Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Advisory Councils 2012-2013 Members September 2012 Adult Basic Education Advisory Council Maintains Mr. Ernest Name Best Mr. Arthur Mr. Ben Chillingirian Foreman Ms. Elaine Fox Ms. Barbara Mr. Andre Krol-Sinclair Mayer Mr. Daniel Ms. Mary O’Malley Sarris Ms. Lisa Soricone Ms. Luanne Teller Mr. Steven Ms. Valerie Ultrino Vigoda Title Executive Director Institution Massachusetts Alliance of Adult Learners Designated by legislation Executive Director ValleyWorks Career Center, Lawrence, MA Research Director Massachusetts Institute for New CommonWealth Designated by legislation Workforce Massachusetts American Federation of Labor & Development Congress of Industrial Organizations Coordinator Designated by legislation Director Intergenerational Literacy Program, Chelsea Senior Vice President Associated Industries of Massachusetts Designated by legislation Director of Education Hampden Sheriff’s Department, Ludlow, MA Executive Director North Shore Workforce Investment Board Designated by legislation Senior Project Jobs for the Future Manager SABES Central World Education, Inc., Boston, MA Resource Center Director Director of Education Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Director of Adult Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education Education, Jackson Designated by legislation Mann Community School & Council, Inc., Alston Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 1 Arts Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Mr. Daniel J. Albert Mr. Gary R. Bernice Ms. Julie Bradley Dr. Charles E. Combs Ms. Diane Daily Ms. Beth Delforge Ms. Lynn S. Feldman Ms. Jennifer Ms. Priscilla Kane Ms. Julie Fidler Hellweg Jaron Ms. Stacy Lord Dr. Arlene Black Mollo Dr. Sandra Nicolucci Ms. Myran Parker-Brass Dr. Prawdzik Luci Mr. Jonathan C. Rappaport Ms. Jessica B. Wilke Title Music Teacher Institution Glenbrook and Williams Middle Schools, Longmeadow Public Schools Director of Bands High School of Science and Technology, Springfield Public Schools Independent Teacher Brookline, MA of Dance Higher Education Chair, General Education/Liberal Arts, Berklee Consultant College of Music-Emeritus Education Programs Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston Manager Arts Curriculum Marblehead Public Schools Director, K-12 Visual ArtistLexington Calligrapher, and Painter Visual Arts Liaison Wilmington Executive Artistic Enchanted Circle Theatre, Holyoke Director Director of Visual Springfield Public Schools, Springfield and Performing Arts Visual Arts Teacher East Middle School, Worcester, MA Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Department of Art Education College of Visual & Performing Arts Associate Professor Boston University of Music Education Executive Director Boston Public Schools, Boston for the Arts Supervisor of Art, K- Somerville Public Schools 12 Executive Director Arts|Learning, Natick Music Teacher Florence G. Houghton Elementary School, Wachusett Regional School District, Sterling, MA Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 2 Community Service-Learning Advisory Council Maintains Ms. Ms. Ms. Mr. Ms. Name Title Beverley Bell Visiting Assistant Professor Audrey Murph-Brown School Social Worker Kathleen Shorter Head Teacher Todd Wallingford Curriculum Director for Secondary English and Social Studies Terry Yoffie Parent Reappoints Name Ms. Varsha Desai Title Principal Institution Holyoke College Springfield Public Schools River Valley Charter School Hudson Public Schools Newton Institution Gill Montague Regional School District Council chairperson to be determined. 3 Educational Personnel Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. MaryAnn Byrnes Title Associate Professor; Past President Ms. Lynda R. Coffill Principal Coach Ms. Stacey Human Resources Manager Mr. Ralph DeBoiseLuster Devlin Mr. Fred Fuentes Ms. Linda Hayes Ms. Katherine Ms. Desiree Hibbard Ivey Ms. Eileen Mr. Craig Mr. James Lee Martin MartinRhermann Mr. Donald McCallion Ms. Kathleen McLaughlin Ms. Talmadge Nardi Reappoints Name Ms. Mary Czajkowski Ms. Shirley Lundberg Mr. Daniel Murphy Professional Development Specialist Director of Educational Options Assistant Director Associate Professor Dir. of Teacher Training & Recruitment Executive Director Teacher Professor, Westfield State University;Past-President MACTE Executive Director Math Resource Teacher Teacher Institution University of Mass/Boston; Massachusetts Council for Exceptional Children