Dr. Brian K. Perkins |
The President is Dr. Brian Perkins, chair of the department of Educational Leadership at Southern Connecticut State University. He earned a BS degree in Chemistry from Grambling University, a master's degree in public health from Yale, and a doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia. A deacon at the Immanuel Baptist Church, he and his wife have four children. His scholarly and board priorities include community-based change, educational equity and school climate.
Term expires 9/2010
President
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Frances Padilla |
Frances G. Padilla is Vice President for Program, Policy and Administration
Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut. Her career in philanthropy and organizational development spans 25 years and at the foundation, she is responsible for all of the Foundation's grant making, capacity building and convening activities. Ms. Padilla is also responsible for the Foundation's public policy research program and administration of day-to-day operations. Prior to joining the Foundation, Ms. Padilla was president of New Paradigms, a consulting practice based in New Haven which provides program design, evaluation and organizational development services to nonprofit organizations, foundations and government agencies. She also served as the associate director for special projects and planning for the Community Foundation of Greater New Haven and earlier, as associate director for programs. Prior to that, Ms. Padilla worked as a program officer for the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Term expires: 9/2008
Co-Chairperson: Policy Committee
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Michael R. Nast
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Michael R. Nast, a graduate of New Haven Public Schools and Fordham University, was Superintendent of Stamford Public Schools from 1994 to 1999, having risen through the ranks of Stamford's school system from high school principal to the top post. He started his career as a science teacher at James Hillhouse High School. Administrative positions held in New Haven include chairman of the Science Department at Hillhouse, assistant principal at Wilbur Cross High School and principal at Cross.
Upon retiring from the Superintendent's position in Stamford, Mr. Nast served as an educational consultant to many school districts in New England and New York, worked for the Education Alliance at Brown University, and served as interim Superintendent for both the Amity Region 5 and New Hartford School Districts. He currently is an adjunct professor in the University of Connecticut Administrative Preparation Program and is a consultant to the Center for Secondary School Redesign in Rhode Island.
Term Expires: 9/2008
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Dr. M. Ann Levett |
Dr. M. Ann Levett Dr. M. Ann Levett is executive director of the School Development Program at Yale University. Her research interests include minority student achievement, leadership development and instructional leadership.
Dr. Levett also has served as a National Review Panelist for the National Blue Ribbon Schools program for more than 12 years and has been active in the community. A few of the organizations she has been affiliated with include Junior Achievement, Girl Scouts USA, Boy Scouts USE, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and many others. She has been a frequent national speakers and has served as an educational consultant for many school systems. Her most recent publication is a chapter entitled, "Performance Management: The PrincipalŐs First Priority," in "The Field Guide to Comer Schools in Action."
Dr. Levett has a Ed.D. in Educational Administration at the University of Georgia; a MasterŐs in Special Education and Public Administration and a specialist degree in educational administration from Georgia Southern University; a B.S. in speech and language pathology from Armstrong State College; she has participated in leadership development programs at Harvard, Vanderbilt, University of Delaware, University of California, San Diego and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Term expires 9/2011
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Dr. Carlos Torre
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Carlos Antonio Torre earned three degrees at Harvard University: an Ed.M. in Human Development; a Certificate of Advance Studies in Administration, Planning and Social Policy; and a Doctorate of Education. He is, currently, Professor of Education at Southern Connecticut State University; former President of the New Haven, Connecticut Board of Education (member: 1993-2003 also 2006 to the present); and a Fellow at Yale University, where he served for seven years as Assistant Dean of the College and a member of the Psychology faculty. Dr. Torre is an elected member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico and was awarded the Academy's Medal of the Academician. Other awards include: the Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology and the Life Sciences' first award for "humanitarian, ground-breaking contributions to the understanding of the mind through the application of dynamical science perspectives to educational psychology"; the Connecticut Association of Latin Americans in Higher Education (CALAHE) award "for contributions made toward the improvement of educational opportunities for Hispanics in higher education"; and others. Through the use of Recurrence Quantification Analysis, Dr. Torre's research seeks to identify characteristic patterns in the autonomic nervous system associated with particular emotions, (i.e., the emotions children experience as they learn). His publications include: articles on non-linear dynamics applied to education; a book-length research monograph on the triadic nature of the mind and university students' quality of thinking; chapters on educators "Eugenio Maria de Hostos and "Michael Apple"; an edited volume on Puerto Rican Migration; and a book in-progress on the "Ecology of Education.
Term expires 9/2009
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Richard Abbatiello
Term Expires: 9/09
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Richard Abbatiello, retired partner in the Aura Manufacturing Company, chairs the Board Personnel Committee. He graduated from New Haven's Wilbur Cross High School in 1959, Tilton Prep, and the University of New Hampshire. His wife is a retired teacher. He was president of the board of Farnham Neighborhood House, active on several committees including fundraising, and a long time member of Scungilli International, a civic group that raises scholarship funds for youth. He is an Advisory Committee member of Interfaith Refugees. Previously, he served on the New Haven Fair Rent Commission and the Livable Cities Commission.
Term expires 9/2009
Chairperson: Personnel Committee
Co-Chairperson: Policy Committee
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Susan R. Samuels
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Susan R. Samuels. The daughter of David and Consuella Hill, Susan R. Samuels was born and raised in Newark, Ohio. She is the youngest of three children, having an older sister and brother who make their homes in Columbus, Ohio. Upon graduating from Newark Senior High school in 1978 with honors and a member of the National Honor Society, Mrs. Samuels came to New Haven, Connecticut to live and attend Quinnipiac College, now known as Quinnipiac University. Later, Ms. Samuels, graduated from Connecticut School of Broadcasting in 1987, attended Albertus Magnus College in 1990, and has most recently become an honors graduate of the medical assistant/secretary program at the Sawyer School (2006). Maintaining a 4.0 grade point average the entire time, Mrs. Samuels was elected into membership in Alpha Beta Kappa National Honor Society and was asked to be one of the speakers at her graduation ceremonies. She has made Connecticut her home for almost thirty years, and is the mother of two teenage daughters.
During the 2006-2007 school year, Mrs. Samuels was also a guest speaker at the National Junior Honor Society ceremonies held at Katherine Brennan School, and as the elected PTO president, she was instrumental in organizing and establishing the PTO for Katherine Brennan. She was also elected PTO president at New Haven Academy High School, leading monthly parent/student workshops voted on by the parents and students. This afforded Mrs. Samuels the opportunity to be active and instrumental in positive activities on both the elementary/middle and high school levels. Mrs. Samuels worked with the GEAR UP project at James Hillhouse High School, under the direction Dr. Belinda Carberry and Mr. Tom Fleming.
As an independent contractor with the United States Social Security Office of Disabilities Adjudication and Review, Mrs. Samuels has a frequent opportunity to continue to assist people and empower them to obtain the knowledge they need to successfully move forward in life. She also continues to work with young people as the facilitator of the Schools Out Transport Services, an after-school program started by Mrs. Samuels in 2000, utilizing the New Haven Public Libraries.
Communicating with others has always been comfortable for Susan R. Samuels. Young or old, developing a quick rapport with people has come easily and rewarding because she has discovered that a lot can be learned by being able to listen and communicate, thus leading to great accomplishments.
Term expires 9/2007
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