Board of Directors

 

Edith Aronson, Chair
Occupation:  Writer & Teacher, Portland , Maine 
 

Inspiration: 

“I am experiencing that feeling of zest that goes with exploration. I am in the thick of an historic moment. I am in an era in the making." ~ Ruth Gruber
 

Related Activities:
 Board Member, Carl & Lily Pforzheimer Foundation (2001 - 2005) 
 Advisory Board Member, Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America (2003 - present)
 Board Member, Walch Educational Publishing (2000 - present)
 Member, Harvard Graduate School of Education Visiting Committee (2007 - present) 
 

Education:
 A.B. History, Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1984)
 Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1997)

 

 

Kitty Burns, Member

Occupation: Educational Consultant

 

Inspiration:
"You must learn to be still in the midst of activity and to be vibrantly alive in repose." ~ Indira Gandhi

 

Related Activities:

 Conference Organizer, National Coalition of Girls' Schools, Belmont, Massachusetts

 Partnership Developer, National Coalition of Girls' Schools (with Girls Scouts USA, Strong Women Strong Girls, Carnegie Science Center, Hardy Girls Healthy Women)

 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Coordinator, National Coalition of Girls' Schools. Managed STEM section of website, and attended STEM Think Tanks for girls' school educators, webinars surrounding STEM, and National Engineers Week Foundation events.

 Daughter attended a girls' school...and loved sciences!

 Manage a rustic island resort in the Belgrade Lakes, Maine, for many summers

 

Education:

 M.A. Candidate, Communication, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts

 B.A., Art History, Connecticut College, New London (1973)

   

  

Nori Gale, Member

Occupation:
 Communications Specialist, Time Warner Cable, Portland, Maine
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laura Moorehead, Member 

Occupations:
 Director of Training, Institute for Civic Leadership, Portland, Maine
 Lead Consultant, Moorehead Consulting Partners, Bridgton, Maine

Inspiration:

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." ~ W.B. Yeats

 

Related Activities:
 Consulting clients in the sciences and leadership
 Convening of youth development organizations in the Greater Portland area, partnering with youth in the convening process
 Fifteen years of involvement with experiential, outdoor education
 Member and consultant to Lakes Environmental Association in western Maine

 

Education:
 B.A., Lewis and Clark College, Portland Oregon
 M.S.O.D., American University, Washington, D.C. (in partnership with the NTL Institute)

 

 

Mary Noyes, Member

Occupations:
Retired owner of a family business, Aircast, Inc.
Consulting and charity work, DBA letsPLAY

 

Inspiration;
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."  ~ Gandhi

 

Related Activities:

 Board Member, Steadman Hawkins Sports Medicine Foundation, Vail, Colorado

 Capital Campaign, Morrison Developmental Center, Portland, Maine (2008)
 Board Member, Maine Children's Cancer Program (1995-2002)
 Honorary Member, ACL Study Group

 The Refugees, LLC, Investor
 Active Participant, The Pan MASS Challenge
 True North Health Center  (2006-present)
 Portland Ovations (2009)

 

Education:
B.A., Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (1981)

 

 

Catherine Richards Olney, Member

Occupation:  Full-time parent, Freeport , Maine

 

Inspirations:
 "Few burdens are heavy when everyone lifts." ~ Anonymous
 "Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress and working together is success." ~ Henry Ford

 

Related Activities:
 Fundraising Committee, Spannocchia Foundation, Portland, Maine (2003 - 2006)
 Vestry Member, St. Bartholomew Church, Yarmouth, Maine (2000 - 2003)
 Organized various fundraisers for St. Bart's Church and the Spannocchia Foundation (2001 - 2004)
 Events Planner, Development Office, Maine College of Art, Portland (1995 - 1997)
 Special Projects and Account Administrator, Ram Trust Services, Portland, Maine (1993 - 1995)
 Account Administrator, Gouws Capital Management, Portland, Maine (1987 - 1993)

 

Education:
 B.A., Art History, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio (1983)
 Graduate courses in Special Education: Learning Disabilities, American University, Washington, D.C. (1983 - 1984)