Our Leadership
Management
Carole Charnow, President and Chief Executive Officer
Amy L. Auerbach, Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration
Charlayne Murrell-Smith, Vice President, External Relations & Corporate Development
Peter J. Broderick, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Mike Travis, Vice President , Development
Melissa Higgins, Vice President of Programs and Exhibits
Leslie Swartz, Advisor
Jeri Robinson, Advisor
Carole Charnow, President and Chief Executive Officer
Amy L. Auerbach, Senior Vice President of Finance & Administration
Charlayne Murrell-Smith, Vice President, External Relations & Corporate Development
Peter J. Broderick, Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Mike Travis, Vice President , Development
Melissa Higgins, Vice President of Programs and Exhibits
Leslie Swartz, Advisor
Jeri Robinson, Advisor
Immediate Past Chair: Mr. Nirav Dagli
Chair: Mr. David Healy
Vice Chairs: Ms. Deborah Joelson and Ms. Helen Rosenfeld
Treasurer: Mr. Thomas McCrorey
Secretary, Kelly Hiller
Museum President: Ms. Carole Charnow
Chair: Mr. David Healy
Vice Chairs: Ms. Deborah Joelson and Ms. Helen Rosenfeld
Treasurer: Mr. Thomas McCrorey
Secretary, Kelly Hiller
Museum President: Ms. Carole Charnow
The Board of Trustees at Boston Children's Museum supports the mission, vision and work of the Museum by engaging in Museum programs and events, advising on the management of the staff and facilities, providing fiscal support and by acting as advocates for the Museum in the community. Our Board is comprised of members from a variety of areas of expertise, backgrounds and interests. In addition to Boston Children's Museum's 27 current Trustees is a Board of 32 Honorary Trustees.
Trustees attend board meetings throughout the year, a Board Retreat and the Board Annual Meeting. All members also are involved in at least one committee. Trustees also assist in the recruitment of additional members to add to the diversity of the Board, by inviting community members, colleagues and friends with an interest in the advocacy of children, play and early child development to become involved.
Trustees attend board meetings throughout the year, a Board Retreat and the Board Annual Meeting. All members also are involved in at least one committee. Trustees also assist in the recruitment of additional members to add to the diversity of the Board, by inviting community members, colleagues and friends with an interest in the advocacy of children, play and early child development to become involved.
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Board of Trustees Aunoy Banerjee Paul Blandini Anthony Bordon Renee Boynton-Jarrett David Burt Keegan Caldwell Todd Cassler Nirav Dagli Rick Dimino Julie Gordon David Healy Kelly Hiller Jason Janoff Deborah Joelson Mieko Kamii Susan LaMonica Paul Leone Giles Li Thomas McCrorey Madge Meyer Ryan Murphy Liam Patrick Deborah Robbins Helen Rosenfeld Sylvia Stevens-Edouard Prakash Venkata Melissa Worth Dorothy Yu |
Honorary Trustees
Anne Blodget David Burnham James Davis Wing Delatorre Lawrence Fish Edith Forrester John Growdon Robert Healey Stephen Kay Michael Keating Polly Kisiel Susan Leff Anne Lovett Jean McGuire Thomas Moloney Kyra Montagu Kathryn Murphy Sherif Nada Erica Gervais Pappendick Patricia Parcellin Suzanne Pucker Christopher Rogers Jonathan Rounds Robert Schechter Stanley Schlozman Jan Smith Harold Sparrow Cynthia Taft Katherine Taylor Benaree Wiley Katherine Winter Michael Yogman |
The Board of Overseers at Boston Children's Museum serves a fundamental role in supporting Boston Children's Museum in its mission and vision. The Overseers act as a group uniquely situated to help the Museum establish and maintain essential community connections and partnerships, to seek resources and financial support for the Museum from individuals and businesses, and to demonstrate personal leadership in educating others about the Museum's work and philosophy. In so doing, the Overseers foster the Museum's support of parents, caregivers, educators, civic leaders and others—in our diverse community and beyond—who are addressing vital issues facing children. The Board of Overseers is currently comprised of 38 members.
Board of Overseers
Will Brennecke
Hassan Brown
Kathryn Burton
Nadia Chamblin-Foster
Jasmine Chang
Melanie Chiverton
Eileen Connors
Jennifer Faber
Catherine Faddis
Scott Fink
Jessica Guo
Elizabeth Hibbard
Sarah Hodges
Johann Hunter
Leila Kamal
Melodie Knowlton
Sonya Kurzweil
Matt LeBretton
Lianne Leventhal
Sarah Magazine
Robin Mount
Maile Naylor
Andrew Norton
Jung Paik
Alejandra Pena
Sonya Rao
Emily Schur
Jennifer Serafyn
Jess Slater
Sam Slater
Christopher Thompson
Peter Torrebiarte
Jack Tsai
Shannon Varney
Carlos Vasquez
Richard Walker
Anri Wheeler
Leverett Wing
Christopher Yens
Board of Overseers
Will Brennecke
Hassan Brown
Kathryn Burton
Nadia Chamblin-Foster
Jasmine Chang
Melanie Chiverton
Eileen Connors
Jennifer Faber
Catherine Faddis
Scott Fink
Jessica Guo
Elizabeth Hibbard
Sarah Hodges
Johann Hunter
Leila Kamal
Melodie Knowlton
Sonya Kurzweil
Matt LeBretton
Lianne Leventhal
Sarah Magazine
Robin Mount
Maile Naylor
Andrew Norton
Jung Paik
Alejandra Pena
Sonya Rao
Emily Schur
Jennifer Serafyn
Jess Slater
Sam Slater
Christopher Thompson
Peter Torrebiarte
Jack Tsai
Shannon Varney
Carlos Vasquez
Richard Walker
Anri Wheeler
Leverett Wing
Christopher Yens
The Advisory Board at Boston Children’s Museum is a distinguished group of experts in fields relating to early childhood development and education. The Advisors are longstanding friends of Boston Children’s Museum that offer advice and guidance on the foundational programs and visionary work of the Museum.
