 GOLDEN DOOR AWARD HONOREE

Stéphane Bancel has served as Moderna’s Chief Executive Officer since October 2011, and as a member of Moderna’s Board of Directors since March 2011. Mr. Bancel has led Moderna’s incredible growth and overseen the development of the Covid-19 vaccine that has saved millions of lives around the world. Before joining Moderna, Mr. Bancel served for five years as Chief Executive Officer of the French diagnostics company bioMérieux SA. From July 2000 to March 2006, he served in various roles at Eli Lilly and Company, including as Managing Director, Belgium, and as Executive Director, Global Manufacturing Strategy and Supply Chain. Prior to Lilly, Mr. Bancel served as Asia-Pacific Sales and Marketing Director for bioMérieux. Mr. Bancel currently serves on the board of directors of Indigo. He is also a Venture Partner at Flagship Pioneering. Born in Marseille, France, Mr. Bancel holds a Master of Engineering degree from École Centrale Paris (ECP), a Master of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota, and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Host Committee

Noubar Afeyan, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Flagship Pioneering & Chairman, Moderna
Udit Batra, Ph.D., President & CEO, Waters Corporation
Stephen Berenson, Managing Partner, Flagship Pioneering and Board Member, Moderna
Stuart Cable, Partner & Vice Chairman, Goodwin, and Global Chair, M&A
Marc N. Casper, Chairman, President & CEO, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Marcello Damiani, Chief of Digital and Operational Excellence, Moderna
Oliver Ewald, Event Chair, Managing Partner, Trellis Holdings
Jim Foster, Chairman, President & CEO, Charles River Laboratories
Linda Henry, CEO, Boston Globe Media
Jean Hynes, CEO, Wellington Management
Sandra J. Horning, M.D., Board Member, Moderna and Olema Pharmaceuticals
Reshma Kewalramani, M.D., CEO & President, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Adam Koppel, M.D., Ph.D., Managing Director, Bain Capital Life Sciences
Robert Langer, Ph.D., David H. Koch Institute Professor & Chemical Engineer, MIT, and Academic Co- Founder, Moderna
Mark Levin, Partner & Co-Founder, Third Rock Ventures
Stuart Levinson, CEO & Co-Founder, OpenCompany
Margaret Low, Chief Executive Officer, WBUR
Joel S. Marcus, Executive Chairman & Founder, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. / Alexandria Venture Investments
John Maraganore, Ph.D., Former & Founding CEO, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Theo Melas-Kyriazi, Executive Partner, Flagship Pioneering
Elizabeth G. Nabel, M.D., Executive Vice President for Strategy, ModeX Therapeutics, and Board of Directors, Moderna
Francois Nader, M.D., Chair, Talaris and Benevolent AI, and Board Director, Moderna and Ring
Andrew Plump, M.D., Ph.D., President, Research and Development, Takeda
Paul Sagan, Senior Advisor, General Catalyst, and Board Member, Moderna and VMware
Otello Stampacchia, Ph.D., Founder, Omega Funds
Elizabeth Tallett, Director, Moderna and Chair of the Board, Anthem
Michel Vounatsos, CEO, Biogen
Elias Zerhouni, M.D., Former Director, National Institutes for Health (NIH), Co-Founder, ModeXTherapeutics

IINE Board of Directors

Avak Kahvejian, Ph.D., Chair
Christina Bai
Sam Épée-Bounya
Tuan Ha-Ngoc
Belinda Juran
William Krause
Shari Loessberg
Bopha Malone
Theo Melas-Kyriazi
Frederick Millham, M.D.
Deborah Shufrin
Nia Tatsis, Ph.D.
Jeff Thielman, President and CEO

PAST GOLDEN DOOR AWARD HONOREES

• M. Pei – 1970
• Arthur Fiedler – 1971
• Anthony Athanas – 1972
• Stephen P. Mugar – 1973
• Gisela Wyzanski – 1974
• Jean Mayer – 1976
• Charles Maliotis – 1977
• Humberto Sousa Cardinal Medeiros -1978
• Joseph Pellegrino – 1979
• Laszlo J. Bonis – 1981
• Gerhard Neumann – 1981
• An Wang – 1982
• John D. Constable – 1983
• Jill Ker Conway – 1985
• Thomas J. Flatley – 1986
• Arthur Loeb – 1987
• Yo-Yo Ma – 1988
• Bernard Lown – 1989
• Farouk El-Baz – 1992
• Charles L. Schepens – 1994

• George N. Hatsopoulos – 1996
• Lelio “Les” Marino – 1998
• Henri A. Termeer – 1999
• Gururaj “Desh” Deshpande – 2001
• Orit Gadiesh – 2002
• Gabriel Schmergel – 2004
• Alex d’Arbeloff – 2004
• Victor Dzau – 2005
• Kenan E. Sahin – 2006
• Benjamin Zander – 2007
• Mike Lowell – 2008
• Deborah Dunsire – 2011
• The Honorable Margaret Marshall – 2013
• Omid Farokhzad – 2014
• Claudio Del Vecchio – 2016
• Noubar Afeyan – 2017
• L. Rafael Reif – 2018
• Joseph Aoun – 2019
• Reshma Kewalramani, M.D. – 2021