representative Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association representative Worcester Public Schools Massachusetts Teachers Association Boston Public Schools Massachusetts Secondary School Administrators Association representative Framingham State College Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA Math for America, Boston Boston Public Schools Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education representative Massachusetts Association of School Personnel Administrators, representative Lowell Public Schools Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School Title Superintendent of Schools, Agawam Public Schools School Committee Member Institution Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents representative Massachusetts Association of School Committees representative Director of Education Policy & American Federation of Teachers, MA Programs Representative Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 4 Educational Technology Advisory Council Maintains Name Dr. Susan Birrell Title Regional Partner Dr. Charles Milton Ms. Ellen M. Ms. Geraldine J. Mr. Stephen Dr. Ellen Mr. Lee Burnett Retired Superintendent Driscoll Fegan Kelley Martin McCanne Ms. Kimberly Rice Systems Administrator President Managing Partner Assistant Superintendent Director of Technology & School Libraries Assistant Chief Operating Officer Director of Educational Technology Assistant Superintendent Principal Director of Technology Executive Director Ms. Annamaria Schrimpf Dr. Mr. Ms. Mr. Thomas J. Stephen Jean E. Maxim Stella Sylvia Tower Weinstein Reappoints Name Title Ms. Shelley B. Chamberlain Executive Director Mr. Edwin Guarin Academic Developer Evangelist Mr. Charles F. Kilfoye Director of Instructional Technology Mr. Steven Mazzola Director of Technology Ms. Barbara Treacy Director, EdTech Leaders Online Institution Virtual High School Focus Eduvation Peabody Public Schools Middleborough Public Schools New England School Library Association TECedge LLC Marshfield Public Schools Weston Public Schools Boston Public Schools Winchester Public Schools Everett Public Schools Squantum Elementary School, Quincy North/Southborough Public Schools StopBadware Institution MassCUE Microsoft Northeastern University Online Belmont Public Schools Education Development Center, Inc. Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 5 English Language Learners/Bilingual Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Dr. Karrie J. Allen Ms. Farah Assiraj Ms. Lynne Ms. Jenifer Ms. Robyn Dr. Marta Britton Cooke DowlingGrant Guevara Ms. Jean L. LaRosa Ms. Juyon Dr. Sun-Hee Lee Lee Ms. Erin Ms. Sonya Lenski Merian Ms. Denise L. PaganVegan Palmer PenaGonzalez Stein Ms. Leah Ms. Clara Ms. Nadene B. Ms. Jaana K. Title Principal Senior Academic Design and Support Specialist ESOL Teacher K-5 ESL Tutor Director, English Learner Education K-12/ESL Teacher Director of Interventions and English Language Education English Language Learner Teacher K-5 Student Representative Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures; Parent Representative Institution Norrback Avenue School, Worcester Boston Public Schools Brunton Elementary School, Springfield, MA Ipswich Public Schools Diamond Middle School, Lexington Public Schools Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools A.C. Whelan Elementary School, Revere Public Schools Wellesley Public Schools Wellesley College ELL Teacher Reid Middle School, Pittsfield Public Schools ESL Facilitator/ESL & Spanish Holliston Public Schools Teacher Chief of Grants Management Springfield Public Schools ELL Director K-12 Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools Supervisor of English Language Lawrence Public Schools Learners Programs Principal Northeast Elementary School, Waltham, Public Schools Thorarensen Director, English Language Salem Public Schools Learning Program Reappoints Name Ms. Francine Johnson Title ESL Teacher Institution Greater Lawrence Technical High School Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 6 Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. Janis Ms. M. Kate Ms. Rebecca Dr. Lorretta M. Baron Carbone Duda Holloway Mr. Oscar Loureiro Mr. Tyrone Mowatt Ms. Donna Ms. Elizabeth Ms. Shelly Dr. Aimee PotterAstion Pratt Toomey Yermish Reappoints Name Ms. Michele Proude Title Director of KITE, Consultant Chief Academic Officer Teacher Associate Professor of Literature & Composition; Advisor Director of Data Management and Evaluation Principal, Business Strategy and Research Teacher Principal Systems