Board Secretary, Carolyn McNally has been a board member for 5 years. Carolyn McNally recently retired as the Director of Program Development for Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES) in Connecticut where she developed new educational programs with member districts and community agencies. She led program and grant development, and was responsible for coordinating the ACES strategic plan, as well as managing and fund-raising for the ACES Education Foundation. She led equity programming at ACES, including the Open CHOICE, Magnet School Parent Choice and Inter-district Cooperative Grant equity and achievement initiatives. Carolyn served as Community Liaison for ACES on a variety of local Boards.
Carolyn has previously held Principal, Administrator, Counselor and Teacher positions in Maryland, Colorado, Kentucky, Hawaii and New York public schools as well as served in other administrative capacities at ACES. She received her Doctorate in Educational Administration from Teachers College at Columbia University, where she served on the Alumni Board for 7 years.