Experience

 

Experience & Leadership

 

School Committee and Municipal Experience

• School Committee, since 2005
  • Chair 2008-09, 2014-15 and 2019-20
  • Finance subcommittee and Finance Committee liaison
  • Negotiations 2009 – 2020
  • School liaison: Eliot (2005-06), Broadmeadow (2006-07), High School (2007-08), Hillside (2008-09), Mitchell (2009-10), High Rock/Pollard (2010-11), Eliot (2011-12), High School (2012-13), Eliot (2013-14), Mitchell (2014-15), Newman (2015-16), Broadmeadow (2016-17), Mitchell (2017-18), Hillside (2018-19), Pollard/High Rock (2019-20)
  • Policy subcommittee (2006-10)
• Town Meeting Member since 1995
• Technology Advisory Board, Member and Chair 2000-09
  • Helped draft the Town Meeting article re-establishing the TAB in May 2000
  • Appointed to Committee when it was initially constituted in 2000
• Cable Television Advisory Committee, member 2000-20, chair 2016-20
• Green Communities Study Committee, 2011

Community Organizations

• Co-Founder and Chair, Green Needham Collaborative,
• President, The Needham Channel,
• Co-President, Great Hall Performance Foundation
• Member, Citizens for the Preservation of the Needham Great Hall
• Member, Needham Exchange Club
• Board Member, Needham Heights Neighborhood Association
• Co-founder, Citizens for Needham Schools