Our Board
Breakthrough Cambridge is overseen by a 20-member Board of Directors. This leadership group convenes five times a year, and is legally and fiscally responsible for the organization. The Board’s Executive, Development and Program Committees meet monthly.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Officers
Elissa Spelman – President
Executive Director of Breakthrough Cambridge
Elizabeth Hodder – Chair
Former Director, Harvard Undergraduate Teacher Education Program
Chas Douglis – Treasurer
Founder and Principal, CFOaxis
Anne Goldenheim – Secretary
Breakthrough Cambridge Faculty Parent
Members
Elizabeth Adams
Community Volunteer
Jon Biotti
Charlesbank Capital Partners
Sheila Colón
Breakthrough Cambridge Parent
Bethany Dickerson Wynder
Director of Diversity Recruitment Initiatives, City Year Headquarters
Mark Egan
Community Volunteer
William R. Fitzsimmons
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Harvard University
Nancy Klemm Friedman
Community Volunteer
Melanie Forbes Goins
Associate, WilmerHale
Rhonda Gomez
Manager of Finance and Accounting, Greystone Solutions, Inc.
Edwin Johnson
Assistant Rector, St. James Church
Paul Kroner
Founder and Creative Director
Kroner Design
Chris Saheed
Upper School Program Developer
The Innovation Agenda
Cassandra Scarano
Co-Founder and President
Commongood Careers
Former Breakthrough Cambridge Director
Carolyn Turk
Deputy Superintendent, Cambridge Public Schools
Charlotte Wagner
Community Volunteer
ADVISORY BOARDS
Program Advisory Board
Steven Cohen
Professor, Tufts University
Elsa Dorfman
Photographer
Hilary Mead
Former Summerbridge Cambridge Director
Paul Parravano
Co-director Office of Government and Community Relations,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
