Ralph Carrero
Ralph Carrero is the director/superintendent of the Lawrence Family Development and Education Fund and the Lawrence Family Development Charter School in Lawrence. He is also the founding president of the school, which provides a dual language education development program to 860 students in grades K to 8. The organization has a deep commitment to the development of youth leadership, new immigrants, and adult educational and training programs. Prior to assuming this role, Ralph served as an education administrator for 18 years at the Greater Lawrence Technical High...
Dr. Alma Gonzalez de Castillo
Dr. Alma Gonzalez de Castillo is a native of Laredo, Texas and is committed to serving communities in Texas and across the nation as a lifetime educator. Dr. Gonzalez de Castillo currently serves and leads a team of talented principals as assistant superintendent of schools in the Pflugerville Independent School District. Her educational career spans 20 years with experience in K-12 education as well as organizational leadership. In her current role, she contributed to the passing of the Teacher Incentive Allotment, which increased the earning power of teachers. Dr....
Ligia Noriega-Murphy
Ligia Noriega-Murphy is an educational leader with a long-standing career of school and district improvement, always keeping students at the center of her work. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in art history from the University of Massachusetts, Boston; two Master’s degrees (Education and Management) and a Certificate in Diversity from Cambridge College; a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study from the University of Massachusetts, Boston; and a Principalship Residency Network Certification from Northeastern University. She also completed the first Boston Public...
Dr. Timothy Sippel
Dr. Timothy Sippel is a lifelong educator with over three decades of experience in urban public school districts. He currently serves as an executive director of schools in the Worcester Public Schools, where he oversees 13 elementary and secondary schools in a district that educates over 24,000 students. Dr. Sippel provides key leadership in the streamlining of central office support and the development of district policies to improve teaching and learning. He has also led the expansion of the Commonwealth’s largest Early College program in partnership with...