School Board

Board of Trustees

Susanna Bedell has been a practicing internist for over 30 years and has a special interest in community outreach and prevention of diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease. She has worked both in rural East Texas and for the Brigham and Women's Hospital. She continues to teach at Harvard Medical School and in the Wellness Department at Codman Academy. Her research publications have included large epidemiologic studies on cardiovascular disease and also on ethics and quality of care. Dr Bedell received her MD and fellowship training from Harvard Medical School.

Dudley Blodget has over 20 years experience in Massachusetts education. Mr. Blodget has served as President and COO of Boston Renaissance Charter School, worked in the admissions office of several schools including Princeton University, and has extensive experience in development at several Massachusetts institutions of education, including the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Currently, Dudley works as the Senior Development Officer for Alumni Giving at Buckingham Browne & Nichols School in Cambridge. Dudley has a Masters in Education from Columbia University’s Teachers College and graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Harvard.

George Brackett is one of the founders of CACPS. He received his Ph.D. degree in physics from the University of California, Berkeley. George is a retired educational software and web developer as well as a former lecturer on educational technology design and Director of the Technology in Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He consults with CACPS on technology matters, assists faculty in using educational technology, and develops software and web environments useful to the School. He has written several articles about the school on his website.

Meg Campbell is founder and Executive Director of Codman Academy Charter Public School and a 2009 Barr Fellow. She previously served as Executive Director of Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound and a lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a poet and author of Solo Crossing (Midmarch Arts Press 1999) and co-editor, Split Verse: Poems to Heal Your Heart(Midmarch Arts Press 2000). A graduate of Radcliffe College, she received her Master’s degree from Wheelock and C.A.S. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has been a Dorchester resident for over twenty-five years.

Christine Doyle is an active member of the Codman Academy Parent Council.

Dottie Engler has served as Director of External Affairs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she played a central role in the school's fundraising efforts, and also as a school committee member in Newton. She is currently working as a consultant to the Boston Plan for Excellence.

Anthony Helies is the Founder and President of Helies & Company. Currently active with the Citizen Schools and Boston Latin School's Astronomy studies, Mr. Helies has over 10 years experience in working with Boston Public Schools. Until recently, Mr. Helies was a partner with Walnut Venture Associates. 

Meredith Hollis, Vice-President, is former President of Codman Academy Foundation board.  A former teacher, Ms. Hollis has a long-standing interest and commitment to education.

Robert P. Joy is the chair of the management committee of Morgan, Brown & Joy. Since he began practicing in 1975, he has handled employment cases before both state and federal courts, including successfully arguing Lechmere, Inc. v. N.L.R.B. before the Supreme Court of the United States. Inducted into the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers in 1999, Mr. Joy was named one of America's Leading Business Lawyers in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 by Chambers USA. Bob was named in the top 100 "Super Lawyers" by Boston Magazine and has been selected as one of the nation's most respected lawyers in the 2005, 2006 and 2007 editions of The Best Lawyers In America.

Tyrone Latin has worked in Harvard's Development Office for the last twelve years and is currently a Senior Deputy Director in the Harvard College Fund. Previously, Mr. Latin, a Dorchester native, was Grants Manager for the Codman Square Health Center. He has served on the Board of the Boston Algebra in Middle Schools Project is actively involved with the Park Street School. Tyrone has a Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard College.

Meredith Liu is the former managing director of the School Turnaround Group at Mass Insight – a research, policy and consulting organization dedicated to fundamentally transfomring the state and local educaiton systems that serve our country's lowest performing schools. Meredith began her career at Bain and Company where she worked with corporate clients in a diverse group of industries. She left Bain to join the staff at Codman Academy, where she served as Dean of Enrichment. Meredith graduated from Dartmouth College and is currently competing her studies at Harvard Business School.

Thomas McGarrigle, is Senior Development Manager with Northland Investment Corporation. Prior to working at Northland Investment Corporation, Tom was Vice President of Paradigm Properties where he worked in project management for over seven years. Mr. McGarrigle has also worked as the Development Manager at Spaulding & Slye and Project Manager at Ammann & Whiney Consulting Engineers. Tom has a Masters of Business Administration from Suffolk University and B.A. in Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire.

Anthony Alan Parker is currently principal of Weston High School. Mr. Parker has over 15 years experience working in Massachusetts schools as a teacher and an administrator. He has a Masters in Education from Harvard and is currently pursuing a Doctorate degree in Education Administration from Boston College’s Lynch school of Education. Prior to entering the education field, Anthony was an editor and freelance author for various newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian, Sojourners Magazine, and the Dollars and Sense Magazine. Mr. Parker has been a nominee for the Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Award and Sallie Mae First Class Teacher Award, and was also elected to the National Education Association’s representative Assembly.

Thomas Quirk has worked for the past 20 years for various investment companies including Wertheim Schroeder Investment Bank and Kidder Peabody. Mr. Quirk is currently an investment advisor for Howland Capital Management. Tom has also spent much of the last 30 years working with Massachusetts schools as a volunteer teacher, librarian, and researcher. Tom has an M.B.A. and a B.A. from Harvard University.

William Walczak, President and Co-Founder. Bill is a founder and CEO of Codman Square Health Center and was named a Barr Fellow in 2007. Bill is past president of the Codman Square Neighborhood Council. He serves as President of the Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service at Northeastern University, and President of Boston HealthNet. He is Trustee of Codman Square Community Associates, and sits on the Board of Directors of STRIVE, Inc., a job-training program in Codman Square and of Federated Dorchester Neighborhood House.