YEARS
of Improving the Lives of Children and Families
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Dear Alumni and Friends,
Wheelock’s 125th anniversary is a time not only to celebrate the remarkable history of our beloved
College and its unique mission, but also to recognize the more than 15,000 alumni who live that
mission daily. Generations of Wheelock graduates have shared founder Lucy Wheelock’s conviction
that the one thing that makes life worth living is to serve a cause, a conviction that today’s alumni
continue to hold with a passion that is distinctly “Wheelock.”
This celebration publication shines a spotlight on 125 alumni who represent the great diversity of
ways in which Wheelock graduates have chosen to work for a better world for children, families,
and communities everywhere. Different in background, field of study, profession, and experience,
these graduates from every decade of the past 70 years show a continuity of values and purpose
that embodies Wheelock’s mission in action and is as impressive as it is inspirational.
Each one has chosen to answer Lucy Wheelock’s question, “Which cause will you serve?” differently.
They are preschool teachers, professors, social workers, policy and justice advocates, civic leaders,
entrepreneurs, child life professionals, artists, authors, philanthropists, lifelong volunteers, Peace
Corps workers, leaders of government agencies, and founders of schools and NGOs who serve in
rural and urban communities across the country and in many, many locations internationally.
Choosing 125 alumni to highlight in this publication was not difficult because they are the mirror
image of Wheelock alumni everywhere, in their spirit of engagement and in the remarkable ways
in which they are addressing society’s most difficult challenges. We pay tribute to all alumni who
every day put their educations to work caring for others, leading in their communities, and making
a difference in the lives of children and families, who are the future of our world.
With deepest gratitude in this anniversary year, I congratulate you and
thank you for your service to humanity.
Jackie Jenkins-Scott
President
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Ruth Flink Ades ’53
Ruth exemplifies the Wheelock alumni passion for volunteer service through her
commitment to serve numerous community organizations and sit on national
boards of major Jewish organizations, including Hadassah, Women’s League
for Conservative Judaism, and Temple Sisterhoods. She maintains a strong
connection to the College and its alumni community and has served as a reunion
coordinator and class scribe, in addition to participating in alumni events. Ruth
believes Wheelock taught her the importance of family and community, and
she takes pride in her Wheelock legacy family members — her daughter Andrea
Ades Woolner ’83 and her sister-in-law Sherri Ades Falchuk ’68. Ruth lives in
Sarasota, FL, and South Dartmouth, MA, with her husband, Alan, and enjoys
their family of 25, including 15 grandchildren.
Sister Yvonne Arcand ’74MS
“To me, there is nothing more meaningful
than knowing that
with the effort we
contribute, we can
change the experience
that a child will carry
with them forever.”
Caroline Hargrave Armington ’09MS
In 2001, Sr Yvonne and other sisters in the Diocese of Palm Beach, FL, took
the idea of converting an abandoned building and yard into a preschool and
family center for migrant workers, immigrants, and refugees and ran with it.
Today, Sr Yvonne is the founding director of
Holy Cross Catholic Preschool and Center, which
serves 100 children and offers adult education,
citizenship, and life skills classes to adults and
families. The school’s inclusive mission of justice
and empowerment of families resonates with
Sr Yvonne’s Wheelock education, which she
credits for enabling her to work with children
and families and shares with her mother, Harriet Brown Arcand ’26; her aunt,
Madeleine Brown Ryan ’22; and her niece, Holly Arcand Banusiewicz ’03/’04MS. Caroline Hargrave Armington ’09MS
Caroline’s passion for the psychosocial and emotional care of children and families
is reflected in her participation in many child life initiatives. While a graduate
student in Wheelock’s Child Life program, Caroline gained an international
perspective through the College’s Hospitalized
Child in England program. In 2009, she piloted
and directed child life services at the Red Cross
War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town,
South Africa. Caroline also participated in the
2010 Operation Smile South Africa mission to
Rwanda. She is currently a child life specialist at
the Center for Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
at Mass General Hospital for Children and is an advisory council member of the
Standish Foundation for Children.
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Raye Barbieri ’87BSW
Her current position as deputy commissioner of New York City’s Division of
Youth and Family Development is the latest leadership role Raye has taken
during her many years as an advocate for children and families in the juvenile
justice system. She worked for nearly two decades for the Center for Court
Innovation, a nonprofit think tank that helps courts and criminal justice agencies
aid victims, reduce crime, and improve public trust in the justice system. As
director of implementation, she oversaw a large portfolio of Center projects,
including juvenile justice, delinquency prevention, and community coalitions.
She has also served with the Legal Aid Society and as an adjunct associate
professor at Columbia University.
John Bay ’94MS
John has been a member of the Wheelock community for more than 25 years,
first as a faculty member and, since 1999, as director of education for Wheelock
Family Theatre (WFT). His graduate studies at Wheelock — particularly in
multiple intelligences theory and practice — have enhanced the design of
WFT’s nationally recognized education program. John, with WFT, is dedicated to
extending the Wheelock mission by creating transformative theater experiences
for children, teens, and families throughout Greater Boston and by using theater
as an agent for social change.
“We wish our
children not only
to know, but to
do, and to feel
the lot of service
to humanity.”
Lucy Wheelock
Alice Thompson Brew ’59
As an elementary and art teacher, registered art therapist, manager of a VA
mental health facility, and teacher on a Hopi reservation, Alice always creates
opportunities to serve. At age 65, she entered the Peace Corps and served in
Ukraine as a business consultant and as an art teacher of mentally challenged
children at Nadiya (Hope), a center that is an alternative to institutionalization.
She returned to Ukraine to work at NGOs in 2008, 2010, and 2012. The
proceeds from her book, Art Recipes: Cook up Some Art With Things From
Around Home, support the children at Nadiya. Currently, Alice teaches art to
mentally and physically challenged adults at the Lander, WY, Art Center.
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Vicki Greenspan Broman ’74
While teaching in Georgia in the 1970s, Vicki had a passion for math and
science that led her to a seminar about women in engineering, and then to an
associates degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in technology
management. She is an innovator — she holds a patent for a speech technology
that detects potential credit card fraud, which she developed while working at
American Express — and an advocate who lobbies large companies to invest
in speech technology systems that are useful to individuals with disabilities.
Vicki contributes to her community as a crisis counselor for the Phoenix Fire
Department and as a certified clinical hypnotist who helps people address a
variety of life issues from weight management to gambling addiction.
Joyce Pettoruto Butler ’73
“We can never
wisely rule and
guide human life
until we appeal
to what is deepest
and best in a
child’s heart.”
Lucy Wheelock
Joyce began teaching in Charlestown, MA, and in the South Bronx section of
New York City. After earning a master’s degree from Columbia University, she
taught at the Community College of Rhode
Island and became a leading policy advocate
for young children in the state. As a child care
manager for the Massachusetts Department
of Social Services, she also worked on cuttingedge federal early care and education projects,
including the National Child Care Information
Center. Most recently, as founding director of
Ready to Learn Providence, she raised $15 million toward the vision that all
children in Providence enter school healthy and ready to learn. Semi-retired,
Joyce is a Wheelock corporator.
Linda Britton Cabral ’79
An alumna of the Boston Public Schools, Linda began her career-long service
to the city’s schools as an elementary classroom teacher for children with
disabilities. She taught at the elementary through high school levels before
becoming Special Education Department head at Brighton High School and
headmaster at Hyde Park High School and the Community Academy of Science
and Health. She earned her doctorate in 2006 and held numerous positions
at the Boston Public Schools district office, including academic superintendent/
chief of schools. She retired in 2012, is an educational consultant, and is most
proud of her formal and informal mentorship of aspiring school leaders, five of
whom became headmasters in Boston schools.
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Lisa Cantore ’89
An innovative thinker, Lisa says her work with Hasbro Children’s Hospital’s
pediatric oncology patients inspired her, in 1996, to start a summer camp for young
patients who are too ill to attend traditional camps. A PBS documentary film, A
Break in the Clouds: The Camp Dotty Story, was made about the program. Lisa
currently uses her child life training as the arts program coordinator for
Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, incorporating art, music, and integrative
medicine to promote children’s healing. She sits on the boards of New England.
Child Life Professionals and Team IMPACT, a nonprofit organization chartered to
improve the quality of life for children facing life-threatening illnesses.
Jacqueline “Jackie” Hanifl Carnevali ’70
After a 30-year career as a Massachusetts elementary school teacher, curriculum
director, and principal, Jackie is now director of Navionics Foundation, a
nonprofit organization she and her husband, Giuseppe, established to change
the life conditions of children attending schools
in the slums of India. Navionics Foundation is
celebrating the 10th anniversary of its first
school at Yellamabanda; additionally, Jackie has
supported five schools in Hyderabad. Initially,
she planned to focus on only education but
learned that without a clean and safe building
and grounds, potable water, and treatment for
mosquitoes and king cobra, her plan would not succeed. Today, Jackie and
Giuseppe are partnering with Hyderabad’s Public Education Office, Rotary
International, and many private donors to achieve their goals. Vivian Carr ’94 BSW
“Overcoming
obstacles of poverty,
prejudice, or family
crisis is universal
but takes on special
challenges in India.
Wheelock inspired
me to believe I could
change the world
one student and one
school at a time.”
Jackie Hanifl Carnevali ’70
Vivian, a licensed clinical social worker at the Department of Mental Health
and Addiction Services in Connecticut, serves individuals struggling with
mental health, addiction, and legal issues. Her caseload includes people who
have been acquitted of crimes as a result of a mental disorder or disease; she
performs court-ordered evaluations and is often required to provide expert
testimony to the courts. Formerly, Vivian worked in a state-operated mental
health center, where she provided crisis intervention and case management
services in addition to individual, family, and group therapy counseling. She has
also served as the director of social services at a residential treatment center
for at-risk adolescent boys.
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Alicia Carroll ’96MS
“At Wheelock, I
learned how to
take big ideas and
translate them for
young children. I
learned how to assess
young children; ask
how do I know what
they know; and map
out curriculum.
Wheelock prepared
me well.”
Winner of a 2004 Fulbright award, lifelong scholar, and multidisciplinary educator,
Alicia and her innovative curricula make a big impact in her own elementary
classroom and at important institutions for teaching and learning. A year before
receiving the Boston Superintendent’s Award for
Outstanding Teaching, Alicia embarked on an
educators' tour of China’s Silk Road cities. From
her trip research, she created the children's
book Malindi’s Journey and a multidisciplinary,
global school curriculum that she presented,
with additional innovative curricula, in 2012
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Think Tank on Global Education. A member of the K-8 Social Studies Curriculum
Design Committee and the steering committee for the Antioch New England
Institute-sponsored Community-based School Environmental Education project
at the Young Achievers School in Boston, she also serves on the Educational
Advisory Board at Wheelock.
Gregory “Greg” Cass ’05
Greg demonstrated his commitment to academic achievement and leadership as
a Wheelock undergraduate, when he received the Foukal Award for Achievement
in Math and Science and was a research assistant, peer tutor, and undergraduate
teaching assistant in both math and the humanities. He was also a member
of the Admissions Student Committee, the Student Leadership Orientation
Committee, and the Judicial Board, and shared these experiences in his address
as undergraduate student speaker at Commencement 2005. After graduation,
Greg became an adjunct instructor at Wheelock in the Humanities Department,
Graduate and Continuing Studies Department, and the summer Bridge Program,
while also serving as a member of the Alumni Association Board. He is currently
a doctoral candidate at Northeastern University and teaching at Wheelock.
Alicia Carroll ’96MS
Julia Challinor ’75
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Julia is an assistant adjunct professor of nursing at UC San Francisco and an
international leader in the field of pediatric oncology. She has collaborated with
NGOs in the U.S., Canada, Italy, and Belgium to improve care for children with
cancer in countries with limited resources. Julia
is a trailblazer in a four-way partnership with
Georgetown University Hospital, Ethiopia’s
Federal Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa
University, and Tikur Anbessa Hospital to
demonstrate that many children with cancer
in Ethiopia, who typically do not survive,
can be cured when treated by physicians and nurses using protocols and care
specifically designed for low-income countries. Julia’s work has earned her many
awards. She is a Wheelock Corporation member and a former trustee.
