Thrive in 5 Leadership Council

• Supports the implementation of Thrive in 5's mission and the work of the Thrive in 5 Team.
• Contributes to makes decisions on organizational planning, priority setting, monitoring of programs and operations, and evaluation.
• Reviews, provides input and feedback for, and makes decisions on Thrive in 5 actions and policies recommended by the team, including partnering the other organizations, endorsing their activities, and awarding funding.
• Supports Thrive in 5 in achieving its goals and objectives by acting as spokespeople, encouraging stakeholder participation and collaboration, and supporting resource development.
  

Council Co-Chairs

Randal Rucker
Chief Executive Officer, Family Service of Greater Boston


Liz Walker
Principal, The Walker Group: Communications Specialists

Council Members

Nishith Acharya
Executive Director, The Deshpande Foundation

Maggi Alexander
Consultant

Deborah Allen
Bureau Director, Child, Adolescent and Family Health, Boston Public Health Commission

Nina Andersson-Willard
Counselor at Law, Brown Rudnick

Mari Brennan Barrera
Vice President, Eos Foundation

Sharon Scott Chandler
Vice President for Head Start and Children's Services, Action for Boston Community Development, Inc.

Marilyn Anderson Chase
Assistant Secretary for Children, Youth and Families, Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Michael K. Durkin / Peg Sprague
President and Chief Executive Officer / Vice President for Community Impact, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

Sally Fogerty
Deputy Director, Center for Study & Prevention of Injury, Violence and Suicide / Director, Children's Safety Network, Education Development Center, Inc.

Hanna Gebretensae
Division Chair of Early Childhood Education, Urban College

Juan Grullon
Parent

Kimberly Haskins
Senior Program Officer, Barr Foundation

Joanne Y. Jaxtimer
Senior Vice President and Public Affairs Director, Bank of New York Mellon

Carol R. Johnson
Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

Sherri Killins
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care

Roderick K. King
Senior Faculty, Harvard Medical School

Michael Marino
Principal, Deloitte Consulting

Shari Nethersole
Medical Director for Community Health, Children's Hospital Boston

Michele Norman
Vice President of Education Strategy & Advocacy, FableVision

Sherada Norvin
Parent

Janine Olson
Financial Advisor, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Elizabeth Pauley
Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation

Marta T. Rosa
Senior Director of Government Relationship & Civic Engagement, Wheelock College

Ronnie Sanders
Director of Community Benefit Program, Partners HealthCare

Laurie Sherman
Mayoral Advisor for Education, Health and Human Services, Office of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino

Gloria Weekes
Parent

Hiro Yoshikawa
Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Barry Zuckerman
Chair of Pediatrics Department, Boston Medical Center