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The 2016 Partners in Excellence (PIE) Award Celebration was a Success!
More than 300 teachers, school leaders, legislators, members of the business community, and other supporters joined us for the 4th annual Partners in Excellence Award Celebration on April 5 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The goal of the event was to honor Fitchburg Schools Superintendent Andre Ravenelle and 54 AP teachers from across Massachusetts for their exceptional dedication to helping more students take and thrive in challenging AP classes.
Highlights included a performance by Worcester South High Community School Band, remarks from BPS Superintendent Dr. Tommy Chang, and hearing Worcester South senior Kenneth Adusei and Northeastern University student Nancy Figueroa share their inspirational stories. And we were thrilled to have Eric Waldo, executive director of the First Lady Michelle Obama’s Reach Higher Initiative, deliver the keynote address on what the White House is doing to prepare more students for college success.
View the photos from the evening.
Thank you to our generous sponsors.
Event Co-Chairs & Lead Sponsors
- Joshua Boger
Founder, Board Member and Former CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals - Rick Burnes
Co-Founder and Partner Emeritus, Charles River Ventures - John Davis
Former Chairman of the Board and CEO, American Saw & Mfg. Company
Senior Trustee, Irene E. and George A. Davis Foundation - William Schawbel
Founder and CEO, The Schawbel Corporation
Sponsors
- Bridgewater State University
- Putnam Investments
- State Street Corporation
- Crane Currency
- Wolf & Company, P.C.
- The Boston Foundation
- The College Board
- Pamela D. Everhart
- Boston Financial Data Services
- Bunker Hill Community College
- Colliers International
Thank you to our host committee.
Host Committee
- The Honorable Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston
- Tommy Chang
Superintendent, The Boston Public Schools - Frederick W. Clark Jr.
President, Bridgewater State University - Peter Curran
Chief of Human Resources, Putnam Investments - Larry DiCara
Partner, Nixon Peabody - Pam Eddinger
President, Bunker Hill Community College - Pamela Everhart
Senior Vice President, Government Relations, Fidelity Investments - Grace Fey
President, Grace Fey Advisors - Richard Freeland
Lecturer, Northeastern University
Former Massachusetts Commissioner of Higher Education - Philip W. Johnston
President & CEO, Philip W. Johnston Associates, LLC - Rachel Kaprielian
- E. Edward Klotzbier
Special Advisor, Higher Education Relations, the College Board - Jean F. MacCormack
President, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate - Travis McCready
President and CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center - Andre Ravenelle
Superintendent, Fitchburg Public Schools
President, Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents - Charlotte Golar Richie
- Richard Taggart
Chairman, Board of Directors, Mass Insight Education
EVP, Investment Manager Solutions, State Street Corporation
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