"It's an independent group of people looking at our raw data and visiting the school with completely different eyes, the eyes of a business man, for example, or a woman, with their own ideas, background, all of their own historical, cultural backgrounds, having perhaps preconceived notions formed about why this is or that is, or why can't students learn. And then, for them to come into a school and say 'Wow, this is working here, things are moving.'"
- Isabel Mendez, Principal of Sarah Greenwood K-8 School
EdVestors Volunteers
Education Review Panel: 2011 - 2012
The Education Review Panel reviews proposals and recommends grantee finalists for the Urban Education Investment Showcase and the overall EdVestors Investment Portfolio.
| Dana Ansel | Consultant | Marie-Jose Bahnam | Manager, Deloitte Consulting |
| Antonio Barbosa | Principal (retired), Winship Elementary School, BPS |
| Blake Barich | English Teacher and Department Chair, Excel High School, BPS |
| Barbara Boger | Consultant, Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching Center at Wellesley College |
| Manikka Bowman | Proteus Fund Diversity Fellow, Boston Opportunity Agenda |
| Sophia Boyer | Professional Development Coordinator, Boston Debate League |
| Hehershe Busuego | Proteus Fund Diversity Fellow, The Boston Foundation |
| Melanie Calzetti-Spahr | Fidelity Investments |
| Doug Clowes | The Clowes Fund |
| Hardin Coleman | Dean, Boston University School of Education |
| Connee Counts | Associate Professor (retired), Lesley University |
| Amy d'Ablemont Burnes | Programming and Partnerships Committees, Hurley School, BPS |
| Mary Dibinga | English Teacher, Charlestown High School, BPS |
| Paula Elliott | Consultant |
| Bob Giannino-Racine | Executive Director, ACCESS |
| Kelly Greene | Josephine & Louise Crane Foundation |
| William Hayes | Assistant Headmaster, New Mission High School, BPS |
| Karene-Sean Hines | 8th Grade ELA Teacher, Timilty Middle School, BPS |
| Matt Holzer | Humanities Program Director, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, BPS |
| Christine Lamas-Weinberg | Consultant in Grantmaking and Project Management |
| Melissa Luna | Director of Community Organizing and Evaluation, Sociedad Latina |
| Maria McCarthy | Director of Associate Degree Programs, College of Professional Studies, Northeastern University |
| Isabel Mendez | (former) Principal, Sarah Greenwood K-8, BPS |
| Ellen Moskowitz | Visual Arts Teacher (retired), BPS |
| Frannie Moyer | English Teacher and Department Head (retired), Newton South High School |
| Cynthia Paris-Jeffries | Principal, Blackstone Elementary School, BPS |
| Susan Passoni | Consultant, Former Managing Director, Credit Suisse First Boston |
| David Quinones | Partner (retired), Accenture |
| Toby Romer | Director of Professional Development and Data Inquiry, Orchard Gardens K-8, BPS |
| Nina Ross | President, Rostam Capital |
| Amrita Sahni | Director of Instruction, Edwards Middle School, BPS |
| Kate Scott | Assistant Headmaster, Neighborhood House Charter School, Boston |
| Clemence Scouten | Executive Director, Plymouth Rock Foundation |
| David Simon | Simon Brothers Family Foundation; EdVestors Governing Board |
| Don Souter | (former) Partner, Accenture |
| Elissa Spelman | Executive Director, Breakthrough Cambridge |
| Cara Veilleux | Manager, Internal Communications, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. |
School on the Move Selection Panel: 2012
The Selection Panel recommends finalists and selects a winner for the Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize.
| Jim Stone | Panel Chair, Chairman, Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation |
| Hardin Coleman | Dean, Boston University School of Education |
| Tripp Jones | Managing Director, New Profit, Inc. |
| Rona Kiley | Founder, TeachFirst |
| Anne Lovett | Lovett Woodsum Foundation |
| J. Keith Motley, PhD | Chancellor, University of Massachusetts - Boston |
BPS Arts Advisory Board
The BPS Arts Expansion Initiative is guided by an Advisory Board chaired by Superintendent Johnson, including leaders from business, philanthropy, higher education, and cultural institutions.
| Dr. Carol R. Johnson | Superintendent, Boston Public Schools |
| Robert Beal | President, Beal Companies |
| Roger Brown | President, Berklee College of Music |
| Paul Buttenwieser | |
| Louis B. Casagrande | Board Chair, Boston After School & Beyond |
| Christopher Cook | Acting Director, Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism & Special Events |
| Michele Courton Brown | Chief Operating Officer, The Efficacy Institute, Inc. |
| Rev. Dr. Gregory Groover | Pastor, Charles Street AME Church; Chair, Boston School Committee |
| Paul Grogan | President & CEO, The Boston Foundation |
| Barbara Hostetter | Trustee, Barr Foundation |
| Abigail Housen | Co-Founder, Visual Thinking Strategies |
| Swanee Hunt | President, Hunt Alternatives Fund |
| Beth Klarman | President, Klarman Family Foundation |
| Judith Kurland | Executive Director, Center for Community Democracy and Democratic Literacy, UMass Boston |
| Jose Masso | Host & Producer, Con Salsa/WBUR |
| Martha McKenna | Provost, Lesley University |
| Sherif Nada | |
| Sue Pucker | Pucker Gallery |
| Steve Seidel | Director, Project Zero and Arts in Education Program, Harvard University |
| Kay Sloan | President, Massachusetts College of Art and Design |
| Gail Snowden | Chief Executive Officer, Freedom House |
| Marie St. Fleur | Chief of Advocacy and Strategic Investment, Office of Mayor Thomas M. Menino |
| Michael Tooke | Private Investment Banker |
| Alicia Verity | Senior Vice President, Bank of America |
| Daniel Windham | Director of Arts, The Wallace Foundation |
| Dennis Palmer Wolf | Senior Scholar, Annenberg Institute for School Reform; Principal, WolfBrown |
| Tony Woodcock | President, New England Conservatory |
| Janet Zwanziger |