2011-2012 Candidates for Appointment to the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education Advisory Councils

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

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 Best Executive Director Massachusetts Alliance of Adult Learners

Designated by legislation

Development Coordinator

Massachusetts American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations

Designated by legislation

Mr Andre Mayer Senior Vice President Associated Industries of Massachusetts

Designated by legislation

Ms Mary Sarris Executive Director North Shore Workforce Investment Board

Designated by legislation

Mr John Schneider* Executive Vice

President:

Council Chair

Massachusetts Institute for New CommonWealth Designated by legislation

Mr Kenny Tamarkin Executive Director Massachusetts Coalition for Adult Education

Designated by legislation

Ms Linda Farina Braun Consultant Braun Associates, North Easton, MA

Mr James Ayres Executive Director Center for New Americans, Inc.

Mr Arthur Chillingirian Executive Director ValleyWorks Career Center, City of Lawrence,

MA

Mr Daniel O’Malley Director of Education Hampden Sheriff’s Department, Ludlow, MA

Ms Luanne Teller SABES Central

Resource Center Director

World Education, Inc., Boston, MA

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Ms Barbara Krol-Sinclair Director Intergenerational Literacy Program

Ms Lisa Soricone Research and

Evaluation Analyst

Commonwealth Corporation

Mr Steven Ultrino Director of Education Middlesex Sheriff’s Office

* Names of council chairperson(s) appear in bold type.

Arts Education Advisory Council

Maintains

Mr Daniel J Albert Music Teacher Glenbrook and Williams Middle Schools,

Longmeadow Public Schools

Mr Gary R Bernice Director of Bands High School of Science and Technology,

Springfield Public Schools

Ms Courtney K Blackwell Student Harvard Graduate School of Education,

Cambridge, MA

Ms Julie Bradley Independent Teacher

of Dance Brookline, MA

Ms Carla Charter Journalist/Writer Greenfield Recorder & Worcester Telegram

Dr Charles E Combs Higher Education

Consultant,

Chair, General Education/Liberal Arts, Berklee College of Music-Emeritus

Ms Lisa Leach Performing Arts

Liaison

Worcester Public Schools

Ms Evelyn Lee-Jones Director of Visual

and Performing Arts

Boston Renaissance Charter School, Boston, MA

Ms Stacy Lord Visual Arts Teacher East Middle School, Worcester, MA

Dr Arlene Black Mollo Professor,

Department of Art Education College of Visual and

Performing Arts

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Dr Luci Prawdzik Supervisor of Art,

K-12

Somerville Public Schools

Mr R Barry Shauck Associate Professor

of Visual Arts Boston University

Dr Benedict J Smar Coordinator of

Music Education Council Co-Chair

University of Mass/Amherst

Ms Roseanne E Trolan Special Education

Art Teacher Cotting School, Lexington, MA

Ms Jessica B Wilke Music Teacher

Council Co-Chair Florence G Houghton Elementary School, Wachusett Regional School District, Sterling, MA

