InterconnectED in Massachusetts is working to improve student learning outcomes by creating a statewide infrastructure to make effective integrated student support possible in communities across the Commonwealth. The following leaders from across the state serve on an InterconnectED Advisory Board, and membership continues to be strategically expanded:
Karley Ausiello
Senior Vice President, Community Impact
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and the Merrimack Valley
Other affiliations:
Children’s Trust Fund
Boston Opportunity Agenda
Thrive in 5
Rachelle Engler Bennett
Director, Office of Learning Supports and Early Learning
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Other affiliations:
Safe and Supportive Schools Commission
Designee:
Rebecca Shor, Office of District and School Turnaround
Joni Block
CFCE Coordinator
Brockton Public Schools
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care
National Association for the Education of Young Children
Work Sampling System
Wheelock College
Sharon Scott Chandler
Executive Vice President
Action for Boston Community Development
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Head Start Association
Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care
Dr. Elizabeth Childs
Child/Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist
Other affiliations:
Carney Hospital, Dorchester, MA
National Institute of Mental Health Advisory Council
Massachusetts Psychiatric Society
Massachusetts Board of Early Education and Care
Brookline School Committee
Other past affiliations:
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
Dr. Eric Conti
Superintendent
Burlington Public Schools
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Robert DeLeo
Speaker of the House
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Designee:
Michele Lisio, Senior Advisor
Dr. Chad d’Entremont
Executive Director
Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Institute for College and Career Readiness
Massachusetts Education Partnership
Kim Driscoll
Mayor
City of Salem
Jillayne Flanders
Executive Director
Massachusetts Elementary School Principals’ Association
Other past affiliations:
South Hadley Public Schools
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Benjamin Forman
Research Director
MassINC
Julia Freeland Fisher, J.D.
Director, Education Research
The Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation
Bob Gatewood
VP Software & Digital Health
Portal Instruments Inc.
Other past affiliations:
Ripple Analytics
Qlogix
Athenahealth
Latoya Gayle
Co-Founder
Phenomenal Moms
Other affiliations:
Boston Public Schools Parent Advisory Council
Boston Public Schools Special Education Advisory Council
Christie Getto Young, M.S.W., J.D.
Chief of Staff
Office of Senator Sal DiDomenico
Massachusetts Senate
Other past affiliations:
United Way Massachusetts Bay
Deva Hirsch
Executive Director
The Paul & Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
Other affiliations:
YWCA LeadBoston 2016
Dr. David Jacobson
Senior Project Director
Education Development Center
Other affiliations:
Brandeis University
Joan Kagan, M.S.W.
President and CEO
Square One
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care
Elms College
Springfield College Social Work Advisory
Springfield Chamber of Commerce
Naeemah Kennedy
Co-Founder
Phenomenal Moms
Other affiliations:
Boston Public Schools
Ed Madaus
Executive Director
Guild of St. Agnes
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Association of Early Education and Care
Dr. Chris Martes
President & CEO
Strategies for Children
Other past affiliations:
Various public school districts
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Linda M. Noonan
Executive Director
Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
Other affiliations:
Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy
MassINC Gateway Cities Innovation Institute
Dual and Concurrent Enrollment Advisory Council
Public Education Nominating Council
MassEdCo
Alice Peisch
Representative
Massachusetts House of Representatives
House Chair, Joint Committee on Education
Other past affiliations:
Wellesley School Committee
Dr. Sonia Correa Pope
Director
Holyoke Community Charter School
Dr. André Ravenelle
President
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Superintendent
Fitchburg Public Schools
Other affiliations:
Worcester County Superintendents Association
Health Coalition of Central Massachusetts
Massachusetts After School and Out of School Time Coordinating Council
Fitchburg State University Professional Development Center
FLACC Collaborative
Fitchburg Art Museum
Dr. Stacy L. Scott
President
Center for Understanding Equity
Other affiliations:
United Way Tri-County
Other past affiliations:
Framingham Public Schools
Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Harvard Medical School
Paul Toner
President
Teach Plus
Other affiliations:
Massachusetts Teachers Association
Education Commission of the States
Jim Vetter
Associate Director, Health and Technology
Education Development Center
Other affiliations:
Social-Emotional Learning Alliance for Massachusetts
Dr. Deborah Youngblood
Commissioner of Health and Human Services
City of Newton
Dr. Christopher Wisdo
President
Gnaritas
Dr. Jonathan Zaff
Executive Director, Center for Promise
Boston University School of Education
