Chapter 215 of the Acts of 2008: “An Act Relative to Early Education and Care”

Summary of EEC Advisory CouncilMembership and Appointments

ESTABLISHMENT OF A STATE ADVISORY COUNCIL; MEMBERSHIP AND APPOINTMENTS

Entities Named in Legislation

Members of the advisory council shall, at minimum, include 1 person from each of the following organizations, or their successor organizations, if applicable:

Child Development and Education, Inc.(current member(s): Ardith Wierworka / Elizabeth Reedy)

Massachusetts Head Start Association (current member(s): Nancy Topping Tailby)

Massachusetts Association for the Education of Young Children(current member(s): Yvonne Beirne; Marcia Farris)

Massachusetts Association of Early Childhood Teacher Educators(current member(s): Vicki Bartolini)

Massachusetts Association of School Committees (current member(s): Helen Charlupski)

Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents(current member(s): Tom Kingston, Tom Scott)

Massachusetts Elementary School Principals Association(current member(s): Jill Flanders)

Massachusetts Association of Regional Schools(current member(s): Maureen Marshall)

Massachusetts Teachers Association(current member(s): Paul Toner / Anne Wass)

American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts(current member(s): Thomas Gosnell)

Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education(current member(s): Linda Noonan)

Massachusetts Association of Community Partnerships for Children, Inc.(current member(s): Kelty Kelley)

Strategies for Children/Early Education for All(current member(s): Amy O’Leary / Chad D’Entremont)

Child Care Resource and Referral Network(current member(s): Sue Halloran / Pam Kuechler)

Massachusetts Association of Day Care Agencies(current member(s): Sheri Adlin, Karen Frederick)

Massachusetts Independent Child Care Organization(current member(s): Melissa DeSousa)

Associated Early Care and Education(current member(s): Wayne Ysugirre)

BostNET(current member(s): Mary Ellen Coffee)

YMCAs of Massachusetts(current member(s): Mike Cahill / Kathy Treglia)

United Way of Massachusetts Bay(current member(s): Peg Sprague)

Massachusetts After-School Partnership(current member(s): Gwynn Hughes)

Together for Kids Coalition(current member(s): Lynn Hennigan)

Horizons for Homeless Children(current member(s): Sue Heilman)

Federation of Children With Special Needs(current member(s): Richard Robison / Margaret O’Hare)

A Family Child Care Provider Chosen by the Commissioner(current member(s): Grace Richardson)

Parents Alliance for Catholic Education*

Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics*

Bureau of Jewish Education*

Boston Institute for the Development of Infants and Parents*

Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium*

*entities with no current representation on the EEC Advisory Council

Legislative Appointments Named in Legislation

3 members, appointed by Senate President

3 members, appointed by Speaker of the House

1 member, appointed by Senate Minority Leader

1 member, appointed by House Minority Leader

Board Appointments:as recommended by the Commissioner (no limitation in statute on number)

Entities/Individuals Not Named in Legislation, With Current Representation on the EEC Advisory Team

The following representatives correspond with the legislative requirement that “all appointees shall have a special expertise or interest in high quality early childhood education and care and shall represent a mix of representatives of the early childhood community, the civic, labor, and business communities, academics, parents, teachers, social service providers, and health care providers.”

The proposed appointees are composed of 7 representatives from the early childhood community, 3 representatives from civic organizations, 2 representatives from social service providers, 1 parent representative and 4 representatives from academia.

Early Childhood Community Representatives:

  1. Caroline Haines, Pathways for Children
  2. James Ward, Early Childhood Centers of Greater Springfield
  3. Leslie Christian, Crispus Attucks Children's Center
  4. Jim Robertson, Plowshares Child Care Center
  5. Marilyn Mahoney, Lynn Public Schools (PCHP/MFN/UPK)
  6. Jason Sachs, Boston Public Schools
  7. Donna Jasek, Executive Director, Southborough Extended Day Program

Civic Representatives:

  1. Kim Haskins, Barr Foundation
  2. Sally Fuller and Mary Walachy, Davis Foundation
  3. Ben Lummis, Mass2020

Social Service Provider Representatives:

  1. Patricia Quinn, MA Alliance for Teen Pregnancy American
  2. Beth Ann Strollo, MA Association for Community Action Agencies

Parent Representative:

  1. Parent Advisory Council Member, no current parent representative

Academic Representatives:

  1. Bill Hart, MA Executive Offices of Community Colleges
  2. Charlene Mara, Quinsigamond Community College
  3. Marta Rosa, Wheelock College
  4. Linda Turner and Hannah Gebretensae, Urban College