Chan Lin Ho ’92MS
For 12 years, Dr. Chan Lin Ho was director of the Regional Training & Resource
Centre (RTRC) for Asia, Singapore’s leading provider of training for early
childhood education, while also serving as executive director of The
Caterpillar’s Cove Child Development and Study Centre, a model child care
program promoting best practices in early childhood education. At RTRC,
she was instrumental in developing Wheelock’s educational partnerships
in Singapore and co-coordinated the RTRC Asia-Wheelock Diploma in Early
Childhood Education Program. Currently, she is deputy director of the Policy
and Development, Child Care Division, at Singapore’s Ministry of Community
Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS), where she promotes professional
development for MCYS educators.
Jeanette Jackson Clark ’72MS
Wheelock’s mission has been a consistent theme in Jeanette’s career, from its
start when she supervised Head Start preschool and kindergarten teachers to
her current position as associate judge of the Washington, D.C., Superior Court,
where she presides over cases of domestic relations. A statement read during
her nomination hearing noted the significance of her having been an educator,
her high standards of conduct, and her “extraordinary array of support for
programs in education.” Jeanette was also associate general counsel for the
Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and deputy general
counsel of the District of Columbia Housing Authority, and she has served on the
Trinity College Board of Trustees.
“Many causes will
solicit your interest
and aid. Which
will you serve?”
Lucy Wheelock
Leland Clarke ’75
Leland was a teacher in the Boston Public Schools for 18 years before he came
to Wheelock to be an associate professor of education and music. His interest in
history inspired him to create the Roxbury, MA, Historical Trail and to construct
the historical collection Pulpits, Harmonies, and
Dreams, which was displayed at the College
in 2002. Leland researched this project after
receiving the Wheelock Gordon Marshall
Fellowship Award. He has produced five albums
of music, including his most recent, My Lord,
What a Morning, African American Spirituals.
Leland is chaplain for the Randolph, MA, Police
Department and pastor at Hope Baptist Church in Boston.
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Virginia Connor ’81
After graduating from Wheelock, Virginia received her master’s degree from
Teachers College, Columbia University, and became head of school and principal
at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s School in New York City. She transformed the school
from one that educated students through high school to one with a focus on
toddler- and elementary-age children. She thought of her school as “the southern
campus” of Wheelock and felt her role there was “continuously informed
by Wheelock’s research and innovation.” Virginia received the President’s
Leadership Award in 2001 for her service as a Wheelock corporator and trustee
and her leadership on many Wheelock committees.
Susan O’Halloran Constable ’82
“I have always
wanted to have an
impact on children’s
learning, and I have
always believed that
teaching pride in
culture and leadership
skills makes a positive,
and necessary,
difference in black
children’s educational
achievement.”
Angela Paige Cook ’73MS
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Susan taught children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) for 10 years at
ACCEPT Education Collaborative in Framingham, MA, and now is the autism
coordinator with the Rhode Island Technical Assistance Project at the Department
of Elementary and Secondary Education and
Rhode Island College (RIC). As coordinator,
Susan works with public school districts across
the state, supporting them in increasing their
capacity to educate students with ASD. She
teaches within the Certificate of Graduate Study
in Autism Education program at RIC and leads
a statewide ASD Community of Practice that
includes the graduates of the RIC program. Susan contributes leadership to
Wheelock as a corporator. Angela Paige Cook ’73MS
Excellence in education and nurturing achievement in young black children have
always been at the center of Angela’s professional life. A longtime educational
leader in Boston, Angela founded and is the director
of Paige Academy, an independent elementary school
serving predominantly black and Latino children. For
more than 35 years, she has provided a successful
public school alternative, setting high academic
standards and establishing a cultural environment
that has helped thousands of Paige Academy
students close the achievement gap and develop a
positive sense of self, the confidence to overcome
obstacles to success in school, and the desire and
ability to attend college. Angela was the recipient of Wheelock’s Elizabeth
Palmer Peabody Award in 2009.
Margaret Leitch Copeland ’67
Influenced by Wheelock Dean Henry Haskell to pursue social justice, Margaret
found many opportunities to use her Wheelock skills in teaching young children
and caregivers in Trenton, NJ, and Philadelphia. After years of teaching at
other colleges, she returned to Wheelock to teach on campus and with Gwen
Morgan ’76MS in the summers. As administrator of the New Hampshire Child
Development Bureau, she called on Wheelock’s National and Regional Programs
to develop a master’s program to support New Hampshire leaders. Margaret
currently teaches policy, advocacy, and leadership in Wheelock’s Singapore
program; chairs her local Regional School Unit 1 Early Childhood Advisory
Council in Maine; teaches Wheelock’s Maine master’s cohort, and is active in
Maine’s Wheelock alumni group.
Madeleine “Maddy” Gatchell Corson ’59
Maddy has demonstrated leadership and engaged citizenship in her active
community volunteering and philanthropic support of many organizations
contributing to the greater good. These include the Gulf of Maine Research
Institute, Maine College of Art, Youth Alternatives President’s Council, Children’s
Museum and Theatre of Maine, Greater Portland Boys and Girls Club, A Company
of Girls, and Area Agencies on Aging. Among her awards are the United Way of
Greater Portland Mary Rines Thompson Award for outstanding volunteer service,
and the Hon. Edmund S. Muskie Access to Justice Award for her “leadership
in using personal philanthropy to encourage and sustain justice initiatives in
Maine” and innovative projects serving the rural poor, the elderly, members of
Maine’s immigrant community, and low-income children.
“I like putting
people together
and knowing
someone else who
is the tipping
point, who can
be the connector
for making
things happen.”
Maddy Gatchell Corson ’59
Harriet Spring Critchlow ’44
To make education accessible to families of all income levels, Harriet has founded
five nonprofit children’s centers in Talbot County, MD during the past 38 years,
each affordable via a sliding-fee scale. Using an age-appropriate educationally
based curriculum in engaging environments, the Critchlow Adkins Children’s
Centers nurture children ages 2, 3, and 4 in year-round preschool programs
as well as children in kindergarten through sixth grade in before- and afterschool programs. Two centers are in Easton, MD; three others are in Cordova,
St. Michaels, and Trappe, MD. In 1993, Harriet received the Alumni Anniversary
Award for her service.
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Genevieve Dagobert ’99MS
Genevieve is a self-identified “citizen of the world” who credits Wheelock College
for giving her the knowledge and tools she needs to make a real difference
serving children, youth, and families. She has
applied her skills and versatility to working with
Haitian and French-speaking African immigrants
at Boston Medical Center, to teaching education
courses as a faculty member of Hunter College, to
running a Planned Parenthood education program
for teens, to founding her own preschool and
educational video company, and to serving as the
education program manager in Haiti for the International Rescue Committee.
Katherine “Kathy” Clunis D’Andrea ’97/’98MS
“I am a citizen of
the world, and my
role as a human
being is to touch a
life. That life will
touch another and
that one another,
and so on. It is about
caring and helping
each other. Plant
a seed and it will
flower; you do it and
you don’t give up.”
Genevieve Dagobert ’99MS
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An early childhood teacher at Mission Hill School in Boston, an activist, and
a self-proclaimed “playist,” Kathy is on the steering committee for Teachers
Resisting Unhealthy Children’s Entertainment, a national group of educators who
address how today’s children’s entertainment
and toys negatively affect their behavior in the
classroom. Kathy’s mission includes advocating
for toys that enhance children’s ability to
engage in imaginative and meaningful play and
providing information about toys and activities
that do promote healthy play. Kathy is also a
change leader for Ashoka’s Start Empathy, which
advocates for empathy as the enabler for children to ultimately collaborate,
lead, and innovate effectively. She is also a member of the Wheelock Alumni
Association Board.
Hanley Denning ’96MS (deceased 2007)
A recipient of commendations from the U.S. Senate and Maine State Legislature,
among many other humanitarian awards, Hanley is an inspiring example of
what one compassionate and committed individual can accomplish. In the slums
bordering Guatemala City’s toxic dump, where children and families scavenge
food and trash for a living, Hanley built a small refuge, which eventually grew
into the nonprofit Safe Passage — a sanctuary
that includes an early childhood center;
educational, adult literacy, and life skills
programs; health and social services; and a
job training program for youth. In the eight
years before her death in an accident, Hanley
gathered an army of community members,
international volunteers, fundraisers, and
staff to her cause and established a permanent institution that continues today
serving more than 550 of Guatemala’s poorest children.
Caitlin Gavin Doyle ’05/’06MS
Caitlin graduated with majors in elementary education and visual arts and
knows the vital role that arts play in children’s development and learning. At a
time when schools are challenged to provide arts education, she is working to
make sure children have access to arts during out-of-school time. As coordinator
of community arts at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), Boston, Caitlin works
with community organizations, introducing children and youth to the Museum’s
collections and the art-making process. She connected with the MFA during
an internship as a Wheelock student and was a museum educator there after
graduation, in addition to working as an extended-day preK-2 teacher and as an
environmental educator at Mass. Audubon.
Jean Dresley ’87BSW
Jean is executive director of Catholic Charities of Shreveport, LA, and sits on the
Executive Council of Catholic Charities USA. In 2012, she received the United
Way of Northwest Louisiana Hidden Treasure award for “her dedicated work in
the community that is making a difference in the many lives touched through
Catholic Charities.” During her career, Jean has served homeless children as a
volunteer with the Peace Corps; children and families living in the Bronx who
needed outpatient psychiatric care at the Montefiore Medical Center at University
Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine; children in Louisiana’s Caddo
Parish Juvenile Services mental health court program; and children living in
hospices with life-threatening illnesses.
Carolyn Kurker-Gallagher ’91/’96MS
A certified child life specialist, Carolyn has worked at Massachusetts Eye and
Ear Infirmary, where she advocated for a Parent in the OR Program, and Boston
Medical Center, where she started a child life program in the Pediatric Emergency
Department. A teacher and supervisor of child life students at Wheelock since
1997, Carolyn has also supported seriously ill children and their families as a
member of the board of the Starlight Starbright Children’s Foundation of New
England, whose mission is to improve the life and health of children and families
in hospitals and communities around the globe. She is also a charter board
member of Bright Spirit Children’s Foundation, which provides seriously ill,
hospitalized children with technology-based games.
“Wherever you
are, the bond
which binds you
to the Wheelock
School and its
teachers is one of
the things that
endures. Neither
time nor distance
can break it.”
Lucy Wheelock
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Maryanne Galvin ’76
An award-winning documentary filmmaker, educator, and practicing forensic
psychologist, Maryanne holds a Ph.D. in psychology and an M.F.A. in creative
writing. Her films explore her many social concerns — the environment,
community improvement, children and youth, aging, mental health, and justice.
They are shown at U.S. and international film festivals and are broadcast and
distributed widely. Her films Real Danger: Restraints & Our Children, about the
U.S. practice of restraining and secluding children in schools and mental health
and juvenile justice treatment centers, and Interrogate This: Psychologists Take
on Terror, chronicling her colleagues’ work as consultants to interrogations
in U.S. national security detention centers, are typical of the challenging and
controversial subjects Maryanne tackles.
“You will be
better than those
before you to
protect childhood,
to defend the
oppressed, to
further justice.”
Lucy Wheelock
Laura Gaynard ’84MS
Laura is recognized globally as a child life pioneer, clinician, author, professor,
researcher, and speaker. She has held child life directorships at several leading
hospitals and served on the executive board of the Child Life Council. Her impact
as an educator and researcher at Wheelock College, University of Utah, and
Kuwait University, and in Australia and New Zealand is equally notable. With
two others, she was chosen by the Association for the Care of Children’s Health
to conduct the two-year Child Life Research Project, which studied hospitalized
children and families, and wrote the resulting book, Psychosocial Care of
Children in Hospitals. She was awarded the Child Life Council Distinguished
Service Award and was the first Visiting Health Scholar at the College. Elizabeth “Betsy” Dewey Giles ’53
Betsy has served children and families as a teacher, a planned giving director
for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and
a member of the board of directors of a nursery school and kindergarten. Her
leadership service to Wheelock and its mission has been outstanding. Betsy
has been a trustee, a treasurer of the Endowment Fund Committee, an Alumni
Association president, and a director of Reunion and Planned Giving; with
former Wheelock President Gordon Marshall, she founded the Heritage Society.
She has also served as her class reunion coordinator and on the Worcesterarea steering committee for alumni events. In 2003, she received a President’s
Leadership Award.
