About Us
Executive Director’s Advisory Council
Dr. Jean F. MacCormack
Chairperson, Chancellor Emerita
UMass Dartmouth
Tony Sapienza
EVP – Corporate & Legal,
Acushnet Company (Retired)
Joe Nauman
EVP – Corporate & Legal
Acushnet Company (Retired)
Carolee Matsumoto, Ph.D.
Independent
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Peter Bullard, Esq
Lang, Xifaras & Bullard
Hakima Bey-Coon, Esq.
Andrew O’Leary
Superintendent
New Bedford Public Schools
Marci Pina Christian
Program Director
Community Outreach and Engagement,
City of New Bedford
City of New Bedford
Carole Ferguson MSN, PNP-C
The Honorable Bettina Borders, (Ret.)
Dr. Patricia Andrade, MD
Barbara Duffy-Protentis
Patricia Casey, ESQ.
Local Advisory Council
Margo Saulnier
Creative Strategist
City of New Bedford
John Medeiros
Commissioner
Fall River Housing Authority
Douglas McRay Daniels
Music Director
Fall River Symphony Orchestra
David Prentiss
President & CEO
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
Terry Wolkowicz
Director of Education
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
Chief Walter Correira
Chief of Police
Wareham Police Department
Pam Kuechler
Executive Director
PACE Head Start
Chris Howard
President & CEO
First Citizens’ Federal Credit Union
Kerrie Gallant
Executive Director
United Neighbors of Fall River
Shaun Van Laarhoven
Round the Bend Farm
Ashley Occhino
Executive Director
Fall River Arts & Culture Coalition
Shirley Hardison
Special Education Teacher
S.E.A.L. Foundation
John Vasconcellos
President
SouthCoast Community Foundation (Retired)
Robyn Branco
Director of Mission Advancement
YMCA Southcoast
Colleen Kennedy-Mello
Program Manager
Southeast Tobacco-Free Community Partnership (funded by MTCP) at Seven Hills Behavioral Health
Rayana Grace
Program Officer
New Bedford and Womxn and Girls, Island Foundation
Kathy Treglia
Community Liaison
Little People’s College
Allison Perron
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
At High Point Treatment Center
Shane Burgo
Councilor at Large
Alison LeBert
Manager
Community Health & Wellness Southcoast Health
David Guadalupe
Director of Mission Impact
YWCA of Southeastern MA
Soraya Dos Santos
Doula
Sacred Birthing Village
Jill Fearons
Executive Director
Friends of Jack Foundation
Phyllis H. Harris
Corporate Diversity,
Equity, and Inclusion Council
Equity, and Inclusion Council
Care New England
Health Equity & Early Development Team
Kelly Rebeiro–Oliveira, MAT
Executive Director
R.J. Ambrose
Assistant Dir. of Partnerships & Program Innovation
Ana Victoria Santos Y Santos
The Basics Community Liaison
Gregory Schneider
Director of IT, Design & Marketing
Britney Santos
The Basics SouthCoast Youth Ambassador