Board of Directors
Adam Hickey
President of IDA-MA
Adam Hickey is the Landmark School research coordinator and a Landmark Outreach consultant. Previously, Adam taught American literature in addition to his administrative role as an academic advisor. Adam is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he studied language and literacy development. While studying at Harvard, he taught at the Maria L. Baldwin School in Cambridge as a reading specialist and explored the influence of early intervention on struggling readers at the elementary level. He also holds a master’s degree in education from Simmons College. Adam is a licensed reading specialist and moderate special needs educator.
Charlotte Lunde
Vice President
Jodi Bertolino
Treasurer
Jodi Bertolino has worked in the LBLD field for the past 25 years. She joined the MABIDA board in 2016. She has a BA from St. Ambrose University and is currently the Controller at Landmark School in Prides Crossing, MA. She brings a financial insight and perspective to Board.
Kendra McCuine
Secretary
Kendra is an educational consultant with specialization in language and literacy, as well as the proud mother of a dyslexic student. She currently provides in-depth evaluations of students’ academic strengths and challenges, aids in determining the appropriateness of current interventions, and assists families with short- and long-term educational planning for students with language-based learning disabilities. She has worked with dyslexic students for over 15 years in public and private school language-based programs, Orton-Gillingham tutoring, and language-based program leadership. Kendra has been a member of the IDA-MA board since 2019 and currently serves as Secretary.
Angela Ayre
Member at Large
Joanna Christodoulou
Member at Large
Joanna Christodoulou, EdD, joined the board in 2010. She holds positions as Assistant Professor at the MGH Institute of Health Professions, Research Affiliate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Adjunct Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She received the 2014 Transforming Education Through Neuroscience Award from the Learning & the Brain Foundation and the International Mind, Brain, and Education Society. Her experiences include clinical work, teaching at undergraduate, graduate, and professional development levels, and research using cognitive neuroscience tools.
Patricia Kelley-Nazzaro
Member at Large
Trish Nazzaro has dual teaching certification in Massachusetts as both a Speech Language Pathologist and Reading Specialist, and is member of the faculty at the MGH Institute of Health Professions. She joined the IDA Massachusetts Branch board in 2016. She has extensive experience both hospital and school settings working with clinical populations.
Nicole McCarthy
Member at Large
Nicole McCarthy has been a board member since 2016. She is responsible for responding to emails on the MABIDA website. She currently works as a Researcher for the Boston Search Group Team Ventures, has a Masters of Science in Human Resources from Villanova University and worked for Accenture for 7 years in a variety of cross functional HR roles. She is currently launching the YES! program, a youth dyslexia advocacy group in Massachusetts in coordination with the Learning Ally organization.
Robin Fabiano
Member at Large
Robin Fabiano is the current Student Service administrator at Westwood High School. She began her career as an inclusion facilitator at the elementary level where she taught students with moderate to intensive special education needs. During her teaching career, Ms. Fabiano earned a second Masters in Assistive Technology from Simmons College and her administrative license. She held the position of Co-Director of Elementary Student Services with the Newton Public School for 6 years. Ms. Fabiano is also a strong advocate for diverse learners in the community. She held a board member position at the Charles River Center in Needham and works on the MA Down Syndrome Congress Education Task Force. Ms. Fabiano is an adjunct professor at the Lesley College Collaborative Program and is a co-host of the podcast: A Special Education Teacher, an Administrator and a Lawyer Walk into a Bar (all you ever wanted to know about special education).
Weddee Neufville Henry
Member at Large
Michelle Paster
Member at Large
Kimberly Rogers
Member at Large
Kimberly is a sixth-grade language-based teacher for the Hope Graham Program at Bancroft School and is a Fellow-in-Training through the Orton-Gillingham Academy. Kimberly brings experience as both a classroom teacher and an Orton-Gillingham practitioner. She is passionate about equity in literacy instruction and bringing structured literacy instruction to all classrooms. Kimberly holds Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education from Wheelock College and a Master of Education in Moderate Special Needs pre-K-8 through a collaborative program with The Carroll School and Lesley University.

Former Board Members
Janet Thibeau, Former President of IDA-MA
Pamela Hook, Former President of IDA-MA
Melissa Feller, Former Member at Large
Joseph Green, Former Member at Large
Nathan Doty, Former President of IDA-MA
Dinan Messiqua, Former President of IDA-MA
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