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Julianne Glosband-Mendez ’76/’77MS
“My time at Wheelock was instrumental in my professional and personal
development,” says Julianne, who is living the College’s mission as the founding
director of Reach4America, a nonprofit organization with a mission to hire
returning veterans to mentor youth at risk while also continuing their college
educations. As the director of staff and organizational development for the New
York City Human Resources Administration for 15 years, Julianne developed and
managed training for more than 15,000 staff members responsible for serving
the city’s 3 million in need of social services. She sits on numerous statewide staff
development committees and advisory boards and, through her private practice,
teaches and presents nationally on leadership and employee engagement.
Denise Gonsalves ’93 BSW
Denise recently rejoined Boston’s Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI)
as the director of youth leadership and development after leaving to earn her
M.B.A. During her first stint there, she worked in Roxbury and Dorchester for more
than 12 years developing youth programs, organizing coalitions, and mobilizing
the community around civic engagement. She is a former board member and
vice president of DSNI and was appointed by Mayor Menino to three Boston
task forces: on voting rights, the School Readiness Action Plan, and the Strand
Theatre restoration. She is passionate about expanding and coordinating youth
leadership efforts in the community and helping organizations recognize the
value of youth voices and action in community change efforts.
Ellen Good ’81MS
“I think we are
bound together by
the golden chains
of friendship, but
stronger than that,
by those golden
chains in serving a
common cause.”
Lucy Wheelock
Ellen is manager of the Child Life Department at Yale-New Haven Children’s
Hospital (YNHCH) and past president of the Child Life Council, which has 4,000
child life professionals as members representing more than 600 organizations
worldwide. Under her leadership, YNHCH has introduced healing arts programs,
expanded services beyond the hospital, and has grown Yale’s team of certified
child life specialists to 21. Ellen also was director of Child Life and Volunteer
Services at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh; led the Child Life Department at
Children’s Hospital of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada; and established child life
programs at Oklahoma Children’s Hospital, Oklahoma City, and Fletcher Allen
Health Care, Burlington, VT.
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Jocelyn Goodwin ’04MS
Since receiving her master’s degree at Wheelock, Jocelyn has been an innercity teacher in Lawrence, MA; Brooklyn, NY; and now Boston. She has primarily
focused on English Language Learners and on perfecting instruction for boys.
Jocelyn is also a licensed Zumba instructor who has brought the joy of Zumba
to her colleagues after school as well as to her scholars during the school
day. In the 2013-2014 school year, she will be the literacy specialist at Match
Community Day Public Charter School in Jamaica Plain. Jocelyn is currently
fighting breast cancer with strength and courage.
Bonnie Simon Grossman ’55
“My experiences
in the Dominican
Republic have helped
me to understand the
needs of the students
in Lawrence, and
being able to speak
Spanish with their
family members helps
to build bridges.”
Jocelyn Goodwin ’04MS
A kindergarten teacher for several years after graduating from Wheelock, Bonnie
turned her interest in art into a full-time career, collecting, curating, selling, and
writing and consulting about artwork not typically found in the mainstream
art world: utilitarian Americana, contemporary
visionary art, and naïve and “outsider” art that
is created by artists who are self-taught. When
not involved with her Ames Gallery (co-owned
with husband Sy), lecturing, and uncovering
new artists, Bonnie is an active member of the
California arts community. A founding member
of California Lawyers for the Arts, she has served
on museum boards, curated public art exhibitions, and co-produced and directed
several public television shows about California artists.
Sara Mann Hanscom ’77
Sara has been a creative museum educator ever since graduation and has
worked in major cities as far away as New Delhi. Eight years ago, she went on
board a unique floating museum and education
center called the USS Midway Museum —
converted from an aircraft carrier named after
a famous World War II battle and now berthed
in San Diego, CA. Sara originated the school and
overnight education programs, which include a
fun, hands-on curriculum for grades 2 to 8 that
meets California Content Standards. Her Midway
math, science, and history programs serve close to 50,000 children annually, and
the popular school programs are booked a half-year ahead because, Sara says,
she and her team go directly to teachers to ask what they need.
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Alice Hasbrouck ’92
After Wheelock, Alice worked as a preschool and kindergarten teacher in a
Quaker school. Then, she decided to become a “useful school psychologist
who understands the child’s, the family’s, and
the teacher's point-of-view.” She obtained her
Psy.D. in clinical psychology. Now she is an early
intervention psychologist consulting on the
special education needs of 3- to 5-year olds in
Delaware County PA. “In an IEP meeting, I bring
the knowledge and experience of both fields to
the team.” She also works with Family Support
Line, an organization that works to prevent and heal the harm of childhood
sexual abuse. Charlotte “Pommy” Pomeroy Hatfield ’58
Pommy’s dedication to serving families spans the age spectrum from youngest
to oldest. She has been a day care and second-grade teacher, an educational
consultant, and a leading elder advocate on Chebeague Island, ME, where she
was largely responsible for establishing an extended care home for seniors.
Her service to her communities and to Wheelock on the Alumni Major Gifts
Committee during the Promise of Growth Campaign won her recognition
at Reunion 2003, when she was presented with the “Making a Difference”
Service Award. Patricia “Patty” Hnatiuk ’93MS
Currently an instructor in Wheelock’s Early Education and Care Program and
coordinator of the College’s Annual Community Dialogues on Early Education
and Care, Patty has been in the early childhood field since 1971, teaching,
advocating, writing, and designing courses and programs. At Wheelock, she
has been director of Child Care Training Programs and senior associate at its
Institute for Leadership and Career Initiatives, where she led technical assistance
in 30 states for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Child Care Apprenticeship
Program. Patty has written about leadership and culture, equity in the child care
workforce, caring for children who are affected by war, creating gender balance
in educational credential evaluators programs, respecting and preserving
indigenous cultures, and more.
“I have learned
that it’s not
always what we
teach that makes
a difference, but
how we do it—the
process; the people
we meet, share
with, and learn
from; the tools;
the effort, energy,
and enthusiasm.”
Charlotte “Pommy”
Pomeroy Hatfield ’58
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Harriet Weil Hodgson ’57
A freelance writer for more than 35 years, Harriet is the author of 31 published
books and hundreds of articles that inspire and heal. Her expertise in parenting,
wellness, nutrition, aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and grief
has made her a popular guest on more than 160 talk shows,
including on CBS Radio, and dozens of television stations,
including CNN. A past president of Minnesota Medical
Association Alliance, which promotes health for children
and families, Harriet continues to write health/wellness
resources and is a forum editor and writer for the Open to
Hope Foundation website.
“May I tell you how
exciting it was for
my son to spend the
night on your ship?
He just brought me a
drawing of how the
engines work. This
from a child who
wants to sit and play
on his PlayStation
all day.”
Satisfied mother to Sara Mann
Hanscom ’77 (pg. 16) about her
museum educational programs.
Joanne “Jaci” Fowle Holmes ’73/’76MS
Jaci is the federal liaison for the State of Maine Department of Education and an
advocate in Maine for legislative policy concerning children and families. Her work
as chair of the Legislative Committee of the Federal Interagency Coordinating
Council helped shape the reorganization of
special education laws in Maine. At Wheelock,
Jaci was a graduate assistant while completing
a master’s degree in education, and then began
her career teaching first grade and kindergarten
in Dover, MA. She moved to Maine in 1982
and was an assistant professor of education
at Westbrook College, where she also chaired
the Early Childhood Department, and was an early childhood consultant and
administrator for the state’s special education program.
Holly Horton ’76MS (deceased 2009)
Holly was a dedicated member of the Wheelock community and a beloved
leader in the schools that she helped bring to full realization of their missions.
She was a teacher and lower school head at The Town School in New York City;
the assistant head of academic affairs at Marin Country Day School in Corte
Madera and head of Live Oak School in San Francisco. Additionally, Holly served
on the boards of the Bay Area Teacher Development Collaborative; the Marin
Primary and Middle School in Larkspur, CA; and Project Discover, a nonprofit
collaboration with the San Francisco Boys and Girls Clubs designed to provide
enrichment and support to children at risk.
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Sara Hosmer ’93BSW
Sara has taught in Baltimore, MD; worked as a school social worker in Chelsea,
MA; and served as a guidance counselor in Boston. Her roots in macro social
work led her to pursue school leadership; she is now principal of the Martin
E. Young School in Randolph, MA. A recipient of the College’s Lucy Wheelock
Award, Sara continues the tradition of giving back to Wheelock modeled by her
great-aunt, Katharine “Kay” Hosmer Connor ’33. At Wheelock, Sara has been
an adjunct professor in the B.S.W. program, a member of the B.S.W. Advisory
Committee, and a member of the Alumni Association Board, of which she is now
vice president.
Kimberly Lawther Jackson ’91
An honoree at the biennial YWCA Leadership Luncheon in 2012, Kimberly
was nominated by Connecticut Senator Terry Gerratana, who recognized her
“persuasive and compelling voice” when addressing the state legislature on
behalf of Connecticut’s Family Resource Center model. The model promotes
locating comprehensive, integrated, community-based systems of family support
and child development services in public school buildings. As a facilitator at the
district office of family education services for the consolidated school district
of New Britain, CT, Kimberly plays an important role in family education and
advocates for families to partner with their schools and communities to support
their children’s education. “Wheelock prepares
[students] to have
a thorough base of
knowledge and to
examine what that
knowledge means
in practice.”
Joanne “Jaci” Fowle
Holmes ’73/’76MS
Priscilla Jeffery ’71
After a career of service as a teacher, Priscilla is using her educational and
community development expertise to empower women and girls living in Ghana.
In 2010, she founded Community Partnership of
Akuapim South, Ghana (CPASGhana) to provide
scholarships and microloans to girls and
women in Nsawam, a vibrant trading center of
120,000 people. Now she is executive director
of WomensTrust, an NGO that merged resources
with CPASGhana in order to expand the number
of Ghanaian women and girls served. In 2012,
more than 800 scholarships went to girls to help them stay in school through
senior high, and more than 700 women received microloans.
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Kathryn Jones ’96MS
Kathryn is the deputy director of programs at Action for Boston Community
Development Inc.’s Head Start and Children’s Services
and supervises the services the agency provides to
more than 2,400 low-income children and families
annually. After earning her master’s degree in early
intervention at Wheelock, Kathryn was an adjunct
faculty instructor at the College, and she is now
serving a two-year term as its Alumni Relations Board
president. Kathryn was awarded a Schott Fellowship
by the CAYL Institute and a Shishmanian Fellowship by the Massachusetts
Department of Public Health, and she is now pursuing a doctorate in education
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“I am proud to
serve as a leader
and as a gateway
to education
for the diverse
population in
New Britain.”
Kimberly Lawther Jackson ’91
Judith “Judi” Fain Kanter ’58
Judi is devoted to empowering women and promoting women’s leadership. She
is the former director of the San Francisco office of EMILY’s List, which raises
money for pro-choice Democratic women political candidates. A supporter of
many nonprofit organizations, Judi sits on the steering committee of Futures
Without Violence (formerly Family Violence Prevention Fund, which, since 1980,
has set the standard for awareness, policies, and action to stop violence in homes
and communities). Her commitment to children and families includes helping to
lead the new International Center to End Abuse, a global hub for international
leaders and organizations to collaborate in preventing violence against women
and children around the world.
Colleen Kavanagh ’10
During the summer following graduation from Wheelock, Colleen began work
as a teacher at the Ellis Elementary School in Roxbury, MA, where she taught
in a Spanish, language-specific, fourth-grade, structured English immersion
classroom. To strengthen her understanding of her ESL students’ culture, she
served in the Dominican Republic through the Mariposa Dominican Republic
Foundation, which educates and empowers girls to end generational poverty by
providing academic support, health care, and leadership opportunities. In 2012,
Colleen moved to the Dominican Republic to work full time for the organization as
its academic coordinator, and she is currently pursuing a Master of Education
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Carol Liu King ’66M (deceased 2012)
Carol dedicated her life to early education and to enriching the lives of young
children and families. Her first jobs were teaching at a special-needs preschool
in Amherst, MA, and at a preschool in Washington, D.C. For more than 25
years, she was associated with the Head Start program in Houston as a teacher
trainer and as a consultant designing educational programs. She also taught
and served as director at the developmentally based Poe Cooperative Nursery
School in Houston. On a broader leadership level, Carol served as a volunteer
evaluator with the National Association for the Education of Young Children for
accreditation of nursery schools nationwide.
