Staff

Staff

Abigail Norman, Director
   anorman(at)eliotschool.org
Jean O’Leary, Assistant Director
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Nicole Murray, Director, School Partnership Program
   nmurray(at)eliotschool.org
Julio Fuentes, Facilities Coordinator
   jfuentes(at)eliotschool.org
Diane Ivey, Special Projects Coordinator
   divey(at)eliotschool.org
Robert Worth, Coordinator, Summer Program for Children
Kelly Knight, Social Media Coordinator
   kknight(at)eliotschool.org
Cindy Arias, Office Assistant

Charlie Sandler, ex officio

Abigail Norman (Director) joined the Eliot School staff in 2007. Previously, she was Program Coordinator at Forest Hills Educational Trust, and before that Director of Somerville Community Access Television.

Jean O’Leary (Assistant Director) has worked at the Eliot School since 2005. She was previously Administrator of the First Church Unitarian Universalist in Jamaica Plain, a paralegal and case worker for the Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Boston Bar Association, Director of Bay Area Women Against Rape and an administrator at University of California at Berkeley. She home schooled her two children and taught children’s art classes for six years, some of them at the Eliot School.

Nicole Murray (Director, School Partnership Program) joined the Eliot School in 2009 as our Youth Program Coordinator and quickly expanded our School Partnership Program, which she now directs. Before that, she taught English as a Second Language at Boston Language Institute and worked as an attorney, specializing in real estate development and affordable housing. She is a trustee of The Park School and Urban Improv.

Julio Fuentes (Facilities Coordinator) joined the Eliot School as a teacher in 2011 and added Facilities Coordinator to his portfolio in 2012. A graduate of North Bennet Street School’s Preservation Carpentry Program, he renovated high-end homes for fifteen years for The Classic Group. He has led the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts of Holy Name Parish in West Roxbury since 2004. For nearly as long, he has also led workshops for new homeowners for Boston’s Department of Neighborhood Development. Julio continues to design and teach woodworking classes both in our building and through our School Partnership Program in various Boston Public Schools.

Diane Ivey (Special Projects Coordinator) joined the Eliot School staff in 2011. She has worked as Administrative Coordinator for The Boston Foundation’s StreetSafe Boston Initiative, Program Support Specialist for Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, and Program Manager for City Year Boston. She holds a Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in Non-Profit Management from Suffolk University. She teaches knitting and dyeing classes at the Eliot School, the Roxbury YMCA and elsewhere, and produces yarn through her own company, Lady Dye Fiber Arts & Design.

Robert Worth (Coordinator, Summer Programs for Children) will manage our Summer Programs for Children in 2012. He is an accomplished furniture designer who has taught woodworking and art at the Eliot School, at Sociedad Latina and various Boston Public Schools through our School Partnership Program, as well as Chestnut Hill School and elsewhere. Robert will complete his Masters in Art Education from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in May 2012. He holds a BFA in Sculpture from Massachusetts College of Art & Design.

Cindy Arias (Office Assistant) joined our staff in 2011. She has taught Comics to children at the Eliot School since 2009. Cindy is a comic artist and illustrator who has worked for Blurred Books and ProVockative V.

Kelly Knight (Social Media Coordinator) came to the Eliot School as an intern in 2011 and joined as the staff in 2012. She worked as PR Coordinator for Sustainable Nantucket before moving to Jamaica Plain. She is also a weaver and a knitter.

Charlie Sandler (ex officio) worked at the Eliot School from 1966 to 2012 as Director, Instructor, and Superintendent. He remains on call for consultation. Charlie is certified in Vocational Education and Industrial Arts and holds a Masters of Education. He has taught and supervised teachers at Hubert H. Humphrey Occupational Resource Center, Fitchburg State College, UMass, Roxbury High School, Dorchester High School and elsewhere in addition to the Eliot School.