Experience

GO Foundation

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Nov 2011 - Present

  For the past ten years, I have led the Great Oaks (GO) Foundation as it has recruited, trained and supported recent college graduates in a year-long Fellowship to intensively tutor and mentor students from low-income, urban communities. The best of those Fellows are recruited to participate in a Teacher Residency program to train to become effective classroom teachers through a partnership with NYU's and Relay's Schools of Education. For the past ten years, I have led the Great Oaks (GO) Foundation as it has recruited, trained and supported recent college graduates in a year-long Fellowship to intensively tutor and mentor students from low-income, urban communities. The best of those Fellows are recruited to participate in a Teacher Residency program to train to become effective classroom teachers through a partnership with NYU's and Relay's Schools of Education.



NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Adjunct Professor

  • Jan 2011 - Present

  I am an adjunct professor of public policy at the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU where I teach courses on Adaptive Leadership, Social Change & Innovation, Service Delivery and Strategic Management. I am an adjunct professor of public policy at the Wagner School of Public Service at NYU where I teach courses on Adaptive Leadership, Social Change & Innovation, Service Delivery and Strategic Management.



Victory Education Partners

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Aug 2010 - Jul 2013

  My work involved helping communities to create great schools. One of my clients was the Joe and Katherine Albertson Foundation, (JKAF), of Idaho. JKAF wanted help replicating the PTech early college high school an acclaimed Career & Technical Education program in Brooklyn developed in partnership with IBM. My work involved helping communities to create great schools. One of my clients was the Joe and Katherine Albertson Foundation, (JKAF), of Idaho. JKAF wanted help replicating the PTech early college high school an acclaimed Career & Technical Education program in Brooklyn developed in partnership with IBM.



NYC Department of Education

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Charter School Office

  • Oct 2007 - Aug 2010

  I led the Department's effort to create, sustain and evaluate charter schools in New York City. I led the Department's effort to create, sustain and evaluate charter schools in New York City.



City on a Hill Charter Public School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2003 - Oct 2007

  City on a Hill is a college-prep charter high school serving inner-city students in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. As Executive Director I helped lead the turnaround of the school, which was facing closure. City on a Hill is a college-prep charter high school serving inner-city students in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. As Executive Director I helped lead the turnaround of the school, which was facing closure.



Match Education

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Board member

  • May 1999 - Apr 2004

  I was one of the founding board members at MATCH. I led the school's capital campaign and the effort to finance, buy and renovate a building to serve as the school's permanent home. I was one of the founding board members at MATCH. I led the school's capital campaign and the effort to finance, buy and renovate a building to serve as the school's permanent home.



AIDS Action Committee

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Apr 2002 - Apr 2003

  Managed and led a non-profit agency with a mission to combat the AIDS epidemic; served in this capacity from 2002 to 2003, succeeding the founding Executive Director; raised and managed an agency budget of $10 million; oversaw efforts to adapt the agency’s programs in response to the changing nature of the epidemic; participated in the World AIDS conference in Barcelona. Managed and led a non-profit agency with a mission to combat the AIDS epidemic; served in this capacity from 2002 to 2003, succeeding the founding Executive Director; raised and managed an agency budget of $10 million; oversaw efforts to adapt the agency’s programs in response to the changing nature of the epidemic; participated in the World AIDS conference in Barcelona.



Foley Hoag LLP

• Law Practice
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Director of Employment Strategies

  • Mar 1999 - Apr 2002

  Directed the Employment Strategies practice for a large Boston law firm; worked in the Labor & Employment section of the firm to counsel clients on ways to prevent, investigate and resolve workplace disputes; clients included the MBTA, Genzyme and General Dynamics; traveled to workplaces throughout the country to provide training on a range of employment issues, including sexual harassment. Directed the Employment Strategies practice for a large Boston law firm; worked in the Labor & Employment section of the firm to counsel clients on ways to prevent, investigate and resolve workplace disputes; clients included the MBTA, Genzyme and General Dynamics; traveled to workplaces throughout the country to provide training on a range of employment issues, including sexual harassment.



Human Rights Campaign

• Political Organizations
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Board Member, Co-Chair

  • Jan 1997 - Apr 2002



Commonwealth of Massachusetts

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director, Office of Consumer Affairs

  • Dec 1996 - Jan 1998

  Appointed by the governor to serve in his cabinet leading the state’s business regulatory department; coordinated the work of 700 employees and 9 state agencies, including the Division of Banks, Division of Insurance, the Department of Public Utilities and the Board of Registration in Medicine, among others; advised the Governor on regulatory issues. Appointed by the governor to serve in his cabinet leading the state’s business regulatory department; coordinated the work of 700 employees and 9 state agencies, including the Division of Banks, Division of Insurance, the Department of Public Utilities and the Board of Registration in Medicine, among others; advised the Governor on regulatory issues.



MA Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD)

• United States
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chairman/Commissioner

  • 1991 - 1996

  As chair and commissioner I had two sets of responsibilities: (1) overall management of the agency, and (2) administrative law judge, adjudicating individual cases of alleged discrimination. As chair and commissioner I had two sets of responsibilities: (1) overall management of the agency, and (2) administrative law judge, adjudicating individual cases of alleged discrimination.