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President
Sheila Koenig
Sheila has been teaching 9th grade English at South View Middle School in Edina, Minnesota for eight years. In addition to English, she has taught pre-AP classes as well as media literacy. Before moving to Minnesota, Sheila taught 7th grade English and 8th grade Spanish at Jarrett Middle School in Springfield, Missouri. Sheila has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Cardinal Stritch College and a Master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Minnesota. In 2007 she was awarded the “Blind Educator of the Year” award from the National Federation of the Blind.
E-mail: shekoenig@comcast.net
Board Members
Dr. David A. Ticchi
A lifelong calling to promote education and understanding characterizes all of David Ticchi’s professional endeavors. A faculty member at Newton North High School, he has taught English and supervises a School-to-Career program, working closely with students to prepare them for real-world options. Concurrent with his role as a teacher, David serves as Special Assistant to the President at the Legal Sea Foods Corporation acting as co-chair of an ethics program and facilitating internal training and communication projects. Before taking on these current challenges, David filled an executive position for over 10 years at Xerox Imaging Systems (XIS), a Xerox subsidiary.
Legally blind since birth, David graduated from the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA), receiving his B.A. in economics cum laude. After spending a year with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, he returned to Boston to earn a Masters degree and a Doctorate degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
One of his proudest moments occurred in 1998 when David was named “National Blind Educator of the Year” by the NFB. In 1996, David was chosen a Community Hero by the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and carried the Olympic Flame in the Olympic Torch Relay.
He currently serves as President of the Cambridge Chapter of the NFB and as President of the NFB of Massachusetts.
E-mail: dticchi@comcast.net
Cayte Mendez
Cayte has been teaching kindergarten for five years at P.S. 69 in the Bronx. She graduated from Cornell University where she majored in Linguistics and Asian Studies. She received her masters in Education from Pace University in New York City.
E-mail: cem47@cornell.edu