2011-2012 Candidates for Appointment to the
Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Advisory Councils
September 2011
Adult Basic Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Mr. Ernest
Name
Best
Ms. Elaine
Fox
Mr. Andre
Mayer
Ms. Mary
Sarris
Mr. John
Schneider*
Mr. Kenny
Tamarkin
Ms. Linda
Mr. James
Mr. Arthur
Farina Braun
Ayres
Chillingirian
Mr. Daniel
Ms. Luanne
O’Malley
Teller
Recommends
Name
Ms. Barbara
Krol-Sinclair
Ms. Lisa
Soricone
Mr. Steven
Ultrino
Title
Executive Director
Institution
Massachusetts Alliance of Adult Learners
Designated by legislation
Workforce
Massachusetts American Federation of Labor &
Development
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Coordinator
Designated by legislation
Senior Vice President Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Designated by legislation
Executive Director
North Shore Workforce Investment Board
Designated by legislation
Executive Vice
Massachusetts Institute for New CommonWealth
President:
Designated by legislation
Council Chair
Executive Director
Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education
Designated by legislation
Consultant
Braun Associates, North Easton, MA
Executive Director
Center for New Americans, Inc.
Executive Director
ValleyWorks Career Center, City of Lawrence,
MA
Director of Education Hampden Sheriff’s Department, Ludlow, MA
SABES Central
World Education, Inc., Boston, MA
Resource Center
Director
Title
Institution
Intergenerational Literacy Program
Commonwealth Corporation
Director
Research and
Evaluation Analyst
Director of Education Middlesex Sheriff’s Office
* Names of council chairperson(s) appear in bold type.
1
Arts Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Mr. Daniel J.
Albert
Mr. Gary R.
Bernice
Ms. Courtney K. Blackwell
Ms. Julie
Bradley
Ms. Carla
Dr. Charles E.
Charter
Combs
Ms. Lisa
Leach
Ms. Evelyn
Lee-Jones
Ms. Stacy
Lord
Dr. Arlene Black Mollo
Dr.
Luci
Mr. R. Barry
Prawdzik
Shauck
Dr. Benedict J. Smar
Ms. Roseanne E. Trolan
Ms. Jessica B.
Wilke
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Beth
Delforge
Dr. Sandra
Nicolucci
Mr. Jonathan C. Rappaport
Title
Music Teacher
Institution
Glenbrook and Williams Middle Schools,
Longmeadow Public Schools
Director of Bands
High School of Science and Technology,
Springfield Public Schools
Student
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Cambridge, MA
Independent Teacher Brookline, MA
of Dance
Journalist/Writer
Greenfield Recorder & Worcester Telegram
Higher Education
Chair, General Education/Liberal Arts, Berklee
Consultant,
College of Music-Emeritus
Performing Arts
Worcester Public Schools
Liaison
Director, of Visual & Boston Renaissance Charter School, Boston, MA
Performing Arts
Visual Arts Teacher East Middle School, Worcester, MA
Professor,
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Department of Art
Education College of
Visual & Performing
Arts
Supervisor of Art, K- Somerville Public Schools
12
Associate Professor Boston University
of Visual Arts
Coordinator of
University of Mass/Amherst
Music Education;
Council Co-Chair
Special Education Art Cotting School, Lexington, MA
Teacher
Music Teacher;
Florence G. Houghton Elementary School,
Council Co-Chair
Wachusett Regional School District, Sterling, MA
Title
Arts Curriculum
Director, K-12
Associate Professor
of Music Education
Faculty
Institution
Marblehead Public Schools
Boston University
New England Conservatory, Boston & Univ.
Mass/Amherst
2
Recommends
Name
Ms. Diane
Daily
Ms. Lynn S.
Feldman
Ms. Jennifer
Ms. Priscilla
Kane
Ms. Julie
Fidler
Hellweg
Ms. Myran
Parker-Brass
Jaron
Title
Education Programs
Manager
Visual ArtistCalligrapher, and
Painter
Visual Arts Liaison
Executive Artistic
Director
Director of Visual
and Performing Arts
Executive Director
for the Arts
Institution
Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston
Lexington
Wilmington
Enchanted Circle Theatre, Holyoke
Springfield Public Schools, Springfield
Boston Public Schools, Boston
3
Community Service Learning Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Beverley
Bell
Mr. Richard
Cairn
Ms. Barbara
Ms. Georgia
Canyes
Clancy
Ms.
