Advisory Board Members
The Excel Academy Advisory Board offers guidance and assistance to the Trustees and organizational leaders on strategic management and educational issues. The Board will also be helpful in advancing Excel’s mission of ensuring students and graduates of Excel succeed in high school and college and are active citizens in their communities. The Board is chaired by a member of the Excel Academy Board of Trustees. Advisory Board members may be invited to meetings of the Board of Trustees but shall have no vote at such meetings.
Tania Del Rio, Chair
Executive Director for the Mayor’s Office of Women’s Advancement
Adrian Madaro
Massachusetts State Representative, First Suffolk District
Daniel J. Ryan
Massachusetts State Representative, Second Suffolk District
Salvatore LaMattina
Former Boston City Councilor, District One
Carlo Basile
Former State Representative and Secretary to Governor Baker
Debra Cave
Founding Governing Board Member, Excel Academy Charter Schools
Bob Giannino
CEO, uAspire
Anthony Petruccelli
Kearney, Donovan & McGee P.C.
Karen Schwartzman
Principal, Polaris Public Relations
Alejandra St. Guillen
Director of the Mayor’s Office of New Bostonians, WTC
Rebecca Cass
Managing Director of Network Programming, Building Excellent Schools
Rebecca Sullivan
Senior Vice President, MassDevelopment