Board of Directors

Read to Grow is governed by an active, dedicated Board of Directors, whose expertise in a wide range of key areas guides our organization. Our board members are passionate about the importance of promoting early literacy and committed to giving all children a good start in life. They come from the fields of business and finance, early childhood education, health, nonprofit fundraising and development, and law.
Board meetings are held six times a year, with executive sessions as called. Each board member sits on at least one committee during his or her term of office, and much of the work of the Board is accomplished by the committees. Committee membership is also drawn from the community at large.
Read to Grow operates and develops programs, policies and procedures according to a three-year strategic plan researched, written and adopted by the Board of Directors in 2006. The board is curently working on an update of the strategic plan that will lead us over the next three years.

Board of Directors

Roxanne J. Coady, Chair
    Owner, R.J. Julia Booksellers
John. F. Wolter, Secretary
    Shareholder, Updike, Kelly & Spellacy, P.C 
Stacy Ruwe, Treasurer
Karen Pritzker, Board Emeritus

Susannah Bailin
Belinda Bralver
Joanne Cunard, Professor, Child Study/Education, St. Joseph's College
Mary Kay Curtiss, Manager, Blum Shapiro
Sharon R. Davis, Human Resource Manager, Alcoa Howmet Castings
Alva Greenberg
Carla Horwitz, Director, Calvin Hill Day Care Center; Lecturer, Yale Child Study Center
Julie Irwin, Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories.
Lisa Maass, Senior Vice President, Corporate Banking, Citizens Bank
Bonnie Patten
Janet Weiswasser Michaelson

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