Ms.
Mr.
Ms.
Desai
French
Gibbons
Harlan
Varsha
Anne
James
Donna
Ms. Beth
Mr. Todd
Title
Institution
Director, Teacher
College of the Holy Cross, Worcester
Education Program
Founding Director of Emerging
America; Teaching American Hampshire Educational Collaborative
History Program
Executive Director
Massachusetts Campus Compact
Service Learning
Whitman/Hanson School District
Coordinator
Science Teacher
Shrewsbury Public Schools
Service Learning Director
North Adams Public Schools
Consultant
Gibbons Consulting Services
Regional Assistance Director for Berkshire County District and School
Department of Elementary and Assistance Center
Secondary Education
McGuinness Director of Programs
Wallingford Curriculum Director for
Secondary English and Social
Studies
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Terry
Yoffie
Massachusetts Service Alliance
Hudson Public Schools
Title
Parent
Recommends
Name
Title
Ms. Audrey
Murph-Brown School Social Worker
Ms. Kathleen
Shorter
Head Teacher
Institution
Newton
Institution
Springfield Public Schools
River Valley Charter School
4
Educational Personnel Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Mary A.
Czajkowski
Ms. Stacey
Mr. Fred
Ms. Barbara
DeBoiseLuster
Fuentes
Garvey
Ms. Katherine
Ms. Desiree
Hibbard
Ivey
Ms. Eileen
Lee
Ms. Shirley J.
Lundberg
Mr. Donald
McCallion
Ms. Mary Ann McKinnon
Ms. Kathleen
Mr. Peter
Mr. Daniel
McLaughlin
Mili
Murphy
Ms. Talmadge Nardi
Mr. Lorne
Ranstrom
Ms. Phyllis
Renton-Walt
Ms. Nora
Todd
Title
Superintendent of Schools,
Agawam
Human Resource Manager
Institution
Massachusetts Association of
School Superintendents representative
Worcester Public Schools
Council Chair
Teacher
Educational Consultant
South Middle School, Brockton Public
Schools
Framingham State College
Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA
Associate Professor
Dir. of Teacher Training &
Recruitment
Director of Educator Policy
Massachusetts Department of Higher
Education representative
School Committee Member
Massachusetts Association of School
Committees representative
Executive Director
Massachusetts Association of School
Personnel Administrators, representative
Assistant Dean
Bridgewater State College; Massachusetts
Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education representative
Math Resource Teacher
Lowell, Public Schools
Teacher
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Director of Ed. Policy &
American Federation of Teachers, MA
Programs
representative
Teacher
Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School
Associate Professor, Division of Eastern Nazarene College; Massachusetts
Teachers
Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education representative
Coordinator/
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Professor: Early
Childhood Education
Professional Development
Massachusetts Teachers Association,
Specialist
representative
Reappoints
Name
Ms. MaryAnn Byrnes
Title
Associate Professor; President
Ms. Lynda R. Coffill
Principal Coach
Ms. Linda
Assistant Director
Hayes
Recommends
Name
Mr. Craig
Martin
Title
Program Director
Institution
University of Mass/Boston; Massachusetts
Council for Exceptional Children
representative
Massachusetts Elementary School Principals
Association representative
Massachusetts Secondary School
Administrators Association representative
Institution
Boston Public Schools
5
Educational Technology Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Donna
Boivin
Ms. Shelley B. Chamberlain
Ms. Geraldine Fegan
J.
Mr. Edwin
Guarin
Mr. Stephen Kelley
Mr. Charles F. Kilfoye
Mr. Steven
Mr. Lee
Mazzola
McCanne
Dr. Ellen M. Peterson
Ms. Kimberly Rice
Ms. Annamari Schrimpf
a
Dr. Thomas J. Stella
Ms. Barbara Treacy
Dr. David S.
Troughton
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Ellen M. Driscoll
Ms.
Mr.
Jean E.
Maxim
Tower
Weinstein
Recommends
Name
Dr.
Sue
Birrell
Dr.
Mr.