Engineer Educational Therapist, Doctor of Psychology Institution Teachers 21 Triton Regional School District Dracut Public Schools Framingham State College, Department of English; Director of M.Ed. Program Concentration in English Brookline Public Schools at FromTopDown Berkshire Hills Regional Schools Southeast School, Leominster BAE Systems, Hudson, NH Da Vinci Learning Center Title Parent Institution Hull, MA Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 7 Global Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Title Cawley History Department Head Weintraub Donna Dixon Paolini Director of Administration, Curriculum and Grants Phyllis Dragonas former Deputy Superintendent Thomas Gwin Principal Ariel Libhaber Assistant Director Ms. Elaine Ms. Ms. Mr. Mr. Ms. Mary H. Ms. Nancy McCarthy Mirra Ms. Patricia Puglisi Ms. Marylee F. Ms. Jalene Ms. Rosemary Rambaud Tamerat Vickery Reappoints Name Mr. Paul Beran Mr. Timothy J. Farmer Mr. Patrick J. Loconto Mr. Craig J. Perrier Ms. Jane E. Rizzitano Ms. Ginny Ms. Pei Zaid Zhang Principal Foreign Language Dept. Chair Assistant Principal of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Teacher Principal Title Egypt Forum Program Assistant Superintendent Per diem Interpreter Teacher – US History and Introduction to Psychology Department Head of Foreign Language School Psychologist Global Director Institution Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District Melrose Public Schools Winchester High School Boston-Hiafa Connection of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston Hudson Public Schools Masconomet Regional School District Reading Public Schools Boston University Josiah Quincy Upper School, Boston John F. Kenney Middle School, Natick Public Schools Institution Harvard University Sharon Public Schools Fallon Clinic, Worcester Billerica Public Schools Brockton Public Schools Randolph Public Schools U.S. China Scitech Education Promotion Organization Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 8 Interdisciplinary Health Education and Human Services Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. Patricia Boland Ms. Patricia Dandrea Ms. Katherine Ms. Christine Kelly Kenney Ms. Mary Ellen Ms. Donna Kirrane Marshall Dr. Christina Ms. Anne Scirica Sheetz Ms. Arlene Tierney Ms. Cynthia Mr. Thomas Tomlin Zaya Title Health Educator Institution Monument Valley Regional Middle School, Great Barrington Health & PE Department Smith Vocational and Agricultural High Head School Health Educator Easton Public Schools Director of Educational Department of Youth Services, Designated by Services legislation K-8 Wellness Coordinator Brockton Public Schools 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 Adjunct Professor, Counseling American International College Psychology School Nurse Ditson Elementary School, Billerica Department Head, Health & Reading Memorial High School Wellness Chairperson to be determined 9 Life Management Skills Advisory Council Maintains Name Dr. Jennifer Ms. Maureen Ms. Linda Ms. Carol S. Ms. Cindy Ms. Janet Title Davis Carey Executive Director Harty-Vacca Chair HunchakNutritionist Rohr Lewis Manager, Consumer Regulations Specialist Rice President Schwartz Chair, Department of Consumer Sciences Institution Worcester Education Collaborative North Reading School Committee Kingston, MA Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Eastern Food Safety Framingham State College Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 10 Mathematics and Science Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Mr. Robert Dr. Andrew Dr. Al Akie Chen Cucco Ms. Sharon Mr. Marc P. DeCicco Duffy Dr. Solomon Ms. Judy Mr. Josh Derek Friedberg Moore Mower Ms. Ms. Dr. Ms. Provost Resnick Rosenberg Ryack-Bell Lauren Nitzan Steven Sandra Reappoints Name Ms. Kathleen Bodie Mr. Mark Johnston Ms. Christyna M. Laubach Ms. Eileen Lee Title Mathematics Teacher President Senior Scientist & Director, Center for Mathematics Education. Mathematics Teacher Mathematics Department Chair Professor of Mathematics Elementary Teacher High School Mathematics Teacher Mathematics Teacher Director Professor of Mathematics Executive Director Institution Franklin Public Schools EduTron Corporation Education Development Center Title Interim Superintendent Mathematics & Science Teacher Teacher; Department Chair Director for Educator Policy Institution Arlington Public Schools Oakmont Regional Public Schools Pembroke Public Schools Boston College Harvard Public Schools Lynn Public Schools Sparhawk School The