Officers

Lisa Schmid Alvord, President
Filmmaker, cofounder Urban Improv

JoAnn Tschaen, Vice President
Executive Director, Trips for Kids

Bernadette Souza, Vice President
Assistant Director, Boys and Girls Club of Greater New Bedford

Elizabeth Huidekoper, Teasurer
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration, Brown University

William Prescott, Clerk
Former Head, Wheeler School

Trustees

Joel Alvord
President, Shawmut Capital Partners

Helena Marques
Executive Director, Immigrant’s Assistance Center

Talbot Baker, Jr.
Retired Educator, Tabor Academy

Joan O’Brien
Former Associate Director of Admissions, St. Andrew’s School

Christina Bascom
Women’s Fund at the Community
Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts

Andrew Rodin
Headmaster, Friends Academy

Kate Dabney
Educator, Mary C. Wheeler School

Susan Perry
Social Worker, Private Practice, New Bedford

Gail Fortes
Executive Director, YWCA of SouthEastern Massachusetts

Ronald Teachman
Chief of Police, New Bedford Police Department

Doreen Lopes
Executive Director, Nativity Prep School of New Bedford

Executive Director

Lisa Yates
Former Educator, New Bedford Global Learning Charter School