Experience
Newton Experience
- Newton School Committee (6 years): Serve as an independent voice on nine-person committee, working with all members on a wide range of issues. Work with ward and other school communities to address specific challenges. Carefully analyze Superintendent’s reports, ask informed questions and request follow-up. In 2009 I chaired the Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) Response Committee and the Interim Principal Search Committee. I now chair the Union Negotiations Committee, successfully revamping the School Lunch Program and now in final stages of reaching a long-term contract with Newton Teachers Association.
- Williams PTO Co-President (2 years) and PTO’s tracker of School Committee activities (3 years): As an active parent at Williams Elementary School, I took on large PTO responsibilities and worked with a team to lobby City Hall on Tier 1 building renovations, fundraise for school needs, run programs, and then led the school community’s response to the NPS administration’s middle/high school redistricting proposals.
- Co-President of City-Wide PTO Council (1 year): Worked to coordinate activities and share valuable experience between the 22 different PTOs across the city; presented PTO Council’s comments on several School Committee issues including the budget.
- Brown Middle School PTO volunteer: Volunteer at PTO events including parent’s work weekend making long-overdue facility improvements.
- Member of following Newton organizations:
Stand for Children – Newton Chapter
Green Decade Coalition/Newton
Newton Schools Foundation – friend
Newton South Sports Booster Club
Newton North Tiger Athletic Booster Club
former Newton Youth Soccer Coach
Network of Newton Autism Parents
Ward 2 Democratic Ward Committee
Work Experience
- Director of Water Supply Protection, Massachusetts DCR: I currently manage a 180 person team of scientists, engineers, managers, laborers, tradesmen, and planners protecting metropolitan Boston’s water supply in central Massachusetts. I have a $20 million annual budget, report to a Board of Trustees and a Commissioner, and make dozens of hiring and firing/disciplinary decisions a year.
- Massachusetts Water Resources Authority: For 17 years I worked at this dynamic, successful public sector organization in six different technical and then managerial positions. As part of the management team, I helped develop and then implement MWRA’s Yellow Notebook, an acclaimed data-driven Performance Management system with a motto “What Gets Measured Gets Managed.” Responsible for developing and tracking $1 billion Waterworks capital budget.
Education
- Harvard University, Masters Degree in Public Policy. The Kennedy School of Government focuses on developing excellence in public sector governance. I concentrated in environmental & energy policy. I also took courses at MIT, Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School and was a TA for applied statistical analysis.
- Wesleyan University, B.A. Degree with honors. Earth Science major, student trustee of the university, Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Wesleyan Argus newspaper.