Reappoints

Ms Beth Delforge Arts Curriculum

Director, K-12

Marblehead Public Schools

Dr Sandra Nicolucci Associate Professor

of Music Education

Boston University

Mr Jonathan C Rappaport Faculty New England Conservatory, Boston & Univ Mass/

Amherst

Ms Diane Daily Education Programs

Manager

Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston

Ms Lynn S Feldman Visual Artist,

Calligrapher, and Painter

Lexington

Ms Jennifer Fidler Visual Arts Liaison Wilmington

Ms Priscilla

Kane

Hellweg Executive Artistic

Director

Enchanted Circle Theatre, Holyoke

Ms Julie Jaron Director of Visual

and Performing Arts

Springfield Public Schools, Springfield

Ms Myran Parker-Brass Executive Director

for the Arts

Boston Public Schools, Boston

Community Service Learning Advisory Council Maintains

Ms Beverley Bell Director, Teacher

Education Program

College of the Holy Cross, Worcester

Mr Richard Cairn Founding Director of Emerging

America; Teaching American History Program

Council Chair Collaborative for Educational Services

Ms Barbara Canyes Executive Director Massachusetts Campus Compact

Ms Georgia Clancy Service Learning

Coordinator

Whitman/Hanson School District

Ms Varsha Desai Science Teacher Shrewsbury Public Schools

Ms Anne French Service Learning Director North Adams Public Schools

Mr James Gibbons Consultant Gibbons Consulting Services

Ms Beth McGuinness Director of Programs Massachusetts Service Alliance

Mr Todd Wallingford Curriculum Director for

Secondary English and Social Studies

Hudson Public Schools

Reappoints

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Ms Audrey Murph-Brown School Social Worker Springfield Public Schools

Ms Kathleen Shorter Head Teacher River Valley Charter School

Educational Personnel Advisory Council

Maintains

Ms Mary A Czajkowski Superintendent of Schools,

Agawam

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents representative

Ms Stacey

DeBoise-Luster

Human Resource Manager Worcester Public Schools

Ms Barbara Garvey Teacher South Middle School, Brockton Public

Schools

Ms Katherine Hibbard Associate Professor Framingham State College

Ms Desiree Ivey Director of Teacher Training

and Recruitment Shady Hill School, Cambridge, MA

Ms Eileen Lee Director of Educator Policy Massachusetts Department of Higher

Education representative

Ms Shirley J Lundberg School Committee Member Massachusetts Association of School

Committees representative

Mr Donald McCallion Executive Director Massachusetts Association of School

Personnel Administrators, representative

Ms Mary Ann McKinnon Assistant Dean Bridgewater State College; Massachusetts

Association of Colleges for Teacher Education representative

Ms Kathleen McLaughlin Math Resource Teacher Lowell, Public Schools

Mr Peter Mili Teacher Cambridge Rindge & Latin School

Mr Daniel Murphy Director of Ed Policy and

Programs American Federation of Teachers, Massachusetts representative

Ms Talmadge Nardi Teacher Academy of the Pacific Rim Charter School

Mr Lorne Ranstrom Associate Professor, Division of

Teachers

Eastern Nazarene College; Massachusetts Association of Colleges for Teacher Education representative

Ms Phyllis Renton-Walt Coordinator/

Professor Early Childhood Education

Massachusetts Bay Community College

Ms Nora Todd Professional Development

Specialist Massachusetts Teachers Association, representative

Reappoints

Ms MaryAnn Byrnes Associate Professor

President University of Mass/Boston Massachusetts Council for Exceptional

Children representative

Ms Lynda R Coffill Principal Coach Massachusetts Elementary School Principals

Association representative

Ms Linda Hayes Assistant Director Massachusetts Secondary School

Administrators Association representative

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Mr Craig Martin Program Director Boston Public Schools

Educational Technology Advisory Council

Maintains

Ms Donna Boivin Education Solutions Senior

Consultant

Dell, Global Education

Ms Shelley B Chamberlain Executive Director MassCUE

Ms Geraldin

e J.

Fegan Library Media

Specialist/Information Literacy Teacher

President

Andover Public Schools

NE School Library Association

Mr Edwin Guarin Academic Developer Evangelist Microsoft

Mr Stephen Kelley Managing Partner TECedge LLC

Mr Charles F Kilfoye Director of Instructional

Technology Northeastern University Online

Dr Ellen M Martin Assistant Superintendent Marshfield Public Schools

Mr Steven Mazzola Director of Technology Belmont Public Schools

Dr Lee McCanne Director of Technology and

School Libraries Weston Public Schools

Ms Kimberly Rice Assistant Chief Operating

Officer Council Co-Chair

Boston Public Schools

Ms Annamari

a Schrimpf Technology Director Winchester Public Schools

Dr Thomas J Stella Assistant Superintendent Everett Public Schools

Ms Barbara Treacy Director, EdTech Leaders

Education Development Center, Inc.