Diane Larochelle ’89
As the undergraduate student body president, an RA, an orientation leader, and
a member of the Admissions Student Committee, Diane stood out as a leader
even before she graduated from Wheelock. After earning her master’s degree,
Diane worked as a teacher, a supervisor of visitation for noncustodial parents,
and a YWCA education and outreach coordinator. Now she has founded and
is executive director of Nikki’s Dream for Wellness and Education, a nonprofit
organization in New Hampshire that works in conjunction with the Center for
Expressive Arts, Therapy and Education and provides wellness and mental health
counseling, prevention programs, and art therapy to community members at
little or no cost.
“Educating a
girl is the best
way to end the
cycle of poverty.”
Priscilla Jeffery ’71
Susan Kennedy Lemieux ’81
An inspired math teacher and head of the elementary math department at
the Weiss School in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Susan specializes in teaching
gifted children who have health issues or other
challenging exceptionalities. She also champions
community projects with her abundant leadership
skills and commitment to children and families
with special needs. Her demonstrated passion
for all-volunteer action includes raising funds
for and leading two major home renovations: a
$250,000 makeover for a couple who adopted
seven children, all of whom have special needs; and a home for a nonprofit,
nondenominational organization that houses homeless families.
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Helen Doughty Lester ’59
Author of more than two dozen children’s books, Helen is most famous for The
Wizard, the Fairy, and the Magic Chicken; the hilarious Tacky the Penguin series;
and Hooway for Wodney Wat (winner of the Children’s Choice award in 17
states, among other awards). An elementary teacher for 10 years before turning
to writing, Helen stays connected to her teaching roots by visiting 30 to 40
schools each year to encourage children to write, beginning in kindergarten. Her
book Author: A True Story derives from her school visits and, she says, is perhaps
the book of which she is proudest because, by explaining her bumpy road to
becoming a writer, it encourages children to write.
Angela Lombardo ’91
“It is my hope
that by involving
my students in
the community
at an early age,
teaching them
the importance of
lending a helping
hand, I have
planted the seed
of interest and
inspired them to
create a better
community and
society for all.”
Susan Kennedy Lemieux ’81
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As coordinator of the Down Syndrome (DS) Program at Boston Children’s
Hospital (BCH), Angela provides care, support, and resources to hundreds of
families. She also coordinates the innovative Linking Hands program, which
sends medical students and fellows to family homes to learn outside of the
hospital setting. Angela is the family faculty member for the BCH’s Leadership
Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities program and its Institute for
Professionalism & Ethical Practice. Recipient of the Allen C. Crocker Award of
Excellence from the Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Angela credits
her passion for her work to raising her son, who has DS, and to her Wheelock
education, which inspired her to find strengths in all children.
Genevieve M. Lowry ’90
Genevieve spent 20 years as a child life specialist at The Children’s Hospital
of New York, working in a pediatric hematology/oncology outpatient clinic,
before founding Practical Parenting Solutions, her private practice and
consulting organization that supports “families facing
extraordinary circumstances” beyond those in medical
settings. Genevieve is also the owner of The Convenient
Classroom, an online Web-based classroom for child life
specialists, health care professionals, educators, and
parents. She is active as a volunteer with The Bergen
County Corrections and Drug Rehab Program, offering
information about child development and strategies
regarding parental separation. In 2000, she received
Wheelock’s President’s Leadership Award.
Theresa Lu ’92MS
Theresa is an education leader in Singapore’s field of early childhood care
and education. She is the head of Early Childhood Education programs at SIM
University, Singapore. Earlier, she was a member of the initial cohort of students
in the Wheelock College/RTRC Asia Master of Science in Child Development
and Early Childhood Education program in Singapore and then advanced to be
the assistant director of RTRC Asia (now SEED Institute). Following RTRC, she
became the coordinator for the joint Wheelock/SEED Institute bachelor’s and
master’s programs and was the head of Early Childhood Division, PCF and an
associate lecturer at SEED Institute. Her research focus has been on play and its
value in children’s learning with teachers and parents as partners in education.
Susan “Sue” M. Mackey ’94BSW (deceased 2012)
After graduation, Sue joined Wheelock’s staff and made the College and its
mission her professional career. Beloved by students, faculty, staff, and alumni,
she served in many valuable roles, including as manager of Campus Services,
the person responsible for making possible events — such
as conferences, community dialogues, guest speakers,
Commencement, and Reunion — that give Wheelock its
vitality. Sue also served as a volunteer with students in New
Orleans helping to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina and as a
member of the Alumni Association Board. She received the
President’s Service Award in 2001 for outstanding service
to the College and the Lucy Wheelock Award in 2009. After
her passing in 2012, the Alumni Association honored Sue’s
dedication with a “Making a Difference” Service Award.
“I believe that
all kids tell us
what they want
to know; we
just have to be
listening.”
Genevieve M. Lowry ’90
Rebecca Emilio Manley ’93MS
Rebecca founded the Multi-Service Eating Disorders Association (MEDA) Inc. in
1994. Almost 20 years later, MEDA is internationally known
for its unique treatment model in addition to its innovative
educational programming. She is best known for her work in
eating disorder prevention. Her published curriculum titled
Teaching Body Confidence has been featured on the network
news programs World News Tonight and 48 Hours as well as
on many other national programs. As an activist and speaker,
Rebecca has addressed more than 25,000 girls and parents
on topics relating to eating disorders, media influences, selfesteem, and body image.
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Jacqueline “Jackie” Mast ’78MS
Jackie serves children and families as a physical therapist, international lecturer,
and conference organizer and has a passion for integrating children who have
physical disabilities with children who are able-bodied, believing playgrounds to
be the ideal therapeutic medium. Her Mast Clinic, a pediatric physical therapy
private practice in Portland, ME, serves children from birth
to age 5 globally. From 1999 to 2004, with University
of New England, Jackie organized annual international,
multidisciplinary, multicultural conferences focused on
the developing child. She has continued to independently
organize conferences in Iceland, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.
She has served as vice president for the American Physical
Therapy Association’s Section on Pediatrics and is a fellow
of the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine.
“These are very
exciting times for
Wheelock, and
it gives me great
pride to witness
the wonderful
changes that keep
Wheelock relevant
and vibrant in the
world of children
and families.”
Linda Mayo-Perez Williams ’74
Linda Mayo-Perez Williams ’74
Linda began her career in early childhood education and has more than 28 years
of experience in nonprofit executive management, in organizational transition
management, in community development, and as an entrepreneur. A former
Wheelock trustee, Corporation member, and instructor, Linda was one of the first
to receive a Wheelock President’s Leadership Award in 1999. She is a certified
interfaith minister and holds a master’s degree in spirituality from the Hartford
Seminary. Her spiritual dedication has inspired her as a hospice volunteer, mentor
for middle and high school youth, and member of numerous boards. She is also
founder of Lotus Heritage Group, LLC, which designs ceremonies and rituals to
commemorate important life passages and occasions.
Sue Abbot McCord ’59
Sue has become a master educator at all levels during her 40-year career as a
kindergarten teacher, a faculty member in Human
Development and Family Studies at Cornell
University, and director of the Lab School at Cornell,
as well as director of the Lab School at Denver
University and coordinator of Early Childhood
Programs in the Department of Communications
Disorders and Speech Science at the University
of Colorado. She is an outspoken early childhood
education policy advocate and a strong proponent of the value of play, connecting
the classroom to home, and Wheelock’s approach to understanding and educating
young children, as illustrated in her newly revised edition of The Storybook Journey:
Pathways to Learning through Story and Play.
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Mary McCormack ’89
As associate vice president for student success at Wheelock, Mary advances the
College’s mission with her commitment to serving the individual needs of all
students as they pursue their educational, personal, and professional goals. In
the Office of Academic Advising and Assistance, Mary — who is also the contact
for all international students — heads a team that provides academic guidance,
assigns undergraduate students to faculty advisers who assist in planning
their academic programs, and offers academic support programs and other
resources to help students achieve academic excellence. Mary, who received the
President’s Service Award in 1998, is also the co-writer of Creating a Partnership
for Success, which addresses the role of parents in students’ lives at Wheelock.
Jennifer Ceven McNally ’03
Jennifer is an assistant professor at Curry College in Milton, MA, while also
running her consulting practice, Ceven Educational Consulting, which specializes
in curriculum development, training, and instructional design for K-12 and
higher education. In 2009, Jennifer joined Scholastic Implementation Services,
the professional development division of the world’s largest publisher and
distributor of children’s books. As her region’s implementation manager, she
oversaw a team that provided $1.3 million in training and coaching services
to 30 public school districts. From 2004 to 2009, Jennifer collaborated with the
Wheelock College Center for International Education, Leadership, and Innovation
to design online and face-to-face programs of study to be delivered globally.
“The one thing
that makes life
worth living is to
serve a cause.”
Lucy Wheelock
Martha McNulty ’84
A high school course in child development sparked Martha’s interest in early
childhood education, but it was at Wheelock that “everything clicked.” She
went on to earn an Ed.M. from Harvard in counseling and consulting psychology,
and served as a Master Teacher at UConn’s Child Development Labs, after
which she helped establish the Lotus Children’s Center in Cambridge, MA. In
California, Martha became director of enrollment for the Children’s Center of
the Stanford Community and pioneered new public-private partnerships in
child care. Martha was the director of The Early Learning Center, an innovative
collaboration between a San Jose software company and K-8 school district,
which was the first of its kind in the country.
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Kyla McSweeney ’94/’97MS
A former co-director of the Wheelock Alumni Relations Office and a current
Corporation member, Kyla is the director of the Children’s Corner at NewtonWellesley Hospital, a nonprofit, nationally accredited (NAEYC) child care center
on the hospital campus. At Wheelock, she led Reunion programs, coordinated
the College’s participation in NAEYC, helped to develop its Policy Talks program,
served on several committees, and led professional development workshops.
She received the President’s Leadership Award in 1999. Kyla also earned a law
degree, served as an attorney and Equal Justice Works Fellow for Greater Boston
Legal Services, and was a child care workforce specialist with Child Care Search
in Concord, MA.
Jenny Fogel Miller ’97BSW
“You have learned
that membership
in any society
means to do
something there.”
Lucy Wheelock
Named one of the “40 Under 40” leaders by Providence Business News in 2009
and “2011 Social Worker of the Year in Aging” by the Rhode Island Chapter
of the National Association of Social Workers,
Jenny is the president and owner of Senior
Care Concepts, a geriatric care management
company that provides in-depth assessments
and long-term health care planning for seniors
and their families. Her professional and civic
leadership positions include membership on
the Rhode Island Alzheimer’s Association Board
and the Providence Rotary Club Board, where she is president-elect. With the
Rotary, she travels to the Dominican Republic to educate people about clean
water and sanitation.
Deborah “Debbie” Milne ’73/’80MS
Debbie has been director of Early Childhood Programs (ECP) for Martha’s Vineyard
Community Services (MVCS) since 1982 and has been instrumental in creating
the MVCS Childcare Center’s home-based Head Start program and the Martha’s
Vineyard Family Center. ECP was founded by the late Helen Maley, a former
Wheelock professor, with the mission to support the growth and development of
children and families. Debbie received the Creative Living Award from the Ruth J.
Bogan - Ruth Redding Memorial Fund for her contributions to the quality of life
on the island. The College is proud to count Debbie as a member of a Wheelock
legacy family, along with her mother, Virginia Milne ’45, who died in 2003, and
her aunt, Nancy Kyle ’45.
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Toby Congleton Milner ’70
Toby taught for more than 20 years in public and private elementary schools
in New York and Florida; had a private practice as an academic therapist and
consultant working one-on-one with children
with special needs; and is the author of Journal of
Reflections, a reading enrichment program used in
schools in Connecticut and Mississippi. In 2000, she
co-founded the Lillydale Literacy Project with her
husband, Charlie, to improve literacy within rural
South African communities through multicultural,
multilingual teacher education. The Project expands
each year, building classrooms, supporting 30 schools in nine communities with
its Lillydale Environmental Educational Centre, and preparing more than 3,000
children annually with enhanced skills in reading, speaking, and writing in English.
Vicki Caplan Milstein ’72
Vicki has led early education programs in Brookline, MA, since 1998. Prior to
becoming principal of early education for the Brookline Public Schools, she was a
teacher, director, consultant, and adjunct instructor.