Dr. Michael Yogman, Chair
FAAP Chair, Child Mental Health Task Force, Mass Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
Ms. Maureen Alphonse-Charles
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The Partnership, Inc.
Ms. Jody Adams
Chef, Rialto Bar and Restaurant
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research
Mr. Jack Connors
Former Chairman, Partners Health Care & Boston College
Dr. Constance Counts
Former Lesley University Professor
Trustee, Urban College of Boston
Dr. Howard Gardner
John H. and Elizabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ms. Jennifer Garner
Actress, Producer and Activist in Children’s Causes, Save the Children & Children’s Defense Fund
Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek Director and Professor, Temple University Infant and Child Laboratory
Ms. Jackie Jenkins-Scott
President, Wheelock College
Ms. Lisa A. Jones
Author and Business Manager, Masterpiece (PBS)
Mr. Hubert “Hubie” Jones Senior Advisor and Social Justice Entrepreneur-in-Residence, CityYear
Ms. Juliette Kayyem Author, Speaker, Faculty member at Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government
Leading expert on homeland security; Founder of Kayyem Solutions, LLC.
Dr. Sherri Killins
Director of Systems Alignment and Integration, Build Initiative
Mr. Wendell J. Knox Board Chairman, Edvestors, Board member, Abt Associates, Black Philanthropy Fund, Eastern Bank, and others
Mr. Herman Dutch Leonard George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management, Harvard Kennedy School, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ms. Martha Minow
Morgan and Helen Chu Dean, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Myechia Minter-Jordan MD, MBA
President and CEO, The Dimock Center
Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School
Chair & Director, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative
Mary Reed
President, Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative For Children
Dr. Mitchel Resnick
Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab
Papert Professor of Learning Research, MIT
Dr. Matthew H. Schneps, LVL Director
Research Professor, UMass Boston, Computer Science
Visiting Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, MBE Program
Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff
Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development
Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dr. Catherine E. Snow
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Strobe Talbott
President, the Brookings Institution
Professor Sherry Turkle
Founder and Director, the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Dr. Richard Weissbourd
Lecturer on Education and Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, M.D.
Executive Director, My Sister’s Keeper
Dr. Michael Yogman, Chair
FAAP Chair, Child Mental Health Task Force, Mass Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics
Ms. Maureen Alphonse-Charles
Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The Partnership, Inc.
Ms. Jody Adams
Chef, Rialto Bar and Restaurant
Dr. JudyAnn Bigby
Senior Fellow, Mathematica Policy Research
Mr. Jack Connors
Former Chairman, Partners Health Care & Boston College
Dr. Constance Counts
Former Lesley University Professor
Trustee, Urban College of Boston
Dr. Howard Gardner
John H. and Elizabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education,
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ms. Jennifer Garner
Actress, Producer and Activist in Children’s Causes, Save the Children & Children’s Defense Fund
Dr. Kathryn Hirsh-Pasek Director and Professor, Temple University Infant and Child Laboratory
Ms. Jackie Jenkins-Scott
President, Wheelock College
Ms. Lisa A. Jones
Author and Business Manager, Masterpiece (PBS)
Mr. Hubert “Hubie” Jones Senior Advisor and Social Justice Entrepreneur-in-Residence, CityYear
Ms. Juliette Kayyem Author, Speaker, Faculty member at Harvard’s John F Kennedy School of Government
Leading expert on homeland security; Founder of Kayyem Solutions, LLC.
Dr. Sherri Killins
Director of Systems Alignment and Integration, Build Initiative
Mr. Wendell J. Knox Board Chairman, Edvestors, Board member, Abt Associates, Black Philanthropy Fund, Eastern Bank, and others
Mr. Herman Dutch Leonard George F. Baker, Jr. Professor of Public Management, Harvard Kennedy School, Eliot I. Snider and Family Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Harvard Kennedy School
Dr. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot
Emily Hargroves Fisher Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Ms. Martha Minow
Morgan and Helen Chu Dean, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Myechia Minter-Jordan MD, MBA
President and CEO, The Dimock Center
Dr. Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School
Chair & Director, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative
Mary Reed
President, Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative For Children
Dr. Mitchel Resnick
Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group, MIT Media Lab
Papert Professor of Learning Research, MIT
Dr. Matthew H. Schneps, LVL Director
Research Professor, UMass Boston, Computer Science
Visiting Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of Education, MBE Program
Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff
Julius B. Richmond FAMRI Professor of Child Health and Development
Director, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Dr. Catherine E. Snow
Henry Lee Shattuck Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Strobe Talbott
President, the Brookings Institution
Professor Sherry Turkle
Founder and Director, the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Dr. Richard Weissbourd
Lecturer on Education and Director, Human Development and Psychology Program, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Rev. Gloria White-Hammond, M.D.
Executive Director, My Sister’s Keeper