New Science & Math Initiative Boston University Museum Institute for Teaching Science Lynn Public Schools Lenox Public Schools Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 11 Parent and Community Education and Involvement Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. Kimberly M. Artez Ms. Evelyn Bouley Title Parent; Lead Teacher Title I/MCAS Assistant Ms. Kristine E. Parent; Attorney Mr. Clay CoffeyDonahue Connor Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Gorham Hanscom Hughes Hunt Director, SOAR Programs Director of Student Services Regional Manager Director of Sales and Marketing; Immediate Past President President, CEO and Founder Director of Guidance Community Outreach Coordinator Principal Patricia Abigail C. Marilyn Kim Ms. Kathleen Ms. Joanne Jones McCormick Ms. Kathleen Mr. Brian Meagher MiddletonCox Ms. Margaret C. O’Hare Mr. Stuart Ms. Julie A. Ms. Michelle Peskin Salois Sylvaria Vice President Institution Bay Cove Early Intervention Program Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical School Westborough; Law Office of Kristine D. Coffey-Donahue Board of Trustees, Rowe Camp and Conference Center Swampscott Public Schools Westwood Public Schools Cape Cod Child Development Special Tees, Plymouth, MA; Massachusetts PTA TTT Mentor Program, Cambridge, MA Dedham Public Schools Nashoba Regional School District Harry Lee Cole School, Boxford Director Massachusetts Parent & Information & Resource Center (PIRC) Federation for Children with Special Needs Teacher Natick Public Schools Associate Executive Director Community Teamwork Inc. Humanities Department Head Morton Middle School, Fall River, MA Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 12 Racial Imbalance Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. Satinder K. Aujla Ms. Rachel Ms. Barbara Bowen Coblyn Fields Title Biology and Vertebrate and Anatomy Teacher Human Resources Assistant Director Organizational Representative Ms. Nealon L. Mr. Ms. Dr. Dr. Ms. Mr. Mrs. Mrs. Ms. Institution Doherty High School, Worcester, MA Amherst-Pelham Regional School District Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts – BEAM Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Springfield Curley School, Boston Public Schools Bradford Dunn Institute, Holyoke and Springfield Public Schools Cambridge Public Schools Cohasset Public Schools Boston University Medical School Jaynes-Lewis Organizational Representative Jose Lopez Civics Teacher Catherine McCarthy Supplemental Educational Services Provider Kahris McLaughlin Affirmative Action Officer Denise Messina Director Pupil Services Christine Murray Financial and Grants Administrator Robert A. Principe Education and Organizational Holiston Development Specialist Jenee Palmer Ramos English Teacher and Literacy Brookline High School, Brookline Project Director Margaret Tyler Senior Program Officer U.S. Special Initiatives, Bill and Melinda Daniels Gates Foundation Kimberley Williams Senior Officer of Equity Boston Public Schools Reappoints Ms. Gina J. Ms. Christine Canning Name Chirichigno Wilson Title Post Seattle-Louisville Coordinator CEO Institution Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School New England Global Network LLC Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 13 School and District Accountability and Assistance Advisory Council Maintains Name Title Ms. Julia G. Mr. Andrew Ms. Margaret Bowen Churchill Doyle Executive Director Assistant Director Principal Mr. Joseph Esposito Council Chair Ms. Elizabeth Freedman Principal Mr. Matt Malone Superintendent 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. Therriault Thomas Reappoints Name Mr. Jeffrey D. Appoints Name Dr. David Thielman Riley Executive Director Chair, Political Science Department Research Analyst Assistant Superintendent Institution Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter Public School, Williamstown, MA Center for Education Policy, UMass/Amherst Thorndyke Road Elementary School, Worcester- MESPA Representative Retired CFO, Solid Works and Former EMAC Board Member Greater Lawrence Technical High School, Andover, MA Brockton Public Schools- MASS Representative Lower Pioneer Valley Educational Collaborative Massachusetts Teachers Association Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education EdVestors, Boston Public Schools Parent Northeastern University American Institutes for Research Agawam Public Schools Title President, Cristo Rey Boston High School Institution Massachusetts Association of School Committees