Advisory Board

Nina Berk
Designer

Paula Bress
Teacher of the Visually Impaired, Boston Public Schools (retired)

Ellen Cohen-Kaplan, OTR/L, MAS, CPT
Registered Occupational Therapist

Barbara Day
Preschool Director and Teacher, EEC Preschool

Mary-Ellen Efferen, MEd
Education Specialist, Special Education Planning and Policy Unit,
MA Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education

Barbara Fain, JD, MPP
Executive Director, Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Medical Error Reduction

David Felton
Senior Vice President, Director of Business Banking at Cambridge Trust Company

Linda Hiller
Disability Rights Advocate

Carol Kanin
Finance Director, Niki Tsongas Committee

Carolyn Keller
Founding Head of MetroWest Jewish Day School;
New England Region Director, American Society of the University of Haifa

Alison Klein, Esq.
Attorney

Judy Levin-Charns
Special Education Administrator

Mary Beth McIntyre
Principal, Win-Win Giving

Jenny Mckee-Heinstein, OTR/L
Registered Occupational Therapist

Fran Osten, MEd
Instructor Emerita, Lesley University, The Threshold Program

Mary Margaret Pappas
Consultant

Janet Porter, MS, MEd
Volunteer

Liz Richardson, MA-CCC, CPHQ
Speech/Language Pathologist

Rachelle Ross
Teacher

Sharon Sholkin
Special Educator, Wellesley Public Schools (retired)

Jan Spiro
Business Manager, Publishing/Law

Matt Stafford
Assistant Director, Clinical Research Compliance, Boston Children’s Hospital

Jody Steiner, CI, CT, TC
Educational ASL/English Interpreter, EDCO Collaborative

Jennifer Stone, PhD
Psychologist

Tassy Warren
Deputy Director & Chief Program Officer, Center on the Developing Child

Mari Young
Kit Coordinator, Understanding Our Differences

JoAnne Zangrillo, MSW
Clinical Social Worker