Our Team

Officers | Members-at-Large |  Public Members  |  Commission Chairs

NEASC is managed by a Board of Trustees, which oversees the affairs of the Association. The various NEASC Commissions are empowered to manage their own accreditation processes and procedures and apply their standards, once approved by the Association Board of Trustees. Additionally, the Board of Trustees is empowered, upon the recommendation of a Commission, to grant candidacy or initial accreditation and to serve as a mechanism through which institutions may appeal an adverse action regarding their affiliation.

Board Officers

Chair
Gregory B. Myers
Superintendent, Millbury Public Schools
Millbury, MA

Immediate Past Chair
Celeste Bowler
Assistant Superintendent, East Providence Public Schools
East Providence, RI

Treasurer
Laura G. Warner
Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration, University of New England
Biddeford, ME

Secretary
Elizabeth Wagner de Huergo
General Director, American Institute of Monterrey
Monterrey, Mexico

Members-at-Large

Independent Schools

Thomas E. Hassan
President, School Year Abroad
North Andover, MA

Michael Gifford Hirschfeld
Head of School, Kent School
Kent, CT

International Education

Paul M. Fochtman
Head of School, Frankfurt International School
Oberursel/Wiesbaden, Germany

Christine L. McGrath
Director of Operations, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents
Gloucester, MA

Public Schools

Robert N. Baldwin
Executive Director, MSAA/MIAA
Franklin, MA

Sharon Cournoyer
Superintendent, Regional District 19
Storrs, CT

Public Members

Connecticut

James W. Abrams
Judge, Connecticut Superior Court
Meriden, CT

Maine

Theodore N. Scontras
Saco, ME

Massachusetts

Open

New Hampshire

Open

Rhode Island

Robert S. Perry
Barrington, RI

Vermont

Eileen M. Illuzzi
Newport, Vermont

Commission Chairs

Public Schools
Kevin McCaskill
Principal, Brockton High School
Brockton, MA

Independent Schools
Angela Pohlen
Executive Director, Catholic Academy of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

International Schools
Howard Thiery
Superintendent, Regional School District 10
Burlington, CT

The NEASC Commission on Independent Schools is made up of school heads, senior administrators and public members. Members are selected for three-year terms (renewable once) at the December annual meeting of delegates. In drawing up a slate, the Commission reviews nominations submitted by heads of school, and takes into consideration such factors as the balance between elementary and secondary schools, representation of all six states, and a mix of types of school – single sex and coed, boarding and day, religious and secular, large and small, urban and rural, etc. – that reflects the membership.

Chair of the Commission
Angela Pohlen
Executive Director, Catholic Academy of Bridgeport
Bridgeport, CT

Commission Members

Noor Ali
Principal, Al-Hamra Academy
Shrewsbury, MA

Cliona Beaulieu
Head of School, Enfield Montessori School
Enfield, CT

Randy Bertin (term begins June 2024)
Head of School, Cushing Academy
Ashburnham, MA

Linda Brodeur
President, Bishop Guertin High School
Nashua, NH

Brian Easler (term begins June 2024)
Head of School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Wilbraham, MA

Traci Griffith
Director, Racial Justice Program
American Civil Liberties Union of MA

Bridget Irish
Head of School, Cotting School
Lexington, MA

John Lin
Retired Dean of Students, Holderness School
Plymouth, NH

Arthur Lisi
Principal, Monsignor Matthew F. Clarke Regional School
Wakefield, RI

Robin Lowe
Principal, North Shore Christian School
Lynn, MA

Doris Messina
Retired Principal, St. Michael School
Pawtucket CT

Nancy Naimey
Principal, Saint James School
Biddeford, ME 

Jeffrey Philbrick
Headmaster, Jesse Remington High School
Candia, NH

Ryan Plosker
Headmaster and Founder, New England Academy
Beverly, MA 

Daniel Richard
Principal, St. Raphael Academy
Pawtucket, RI

Jennifer Roy
Head of School, Trinity Catholic Academy
Brockton, MA 

Mark Tashjian
Headmaster, Burr and Burton Academy
Manchester, VT

Carrie Wilson
Head of School, All Saints Catholic Academy
Morrisville, VT

The NEASC Commission on International Education is a 16-member panel of professional educators and one public member selected to represent our diverse membership. Commission members serve for three-year terms (renewable once).

