Officers

Lisa Schmid Alvord, President
Filmmaker, cofounder Urban Improv

JoAnn Tschaen, Vice President
Executive Director, Trips for Kids

Bernadette Souza, Vice President
Assistant Director, Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford

Elizabeth Huidekoper, Teasurer
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Brown University

William Prescott, Clerk
Former Head, Wheeler School

Trustees

Talbot Baker, Jr.
Retired Educator, Tabor Academy

Doreen Lopes
Grant Writer/Consultant

Laurie Barrett
Retired Educator, Friends Academy

Helena Marques
Executive Director, Immigrant’s Assistance Center

Christina Bascom
Women’s Fund at the Community
Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts

Margaret (Peg) McGetrick
Managing Partner, Liberty Square Asset Management

Kate Dabney
Educator, Mary C. Wheeler School

Susan Perry
Social Worker, Private Practice, New Bedford

Gail Fortes
Executive Director, YWCA of SouthEastern Massachusetts

John Vasconcellos
Southeast Regional Director, The Trustees of Reservations

Kim A. Francis
Director of Engineering, Acushnet Company

Russ Weigel
Former Head, Loomis Chaffee School

Barbara Hickey
Former Director of Development, OSS and Marketing Consultant

Executive Director

Lisa Yates
Former Educator, New Bedford Global Learning Charter School