MASC/MASS 2018: Speakers - Jeffrey Riley

MA Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education

Jeffrey C. Riley was appointed Massachusetts’ 24th commissioner of elementary and secondary education in early 2018 and began serving as commissioner on April 5, 2018. A Massachusetts native, Mr. Riley’s experience spans urban and suburban districts and includes teaching in Baltimore, Md., being principal of Tyngsboro Middle School, and being principal of Boston’s Edwards Middle School. In January 2012, Commissioner Riley was appointed superintendent/receiver of the Lawrence Public Schools. During his more than six years there, he led a team that brought major improvements by shifting more resources and autonomy to the school level, expanding the school day, increasing enrichment opportunities, and ensuring all schools had great leaders and teachers.

Commissioner Riley lives in Boston and holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Pomona College in California, a master’s degree in counseling from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and a master’s degree in school administration, planning and social policy from Harvard University.

MASC/MASS 2018: Speakers - Jimmy Tingle

Humorist and Candidate for Lieutenant Governor

Jimmy Tingle is a humorist, commentator, activist, entrepreneur and, most recently, a candidate for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Mass-Dartmouth and a 2010 graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Tingle has worked as a humorist and commentator for 60 Minutes II and MSNBC and has appeared on The Tonight Show, CNN, Conan O’Brien, Fresh Air with Terry Gross and in his own HBO half-hour comedy special.

His theatrical credits include writing, performing and producing several one-person shows including Uncommon Sense: Jimmy Tingle for President—the Funniest Campaign in History and Jimmy TIngle’s American Dream. He has also appeared in several documentary film including Damned in the USA; America with the Top Down; and When Stand Up Stood Out. Feature film credits include Next Stop Wonderland; Head of State starring Chris Rock and Clear History starring Larry David.

Tingle has the rare distinction of winning Boston Magazine’s “Best of Boston” in the stand-up comedy category and for “best alternative theater” as the producer and artistic director of Jimmy TIngle’s Off Broadway theater in Somerville.

He is the founder of a new social enterprise and solo show entitled “Humor for Humanity” which aspires to raise spirits, funds and awareness for nonprofits, charities and social causes.

MASC/MASS Conference: 2018 Exhibitors

MASC/MASS 2018: Conference Schedule

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COSCAP 2018 Fall Conference

November 9, 2018
8:30am - 3:30pm

Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis
Cape Cod Room
35 Scudder Ln, Barnstable, MA (directions)

This event is free for COSCAP members! Not a member? Learn more about COSCAP here.

Conference Agenda

• 8:30am - 9:00am: Registration/Coffee & Pastry
• 9:00am - 9:30am BoardDocs
• 9:00am - 9:30am COSCAP Board Meeting
• 10:00am – 10:15am: Break
• 10:15am - 11:15pm: Open Meeting Law
  Elizabeth Valerio, Esq. ‐ Valerio, Dominello, & Hillman, LLC
• 11:15am - 12:00pm: Blizzard Bags ‐ Information Session
  Joanna Bilotta‐Simeone, Co‐Chair COSCAP
• 12:00pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
• 1:30pm - 3:00pm: Mindfulness
  Brenda Fingold, JD, MA ‐ Brown University's School of Public Health, Mindfulness Center
• 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Q&A and Wrap-Up
  Pat Correira & Mike Gilbert of MASC

MASC/MASS 2016 Joint Conference: Speakers - Jim Braude

MASC/MASS Joint Conference

GUEST SPEAKER: Jim Braude

JIM BRAUDE
Wednesday Keynote Dinner

Jim Braude is the host of the TV show Greater Boston on WGBH and co-host of Boston Public Radio at WGBH 89.7FM with Margery Eagan. Jim also writes a monthly column for the Boston Globe Magazine.

During law school, Jim ran a small retail business in Provincetown (HUBE - Help Us Break Even!). He started his professional career as a legal services lawyer in the South Bronx handling housing and prisoners' rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers, a union representing staff in civil legal offices for the poor in 35 states. NOLSW helped lead the fight to preserve the national program when President Reagan proposed its abolition.

He then served as the executive director of TEAM, the Tax Equity Alliance for Massachusetts, a tax reform coalition, during which time he led many ballot campaigns, including the defeat of what would have been the largest budget cut on the ballot in U.S. history. He published Otherwise, a magazine on American politics, and then served as a Cambridge City Councilor. Jim graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University's Law School.