Charles
Milton
Stephen
Title
Education Solutions Senior
Consultant
Executive Director
Library Media
Specialist/Information Literacy
Teacher
Academic Developer Evangelist
Managing Partner
Director of Instructional
Technology
Director of Technology
Director of Technology &
School Libraries
Assistant Superintendent
Assistant Chief Operating
Officer, Council Co-Chair
Technology Director
Institution
Dell, Global Education
Assistant Superintendent
Director, EdTech Leaders
Everett Public Schools
Senior Program Associate
MassCUE
Andover Public Schools
Microsoft
TECedge LLC
Northeastern University Online
Belmont Public Schools
Weston Public Schools
Marshfield Public Schools
Boston Public Schools
Winchester Public Schools
Education Development Center, Inc.
Office of School Partnerships
Graduate School of Education
UMass Lowell
Title
Institution
Coordinator of Ed. Technology Plymouth Public Schools
& Instructional Media
Director of Technology
North/Southborough Public Schools
Executive Director;
StopBadware.org
Council Co-Chair
Institution
Virtual High School
Burnett
Title
Manager of Curriculum and
Instruction
Retired Superintendent
Sylvia
Principal
Squantum Elementary School, Quincy
Peabody Public Schools
6
English Language Learners/Bilingual Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Suzanne
Ms.
Lynne
Ms. Jenifer
Ms. Sarah
Title
Coffin
Teacher
Britton
Cooke
Davila
ESOL Teacher K-5
ESL Tutor
Director, English Language
Learner Programs and Services
Director, English Learner
Education K-12/ESL Teacher;
Council Co-Chair
Director of Interventions and
ELE
ESL Teacher
English Language Learner
Teacher K-5
Assistant Professor, Department
of East Asian Languages and
Literatures; Parent
Representative
Student Representative
Student Representative
Parent Representative
ESL Facilitator/ESL & Spanish
Teacher
Assistant principal, ELL
Programs K-12
Principal
Ms. Robyn
DowlingGrant
Dr.
Guevara
Marta
Ms. Francine
Ms. Jean L.
Johnson
LaRosa
Dr.
Sun-Hee
Lee
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Juyon
Eva
Debbie
Sonya
Lee
Loh
Sek
Merian
Ms. Clara
Ms. Nadene B.
Ms. Darlene
Ms. Denise L.
Ms. Leah
PenaGonzalez
Stein
White
PaganVegan
Palmer
Recommends
Name
Dr. Ayanna Cooper
Ms. Farah
Assiraj
Ms. Jaana K.
Thorarensen
Dr. Karrie J.
Allen
Adjunct Professor of Reading
Chief of Grants Management
Institution
Haverhill Public Schools
Brunton Elementary School, Springfield, MA
Ipswich Public Schools
Somerville Public Schools
Diamond Middle School, Lexington Public
Schools
Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools
Greater Lawrence Technical High School
A.C. Whelan Elementary School, Revere
Public Schools
Wellesley College, MA
Wellesley Public Schools
Wellesley Public Schools
Wellesley Public Schools
Holliston Public Schools
Lawrence Public Schools
Northeast Elementary School, Waltham,
Public Schools
Gordon, College, Wenham, MA
Springfield Public Schools
ESL Teacher and Coordinator; Wellesley Public Schools
Council Co-Chair
Title
Director of English Language
Learners
Senior Academic Design and
Support Specialist
Director, English Language
Learning Program
Principal
Institution
Southbridge Public Schools
Boston Public Schools
Salem Public Schools
Norrback Avenue School, Worcester
7
Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Dr. Lorretta M. Holloway
Ms. Michele
Ms. Shelly
Title
Associate Professor of
Literature & Composition;
Advisor
Mowatt
Principal, Business Strategy and
Research
Natcharian Freelance Writer
PotterTeacher
Astion
Proude
Parent
Toomey
Systems Engineer
Recommends
Name
Ms. Janis
Ms. M. Kate
Ms. Rebecca
Mr. Oscar
Baron
Carbone
Duda
Loureiro
Ms. Elizabeth
Dr. Aimee
Pratt
Yermish
Mr.
