OBJECTIVE: To use my communication skills, organizational and advocacy experience, and knowledge of state political and community stakeholders to advance student achievement and public education.
COMMUNITY ACTIVISM
Elected Member, Lowell School Committee 1/04 – present
Vice Chair 1/08-present
Statewide Leadership, Massachusetts Association of School Committees
Chair, MASC Urban Division IX 2007-present
Lowell Delegate, MASC 2006-present
Member, MASC Advocacy Subcommittee 2006-present
Member, Lowell City Manager’s Anti-Gang Advisory Board 1/06 – present
Member, Lowell Citywide Parent Council, Executive Board 9/98 – present
Member, UMass. Lowell Community-University Advisory Board 1/04 –1/08
Member, Lowell Telecommunications Corporation Board 1/06 –1/08
Graduate, EMERGE Massachusetts May 2008
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Adjunct Professor, University of Massachusetts at Lowell. 9/04 – 12/05
Teach courses in freshmen composition, including research and argumentative writing.
Adjunct Professor, Daniel Webster College, Nashua, N.H. 9/94 – 5/04
Teach composition, developmental writing, business communication, and public speaking.
Develop Service Learning course (college students as tutors in Nashua public schools).
EDUCATION
MFA, Creative Writing, Emerson College, Honors 1991
BA, Mass Communication, Emerson College, Honors 1982
AA, Liberal Arts, Bunker Hill Community College Honors 1978
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERIENCE:
Writer/Communications Consultant, Lowell, Mass. 2/90 – present
Write a blog on news, views, and schools from a Lowell perspective: www.jackiedoherty.org
Provide services for clients in education, non-profit and for-profit fields.
o Research and write articles, op-ed pieces, and case studies.
o Create newsletters and brochures to enhance communication with diverse audiences.
Director of Public Information, Emerson College, Boston, Mass. 12/87 – 2/90
o Oversee internal and external public relations program for private, four-year college.
o Edit quarterly alumni magazine and monthly faculty newsletter.
o Develop contacts with outside media, writing and distributing news releases, acting as
college spokesperson, and coordinating interviews and press conferences.
Editor, Raytheon Company, Bedford, Mass. 5/85 – 11/87
- Manage staff of five part-time writers to produce monthly employee newsletter.
References and Letters of Support available upon request.