K-12 Statewide Graduation Council Membership

Governor Healey's Executive Order to establish a Massachusetts K-12 Statewide Graduation Council outlines the participating organizational members.

The council will be co-chaired by Secretary Tutwiler and the incoming Elementary and Secondary Education commissioner.

Council members:

  • Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler, Co-Chair
  • Michael Dannenberg, Department of Higher Education
  • David Martinez, Haverhill High School Student, Governor's Youth Advisory Council
  • Tamara Rivera-DeJesus, Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Student, State Student Advisory Council
  • Annabelle Griffith, Norton High School Student
  • Byron Guadelupe, Holyoke North High School Student
  • Michelle Terry, Plymouth North High School Educator and Milken Award Winner   
  • Adda Santos-Smith, Somerville High School Educator              
  • Max Page, Massachusetts Teachers Association
  • Erik Berg, Boston Teachers Union
  • Jessica Tang, American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts
  • Thea Stovell Herndon, Randolph Public Schools Superintendent, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
  • Denise Pigeon, Nashoba Valley Technical High School Superintendent, Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators
  • Beth Anderson, Phoenix Charter Academy Schools Executive Director, Massachusetts Charter Public School Association
  • Jason Fraser, Plympton/Silver Lake School Committees, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
  • Bob Bardwell, Massachusetts School Counselors Association
  • Amanda Seider, OneGoal 
  • Ellen Kennedy, Berkshire Community College President, Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges
  • Michael Bobbitt, Massachusetts Cultural Council       
  • Jenny Curtin, Barr Foundation               
  • Ed Lambert, MA Business Alliance for Education
  • Doug Howgate, MA Taxpayers Foundation
  • JD Chesloff, MA Business Roundtable               
  • State Representative Alice Peisch, House Speaker Appointee             
  • Monique Ching, Senate President Appointee
  • Jim Peyser, House Minority Leader Appointee             
  • Hirak Shah, Senate Minority Leader Appointee 

*Please note there are six additional members still going through the appointment process.

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