Tyrone
Ms. Lisa
Ms. Donna
Title
Director of KITE, Consultant
Chief Academic Officer
Teacher
Director of Data Management
and Evaluation
Principal
Educational Therapist, Doctor
of Psychology
Institution
Framingham State College, Department of
English; Director of M.Ed. Program
Concentration in English
at FromTopDown
Wilbraham, MA
Berkshire Hills Regional Schools
Hull, MA
BAE Systems, Hudson, NH
Institution
Teachers 21
Triton Regional School District
Dracut Public Schools
Brookline Public Schools
Southeast School, Leominster
Da Vinci Learning Center
8
Global Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Title
Beran
Egypt Forum Program
David
Director of Public Diplomacy
Dixon Paolini Director of Administration,
Curriculum and Grants
Phyllis
Dragonas
former Deputy
Superintendent
Timothy J.
Farmer
Assistant Superintendent
Thomas
Gwin
Principal; Council Chair
Kongli
Liu
Assistant Director for
Academic Programs
Patrick J.
Loconto
Per diem Interpreter
Mary H.
McCarthy
Principal
Craig J.
Perrier
Teacher – US History and
Introduction to Psychology
Patricia
Puglisi
Assistant Principal of
Curriculum and Instruction
Jane E.
Rizzitano
Department Head of Foreign
Language
Ginny
Zaid
School Psychologist
Pei
Zhang
Global Director
Mr. Paul
Ms. Jamie
Ms. Donna
Ms.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Ms.
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Elaine
Cawley
Weintraub
Ms. Marylee F.
Rambaud
Ms. Jalene
Tamerat
Recommends
Name
Ms. Nancy
Mirra
Ms. Rosemary
Vickery
Institution
Harvard University
Consulate General of Israel to New England
Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School
District
Melrose Public Schools
Sharon Public Schools
Winchester High School
U.S. China Institute, Bryant University
Fallon Clinic, Worcester
Hudson Public Schools
Billerica Public Schools
Reading Public Schools
Brockton Public Schools
Randolph Public Schools
U.S. China Scitech Education Promotion
Organization
Title
History Department Head
Institution
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School
Associate Professor
Teacher
Boston University
Josiah Quincy Upper School, Boston
Title
Institution
Foreign Language Dept. Chair Masconomet Regional School District
Principal
John F. Kenney Middle School, Natick Public
Schools
9
Interdisciplinary Health Education and Human Services Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Mary
Connolly
Ms. Christine
Kenney
Ms. Alicia
Ms. Allison
Lapomardo
LeClair
Ms. Donna
Marshall
Dr. Christina
Ms. Anne
Scirica
Sheetz
Title
Institution
College Instructor, Consultant Cambridge College
Director of Educational
Department of Youth Services, Designated by
Services
legislation
Institutional Parole Officer
Massachusetts State Parole Board
Director of Instructional
Southwick-Tolland Regional School District
Programs and Grants
Financial Assistance Specialist Department of Early Education and Care,
Designated by legislation
Instructor
Harvard Medical School
Director, School Health
Massachusetts Department of Public Health,
Services
Designated by legislation
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Patricia
Boland
Title
Health Educator
Ms. Nancy
Carpenter
Executive Director
Ms. Mary Ellen
Mr. Thomas
Kirrane
Zaya
K-8 Wellness Coordinator
Dept. Head, Health &
Wellness
Recommends
Name
Ms. Patricia
Dandrea
Ms. Katherine
Ms. Arlene
Kelly
Tierney
Ms. Cynthia
Tomlin
Title
Health & PE Department
Head
Health Educator
Adjunct Professor, Counseling
Psychology
School Nurse
Institution
Monument Valley Regional Middle School,
Great Barrington
Massachusetts Association for School-Based
Health Care
Brockton Public Schools
Reading Memorial High School
Institution
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High
School
Easton Public Schools
American International College
Ditson Elementary School, Billerica
Co-Chairs to be determined
10
Life Management Skills Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Mr. Richard
Andrea
Ms. Shirley
Chao
Ms. Carol S.
Lewis
Mr. John
Ms. Cindy
Ms. Gloria A.
