Board of Advisors

Howard Cabral, Ph.D

• Co-Director of the Biostatistics Graduate Program 
• Director of the Biostatistics
• Research Design Program of the Boston University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute
• Over 30 years of teaching, consulting, collaborating, and statistical research experience in a variety of biomedical fields, with over 250 peer-reviewed published works.

Susanne Denham, Ph.D

• Professor Emeritus at George Mason University
• Applied Developmental Psychologist
• Expert on social-emotional learning in early childhood
• Served on numerous editorial boards
• Past Co-editor of The Journal Social Development
• Current Editor of Early Education and Development

Len Lewin

• Managing Partner and General Counsel for Athena Capital.
• Prior Chairman and Managing Partner of the law firm Gadsby Hannah LLP
• Chief Legal Counsel to Massachusetts Governors Paul Cellucci and Jane Swift
• Taught for over 25 years at Suffolk University Law School.

Stuart J. Murphy

• A visual learning strategist, consultant and author of many children’s works, including I SEE I LEARN at School — an early childhood program that focuses on social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills, as well as the award-winning MathStart series.
• Served for 12 years on the Advisory Council of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Donald Wertlieb, Ph.D

• Professor Emeritus at Tufts University
• Former Chairman of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University
• Applied Developmental Scientist specializing in clinical-developmental and pediatric psychology
• President of the Partnership for Early Childhood Development & Disability Rights
• Coordinator of the Early Childhood Development Task Force for the Global Partnership on Children with Disabilities