PRESIDENT
Charles Combs, PhD
Chair (emeritus), Liberal Arts, Berklee College of Music
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT
Martha Barry McKenna, PhD
University Professor and Director, Creativity Commons, Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
VICE-PRESIDENT
Keith Curbow, VP Networking and Advocacy
Keith Curbow Studio, Medfield, Massachusetts
TREASURER:
Currently vacant
SECRETARY/CLERK
Cory Shepherd
Visual Art Teacher, Worcester Public Schools, Massachusetts
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Nancy Moses
Professor Emerita, Bridgewater State University
IMMEDIATE PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (ex officio)
Jonathan C. Rappaport
DIRECTORS
Debra Block
Director, Matters of Education
Cleopatra Knight-Wilkins
Senior Director for the Arts (retired) Boston Public Schools
Gary Marple, DBA
Chairman and Chief Technology Officer, Lessac Technologies, Inc., Boxborough
Katrin Oddleifson Robertson
Faculty, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Founder, Wholemindesign
Sherye Weisz
Executive Director, Southeastern MA Arts (SMARTS) Collaborative, Attleboro, MA
Charles Washburn
Executive Director, VSA Massachusetts, Boston
IN MEMORIUM:
Lynn Feldman, Trustee, 2010-2016, deceased July 29, 2016
Visual Artist, Lexington, Massachusetts
Eric Oddleifson (Co-Founder), Deceased, July 19, 2011
Sustainability Consultant to Grantham, Mayo & van Otterloo
Trustees Emeritus
Fred Adair, Arts|Learning Board 2003-2014
Adair Leadership Consulting LLC, Boston, Massachusetts
Joseph M. Cronin, PhD, Arts|Learning Board 1999-2013
Educational Consultant, Edvisors, Quincy, Massachusetts
Stephanie B. Perrin (Co-Founder), Arts|Learning Board 1999-2014
Head (Ret.), Walnut Hill School, Natick
Bob Wheeler, Arts|Learning Board, 2000-2015
Educator (Ret.), Hingham, MA
A|L’s National Advisory Board
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
Dean, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Deputy Director, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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
Director, Harvard Project Zero, and Director, Arts in Education Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
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