Magnarelli
Rice
Santa-Anna
Ms. Janet
Schwartz
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Linda
HunchakRohr
Title
Culinary Arts Education;
Council Chair
Director of Nutrition
Manager, Consumer
Regulations Specialist
Regional Director
President
Program Director
Chair, Department of
Consumer Sciences
Institution
Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical
High School
Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder
Affairs
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
US Department of Agriculture
Eastern Food Safety
UMass/Amherst Labor/Management
Workplace Education Program
Framingham State College
Title
Nutritionist
Recommends
Name
Title
Dr. Jennifer
Davis Carey Executive Director
Ms. Maureen
Harty-Vacca Chair
Institution
Kingston, MA
Institution
Worcester Education Collaborative
North Reading School Committee
11
Mathematics and Science Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Kathleen
Bodie
Dr. Andrew
Chen
Dr. Al
Cucco
Mr. Marc P.
Duffy
Dr. Solomon
Mr.
Mark
Ms. Christyna M.
Ms. Eileen
Friedberg
Mr. Barnas
Ms. Judy
Mr. Josh Derek
Monteith
Moore
Mower
Ms. Nitzan
Dr. Steven
Resnick
Rosenberg
Ms. Sandra
Ryack-Bell
Johnston
Laubach
Lee
Recommends
Name
Mr. Robert
Akie
Ms. Sharon
DeCicco
Ms. Lauren
Provost
Title
Interim Superintendent
President
Senior Scientist & Director,
Center for Mathematics
Education.
Mathematics Department
Chair
Professor of Mathematics
Mathematics & Science
Teacher
Teacher; Department Chair
Director for Educator Policy
Senior Vice President
Elementary Teacher
High School Mathematics
Teacher
Director
Professor of Mathematics;
Council Co-Chair
Executive Director; Council
Co-Chair
Title
Mathematics Teacher
Mathematics Teacher
Mathematics Teacher
Institution
Arlington Public Schools
EduTron Corporation
Education Development Center
Pembroke Public Schools
Boston College
Lynn Public Schools
Lenox Public Schools
Massachusetts Department of
Higher Education
Advanced Diamond Solutions
Harvard Public Schools
Lynn Public Schools
The New Science & Math Initiative
Boston University
Museum Institute for Teaching Science
Institution
Franklin Public Schools
Oakmont Regional Public Schools
Sparhawk School
12
Parent and Community Education and Involvement Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Title
Elementary Teacher
Parent; Elementary Teacher
Founder and President
Regional Manager
Director of Sales and
Marketing; Immediate Past
President
Community Outreach
Coordinator
Principal
Institution
Boston Public Schools
Framingham Public Schools
The Morsel of Clay Inc.
Cape Cod Child Development
Special Tees, Plymouth, MA;
Massachusetts PTA
Director
Associate Executive Director
Plymouth Youth Development Collaborative
Community Teamwork Inc.
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Antonia M. Blinn
Title
Program Director
Ms. Kristine E.
CoffeyDonahue
Ms. Patricia
Gorham
Ms. Joanne
McCormick
Ms. Margaret C. O’Hare
Parent; Attorney
Mr. Stuart
Ms. Abby R.
Teacher
Executive Director
Institution
MA Association for School-Based Health
Care
Westborough; Law Office of Kristine D.
Coffey-Donahue
Swampscott Public Schools
Dedham Public Schools
Massachusetts Parent & Information &
Resource Center (PIRC) Federation for
Children with Special Needs
Natick Public Schools
Full-service Schools Roundtable
Mr.
Ms.
Mr.
Ms.
Ms.
Robert
Ana Maria
James
Marilyn
Kim
Bouvier
Chacon
Harrity
Hughes
Hunt
Ms.
Kathleen
Mr. Brian
Ms. Jennifer
Ms. Julie A.
Meagher
MiddletonCox
Pinto
Salois
Peskin
Weiss
Recommends
Name
Ms. Kimberly M. Artez
Ms. Evelyn
Bouley
Mr. Clay
Connor
Ms. Abigail C.
Ms. Kathleen
Ms. Michelle
Hanscom
Jones
Sylvaria
Director, SOAR Programs
Director of Guidance
Director; Council Chair
Nashoba Regional School District
Harry Lee Cole School, Boxford
Title
Parent; Lead Teacher
Title I/MCAS Assistant
Institution
Bay Cove Early Intervention Program
Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational
Technical School
Vice President
Board of Trustees, Rowe Camp and
Conference Center
Director of Student Services Westwood Public Schools
President, CEO and Founder TTT Mentor Program, Cambridge, MA
Humanities Department Head Morton Middle School, Fall River, MA
13
Racial Imbalance Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Dr. Jorgelina
AbbateVaughn
Ms. Satinder K. Aujla
Title
Assistant Professor;
Council Co-Chair
Biology and Vertebrate and
Anatomy Teacher
Post Seattle-Louisville
Coordinator
Organizational Representative
Ms. Gina J.