She currently oversees 21 early education programs;
a parent-child home visiting program; and Summer
SPARKS, a summer literacy support program. Vicki
created the BEE Bear Book Club, a Brookline cable
TV program offering emerging literacy experiences
for children, and she is a co-author of Integrating
Math In Early Childhood Classrooms. She was named Woman of the Year in 2008
by the Brookline Commission for Women and Mensch of the Year in 2013 by the
Temple Ohabei Shalom congregation in Brookline.
Sobhan Namvar ’11MSW
“I truly believe
that now more
than ever we
need to reach
out to our fellow
citizens of the
world and build
bonds of hope,
love, trust, and
mutual respect.”
Toby Congleton Milner ’70
Sobhan's journey to Wheelock began as a child with hopes that justice would
someday be an “expectation” for children and families rather than an “exception.”
Originally from Tehran, Iran, he watched the Iran/Iraq war firsthand from a bomb
shelter and was forced to quit school in eighth
grade. At Commencement 2011, as Wheelock’s
graduate student speaker, Sobhan encouraged
graduating students to continue on their paths
to becoming “professional change agents.”
He expressed gratitude for attending a college
with students of different backgrounds, cultures,
religions, and ethnicities, where the curriculum emphasized human rights and
a strengths-based approach to improving the lives of children and families
globally. Today, Sobhan is the school adjustment counselor for the Andover, MA,
Public Schools and sits on Wheelock’s Social Work Advisory Board.
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Erica Nazzaro ’01/’03MSW
Erica is an adjunct professor and field instructor at Wheelock, and she has worked
at the Home for Little Wanderers for the past 10 years. There, she established
the Young Adult Resource Network, the first program for young adults ages 17
to 22 who are transitioning out of Department of Children and Families care.
The program receives the Advocacy for Homeless Youth Award and assists in
obtaining stable housing, employment, and educational opportunities, as well
as physical and psychological wellness services in communities where the youth
live. Erica’s professional service has been recognized with a Group Worker
of the Year Award from the Association for the Advancement of Social Work
with Groups.
Katharine “Kate” Needham ’10
“You are going
out into the world
at a critical time
and at a very
interesting time.
So much to do!
So many dragons
to fight! So many
wrongs to right!”
After graduating from Wheelock, Kate was an education and literacy volunteer
in the Peace Corps in Mali, where she helped English teachers enhance their
curriculum, organized girls empowerment conferences,
started the first girls’ soccer team, and opened a community
preschool. She also conducted a needs assessment with
school officials with reference to overcrowded classrooms
and began construction on new classrooms that provided
space for 120 students. Kate was evacuated in 2012 due to
a coup in northern Mali and is now an intern at the Learning
Project Elementary School in Boston. She also serves as
director of curriculum programming for a Malian early-childhood literacy startup
foundation called A Place in the Sun. Lucy Wheelock
Bonnie Schon Neugebauer ’81MS
A Wheelock honorary degree recipient in 2011, Bonnie is an author and
innovative educational entrepreneur. She co-founded, with her husband, Roger
Neugebauer, Child Care Information Exchange, which today is an international
organization providing conferences, seminars, publications,
and online resources that connect educators and child
advocates in a global network of action on behalf of improved
care and education for children. She is also co-founder of
the World Forum Foundation, a partner of the Campaign for
U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
and sponsor of the World Forum on Early Care and Education,
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Francis Ng Kok Liang ’04MS
Francis’ commitment to quality education for children and his outstanding
entrepreneurial talents have had a great impact on children and families
throughout Singapore. After spending 10 years in the
corporate world, he founded his first child care center,
named Carpe Diem — seize the day — to express the
enthusiasm and exuberance of children. In just six years
he developed Carpe Diem into a franchise now totaling
20 centers. Francis also founded The Childcare Alliance,
a nonprofit organization promoting quality child care centers in Singapore
— the first of its kind in the country. And he founded Multiple Intelligences
Research Centre, which was the first organization to fully integrate the concept
of multiple intelligences into a preschool curriculum in Singapore.
Diep Nguyen ’98/’02MS
Diep, a Wheelock World Service Weekend participant, emigrated by boat from
Vietnam when he was 5 years old. Initially he did not speak English, but teachers
guided and encouraged him to succeed in school, and now, after teaching in
Boston for several years, he is a kindergarten teacher in the Gwinnett County
Public Schools system in Georgia, paying forward to children the same inspiration
and support he received. “I chose Wheelock because of its reputation for
excellence in education, and I learned again that everyone can learn and have
a chance to succeed — that there isn’t one way to teach a student — and now,
in my teaching, I build on children’s strengths to bring them to the next level.”
Brenda Noel ’93BSW
“We do not disregard
technique, nor
conformity to the
best established
theories of practice;
but we believe that
the personality and
spirit of the teacher
are the greatest
assets of the school.”
Lucy Wheelock
Since graduation, Brenda has continued professional and volunteer connections
to Wheelock and its educational mission even as she has worked to advance
services in challenging areas of social justice. A current adjunct faculty member
at the College and a former Alumni Association Board member, she has been a
director of education and training for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, whose
mission is to end sexual violence through healing and social change, and a director
of grants management and program resources at the Massachusetts Office for
Victim Assistance, which funds 100 programs across the Commonwealth that
provide free counseling and advocacy services to victims of crime.
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Marianne O’Grady ’94MS
Marianne taught primary school for 18 years at the Cambridge Friends School,
Marin Country Day School, and San Francisco Friends School. She received
the Presidential Award for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching, a Christa
McAuliffe Teaching Grant, and a Fulbright
Memorial Fund Grant to study in Japan.
Marianne has prepared teachers to teach math
and science at USF’s School of Education and at
the Bay Area Teacher Training Institute, and she
has brought inquiry-based science and handson teaching and learning to remote areas of
Afghanistan and Belize. In 2010, she moved to
Kabul, Afghanistan. There, she has trained 43,000 teachers and 3,100 principals,
started schools in the south, and supported free girls schools with computers,
Internet, and IT classes.
“It is true that
outward force
cannot compel an
inner state. The
compulsion must
be from within.”
Lucy Wheelock
Maryann Mylott O’Rourke ’60/’98MS
Maryann taught at several nursery schools in Greenwich, CT, before becoming
executive director of the Children’s Day School Inc., which she led for 22 years
and expanded to include a second campus and serve 200 children from families of
all social and economic backgrounds. Maryann organized a Preschool Directors’
Association to advocate for quality child care in the Greenwich area, served as
interim director at the Greenwich YMCA Childcare Center, and continues to work
as an educational consultant. She was honored by the Malta House in Norwalk,
CT, for her work with single mothers, and she has been an active Wheelock
alumna, serving as a member of the Corporation. Joanna Sharkey Oshman ’98
Joanna is another example of an alumna who improves the lives of children
and families not only through her profession but also through her continuing
connection to the College. She has served Wheelock’s mission as a director of
the Child Development Center at the YWCA in Palo Alto, CA, and as a fourthgrade teacher at a K-8 independent school there. She also has been a recipient
of the Wheelock President’s Leadership Award, a project site leader for Wheelock
World Service Weekend, and a Wheelock first-year student mentor, continuing a
commitment to service she developed as an undergraduate when she was SGA
president, Colchester House parliamentarian, and student representative on the
Alumni Association Board.
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Sarah Otis ’72
Sarah has served internationally as a teacher for her entire career. On St. Croix,
she taught kindergarten at Eulalie Rivera Elementary School and first grade at St.
Croix Country Day School, and she was director of the
Lower School at Good Hope School. She is currently a
second-grade teacher at the International School
of Kigali (ISK) in Rwanda, where a diverse student
body of Rwandan, Dutch, American, and other
international students attend preschool through
grade 12. Rooted in intercultural understanding,
ISK prepares students for international higher
education while promoting understanding and appreciation for Rwanda and its
culture through service education and experience-based off-site activities.
Ginger Neaher Pape ’71
A former Wall Street executive and corporate officer of a Fortune 500 company,
Ginger is a successful entrepreneur and longtime advocate for women’s
issues. She helped found the National Women’s Business Center, which trains
women who have low incomes to start their own businesses and now has 100
centers nationwide. She also helped co-found the national Race for the Cure
in Washington, D.C., for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and
represented the Foundation in its nationwide expansion. She owns Repotting
LLC, a company that provides consulting services for life strategies, and is the
co-author of Repotting: 10 Steps for Redesigning Your Life, which was given as
a gift at First Lady Michelle Obama’s welcoming luncheon in 2009.
“Little hands must
carry on the torch
of freedom. It is
lighted in schools
by teachers whose
hearts burn within
them, as they give
lessons of life.”
Lucy Wheelock
Andrea Nicoli Pappaconstantinou ’04/’06MS
During the nine years since receiving her bachelor’s degree, Andrea has become
a leader in child life and in advancing its importance in the field of medicine.
She is the director of Child Life Services for Tufts Medical
Center’s Floating Hospital for Children and an adjunct
faculty member at Tufts Medical School. In 2011, she
received a Tufts MC True Blue award, which honors hospital
employees for their dedication to the organization and
deep commitment to improving the lives of patients. Her
nomination said, in part: “Andrea creates an atmosphere
of mutual cooperation amongst the medical team. She is
a driver of quality [and] holds her own performance to the
same high standards, continuing to stay current and excel
in her professional practice.”
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Jillian Warner Perez ’01
Jillian is an educator and volunteer on a literacy mission. As an undergraduate,
she volunteered at Head Start of South Boston, Blue Hills Early Education Center,
and Mission Safe After School Program. She has
been a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, teaching
and designing workshops serving low-income
families in Pampa Grande with the Integrated
Education Project, which promotes gender
equality through health, nutrition, and education.
As a third-year volunteer, she coordinated and
mentored volunteers completing their service and
helped to develop new partnerships with Bolivian nationals. Jillian taught ESOL
at the Pan American Language Institute and is now a bilingual kindergarten
teacher in Oregon, hoping to return to Bolivia in the future to continue improving
literacy there.
“With clear eyes we
must see the goal of
our efforts and with
unfaltering steps
journey towards
it. The goal is
nothing less than
the redemption of
the world through
the better education
of those who are to
shape it and make it.”
Lucy Wheelock
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Adelaide Duffy Queeney ’88MS
Adelaide balanced work and family life raising six children and pursued an
education that brought her from Cape Cod Community College to Smith College
(commuting there during her 50s) to Wheelock College for her master’s degree
and back to the Cape, where she is well-recognized as a strong advocate for early
childhood education, community activist, and businesswoman. She was director
of the YMCA Cape Cod before founding and designing the Stepping Stones early
childhood center, which she expanded to a second location with Stepping Stones
Too. Adelaide is a member of the Community Action Committee of Cape Cod &
Islands and the Cape Cod Community College Educational Foundation.
Robert “Rob” Quinn ’86MS
Rob started his career as a child life coordinator at St. Luke’s/Roosevelt
Hospital Center in New York City. He is now a leader in HIV/AIDS education and
support in Western Massachusetts and the public face of the AIDS Foundation
of Western Massachusetts (AFWM), making grants for emergency financial
assistance more accessible and chairing the first Campaign for Compassion
to raise money for life-saving educational programming. A trustee of AIDS
Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Rob received the 2011 Community
Activist Recognition Award given on World AIDS Day. He founded and now cofacilitates Western Massachusetts’ only psycho-educational support group for
men living with HIV/AIDS for one year or more.
Linda Resnick ’64
Linda is an entrepreneurial leader in business and international service. As
founder, president, and CEO of Resources Inc., a nationally recognized organizational consulting firm, she has helped hundreds of organizations recruit
corporate leaders and achieve business improvements. Honored as one of
“Pennsylvania’s 50 Best Women in Business” by the Pennsylvania Department
of Community & Economic Development and as “Entrepreneur of the Year” by
the Pennsylvania Innovation Network, Linda wrote the book A Big Splash in a
Small Pond: Finding a Great Job in a Small Company. As a volunteer, she cofounded and is president of Women International Leaders, a women’s organization that has raised funds for village banks in Ghana, South Africa, Mexico,
Nicaragua, and Guatemala.
Judith “Judy” Johnson Richards ’71/’06MS
Judy is an exemplary practitioner recognized nationally for her work in
mathematics education and the use of technology to enhance teaching and
learning. Her primary work in math education has been in ethnomathematics,
the study of the relationship between mathematics and culture. Her commitment
to equity for all children led to her success as an urban school teacher for more
than 39 years. During her nearly three decades as a Wheelock instructor, Judy
has been a clinical faculty member in the Professional Studies Department and
a mentor teacher, and she served as co-director of the College’s Technology
Project. Her scholarly work has been in the fields of alternative assessment,
classroom discourse, technology, and education.
