Gov. Charlie Baker made two appointments to the state’s Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to fill expiring seats.
The two new members are administration marketing consultant Farzana Mohamed and Tech Foundry CEO Tricia Canavan.
Baker made the appointments Wednesday and the board, which canceled a gathering deliberate for this previous Monday, additionally introduced that it plans to fulfill subsequent on Aug. 15.
Canavan is a former group school adjunct school member who runs Tech Foundry, a nonprofit that connects underserved and underrepresented adults to coaching and placement within the info know-how sector, in response to the Baker administration.
She served as co-chair of Springfield Business Leaders for Education, and beforehand labored as govt vp of company relations and advocacy at United Personnel Services/Masis Staffing in Springfield.
Mohamed is a managing accomplice at Process Improvement, LLC, a administration marketing consultant with experience in well being care info know-how, and the creator of “How to Negotiate Your First Job,” the administration stated.
Previously, she was chief of employees at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Needham. She holds a bachelor’s and two grasp’s levels from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Both Ms. Canavan and Ms. Mohamed bring a unique combination of management expertise and experience in the education sector that will benefit the Commonwealth’s schools and the students they serve,” Baker stated in an announcement of their appointments. “We are grateful for their commitment to help create strong educational starts for children and families in schools throughout Massachusetts.”
Canavan and Mohamed exchange board members Amanda Fernandez and James Morton, who accomplished their five-year phrases on June 30.
The board plans to fulfill on Monday, August 15 at 12 p.m. at DESE headquarters in Malden.
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