Chirichigno
Ms. Barbara
Fields
Ms. Nealon L.
Mr. Jose
Ms. Catherine
Jaynes-Lewis NCLB Administrator
Lopez
Civics Teacher
McCarthy
Supplemental Educational
Services Provider
McLaughlin Affirmative Action Officer;
Council Co-Chair
Principe
Director of Educational
Leadership
Dr. Kahris
Mr. Robert A.
Ms. Kimberley
Ms. Christine
Canning
Williams
Wilson
Reappoints
Name
Ms. Rachel
Bowen
Coblyn
Dr. Denise
Messina
Recommends
Name
Ms. Christine
Murray
Mrs. Jenee Palmer Ramos
Mrs. Margaret
Daniels
Tyler
Institution
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Doherty High School, Worcester, MA
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute
for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School
Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts –
BEAM
Springfield Public Schools
Curley School, Boston Public Schools
Bradford Dunn Institute, Holyoke and
Springfield Public Schools
Cambridge Public Schools
Senior Officer of Equity
CEO
Hiatt Center, Social Justice Education,
Beaver County Day School, Chestnut Hill,
MA
Boston Public Schools
New England Global Network LLC
Title
Human Resources Assistant
Director
Director Pupil Services
Institution
Amherst-Pelham Regional
School District
Cohasset Public Schools
Title
Institution
Financial and Grants
Boston University Medical School
Administrator
English Teacher and Literacy Brookline High School, Brookline
Project Director
Senior Program Officer
U.S. Special Initiatives, Bill and Melinda
Gates Foundation
14
School and District Accountability and Assistance Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Mr. Dorsey
Yearly
Mr. Jeffrey D.
Thielman
Title
Executive Director
President, North Cambridge
Catholic High School
Ms. Julia G.
Mr. Andrew
Mr. Joseph
Bowen
Churchill
Esposito
Executive Director
Assistant Director
Council Chair
Ms. Anne
McKenzie
Executive Director
Ms. Beverly
Miyares
Ms. Linda
Noonan
Professional Development
Specialist
Executive Director
Ms. Laura
Mr. John
Perille
Portz
Ms. Susan
Ms. Tari N.
Ms. Elizabeth
Therriault
Thomas
Freedman
Executive Director
Chair, Political Science
Department
Research Analyst
Assistant Superintendent
Principal
Recommends
Name
Ms. Margaret
Doyle
Principal
Mr. Matt
Superintendent
Malone
Title
Institution
The Education Collaborative
Massachusetts Association of School
Committees representative
Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public
School, Williamstown, MA
Center for Education Policy, UMass/Amherst
Retired CFO, Solid Works and Former
EMAC Board Member
Lower Pioneer Valley Educational
Collaborative
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Massachusetts Business Alliance for
Education
EdVestors, BPS Parent
Northeastern University
American Institutes for Research
Agawam Public Schools
Greater Lawrence Technical High School,
Andover, MA
Institution
Thorndyke Road Elementary School,
Worcester- MESPA Representative
Brockton Public Schools- MASS
Representative
15
Special Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Dr. Louis
Name
Abbate
Title
Executive Director
Ms. Jane
Buckley
Supervisor, Transition Team
Ms. Ann
Capoccia
Mr. Peter
Cirioni
Coordinator, Child and
Adolescent Division
State Coordinator
Ms. Mary
Ms. Gail
DennehyColorusso
Havelick
Ms. Carla B.
Jentz
Ms. Christine
Kenney
Ms. Mary
Ms. Evelyn
Murray
Nellum
Dr. Alec
Dr. Patricia
Peck
Schram
Ms. Susan
Stelk
Ms. Jennie
DunKley
Ms. Alison
Perry
Dr.
Ms. Nicole W.
Ms. Susan E.
