Events

January 15

Morning workshops on committee projects. 8:30

Education month

Ed Lambert Jr., Board member of Leadership Southcoast. Currently Ed serves as the Director of the Mass. Business Alliance for Education. Previously he served as vice chancellor for government relations and public affairs at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

He previously served as a member of the Fall River, Massachusetts School Committee from 1980 to 1989, the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1989 to 1996, Mayor of Fall River from 1996 to 2007, and Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation from 2011 to 2013.

Andrew O'Leary, Superintedent of Schools, New Bedford. A native of County Cork Ireland,  He began teaching in NBPS in 2004; previously held roles as Business Manager and Assistant Superintendent of Finance & Operations. A dad of five including 2 NBPS high school students, he is recognized as an advocate for equity in education systems, Andrew is a regular contributor to media and legislative forums on education leadership, finance, and facility improvements and serves as a current board member of Massachusetts’s Advisory Council on School and District Accountability and Assistance (AAAC).

Tour: New Bedford Vocational Technical High School