East Concord Faculty and Staff
Monday, August 28th, 2023JENNINE LESSER, East Concord Program Director, joined CCC in 1995. She was previously our Emerson program director and also spent 14 years as a teacher. Jennine has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and early childhood education from Regis College.
TIFFANY BOISVERT, East Concord Site Coordinator, joined CCC in 2010 and worked in both our Infant/Toddler and preschool programs before assuming the Site Coordinator role in 2023. She holds a B.A. in Child Development from Mills College in Oakland, CA.
LILLIAN ALBANESE joined CCC at our Ripley program in 2019 before moving to Emerson in 2021. Before joining CCC, she worked for many years in local infant/toddler programs. Lillian has a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Elementary Education from UMass Amherst.
DAISY BEX joined CCC full-time in 2022 after working with us for two summers. She has previous experience teaching school-aged children and received her B.A. in Psychology from UMass Lowell.
SUSIE BARKER joined CCC in 2005 and has taught both preschool and Afterschool children. She has over 25 years of experience teaching young children in Massachusetts. Previously, she was with Lincoln Country Day School where she was with the three and four year olds and several years teaching at the Kennedy-Donavon Center for Handicapped Children. She has her graduate degree in Education from Antioch University in Ohio.
AICHA BOUNAR joined CCC in 1998 working with infants. Aicha has a wealth of experience in the family child care setting and is taking courses in early childhood education.
BINTONG CHI joined CCC in 2023. She holds a Master’s in Music Education from Boston University. Her experience includes working as a classroom teacher with toddlers and preschoolers. Her passion is incorporating music and art into the classroom curriculum.
PATRICIA COLLINS joined CCC in 1999. In addition to teaching our 3-4’s children, she has taught with our 4-5’s and After-K groups. She was a teacher with the Concord Carousel Program from 1994-97 and has taught a variety of ages in many programs for the Concord Recreation Department. Patricia has taught theater, creative dance, and sacred dance for children and adults. She has an undergraduate degree from Hampshire College and is a certified teacher in Noyes Rhythm.
BRINNA CONLEY joined CCC in 2016. Prior to CCC, she taught Pre-K in a head start program in North Carolina. She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Greensboro College in North Carolina. Brinna is an alum of Concord Children’s Center.
EMILY D’ARCY joined CCC in 2014 after working for four years with preschoolers in Newton. Emily received her undergraduate degree in English from University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her graduate degree from Lasell College in Early Childhood Education. She is an alum of Concord Children’s Center.
MARIE DIPACE joined CCC in 2010. She has over twenty years of experience in the field. Most recently she was a teacher with the preschoolers at Technology Children’s Center at Lincoln Lab in Lexington, MA. She received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood, Elementary(K-8), and Physical Education from Boston College.
PAIGE ENGLER joined CCC in 2022. She graduated from UMass with a B.A. in Communications and Early Childhood Education. Her experiences include student teaching in a pre-kindergarten inclusion classroom as well as in lower elementary school.
AMY GONZALEZ joined CCC in 2021 with 20 years of experience teaching infants through preschool aged children, including at her own family childcare program. Amy has completed extensive coursework in the field of Early Childhood Education.
MELISSA GORGENYI rejoined CCC in 2021 after working with us from 1995-2012 as a preschool teacher. She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
ERIKA GUTERMUTH joined CCC in 1996 and has been an infant teacher for all her years with us. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has taken several classes in early childhood education. Erika brings her love of music into the classroom.
ANNIE KOLFF joined CCC in summer 2017. She has many years of experience with children in childcare centers and as a nanny. She has her Early Childhood Certification from Norwalk Community College.
ISABELLE LECHAUVE joined CCC in 2022. She has many years of experience working with infants and toddlers in both the U.S, and France. Isabelle received her B.A. in Classical Literature from Brest University in France and has completed many courses in the field of Early Childhood Education.
ANNA MORREALE joined CCC in 2023. She has a B.S. in Biology from Tufts University. Her experiences include working as a preschool teacher in both classrooms and recreational camps. She also holds experience in farming and growing and is excited to share this passion with children.
NICHOLE PIRO joined CCC in 1998 at our Ripley program, teaching with our mixed age group (3-5’s) and 4-5’s before moving over to our West Concord program in 2002. She returned to Ripley in 2011. Nichole received her graduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University and her undergraduate degree in Human Services and Psychology.
SHANNON SAYWELL joined us in 2021. Shannon holds a B.A. in Psychology from Smith College and has most recently worked in the behavioral health field as a Psychosocial Engagement Coordinator. She has experience with young children in summer camp and art school classroom settings.
CARMEN WARREN joined CCC in January 2014. After three years with the 3-4’s group, Carmen moved to join the 4-5’s team. She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Embury Institute for Education in South Africa, her home country. She came to the States as an au pair in 2010 and has her graduate degree in Early Childhood Education with Creative Arts from Lesley University.