Chair of the Commission
Howard Thiery
Superintendent, Regional School District 10
Harwinton-Burlington, CT

Commission Members

Janecke Aarnaes
Head of School, International School of Bologna
Italy

Dr. Shalini Advani
Director, Pathways Noida
India

Nikolas Bishop
Director, International School of Stavanger
Norway

Pilar Cabeza de Vaca
Partner, Educators' Collaborative
Virginia, US

Tim Carr
Senior Advisor, Avenues: The World School
New York, NY USA

Jean Claude Chalouhi
Superintendent, English Modern School
Qatar

Jonathan Costa
Assistant Executive Director, EdAdvance
Litchfield, CT, USA

John D'Arcy
Head of School, St. John's Academy
Shawnigan Lake, Canada

Melania Horcajuelo Torres
Director, Madrid Active School
Spain

Mary Karmash Tadros
Development and Recognition Senior Manager
Jordan

Andreas Koini
Head of School, The Antwerp International School
Belgium

Nancy Meislahn
Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Emerita, Wesleyan
Middletown, CT, USA

Kathleen Naglee
Head of School‎, International School of Helsinki
Finland

Alejandro Noguera Cepeda
Head of School, Gimnasio Campestre
Colombia

Richard Pacheco
International Educator (retired)
Madrid, Spain

Mark Schulz
Deputy Director, Zurich International School
Switzerland

The NEASC Commission on Public Schools is a panel of 40+ professionals selected to represent our diverse membership from across New England. Individuals on the Commission include school and central office administrators, teachers, and members from the public sector. Commission members are nominated by member school principals or may self-nominate. A nominating subcommittee brings nominations forward for vote by the entire Commission. Any openings on the Commission are made public and announced to the member schools. Commission members may serve two three-year terms. Public members may serve two two-year terms. Commission member perspectives are informed by their own experience and knowledge of education. They are bound by explicit ethical standards to prevent conflict of interest.

Chair of the Commission
Kevin McCaskill
Principal, Brockton High School
Brockton, MA

Assistant Chair of the Commission
Amy Cetner
Principal, Marshfield High School
Marshfield, MA

Commission Members

Christopher Ashley
Principal, Barrington High School
Barrington, RI

John Broadley
Principal, Green Mountain High School
Chester, VT

Danielle Byron
Math Department Chair, John F. Kennedy High School
Waterbury, CT

Robert Callahan
Director, Lewiston Regional Technical Center
Lewiston, ME

Christian Canfield
Science Department Chair, Newtown High School
Sandy Hook, CT

Michael Crowley
Teacher of Engineering and Robotics, Norwood High School
Norwood, MA

Carolyn Dickinson
Assistant Director, Center for Technology - Essex
Essex Junction, VT

Kelly Ann Fay
Coordinator of Curriculum and Staff Development
Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School
Haverhill, MA

Patricia Feeney
Principal, Ella T. Grasso Southeastern Technical High School
Groton, CT

Jade Gopie
Assistant Superintendent
Waterbury Public Schools
Waterbury, CT

Justin Kratz
Principal, Charles H. McCann Technical High School
North Adams, MA

Christopher Lord
Assistant Superintendent, Peabody School District
Peabody, MA

William Lucci
Assistant Director for Adult Education, Stafford Technical Career Center
Rutland, VT

Anna Mahon
Principal, Amity Regional Senior High School
Woodbridge, CT

William McCaffrey
Director of Secondary Education, Warwick Public Schools
Warwick, RI

Kevin McNamara
Assistant Superintendent, Lincoln Public Schools
Lincoln, RI

Gretchen McNulty
Superintendent, Falmouth School Department
Falmouth, ME

LaTrelle Pinkney-Chase
Cooperative Education Coordinator, Boston Public Schools
Boston, MA

Bruce Pontbriand
Human Capital Coordinator, Accreditation, Boston Public Schools
Dorchester, MA

Maria Christina (Tina) Rivera
Principal, Academy of Information Technology and Engineering
Stamford, CT

Susan Schroeter
Principal, Unity Elementary School
Newport, NH

Richard Shellman
Principal, Oliver Wolcott Technical High School
Torrington, CT

Catherine Sosnowski
Retired Assistant Principal
Bristol, CT

Anthony Sperazzo
Principal, Gilford High School
Gilford, NH

Andrew Stephens
Superintendent/Principal
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional  High School
Sudbury, MA

Daniel P. Sullivan
Colchester Public Schools
Colchester, CT

Brett Thompson
English Teacher, Gilford High School
Gilford, NH

Glen Worthy
Chief of Educational Services 
Connecticut Department of Children's Services
New Haven, CT