“Be brave for there
is much to dare.”
Lucy Wheelock
Sarah Nadolny Roberts ’93MS
Sarah comes from a family of Wheelock graduates — her grandmother is Louise
Martin DeWalt ’45, and her mother is Sarah DeWalt Cunningham ’71 — and
is an outstanding example of an innovative educator who teaches traditional
school subjects within the context of service and solving real-life problems. At the South Shore Charter Public School in Norwell, MA, where she teaches third- and
fourth-graders, Sarah began a green initiative with her
students that led to their school’s being named “The
Greenest School in America” and receiving funds for
school renovations and a hybrid school bus. With a KIDS
Consortium grant, she and her students also traveled to
make presentations about what they had learned at the
University of New Hampshire and the Department of Education Service Learning
Conference at Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Sarah was a 2012 Massachusetts
Teacher of the Year finalist.
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Sophia Roque-Mela ’85
Originally from Greece, Sophia enrolled at Wheelock because of her interest
in children’s education. When she returned
home, she founded Greece’s first children’s
museums. The Hellenic Children’s Museum
in Athens is free and grounded in an idea
familiar to Wheelock alumni: Children learn
most effectively and creatively through active
discovery and direct interaction with real
objects that lead them to think about a wide
array of social, historical, scientific, artistic, and technical topics. The second
museum Sophia founded is the Handicraft-Industrial Educational Museum in
Lavreotiki, which is based on the same educational theory and practice and
teaches children, youth, adults, and educators about the region’s industrial and
cultural history.
“The greatest
lesson I learned at
Wheelock was not
only to learn, but
also how to learn.
The mission of the
museums I have
devoted myself to
is exactly that:
showing children
how to learn.”
Amy Rugel ’87MS
Until retiring, Amy taught kindergarten in Boston for 30 years, with “the last and
best 10 years” being at the Early Learning Center East in Dorchester. She still
volunteers and supports many enrichment activities for the school she loves, in
part, because “it was one of Boston’s first and finest models of a self-contained,
early education program with a surround-care component,” a program teaching
children to be peacemakers, and a curriculum written with Wheelock College.
Since retiring, Amy has volunteered at the Early Learning Center East. For the
past two years, she has volunteered in the Kindergarten 2 class at the BTU
School in Jamaica Plain, a school developed by the Boston Teachers Union and
run by teachers.
Sophia Roque-Mela ’85
Lani Tomita Sakoda ’63
Lani is president of the Zero to Five Foundation, which she launched with fellow
educators as a pilot early intervention school program for young children living
in two high-crime areas of poverty in Los Angeles. The remarkable success
of the free and open program in preparing school-ready graduates by age 4,
in developing effective parent education programs, and in building lasting
child-family-school communities within the two schools led to the program’s
permanent expansion into other public schools in the city.
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Barbara Grogins Sallick ’61
An entrepreneurial leader, Barbara is the co-founder
of Waterworks and its senior vice president of design.
Waterworks is the leading brand for luxury bath fittings,
fixtures, surfaces, and furnishings. Barbara has shared
her innovative business and organizational skills with
Wheelock to further its mission. She has been chair of
the Development Committee and clerk of the Board of
Trustees. She was a member of the Presidential Search
Committee and a member of the Executive Committee,
and she was awarded the Wheelock College President’s Leadership Award in
2001. Barbara is the author of two books on the bath.
Holly Seplocha ’79MS
Holly is a recognized leader in education at several levels. She began her career
as a preschool teacher, became an outstanding early education administrator,
earned a doctoral degree, and is now a tenured,
full professor at William Paterson University in
New Jersey. She is a recipient of the National
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award from the
National Association of Early Childhood Teacher
Educators, has conducted extensive research
with the New Jersey Department of Education
and the National Institute for Early Education
Research, and has made significant contributions to the field through hundreds
of publications and presentations across the U.S. In 2005, she was the opening
speaker for the Oxford University Roundtable on Early Literacy in Oxford, England. “Wheelock was
incredibly
inspirational for
me, and I am so
grateful for the
rich, rewarding
experience I
received from my
education there.”
Amy Rugel ’87MS
Thekla “Teckie” Reese Shackelford ’56
Teckie is chair of I Know I Can (IKIC), a nonprofit organization that provides
financial assistance to help all qualified Columbus City High School graduates
attend college. It is one of the largest and most
successful access programs in the country. She
has received numerous awards for her IKIC
service, including the Daily Point of Light Award
and the Ronald Reagan Medal for Volunteer of
the Year from President George H.W. Bush. Teckie
also has served higher education as a member of
the Ohio State University Board of Trustees, chair
of the Ohio State University Foundation, and chair of The Columbus Foundation
Governing Committee. She is currently a Wheelock corporator.
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Barbara Silverstein ’56
Having successfully reinvented her career several times over, Barbara
demonstrates the particularly creative and innovative spirit of Wheelock alumni
and their strong connection to the College. Beginning as an educator, then
becoming a textile and carpet designer — which led her to translating designs
into a unique art form of three-dimensional wood constructions — Barbara is
now a jewelry designer widely recognized for her original handcrafted work. Her
jewelry can be found on the Internet — and in stores and museums such as the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Museum of Arts and Design, New York City; the
Dallas Museum of Art; and the Los Angeles Philharmonic store.
Kathy Luneau Simons ’79MS
“The Zero to
Five Foundation
recognizes the
lasting benefits of
early education.
This organization’s
model and mission
need to spread to
all of our schools
so that all of our
children can reap
the rewards.”
U.S. Representative
Xavier Becerra, speaking about
Lani Tomita Sakoda ’63 (pg. 34)
and her organization.
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Kathy is a national expert on employer child care and work-life strategies for
families in academia. The co-founder and past president of the College and
University Work & Family Association, she also serves on the Steering Committee
of the New England Work/Family Association and on the board of directors of
the Massachusetts Children’s Investment Fund, an organization committed to
improving the quality of children’s programs by enhancing physical environments.
Kathy is co-director of the MIT Work-Life Center, which has been identified as
a model program by both Families and Work Institute and Family Resource
Coalition and was instrumental in Working Mother magazine’s naming MIT a
“best employer for working mothers.”
Craig Simpson ’89MS
From his first job as a VISTA worker in a migrant labor camp to his current
position as the infant/toddler coordinator for the Yawkey Konbit-Kreyol
Center for Early Education and Care in Dorchester, MA, Craig has actively
demonstrated Wheelock’s mission in action. He is a former co-president and
a current board member of the Boston Association for the Education of Young
Children (BAEYC) and a recipient of BAEYC’s Abigail Eliot Award, which
honored his commitment to young children and the early childhood profession
as well as his distinguished professional achievements. Craig is also a leader
in MenTeach, a nonprofit organization that works to increase the role of men
in the education and care of children.
Katherine “Kathy” Kourapis Sipes ’83
Kathy is the child care director of the Riverview High School Cyesis Program
in Sarasota, FL, a dropout prevention program for teen parents. In addition to
leading this NAEYC-accredited child care program, Kathy trains early childhood
students and teen parents at Cyesis. She is also an adjunct professor of early
childhood special education for graduate students at Nova Southeastern
University. Active in her community, “Dr. K” also participates in local and state
early childhood organizations and presents at conferences. She has written a
training module for child care providers to address the social and emotional
needs of young children. In 2003, she received the President’s Leadership
Award from Wheelock. Sally Clark Sloop ’68
Following her Wheelock graduation, Sally was a dedicated classroom teacher
for 25 years before shifting to an equally committed career serving families
of children with special needs. She has been the statewide family support
coordinator for North Carolina’s Family Support Network, the family support
program specialist for North Carolina’s Smart Start early childhood initiative, and
a Head Start teacher mentor. An instructor at North Carolina Central University
and Meredith College, as well as a popular speaker on autism, Sally received
Wheelock’s 1998 “Making a Difference” Service Award and the 2009 Regional
Parent Leadership Award from the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
Infant and Toddler Coordinators Association.
Cecilia Tatem Small ’84BSW
Ever since graduating from Wheelock, Cecilia has been a dedicated professional
working to have a positive impact on children and families in extremely stressful
circumstances. Her experience as a social worker has included caring for babies
of cocaine-addicted mothers in Boston City Hospital’s Neonatal ICU and
working on a crisis team in the Emergency Department of Children’s Hospital.
She received a President’s Leadership Award from the College in 1999, when
she was an emergency services clinician in Emerson Hospital’s ER and Psychiatry
Department. She has been a Wheelock Social Work Advisory Board member and
a volunteer speaker at Wheelock and other colleges, encouraging and advising
young social workers who are just entering the profession.
“I love helping to
improve educational
opportunities for
deserving and
underserved youth.
My passion and
calling are to make
a difference in the
quality of public
education.” Teckie Reese Shackelford ’56
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Elyse Blank Smith ’85BSW
Elyse is a former president of the Lupus Foundation New England, which promotes
education about the disease and raises funds for scientific research for better
treatments. For her many years of service and her efforts to expand research
and outreach, Elyse received the Altruism Award from the Foundation and the
Inspirational Award from the Alliance for Lupus Research. She helped develop the
educational program “Unlocking the Mystery of Lupus” for the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health and volunteers with
the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New England Baptist Hospital, and
Community Works. She has also been a Wheelock Passion for Action mentor, an
admissions representative, a class scribe, and a reunion coordinator.
Sandra Smith ’74
“To strengthen the
will rather than
dwarf and fetter it,
is the true end of
school training.”
Lucy Wheelock
Sandra is a career innovator who taught children for six years before applying
her educator skills in two very different fields. She developed a career teaching
in the corporate world at Interactive Training Systems, where she created
technology-based training procedures and became department director; Watson
Wyatt, where she managed a communications group; and the Office of the
Chief of Technology in Washington, D.C., where she currently oversees training
initiatives to improve technology in District social service agencies. Sandra is
also a quilter who shows her work in galleries and museums throughout the
country and teaches about the craft at venues such as the Smithsonian’s Renwick
Gallery and the Textile Museum in Washington, D.C., art and design colleges,
and elementary schools.
Catie Solan ’02
A human development major with a concentration in elementary education at
Wheelock, Catie also specialized in teaching English as a second language. She
currently is a residence director at Marymount
Manhattan College in New York City. In 2004,
Catie received a Wheelock Alumni Endowment
Grant and used it to purchase a listening
center, books, and books on tape for Bilingual
Education for Central America, an organization
that promotes cultural exchange and affordable
bilingual education. The volunteer-driven,
bilingual school model creates an environment
in which Central American students learn from dedicated volunteer teachers
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Rosalba Solis ’00MS
Rosalba is a performing arts teacher in grades K-8 in the Boston Public Schools;
a guest performing arts instructor at universities, museums, and dance schools;
and the founder and artistic director of La Piñata (Latin American Cultural Family
Network Inc.) in Jamaica Plain, MA. Established in 1990 by Rosalba and a group
of concerned parents to help meet the urgent needs of underserved Latino youth
in the area, La Piñata is a unique educational and performing arts organization
that now serves youth of all cultural backgrounds. As artistic director, Rosalba
develops the program curriculum, which guest artists teach throughout the year,
and leads the interactive, Latin American folk arts presentations that La Piñata
youth perform at leading venues throughout the Boston area.
Marilyn Goodwin Soper ’71
Marilyn has worked with local, state, and New England organizations serving
children and families throughout her career, including the Maine Hospice Council,
Maine State Housing Authority, New England Resident Service Coordinators,
Spring Valley Presbyterian Church Preschool, Cheshire Housing Trust, and Court
Appointed Special Advocates of New Hampshire, which recruits, trains, and
supervises volunteer advocates for abused children. She has also been a member
of the Citizens Review Panel for New Hampshire’s Division for Children, Youth
and Families and the Cheshire County Drug Education Task Force. Now retired
for three years, Marilyn was most recently the executive director of Giving
Monadnock, in Keene, NH, which helps nonprofits enhance their fundraising
effectiveness and governance. LaTanya Steele ’05BSW
In a time when the number of aging Americans is growing and ideas about the
aging process itself are changing, LaTanya is at the forefront of meeting the
expanding need for elder services. As a social worker supervisor for the Needham
(MA) Council on Aging, LaTanya not only supervises other social workers but
also provides direct services to elders and their families, in their homes or at
the Council’s Stephen Palmer Senior Center. In addition to providing free shortterm counseling, therapy, referrals, and crisis intervention, she has established
a parent-volunteer group for the Council to provide emotional support during
bereavement.
