CURRENT OFFICERS
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PRESIDENT Charles Combs, Ph.D. Chair (emeritus), Liberal Arts, Berklee College of Music |
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IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Martha Barry McKenna, Ph.D. University Professor and Director, Creativity Commons, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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VICE PRESIDENT Marianne Adams VP Networking and Advocacy Assistant Director, Center for Advanced Professional Studies, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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TREASURER Andre Green Executive Director, SkillWorks, Boston |
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SECRETARY Danielle Bazinet Dance & Theater Teacher, Arts Department Chair, The Sage School, Foxboro |
TRUSTEES
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Diane M. Bell Director of Internships, Bridgewater State University |
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Debra Block, Ph.D. Director, Matters of Education |
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Evelyn Lee Director of Visual and Performing Arts, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, Boston, MA |
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Gregory Liakos Interim Executive Director, Medicine Wheel Productions, South Boston, MA |
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Jonathan C. Rappaport Executive Director Emeritus, Arts|Learning Faculty, Kodály Music Institute |
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Thomas Reynolds, Ph.D. Faculty of Anna Maria College, M.I.T., UMass Amherst Music Departments |
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April Shephard Chniouli Dance Specialist, Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, Boston, MA |
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Kim Smith, Ed.D. Superintendent, Wakefield (MA) Public Schools (retired) |
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Sherye Weisz Executive Director, Southeastern MA Arts (SMARTS) Collaborative, Attleboro, MA |
STAFF
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Nancy Moses, Ed.D. Professor Emerita, Bridgewater State University |
IN MEMORIUM
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Lynn Feldman, Trustee 2010-2016 Visual Artist, Lexington, Massachusetts Deceased July 29, 2016 |
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Eric Oddleifson (Co-Founder) Arts|Learning Board 1999-2011 Sustainability Consultant to Grantham, Mayo & Van Otterloo Deceased July 19, 2011 |
TRUSTEES EMERITI
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Fred Adair Arts|Learning Board 2003-2014 Adair Leadership Consulting LLC, Boston, Massachusetts |
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Joseph M. Cronin, Ph.D. Arts|Learning Board 1999-2013 Educational Consultant, Edvisors, Quincy, Massachusetts Deceased, October 5, 2020 |
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Gary Marple, D.B.A. Arts|Learning Board 1999-2018 Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Lessac Technologies, Inc., Boxborough Deceased, January 22, 2021 |
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Katrin Oddleifson Robertson Arts|Learning Board 2013-2018 Faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Founder, Wholemindesign |
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Stephanie B. Perrin (Co-Founder) Arts|Learning Board 1999-2014 Head (Ret.), Walnut Hill School, Natick |
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Bob Wheeler Arts|Learning Board, 2000-2015 Educator, Hingham, MA Deceased October 2017 |
RECENT PAST TRUSTEES
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Debra Britt Executive Director, National Black Doll Museum of History & Culture, Mansfield |
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Joseph (Jay) Crawford-Kelly Humanities Teacher, Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Natick |
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Keith Curbow Former VP Networking and Advocacy Music Specialist, Stoughton (MA) Public Schools |
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Julie Faulstich Head of School, Westover School, Middlebury, Connecticut |
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Jennifer Fidler Visual Arts Liaison and Media Arts Teacher, Wilmington Public Schools |
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Cleopatra Knight-Wilkins Senior Director for the Arts (retired), Boston Public Schools |
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Julaine McInnis Chief Financial and Operations Officer, Thayer Academy, Braintree, MA |
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Lisa Rafferty Visiting Lecturer, Bridgewater State University |
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Cory Shephard Visual Arts Specialist, Bancroft School, Worcester |
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Charles Washburn Executive Director (Ret.), VSA Massachusetts, Boston |
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Pamela Wood Senior Lecturer in Music, MA Institute of Technology (deceased) Renowned Soprano soloist |
A|L ADVISORY COUNCIL
Arnold Aprill Founding and Creative Director, Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education, Chicago, IL |
Alan Brody Professor of Theater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
Schuyler Chapin Former Commissioner, Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY (Deceased) |
Katherine Damkohler Executive Director, Education Through Music, Inc., New York, NY |
Deborah Dluhy Dean, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Deputy Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA |
Howard Gardner John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor in Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA |
William Lowman President of Idyllwild Arts Foundation, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA |
Jill Medvedow James Sachs Plaut Director, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA |
Steve Seidel Director, Harvard Project Zero, and Director, Arts in Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA |
Ellen Winner Professor of Psychology; Boston College; Senior Research Associate, Harvard Project Zero, Cambridge, MA |
William Zimmerman Senior Associate, New England School Development Council, and Superintendent, Wayland Public Schools (Ret.), Grantham, NH |