Our Board and Committees / Committees

How We Get It All Done

As you can imagine, in order to manage an organization that raises nearly $500,000 a year, reviews approximately 100 grants a year, and is constantly trying to raise awareness of its efforts, hundreds of volunteers are needed. In addition to our board positions, several committees have been established to further our efforts.

The Grant Committees: Amy Burke, Chair and Heather Thomas, Asst Grants Chair

Grant committees meet four times during the year to review, evaluate, and vote on grants submitted by the district, teachers, and parents. Grant committees are organized by grade levels with an elementary, middle school, and high school committee. All committees are overseen by the Grants Chair. To understand how grants are evaluated, click here for more information.

Elementary Grant Committee *indicates teacher

Brayton	Franklin	Jefferson	Lincoln-Hubbard	Washington
Rosemary Callahan	Courtney Alberta	Ian Bell *	Susan Daniel	Noreen Conway
Chelle Donnelly	Trudy Cohen *	Tenecia Hunt	Sharon de Gier	Laura Lameo
Rob Gannon *	Donna Patel	Karen Infantani	Pragya Sharma	Melissa Nelson
Melissa Hendrix	Margo Zigmont	Erica Lang		Kathryn Smith

Middle and High School Grant Committee *indicates teacher

Julie Armour	Sonia Kim	Dawn Rempell
Lisa Betz	Ellen Lehrich	Megan Schnall
Allison Busam	Catherine Ligouri	Randy Wallock *
Natalie Daugherty	Rose McCauley *	Corey Walsh *
Lisa Hartman	Trish Murphy	Amy Wszoczynski *
Denise Holmes	Lauren Pardo

The Audit Committee: Chaired by Pete Pardo

The Audit Committee oversees proper external review of the audited financial statements, as well as SEF’s risk management to include monitoring the internal control environment. Each member shall be free of any relationship that would interfere with his or her individual exercise of independent judgment.

Leah Enthoven

Kelly Iacovelli

The Investment Committee: Chaired by Michael Garvey

The purpose of this committee is to oversee the investment of the endowment assets. Currently, the committee is comprised of a chairman, the SEF treasurer, the SEF president and three members. The endowment assets are invested as a balanced portfolio.

Tim Erday

Caroline Maldonado

Key Michel

Bob Moriarty

The Development Committee: Chaired by Lesley Arlein

The Development Committee works to raise awareness of SEF's investment in our public schools and to encourage community support for SEF through contributions and attendance at our annual fundraiser events. They meet throughout the year to determine the direction and strategy for SEF's development process.

The Events Committee: Kiera Mathey, Chair and Mellisa Madden, Asst Chair

This committee is responsible for the management of special events for SEF, organizing the annual Partner's Night event, and advising and supporting the Spring Fundraiser chairs for the annual Spring Fundraiser.

The Communication Committee: Amy Wise, Chair and Karen Bowman, Asst Chair

This committee provides content for our annual solicitation, newsletter, and thank you communications. The committee also prepares and distributes press releases and maintains social media and website communications with parents and the community.