President
Cheryl Dressler, Ed.D., Harvard University specializes in research on language and literacy development for Dual Language Learners, and developing vocabulary curricula (Wordly Wise 3000, VIOLETS). She has taught education courses at Lesley University and the University of Massachusetts, and English as a second language at the primary, secondary and university levels in the U.S. and Switzerland. Cheryl believes in the power of nature and an active, arts-infused, embodied curriculum to promote not only required academic competencies but also excitement about learning. |
Vice President
Carole Cooke, J.D., Stanford Law School, A.B. University of Chicago, has decades of career experience as an employment and litigation attorney and in leadership roles for community non-profit organizations. The latter include service as Trustee for the Waldorf School of Lexington (MA) and for the Rudolf Steiner School of Ann Arbor (MI), and as a committee member and host parent for Winchester (MA) A Better Chance. Carole’s children both attended Waldorf schools, and she remains a passionate advocate for Waldorf education. |