Meeting the Moment in Higher Education
Ahead of the Supreme Court’s decision on the legality of race-based higher education admissions criteria, Governor Maura Healey formed the Advisory Council for the Advancement of Representation in Education (ACARE) to ensure that Massachusetts will always be open, welcoming, and inclusive of students of color and other students typically underrepresented in higher education.
In addition to convening the Advisory Council, Governor Healey last year issued joint guidance with Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell to support the state’s higher education and K-12 institutions in their work to further equal access and representation in post-secondary education.
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Members of ACARE
Tyra Anderson-Montina
President and Chief Operating Officer, Thrive Scholars
Yanelis Ortiz Aquino
Student Representative, Salem State University
Denise Barton
Chief Deputy General Counsel, University of Massachusetts
Joseph Bonilla
Student Representative, Westfield State University
Genesis Carela
State Senior Policy Analyst for Massachusetts, The Education Trust
Gregory Chery
Executive Director, Minds Matter
Greer Spatz Croxford
General Counsel, Division of Occupational Licensure
Clinton Dick
General Counsel, Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation
Harry E. Dumay
President, College of Our Lady of the Elms
Brant Duncan
Secretary-Treasurer, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
Zachary Dyer
Student Representative, UMass Chan Medical School
Amanda Fernández
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Latinos for Education
Manuel Fernandez
President, Association of Massachusetts School Equity Leaders
Aisha Francis
President and Chief Executive Officer, Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Yvette M. Frisby
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Springfield
Angel Garcia
Student Representative, North Shore Community College
Traci Griffith
Racial Justice Program Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Rahsaan D. Hall
President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Dale R. Hendricks
Deputy Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Amherst College
Taylor Hope
Student Representative, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Bahar Akman Imboden
Managing Director, Hildreth Institute
Mary R. Jeka
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Tufts University
Kenzler Joseph
Student Representative, Framingham State University
John D. Keenan
President, Salem State University
Michael A. Kippins
Lauren Sampson Fellow, Lawyers for Civil Rights
Beth Kontos
Special Projects Manager, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
Kevin Lang
Lawrence A. Bloom Professor of Economics, Boston University
Vina Le
Student Representative, Worcester State University
Suzanne Lee
Affiliated with Massachusetts Asian American Educators Association and Chinese Progressive Association
Darie Martinez
Student Representative, Middlesex Community College
Robert J. McCarron
President and Chief Executive Officer, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts
Kathleen McCartney
President Emerita, Smith College
Max Page
President, Massachusetts Teachers Association
Lyssa Palu-Ay
Dean of the Office of Justice, Equity, and Transformation, Massachusetts College of Art and Design
David Podell
President, Massachusetts Bay Community College
Aaron Polansky
Superintendent, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School
Colleen Richards Powell
Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, American Tower
Cassandra L.M. Prince
Ginette Saimprevil
Executive Director, Bottom Line
Amanda Hillman Seider
Executive Director, One Goal
Joyya P. Smith
Vice President for Diversity, Access & Inclusion, Suffolk University
Femi Stoltz
Massachusetts Policy Director, uAspire
Mary Strother
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Northeastern University
Tanisha M. Sullivan
President, NAACP Boston Branch
Jessica Tang
President, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
Abigail Taylor
Deputy Attorney General, Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General
Henry Thomas, III
President Emeritus, Urban League of Springfield
Nefertiti A. Walker
Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion & Professor of Sport Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Raquel J. Webster
Attorney, National Grid
Mindy Wright
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Upward Project
Rebecca Yee
General Counsel, Massachusetts Teachers Association
Derrick Young, Jr.
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Leadership Brainery