representative Title Executive Director Institution Urban Special Education Leadership Collaborative, EDC, Waltham, MA Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 14 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 Mr. Richard Dr. Perry Cotell Davis Parent Representative Former Superintendent Ms. Mary DennehyColorusso DunKley Fraser Grazado Havelick Procedural Safeguard Coordinator Parent Representative Parent Representative Special Education Teacher Director, Benefits Training & Technical Assistance Executive Director Ms. Ms. Ms. Ms. Jennie Alison Nicole W. Gail Ms. Carla B. Jentz Ms. Christine Kenney Ms. Betsy Ms. Mary Ms. Evelyn McKeon Murray Nellum Ms. Susan E. Ms. Julie Rasicot Sinclair Ms. Susan Stelk Ms. Nancy Sullivan Ms. Shelby Walker Director of Educational Services Special Education Director Alternate Policy Specialist 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 Needham, MA MA Association of School Superintendents, & New England School Development Council Department of Public Health, DPH designee South Easton Marlborough Swampscott Public Schools Department of Public Health, DPH designee Massachusetts Administrators for Special Education, ASE representative Department of Youth Services, DYS designee Framingham, MA – MassUrban Designee Department of Youth Services, DYS designee Department of Early Education and Care, DEEC designee Director of Special Education Foxborough Regional Public Charter School Statewide Educator, Federation for Children with Special Needs Parent Representative Director of Education Department of Children and Family Services DCF designee The Education Collaborative MOEC Designee (TEC) Parent Representative Georgetown, MA Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 15 Technology/Engineering Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Ms. Sarah Calla Mr. Thomas Dr. Patricia Mr. Scott Davis Hogan Jewell Mr. Matt Mr. David Mr. Joseph McGee Patrick Ramos Ms. Susan Sanford Reappoints Name Ms. Denise Barlow Mr. John J. DeCicco Ms. Sharlene Yang Title Engineering/Industrial Technology Teacher Executive Director Associate Professor of Physics Technology Education Teacher Assistant Professor Engineering Teacher Technology/Engineering Teacher Technology/Engineering Teacher Institution Timony and Tenney Grammar School, Methuen Public Schools Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation Suffolk University Ipswich Public Schools Title Technology/Engineering, Teacher Technology/Engineering, Teacher Professional Development Director Institution Framingham Public Schools Fitchburg State College Bridgewater-Raynham Public Schools Somerset Public Schools Worcester Public Schools Oakmont Regional High School Museum of Science, Boston, MA Name of council chairperson appears in bold type. 16 Vocational Technical Education Advisory Council Maintains Name Title Superintendent Mr. Roger Bourgeois Mr. Edwin B. Coghlin, Jr. Ms. Lauren M. Connon Dr. Letitia K. Davis Ms. Alice B. DeLuca Chair, General Advisory Committee Student Representative, State Secretary, SkillsUSA Director of Occupational Health Surveillance Program Chair Mr. David Ferreira Executive Director Ms. Sharon A. Grundel Manager Mr. Robert Kenrick Ms. Emily Lebo Mr. Thomas A. Theroux Manager, Safety and Health Programs Director of Career and Technical Education Executive Director Ms. Erin Trabucco Mr. J.M. “Buck” Upson Ms. Sue Mr. David R. Viens Wallace Ms. Jennifer Weiss Donovan Yates Ms. Erin Institution Essex Agricultural Technical School District Worcester Technical High School SkillsUSA, Dental Assisting Student at Bristol-Plymouth RVTSD Massachusetts Department of Public Health Minuteman Reg. Voc. Tech. School District Committee Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators Workforce Development- University of Massachusetts Medical School Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards Boston Public Schools Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors of Massachusetts Senior Policy Advisor Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Member Hampden County Regional Employment Board Member/Voc. Tech. Teacher Massachusetts Vocational Association Deputy Director Massachusetts Department of Labor Standards/Division of Apprentice Training Registered Architect/Contract Payette Associates Inc. Coordinator Director of Administration and Massachusetts Community Colleges Program Planning Executive Office TBD Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure Names of council co-chairpersons appear in bold type. 17