Dr David S Troughton Senior Program Associate Office of School Partnerships

Graduate School of Education UMass Lowell

Reappoints

Ms Ellen M Driscoll Coordinator of Ed Technology

and Instructional Media

Plymouth Public Schools

Ms Jean E Tower Director of Technology North/Southborough Public Schools

Mr Maxim Weinstein Executive Director

Council Co-Chair

StopBadware

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Dr Susan M Birrell Manager of Curriculum and

Instruction Virtual High School

Dr Charles

Milton Burnett Retired Superintendent Peabody Public Schools

Mr Stephen Sylvia Principal Squantum Elementary School, Quincy

English Language Learners/Bilingual Education Advisory Council Maintains

Ms Suzanne Coffin Teacher Haverhill Public Schools

Ms

Lynne Britton ESOL Teacher K-5 Brunton Elementary School, Springfield, MA

Ms Jenifer Cooke ESL Tutor Ipswich Public Schools

Ms Sarah Davila Director, English Language

Learner Programs and Services

Somerville Public Schools

Ms Robyn Dowling-

Grant

Director, English Learner Education K-12/ESL Teacher Council Co-Chair

Diamond Middle School, Lexington Public Schools

Dr Marta Guevara Director of Interventions and

English Language Education Amherst-Pelham Regional Schools

Ms Francine Johnson ESL Teacher Greater Lawrence Technical High School

Ms Jean L LaRosa English Language Learner

Teacher K-5

A.C Whelan Elementary School, Revere Public Schools

Dr Sun-Hee Lee Assistant Professor, Department

of East Asian Languages and Literatures; Parent

Representative

Wellesley College, MA

Ms Juyon Lee Student Representative Wellesley Public Schools

Ms Eva Loh Student Representative Wellesley Public Schools

Ms Debbie Sek Parent Representative Wellesley Public Schools

Ms Sonya Merian ESL Facilitator/ESL & Spanish

Teacher

Holliston Public Schools

Ms Clara

Pena-Gonzalez

Assistant Principal, English Language Learners Programs K-12

Lawrence Public Schools

Ms Nadene B Stein Principal Northeast Elementary School, Waltham,

Public Schools

Ms Darlene White Adjunct Professor of Reading Gordon, College, Wenham, MA

Ms Denise L

Pagan-Vegan

Chief of Grants Management Springfield Public Schools

Ms Leah Palmer ESL Teacher and Coordinator;

Council Co-Chair Wellesley Public Schools

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Dr Karrie J Allen Principal Norrback Avenue School, Worcester

Ms Farah Assiraj Senior Academic Design and

Support Specialist Boston Public Schools

Dr Ayanna Cooper Director of English Language

Learners

Southbridge Public Schools

Ms Erin M Lenski ELL Teacher Reid Middle School, Pittsfield, MA

Ms Jaana K Thorarensen Director, English Language

Learning Program Salem Public Schools

Gifted and Talented Education Advisory Council Maintains

Dr Lorretta M Holloway Associate Professor of

Literature and Composition Advisor

Framingham State College, Department of English

Director of M.Ed Program Concentration

in English

Mr Tyrone Mowatt Principal, Business Strategy and

Research

FromTopDown

Ms Lisa Natcharian Freelance Writer Wilbraham, MA

Ms Donna

Potter-Astion Teacher Berkshire Hills Regional Schools

Ms Shelly Toomey Systems Engineer BAE Systems, Hudson, NH

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Ms Janis R Baron Director of KITE, Consultant Teachers 21

Ms M Kate Carbone Chief Academic Officer Triton Regional School District

Ms Rebecca A Duda Teacher Dracut Public Schools

Mr Oscar Loureiro Director of Data Management

and Evaluation Brookline Public Schools

Ms Elizabeth Pratt Principal Southeast School, Leominster

Dr Aimee Yermish Educational Therapist, Doctor

of Psychology

Da Vinci Learning Center

Global Education Advisory Council

Maintains

Mr Paul Beran Egypt Forum Program Harvard University

Ms Jamie David Director of Public Diplomacy Consulate General of Israel to New England