Ms. Julie
Fraser
Davis
Grazado
Rasicot
Sinclair
Recommends
Name
Mr. Richard
Cotell
Ms. Shelby
Walker
Institution
Willie Ross School for the Deaf,
Massachusetts Association of Approved
Private Schools designee
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission,
MRC designee
Department of Mental Health, DMH
designee
Office for the Education of Homeless
Children & Youth, Department of Elementary
& Secondary Ed., ESE designee
Department of Public Health, DPH designee
Procedural Safeguard
Coordinator
Director, Benefits Training & Department of Public Health, DPH designee
Technical Assistance
Executive Director
Massachusetts Administrators for Special
Education, ASE representative
Director of Educational
Department of Youth Services, DYS designee
Services
Alternate
Department of Youth Services, DYS designee
Policy Specialist
Department of Early Education and Care,
DEEC designee
Professor
Boston College
Parent Representative;
Brookline, MA
Council Vice-Chair
Director of Education
Department of Children and Family Services
DCF designee
Parent Representative,
South Easton
Council Chair
Parent Representative
Marlborough
Former Superintendent
MA Association of School Superintendents, &
New England School Development Council
Special Education Teacher
Swampscott Public Schools
Director of Special Education Foxborough Regional Public Charter School
Statewide Educator,
Federation for Children with Special Needs
Parent Representative
Title
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Institution
Needham, MA
Georgetown, MA
16
Technology/Engineering Education Advisory Council
Maintains
Name
Ms. Denise
Barlow
Ms. Sarah
Calla
Mr. John J.
DeCicco
Mr. Matt
Mr. Joseph
McGee
Ramos
Ms. Susan
Sanford
Ms. Sharlene
Yang
Recommends
Name
Dr. Patricia
Hogan
Mr. Scott
Jewell
Mr. David
Patrick
Title
Technology/Engineering,
Teacher
Engineering/Industrial
Technology Teacher
Technology/Engineering,
Teacher
Assistant Professor
Technology/Engineering
Teacher
Technology/Engineering
Teacher; Council Chair
Professional Development
Director
Institution
Framingham Public Schools
Title
Associate Professor
Technology Education
Teacher
Engineering Teacher
Institution
Suffolk University
Ipswich Public Schools
Timony and Tenney Grammar School,
Methuen Public Schools
Oakmont Regional High School
Fitchburg State College
Somerset Public Schools
Worcester Public Schools
Museum of Science, Boston, MA
Bridgewater-Raynham Public Schools
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Vocational Technical Education Advisory Council
Maintain
Name
Ms. Jennifer
Weiss
Donovan
Reappoints
Name
Mr. Roger
Bourgeois
Title
Institution
Registered Architect/Contract Payette Associates Inc.
Coordinator
Mr. Edwin B.
Coghlin, Jr.
Dr. Letitia K.
Davis
Ms. Alice B.
DeLuca
Title
Superintendent; Council CoChair
Chair, General Advisory
Committee
Director of Occupational
Health Surveillance Program
Member
Mr. David
Ferreira
Executive Director
Ms. Sharon A.
Grundel
Manager
Mr. Robert
Kenrick
Program Manager
Ms. Emily
Lebo
Mr. Thomas A.
Theroux
Director of Career and
Technical Education;
Council Co-Chair
Executive Director
Ms. Erin
Trabucco
Mr. J.M. “Buck” Upson
General Counsel
Member
Mr. David R.
Director
Wallace
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Name
Ms. Sue
Viens
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Atkins
Ms. Erin
Yates
Ms. Torey
Johnson
Institution
Essex Agricultural Technical School
District
Worcester Technical High School
Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Minuteman Reg. Voc. Tech. School District
Committee
Massachusetts Association of Vocational
Technical Administrators
Workforce Development- University of
Massachusetts Medical School
Massachusetts Division of Occupational
Safety
Boston Public Schools
Plumbing, Heating,
Cooling Contractors of Massachusetts
Retailers Association of Massachusetts
Hampden County Regional Employment
Board
Massachusetts Division of Apprentice
Training, Massachusetts Department of
Labor
Title
Member/Voc. Tech. Teacher
Administrator
Director of Special Projects
Institution
Massachusetts Vocational Association
Office for Professional Licensure
Massachusetts Community Colleges
Executive Office
Student Representative, State
VP SkillsUSA
SkillsUSA, Drafting/CAD Student at Blue
Hills RVTSD
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