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
Cara Coller
Advocate for Children with Special Needs
Sunitha Das
Doctoral Student, Harvard University
Barbara Day
Preschool Director and Teacher, EEC Preschool
Debbie DeBotton
Allergic Conditions Advocate
Debby Doktor
Retired Educator
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
Kim Freedman
Program Coordinator of the Child Assault Prevention (CAP) program
Laurie Gershkowitz
Community Leader
Marcia Herrmann, MD
Retired Pediatrician
Linda Hiller
Disability Rights Advocate
Judy Jacobs
Director of Education, Marie Philip School The Learning Center for the Deaf (retired)
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
Nathan Persampieri
Disability Advocate
Ellie Pierce
Research Director, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University
Janet Porter, MS, MEd
Volunteer
Gina Quintanilla
Perkins Library Outreach and Newsline Specialist
Katherine Read
Community Leader
Liz Richardson, MA-CCC, CPHQ
Speech/Language Pathologist
Rachelle Ross
Teacher
Sharon Sholkin
Special Educator, Wellesley Public Schools (retired)
Dale Smith
Consultant
Jan Spiro
Business Manager, Publishing/Law
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