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NHAGE Board Member Bios |
| Director,
Michele Munsen |
Michele
Munson, a lifelong educator with 39+ years of experience, has
worked as a classroom teacher, gifted and talented coordinator,
NH Dept. of Education consultant and Bureau administrator,
curriculum specialist, assistant superintendent and
superintendent of schools. Named Gifted Educator of the Year
in 2005, she has been a devoted advocate for children and
creativity, developing programs such as the Connecticut
Invention Convention and Innovations Across Generations with
General Electric Corp. She also chaired the National Young
Inventors and Creators Program sponsored by the US Patent and
Trademark Office, US Copyright Office, and Office of the Book
for five years.
Michele has authored numerous articles and collaborated in
many publications on inventing with children. As an active board
member of the National Inventive Thinking Association (NITA) for
over ten years, she assisted in the development of training
programs and conferences to advance inventive thinking and
pre-engineering skill development. Michele has presented
regionally, nationally, and internationally on using invention
to enhance thinking and creativity and promoted hundreds of
children’s efforts. She is currently on the New Hampshire
Governor’s – Pre-engineering Technology Advisory Council (PETAC)
working to expand educational and career opportunities for all
children. Her most recent project was co-directing the
2008 UNH Tech Camp |
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Membership
Coordinator,
Diane Walker |
Diane Walker is
a hospitality professional with over 25 years of experience in
hotel operations, software, revenue management, and
event/meeting planning. She is currently the Revenue Manager
for the Woodstock Inn & Resort in Woodstock, VT. Diane received
her BS cum laude in Communications Management from Ithaca
College and an MBA from Babson College. The mother of a gifted
child, Diane takes a personal interest in furthering Gifted and
Talented programs in New Hampshire. |
| Treasurer,
Julie Ramsey |
Julie Ramsey has been a
NHAGE Board member and its Treasurer since 2003. She has been
very involved in the planning for the 2009 NECGT as its
Co-Chairperson. Julie has been a teacher since 1980, first at
Sunapee Jr/Sr High School and now in Derry as a PACE teacher.
She teaches advanced math and enrichment classes. She received
the Friend of the Gifted Award in 2008 at the NECGT and was one
of the finalists in 2007 for NH Teacher of the Year. She holds a
Masters Degree in Education from Notre Dame College. |
Director,
Maurine Eagan |
Maurine Eagan is an educational
consultant, bringing over 20 years of experience working with
children to her private practice in Bedford, NH. She embraces a
holistic approach and specializes in supporting the emotional,
social, physical, and educational needs of gifted and creative
children. Maurine is a certified practitioner in the Annemarie
Roeper, Ed.D. Method of Qualitative Assessment for Giftedness
and holds B.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences and M.Ed. from
Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Maurine offers
assessment, educational planning, parenting support, and
educational workshops. She teaches families relaxation methods
including therapeutic touch and imagery. |
| President, EDies Chair, Teresa Morris |
Teresa Morris is in her third year as the Gifted and
Talented Coordinator for the Jaffrey-Rindge School District in
Jaffrey, New Hampshire. Mrs. Morris moved to New Hampshire from
Skokie, Illinois where for the past 16 years she was an
elementary teacher for the Evanston/Skokie School District in
Evanston, Illinois. In 2006, she was the recipient of the “Most
Inspiring Teacher Award,” sponsored by the Evanston Community.
Mrs. Morris holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in
Teaching, earning both degrees from Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan. |
| Director,
Carol Foley |
Mrs. Carol Foley is the
Gifted and Talented Coordinator at the Ellis School (K-8 Public-
Fremont, NH) after having taught in formal education for 18
years. She taught for 9 years at the elementary level with
primary classes, prior to teaching science and math at the
middle school level. She holds an undergraduate degree in
BioBehavioral Sciences (a triple major of biology, anthropology
and psychology, with a math minor) and has multiple Masters
degrees in Counseling Psychology, Social Work and Environmental
Science.
Carol is on several boards: the New Hampshire Environmental
Educators board; the NH Association of Middle Level Educators
Board, the New Hampshire Young Inventors Consortium; She is the
State-wide Coordinator for Let’s Get Real Academic Competition
and also Reader’s Digest Word Power Contest, as well as River of
Words. |
| Secretary |
The Secretary duties are
rotated and shared among board members present at each meeting. |
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