Board of Directors

Theodora Abdur-Rahim

M.Ed. Simmons School of Education; parent of a camper and junior counselor at The Writers’ Express summer program; Teacher, Dorchester High School.

Richard Bendetson

B.A. Tufts; President, Diversified Funding; Overseer, Tufts University; member Executive Board, Police Activities League.

Deborah Gaffin

Ed.M. in Education from Harvard University and a B.A. in Intellectual History from the University of Pennsylvania; Senior Director, Kids Online at Scholastic, Inc.

Kenneth Levine

B.S. Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania; Previously Executive Vice-President Cabletron Systems; Board Member, Dana Farber Cancer Institute.

Susie Longfield

B.A. Princeton, M.Ed., Harvard University. Co-Founder, Saturday Success School Mentor Program, Boston Latin.

Alan Morse, Jr.

M.B.A. Harvard University. Math Teacher, South Boston High School; Previously Chairman of the Board, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Deborah Reck

B.A. Yale; M.A.T. Brown University; CEO and Co-Founder, The Writers’ Express; Previously, History Teacher Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School.

Charles Rudnick

A.B. Harvard University; J.D. Georgetown University Law Center; Director of Corporate Communications, Boston Scientific Corporation; Previously, Assistant Dean for International Law and Policy at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Director of the Tolman for Governor campaign, and other international and political positions.

Richard Schaye

B.S. University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A. Boston University; Ed.D. University of Massachusetts. Volunteer Chairperson for The Writers’ Express; Previously, Principal, Wayland Middle School.

Laurene Sperling

B.A. Duke University; M.B.A.Harvard Business School. Her For-Profit experience includes her work as the V.P. of Corporate Finance/Investment Banking at Cowen and Company and as Investment Associate at Paine Webber Inc Currently she sits on the Board of Directors of the BELL Foundation, Wayland Schools Foundation and the Wayland METCO Advisory Board.

Elizabeth Stephenson

B.A. Yale; M.A. Columbia University; Ph.D. University of Chicago; co-author of Real Age; Consultant, McKinsey Consulting.

David summergrad

B.A. Harpur College; M.Ed with a Specialization in English, Northeastern University. Principal, Runkle School, Brookline; Previously, English Teacher, Department Head, Houseleader, Wayland Middle School.

Arthur Unobskey

B.A. Yale; M.A.T. Brown University; Principal of Concord Middle School, Previously, Assistant Principal, Dearborn Middle School.