“In looking back
over the years
spent at Wheelock,
do you not find
some life truth
revealed to you
in a class lesson
or in private
conference which
may be a life-long
possession?”
Lucy Wheelock
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Judith W. Steinbergh ’89
A poet and teacher of poetry to students of all ages for more than 40 years, Judith
has published countless poems, five books of poetry, curricula for reading and
writing poetry for schools, and three texts on teaching poetry. She is co-founder
of a nonprofit cultural organization, Troubadour Inc., which creates literacy and
music programs for schools and communities that encourage children and adults
to explore personal, academic, and social issues. As a Bunting Fellow at Radcliffe
Institute, she pursued and published research on “Poetry and the Developing
Child.” Judith received a Word Works Washington Prize for poetry and is the first
poet laureate of Brookline, MA.
Nancy Striniste ’81
“The schools are to
be the torch bearers
of civilization.”
Lucy Wheelock
Nancy credits Wheelock with exposing her to the idea of designing spaces for
children’s needs. She combined her undergraduate education and her teaching
experience with a master’s degree in landscape
design to found EarlySpace, a Virginia-based
company that designs sustainable natural
play spaces, school gardens, and outdoor
classrooms. Nancy’s first designs for children
included child care center interiors, hands-on
museums, and an airport playspace. For the
past decade, she has focused on designing
outdoor spaces that connect children to nature. Nancy is co-founder of Arlington
CANN (Children and Nature Network) and a founding board member of NoVA
Outside, an alliance of environmental educators who connect people of all ages
with their natural environment.
Patricia “Pat” Mucci Tayco ’78/’93MS
Pat taught for 17 years before turning to public policy leadership and advocacy.
She was president of a local AEYC, active in the state and regional AEYCs, and
a member of the Worthy Wage Campaign’s
Executive Council, where she fought for
higher pay for child care workers. She was in
leadership positions in the NAEYC Accreditation
Department for 10 years. Pat is currently director
of an NAEYC-accredited Bright Horizons
program in Virginia. On the international level,
she is a sponsor and advocate for children
through Compassion International, a child sponsorship organization dedicated
to long-term, positive development of children living in poverty around the
world. Pat received a Wheelock “Making a Difference” Service Award in 1998.
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Rachael Thames ’07/’08MS
A dual-degree graduate and winner of the 2012 Lucy Wheelock Award, Rachael
demonstrates the commitment to service, innovation, and the College’s
mission that is typical of many young Wheelock
alumni. As a graduate student, she served as a
representative on the Alumni Association Board
and — after creating the College’s annual World
Service Weekend program — now serves as
the Board’s advocacy and community service
coordinator. Rachael has held positions with
Horizons for Homeless Children and is currently
a preschool teacher at Beginnings School, a
National Association for the Education of Young Children-accredited school in
Weston, MA. She is also the nursery coordinator for her church.
Helen “Stevie” Roberts Thomas ’42-’43
Stevie served as a teacher, Red Cross worker in China, and college educator before
founding the first Delaware chapter of the National Organization for Women
(NOW) and becoming a leader in the women’s movement. She helped organize
the Delaware Governor’s Council for Women and the University of Delaware
Commission on the Status of Women, joining in the push for equal education and
new laws. Stevie received the first Lifetime Achievement Award from NOW and the
Delaware Women’s Agenda. She also received the American Civil Liberties Union
of Delaware award for “outstanding leadership in the cause of civil liberties.” In
2000, Stevie was inducted into the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame.
Mary Beth Claus Tobin ’78MS
Known as an entrepreneurial leader in education on local, state, and national
levels, Mary Beth is the founder and director of the six
Tobin Family of Schools serving Boston’s Metrowest. She
also founded the Early Childhood Professional Association
to help childhood educators advance their professional
development, was a founding member and president of
the Massachusetts Independent Child Care Organization,
and was a member of the Massachusetts Department of
Education’s Early Childhood Advisory Council. Mary Beth
also has served the National Child Care Association and
has represented the U.S. on visits to government officials, schools, and child care
centers in Cuba.
“A man learns
temperance by being
temperate. He learns
justice by being just.
He gains in will power
by holding himself
to a motive which
he has chosen as an
impulse to action.
If a child’s course of
action is constantly
prescribed for him by
an arbitrary power,
he gains no strength
of character.”
Lucy Wheelock
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Louis Torelli ’83MS
Known nationwide as a leading early childhood design specialist, Louis is credited
with establishing state-of-the-art facility standards for child care centers serving
newborns through preschool-age children. He
co-founded Spaces for Children, a design firm
that has merged theories of child development
and environmental design to create emotionally
and environmentally supportive group care
settings. Louis has designed and renovated
hundreds of Early Head Start, Head Start, and
child care centers throughout the country and
internationally. He is also on the faculty of WestEd’s Program for Infant and
Toddler Caregivers Training of Trainers Institute and co-wrote Educating and
Caring for Very Young Children: The Infant/Toddler Curriculum.
“My current series is
called Contemporary
Art for Adult
Children. It focuses
on our childhoods
compared with those
of today’s children —
Wheelock gets into
your bloodstream
and stays.”
Susan Webb Tregay ’68
Andree “Muffy” Benoit Tostevin ’69
Affectionately known as “Mrs. T” by students and staff at St. John’s Catholic
School in Brunswick, ME, where she is principal, Andree received a 2011
Distinguished Principal Award from the National Catholic
Educational Association, one of only 12 principals of
Catholic schools from across the nation chosen for that
year. She has taught in Colorado, New Hampshire, and
Maine, where she also served as a principal in the Bath
School District and was named a Distinguished Educator
by the Maine State Department of Education. Challenged
by a learning disability, Andree says her success has made
her “passionate about providing children with the skills they need, about helping
each one understand and value the unique gifts they have been given.” Susan Webb Tregay ’68
Susan represents the many Wheelock graduates who have pursued the visual arts.
A nationally recognized artist, writer, and educator, she is represented in national
and international exhibitions; her recent awards are from the International
Society of Acrylic Painters, Watercolor USA, and the Miami Watercolor Society;
and approximately 40 international corporations have her paintings in their
collections. She is a signature member of the National Watercolor Society and
the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, and she leads workshops around
the country, teaching art to adults “the Wheelock way.” She is the author of
many articles and the book and DVD Master Disaster: Five Ways to Rescue
Desperate Watercolors.
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Kate Jordan Wallace ’79MS
Kate left her work as a teacher and naturalist with the Massachusetts
Audubon Society in 1994 to serve as a Peace Corps educational volunteer in
the Dominican Republic. She is now a national leader in wetlands conservation
there and coordinates the Yaguaza Project, which teaches about the importance
of wetland conservation throughout the Caribbean. Kate is also vice president
of Sociedad Ornitológica de la Hispaniola, an organization partnering with the
National Aviary in Pittsburgh to develop a research and education center in
the DR. Additionally, she creates economic development projects that attract
tourists and income to local communities on the island and has received a U.S.
Embassy award for this service and her conservation work.
Andrea Weaver ’94MS
Andrea is the founder of Bridges Together, a nonprofit focused on addressing
the need for intergenerational connections in our society, bringing school-aged
children and older adults together through cooperative learning in schools,
after-school programs, community centers, and vacation camp programs. Andrea
established Bridges Together with a fourth-grade curriculum in Sudbury, MA,
while she was a master’s student at Wheelock. In fall 2013, the curriculum
will be used in 12 Massachusetts communities, and a pilot program for middle
school is underway. Andrea is a frequent national speaker and convention and
workshop presenter, and a member of the American Society of Aging.
Claire White ’79/’84MS
After more than 20 years working in the child life and early intervention fields,
Claire became a Wheelock faculty member in 1994, the same year she received
the College’s “Making a Difference” Service Award. In 2003, she received
Wheelock’s Cynthia Longfellow Award for outstanding teaching. Claire is an
academic leader who coordinates the undergraduate Child Life program and
The Hospitalized Child in England summer course, supervises students in
their internships, and serves as an academic adviser. Nationally, she has held
leadership positions in the Child Life Council. Her most recent publications and
presentations discuss the history of the child life profession and the role of
humor in child development.
“Truths upon which
fundamentals are
based will remain
the same forever;
only the means
by which they are
approached will
vary. The mechanics
used in their
accomplishment, so
to speak, must keep
pace with the times.”
Lucy Wheelock
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Wendy Champagnie Williams ’93BSW
Wendy is chair of Wheelock’s M.S.W. Program and a social work instructor.
Countless Wheelock social work alumni have “Instructor Wendy” to thank for the
excellent field placement opportunities offered to them
as students. As Wheelock’s coordinator of social work
field education from 2003 to 2008, she developed field
placements for B.S.W. and M.S.W. students and maintained
Wheelock’s partnerships with numerous communitybased agencies. Prior to coming to Wheelock, Wendy
worked as a mental health clinician at the Codman Square
Health Center and was clinical supervisor of the Boston
Public Schools’ Strategy to Improve Student Attendance:
The Middle School Truancy Prevention Project. Today, her
Ph.D. research interests include topics relevant to achievement among urban
males, particularly the formerly incarcerated adult population.
“Wheelock made
me think about how
I can reach down
to help the next
young woman up. It’s great to have
had the experience
I had at Wheelock
and then provide it
for girls and other
young women.”
Lisa Yates ’99
Christopher “Chris” Womack ’04BSW/’06MSW
An ordained minister, Chris has been a leader in the ecumenical community of
Christian clergy who organized Boston’s Ten Point Coalition in 1992 to quell
neighborhood violence and positively redirect the lives of black and Latino gang
members and youth at high risk for crime, drug abuse, and other destructive
behaviors. The turnaround they achieved in city neighborhoods is widely
recognized as the “Boston Miracle.” Chris received the Massachusetts Family
Institute 2000 Citizenship Award and continues his leadership in organizing
Boston community action for the well-being of the city’s youth through Brothers
for Boston and 21st Century Black Massachusetts.
Lisa Yates ’99
As a first-generation college student at Wheelock, Lisa developed an unwavering
belief in the power of education to change lives. She was a member of the
Education Development Center Inc. consulting group that
established New Bedford’s Global Learning Charter Public
School in one of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’
largest and poorest school districts. Lisa went on to co-found
and become executive director of Our Sisters’ School (OSS),
an alternative middle school for girls, also in New Bedford,
MA. OSS will graduate its third eighth-grade class this year.
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Hannah Zellman ’05BSW
The organization Philadelphia FIGHT is a partnership of individuals who have
HIV/AIDS and clinicians who are helping to improve the lives of those living with
the disease. Hannah is the director of FIGHT’s Institute for Community Justice,
which coordinates all of its prison-related services and works to reduce the
lasting effects of mass imprisonment on communities that are most affected by
it. Her programs serve people living with HIV in the Philadelphia Prison System,
support community organizing projects for prisoner advocacy, and offer re-entry
support and treatment education for former prisoners returning home. She
also coordinates the annual Beyond the Walls: Prison Health Care and Reentry
Summit as part of AIDS Education Month.
Geraldine Zuzarte ’04MS
Since graduating from Wheelock’s Master of Science in Early Childhood
Education program in Singapore, Geraldine has quickly gone on to leadership
positions at Wheelock’s collaborative institutions there: SEED Institute (formerly
known as the Regional Training and Resource Centre in Early Childhood Care and
Education in Asia) and Ngee Ann Polytechnic.
In addition to being deputy academic head
of the Centre for Higher Education of SEED
Institute, Geraldine is the center director of
The Caterpillar’s Cove Child Development
and Study Centre, a model child care center
designed to promote best practices in early
childhood education. She has twice received
Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s Academic Award for
Excellence in Teaching. A strong advocate of
global education, Geraldine has also taught on Wheelock’s Boston campus.
