M.A.G.E. Board of Directors

Officers for 2008-2009
Susan Dulong Langley President sdlangley@aol.com Term Expires 2010	Adjunct Professor for the University of Connecticut's WebCT Master's Program in Gifted Education. Bachelor's degree in music education from UMass and a Master's in Education of the Gifted & Talented from UConn's Three Summers Program. 2002 recipient of the Highest Score on the Comprehensive Examination Citation at UConn. Teaches in the Sage program in Framingham. Consultant.
Andrea Roda Vice President Term Expires 2009	Middle School math teacher in Milford. She has a degree in English and Education from Wellesley College and a Master's in Education from Fitchburg State. She attended the UMass Amherst Javits course Introduction to Advanced, Talented, and Creative Learners and was the MA Delegate to the 2007 NAGC Affiliate Conference in Washington, DC.
Mary Ann Malinowski Treasurer Term Expires 2009	Director of Curriculum and Instruction for the Monson Public Schools. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from Fitchburg State College and a Master’s degree in Educational Administration from Springfield College . Western Mass. Regional Contact for MAGE.
Vicky Barr Secretary Term Expires 2010	Graduated from Stonehill College with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in elementary education and a minor in English; Completed my Master’s of Arts Degree from the University of Connecticut, with a concentration in Gifted Education and Talent Development; A member of Pi Lambda Theta, an international honors society for educators; Gifted Education teacher in Waltham, MA.
Laurence Osborne, Ed.D. Clerk Term Expires 2011	Boston University, EdD, NSF Fellowship Carnegie-Mellon ; NDEA Fellowship: Union College, Schenectady; NDEA Fellowship: Boston University. Forty five years teaching experience; Teacher in Quincy Public Schools; Gifted Education Committee, Quincy; MAGE Coordinator G/T Breakfast Meeting; NAGC Affiliate Conference.
Directors for 2008-2009
Diana Reeves Chair rdianam@aol.com Term Expires 2009	Chair Emeritus, Past President, thirty year MAGE member, founder of Mass. Future Problem Solving Program, former gifted and talented resource room teacher, Department of Education Office of Gifted and Talented, and presently a third grade teacher at the Gordon School. 1998 Rhode Island recipient of Presidential Award for Excellence in Elementary Science Teaching. Member of Rhode Island Education Commissioner’s Gifted and Talented Advisory Council. M.Ed. Boston University. CAGS, University of Conn, Teaching the Talented. Parent member NAGC Board.
Ruthanne Allen Term Expires 2011	B.S. Boston University; M.A. University of Connecticut. 30 Years in public education in Massachusetts, 16 years as Director of Barnstable Schools Gateway Program (Gifted and Talented Education with Able Youth) before retiring in December, 2003. Served on following boards: Gifted and Talented Advisory Council; Massachusetts Future Problem Solving Program Board, Destination Imagination and Odyssey of the Mind State Board; Board Member, Barnstable Horace Mann Charter School. Now serves Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter School Board of Trustees and Barnstable District Advisory Council.
Mark Andersen, Ph.D., CFA Past President Term Expires 2009	Parent of three, political scientist (Ph.D. 1996, Harvard University: Communities and Curriculum: The Distribution of Educational Opportunities in Massachusetts), and software engineer. served on the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Gifted and Talented Education.
Judy Butler Membership Chair Term expires 2009	American Speech Language Hearing Association Board Recognized Specialist in Fluency Disorders, focuses exclusively on stuttering, licensed to practice in MA and RI. Also works as Church Administrator part time at the First Church in Dedham Unitarian Universalist. She graduated with an A.B. from Brown University in 1979 and an M.A. from the University of Connecticut in 1981 .
Sarah Kelley Term expires 2010	Interim School Adjustment Counselor at The Cove School in Beverly MA; Previously the school counselor at The Sage School, a school for academically gifted students located in Foxboro, MA with students ages 4-14 for four year; Bachelor's Degree in Spanish from Macalester College in Saint Paul, MN, and a Master's in Counseling and Psychology from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA. Co-facilitator of MAGE's Guided Discussion Group for Parents.
Roberta Spivack Term Expires 2011	Roberta Spivack: MA from Cambridge College; BS & MS in Elementary Education and Reading from Southern Connecticut State College. Over 44 years in public education in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Developed and taught an after school and summer enrichment program in Milford, MA. Retired in 2006. Part time Barbara Wilson tutor for Milford Public Schools. Very interested in the brain, learning, and developing higher level thinking skills. Grandparent advocate.
Nancy Surgenor Term Expires 2010	Nancy Surgenor is the Director of Admission at The Sage School in Foxboro, Ma, which serves the needs of academically gifted students from pre-K – eighth grade. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Development with a concentration in Elementary Education from Wheelock College in Boston. Nancy taught in the public elementary schools prior to teaching Pre-K at Sage. After a year and one half teaching at Sage, Nancy moved into her current position as Director of Admission. She brings with her strong knowledge of education and ample experience with gifted students.