Ms Donna Dixon Paolini Director of Administration,

Curriculum and Grants

Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District

Ms Phyllis Dragonas former Deputy

Superintendent

Melrose Public Schools

Mr Timothy J Farmer Assistant Superintendent Sharon Public Schools

Mr Thomas Gwin Principal and Council Chair Winchester High School

Mr Kongli Liu Assistant Director for

Academic Programs

U.S China Institute, Bryant University

Mr Patrick J Loconto Per diem Interpreter Fallon Clinic, Worcester

Ms Mary H McCarthy Principal Hudson Public Schools

Mr Craig J Perrier Teacher Billerica Public Schools

Ms Patricia Puglisi Assistant Principal of

Curriculum and Instruction

Reading Public Schools

Ms Jane E Rizzitano Department Head of Foreign

Language

Brockton Public Schools

Ms Ginny Zaid School Psychologist Randolph Public Schools

Ms Pei Zhang Global Director U.S China Scitech Education Promotion

Organization

Reappoints

Ms Elaine Cawley

Weintraub

History Department Head Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School

Ms Marylee F Rambaud Associate Professor Boston University

Ms Jalene Tamerat Teacher Josiah Quincy Upper School, Boston

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Mr Ariel Libhaber Assistant Director Boston-Haifa Connection, Combined Jewish

Philanthropies

Ms Nancy Mirra Foreign Language Dept

Chair Masconomet Regional School District

Ms Rosemary Vickery Principal John F Kennedy Middle School, Natick

Public Schools

Interdisciplinary Health Education and Human Services Advisory Council

Maintains

Ms Mary Connolly College Instructor, Consultant Cambridge College

Ms Christine Kenney Director of Educational

Services

Department of Youth Services, Designated by legislation

Ms Alicia Lapomardo Institutional Parole Officer Massachusetts State Parole Board

Ms Allison LeClair Director of Instructional

Programs and Grants Southwick-Tolland Regional School District

Ms Donna Marshall Financial Assistance

Specialist Department of Early Education and Care, Designated by legislation

Dr Christina Scirica Instructor Harvard Medical School

Ms Anne Sheetz Director, School Health

Services Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Designated by legislation

Reappoints

Ms Patricia Boland Health Educator Monument Valley Regional Middle School,

Great Barrington

Ms Nancy Carpenter Executive Director Massachusetts Association for School-Based

Health Care

Ms Mary Ellen Kirrane K-8 Wellness Coordinator Brockton Public Schools

Mr Thomas Zaya Department Head, Health and

Wellness

Reading Memorial High School

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Ms Patricia Dandrea Health & Physical Education

Department Head

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School

Ms Deborah L Del Dotto Associate Director of

Education

Collaborative for Educational Services

Ms Katherine Kelly Health Educator Easton Public Schools

Ms Arlene Tierney Adjunct Professor, Counseling

Psychology American International College

Ms Cynthia Tomlin School Nurse Ditson Elementary School, Billerica

Co-Chairs to be determined

Life Management Skills Advisory Council

Maintains

Mr Richard Andrea Culinary Arts Education

Council Chair

Blue Hills Regional Vocational Technical High School

Ms Shirley Chao Director of Nutrition Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder

Affairs

Ms Carol S Lewis Manager, Consumer

Regulations Specialist Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Mr John Magnarelli Regional Director US Department of Agriculture

Ms Gloria A Santa-Anna Program Director UMass/Amherst Labor/Management

Workplace Education Program

Ms Janet Schwartz Chair, Department of

Consumer Sciences Framingham State College

Reappoints

Ms Linda Hunchak

Rohr

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Dr Jennifer Davis Carey Executive Director Worcester Education Collaborative

Ms Maureen Harty-Vacca Chair North Reading School Committee