Constanza Leal Melo ’82MS
Constanza serves children and families in Colombia as an educator and service
volunteer. As headmistress at the Gimnasio Jose Joaquin Casas School in Bogotá,
she helps to fulfill the school’s mission of educating children and youth toward
confidence, knowledge of strengths and weaknesses, and leadership, through
“a pedagogical approach based on the social sciences, comprehensive training,
and respect for individuality in a happy and harmonious social coexistence.” As a
volunteer for Heart for Change, an organization that brings volunteers from around
the world to work on Colombian projects that will have a positive social impact,
she also contributes to promoting intercultural exchange and understanding.
“The strength and
resilience of the
people we serve
are an incredible
motivator. Every
day we work
with people who
are faced with
monumental
challenges, and
who find new ways
to rise above the
barriers in their
way and build
vibrant, successful
lives for themselves.”
Hannah Zellman ’05BSW
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Wheelock Campus...Now
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Wheelock Students...Then
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Wheelock Students...Now
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Distinguished Service Award
Established in 1975, this award honors a member of a reunion class celebrating a 25th or
higher Reunion. Criteria for this award are based on an alumna’s/alumnus’ service to the
College, service to alumni, and/or service to their class.
1975
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1981
1982
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1991
1992
Laura Holmes Reed ’10
Carolyn Bonney Larsen ’30
Suzanne Thornton Pierce ’41
Marguerite Franklin ’17
Marjorie Holmes Gillette ’18
Dorothy Mercer Gilbert ’24
Edith Steere Floyd ’30
Rhoda White Blaney ’41
Rosamond Holt Haley ’46
Sarita W. Noyes ’22
Rita FitzPatrick Murray ’37
Jean Lamson Warner ’28
Florence Bailey Donovan ’39
Ruth Casten Hegeman ’54
Marjorie Cohn Wolf ’51
Barbara Lydon Carty ’42/’43
Patricia Conzelman Greeley ’52/’90MS
Katharine Hosmer Connor ’33
Barbara Harding Feather ’39/’47
Lyn Peck Kenyon ’45/’69
Margaret Abbott ’31
Janet Woodbury Cooper ’31
Judith Parks Anderson ’62
1993
1994
1994
1995
1996
1997
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2007
2009
2010
2012
2013
Elizabeth Dewey Giles ’53
Elizabeth Wheeler L’Hommedieu ’54
Lois Barnett Mirsky ’54
Joleen Glidden Ham ’55
Elizabeth Brayton Dawson ’51
Barbara Elliott Fargo ’52
Edith Winter Sperber ’52
Maureen Murphy Coakley ’58
Sandra Gewinner Perry ’64
Joan Anderson Watts ’65/’83MS
Madeleine Tufts Cormier ’66
Anne Wingle Howard ’57
Sylvia “Sukie” Dickey ’58
Tina Morris Helm ’64/’98MS
Maryanne Weber Lockyer ’45
Elizabeth Grimm Hoskins ’56
Barbara Tarr Drauschke ’72
Beverly Tarr Mattatall ’72
Elizabeth “Chippy” Bassett Wolf ’54
Mila Moschella ’75
Ann-Penn Stearns Holton ’47
Cynthia Hallowell ’58
Lucy Wheelock Award
Established in 1988, this award honors a younger alumna/us who is celebrating a 5th to
20th Reunion. Criteria for this award are based on this person’s service to the College
and service to the Alumni Association, including any of the following involvement: Alumni
Board member, class officer, phonathon participant, club member, alumni admissions
volunteer, Alumni Board committee member, and participant at past Reunions. 1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1992
1993
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
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Susan Bruml Simon ’73
Donna LaRoche ’79
Julia Challinor ’75
Geraldine Robinson ’71/’78MS
Barbara Tarr Drauschke ’72
Beverly Tarr Mattatall ’72
Anne Field ’73/’80MS
Linda Banks-Santilli ’85
Bonnie M. Page ’76/’92MS
Karen Mutch-Jones ’82
Carol Sullivan-Hanley ’78
Michael Niewiecki ’94/’98MS
Mila Moschella ’75
2002
2003
2004
2004
2006
2007
2008
2008
2009
2010
2012
2012
2013
Elizabeth Matlin-Heiger ’92
Sara Hosmer ’93
Heidi Butterworth Fanion ’94
Kyla McSweeney ’94/’97MS
Elizabeth O’Toole Doyle ’86
Micaela Hall Materne ’97
Matthew Eidukinas ’98
Diep Xuan Nguyen ’98/’02MS
Susan Mackey ’94
Carrie Lagasse Yespy ’00
Laurie Fraga Corbett ’02/’04MS
Rachael Thames ’07/’08MS
Shannon Pittman ’08
“Making A Difference” Service Award
Formerly called the Alumni Anniversary Award, this award was established in 1992. It
is typically given to two alumni from reunion classes, usually one from a younger class
(5th to 20th Reunion) and one from an older class (25th Reunion or higher), whose
professional or volunteer work exemplifies the mission of Wheelock College, which is to
improve the quality of life for children and their families.
1992
1992
1993
1994
1994
1994
1995
1995
1996
1996
1997
1997
1998
1998
1999
1999
2000
2000
2001
2001
2002
2002
Nathalie Arnold Erickson ’35
Kathleen Connolly ’85
Harriet Spring Critchlow ’43/’44
Gretchen Abbot McCord ’59
Carol Jeffers Hollenberg ’64
Claire White ’79/’84MS
Lillian Prakelt Goss ’55
Ann DeNucci Rogalski ’80
Susan Waters Shaeffer ’56
Judith Millstein Langer ’71
Vicki Caplan Milstein ’72
Nancy Pike Tooker ’77
Sally Clark Sloop ’68
Pat Mucci ’78/’93MS
Ruth McKinley Herridge ’54
Martha McNulty ’84
Elizabeth Reed Wilson ’55/’82MS
Anita Lessard Mulcahey ’85
Ann Tucker Walker ’56
Colleen Miller Rumsey ’81
Harriet Weil Hodgson ’57
Alison Carter Machaiek ’82
2003
2003
2004
2004
2005
2005
2006
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2013
2013
Charlotte “Pommy” Pomeroy Hatfield ’58
Rosemary Anderson ’78
Helen Doughty Lester ’59
Elizabeth Paine McClendon ’69/’77MS
Toby Congleton Milner ’70
Shawana Thomas Daniels ’95
Patricia Gindele Guild ’51
Carol Pritchard Kagel ’71
Barbara Taylor Posner ’67
Jenny Fogel Miller ’97
Margaret Ann Benisch Anderson ’53
Alicia Esparo ’93
Alice Thompson Brew ’59
Sonja Swanson Holbrook ’94
Susan Kosoff ’65/’75MS
Betty Bain Pearsall ’71
Bonnie Page ’76/’92MS
Kristyn Robichaud ’01
Judith Bohnen Levitt ’62
Robyne Newman Hockett ’92
Ruth Angier Salinger ’53
Kristen Quinn Shorey ’93
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody Award
This award was created in the name of Lucy Wheelock’s mentor and the mother of
kindergarten in America. The Alumni Association presents this award to an alumna/us of
a graduate program at the College who reflects Ms. Peabody’s commitment to diversity,
education, and the values of Wheelock College.
2005
2007
2009
2011
2012
Yvonne Achilles ’90MS
Diane Cassella Ohanesian ’78MS
Dr. Angela Paige Cook ’73MS
Louise Marsden ’11MS
Audrey Peck ’90MS
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Centennial Alumni Award
This award was created and given in 1988 as part of the Wheelock College Centennial
Celebration and recognized outstanding Wheelock graduates who were living Lucy
Wheelock’s original vision by striving to improve the quality of life for all children and
their families.
Margaret Abbott ’31DP
Laura Clarkin Ainsley ’73BS
Priscilla Wright Amery ’29DP
Barbara Mead Anthony ’60MS
Esther Muirhead Appleton ’34DP
Steven Aveson ’78BS
Linda Banks-Santilli ’85BS
Deborah Devaney Barton ’70BS
Arlene Platten Baxter ’59BS
Lynne Wyluda Beasley ’66BS
Patricia Wolcott Berger ’52BS
Susan Robbins Berger ’60BS
Catharine Leffel Birch ’74BS
Judith Black ’75BS
Louise Butts ’51BS/’55MS
Elizabeth Rand Church ’69BS
Maureen Murphy Coakley ’58BS
Jean Gardner Cole ’79MS
Mary Lou Rossano Collier ’70BS/’78MS
Frances Y. Collins ’75MS
Madeleine Tufts Cormier ’66BS
Marion Davis ’65BS
Hope Dean ’69BS
Sylvia Dickey ’58BS
Margaret Edwards Francis ’49BS
Lois Anne Gilbert Galbraith ’49BS
Katrina Buckelmueller Gale ’57BS
Laura Gaynard ’84MS
Andrea S. Genser ’76MS
Patricia Conzelman Greeley ’52BS/’90MS
Judith Williams Henry ’78MS
Joan Packer Isenberg ’63BS/’68MS
Phyllis Mandell Kandl ’84BS
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Kathryn Lasky Knight ’78MS
Susan Kosoff ’65BS/’75MS
Margot Herring Kuniholm ’52BS
Nancy Blue Lane ’50BS
Wendy Flink Levey ’72BS
Diane E. Levin ’69MS
Elizabeth Ann Liddle ’47BS
Ann Bradford Ligums ’73BS
Ai-Ling Louie ’76MS
Margaret Seixas McLeod ’38DP
Susan Crispen Miller ’75BS/’00MS
Gwen Morgan ’76MS
Susan Rowe Morison ’72BS
Deanne Williams Morse ’60BS
Barbara Stumpf Moses ’58BS
Karen Mutch-Jones ’82BS
Dennett Page ’74BS
Betty Bain Pearsall ’71BS
Jolene Christoff Pearson ’80MS
Lynese Marshall Pearson ’78BS
Ina Gelfman Regosin ’87MS
Geraldine Robinson ’71BS/’78MS
Marlene W. Ross ’84AS/’86BS/’89MS
Ruth Angier Salinger ’53BS
Hildred Dodge Simons ’75MS
Barbara Hoffman Smolens ’55BS
Heidi Snow Stowe ’65BS
Wanda Maria Sylvia Sumner ’86BS
Lynne Foster Warren-Szostek ’63BS
Beulah Angell Wetherbee ’33DP
Betsy Reed Wilson ’55BS/’82MS
Bashie Nails Young ’75MS
WHEELOCK COLLEGE 1888–2013
1895
1888
Service to the communities of immigrant children
and families living in the settlement houses of
Boston becomes a core part of Wheelock’s education
program, and every Wheelock student participates.
1914
The School celebrates its 25th
anniversary by finding a permanent
home at 100 The Riverway.
1941
Boston establishes its first kindergartens and asks Lucy Wheelock to train
the teachers. She founds a Kindergarten Training School at Chauncy-Hall
School in Copley Square, Boston, and opens it with a class of six students.
1992
1952
The Center for International Education, Leadership,
and Innovation (now named the Center for International
Programs and Partnerships) is established, creating
education programs in Singapore and other global
locations and bringing international scholars to Wheelock.
1981
1999
Wheelock purchases
buildings owned by Hebrew
College and transforms them
with extensive renovations
to create the Hawes Street
Campus in Brookline,
which opens in 2003.
2002
Wheelock becomes a
fully established college
granting four-year
degrees, and officially
changes its name from
Wheelock School to
Wheelock College.
The innovative and critically acclaimed
Wheelock Family Theatre is founded
by Andrea Genser ’76MS, Anthony
Hancock, Susan Kosoff ’65/’75MS,
and Jane Staab. The first production is
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
2004
Wheelock secures approval
from the Board of Collegiate
Authority of the Massachusetts
Department of Education to
extend its programs to include
graduate work leading to
advanced degrees. The first
degrees are awarded in 1955.
1978
The Graduate School celebrates its
25th anniversary. A Certificate of
Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS)
program is offered.
Jackie Jenkins-Scott is appointed President of Wheelock.
The International Service Learning Program is established,
sending students to perform community service
domestically and abroad.
The first Master of
Social Work degrees
are awarded.
2009
The landmark Campus Center and Student
Residence is completed at 150 The Riverway,
creating a modern teaching, learning, and
living environment on campus.
2012
Construction begins on the new Earl
Center for Learning and Innovation,
which will expand educational resources
for faculty and students and continue
modernization of the Boston Campus.
2013
The College marks its 125th anniversary. The celebration
culminates with “Global Challenges and Opportunities
Facing Children, Youth and Families,” Wheelock’s first
international conference, on June 19–22, 2013.
200 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215
www.wheelock.edu