Advisory Boards

Gemm Learning has an advisory board that plays a role in the overall direction of Gemm. Each center has its own Community Advisory Board also, detailed on each center's home page.
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Gemm Learning Advisory Board

This board helps Gemm define its mission by providing advice on new programs, expansion plans, service improvements and scholarship projects.

Tom Canning

Parent, Pelham NY, retired from long career at JP Morgan in 2007. He has a long association with charitable causes and children.

Gail Gallante

Gail is a Speech and Language Pathologist, one of the most respected people in learning in the Westchester area.Her practice works with children on the spectrum and higher functioning. She uses Fast ForWord and other therapies in her practice.

Holly Kennedy

Parent, Rye NY, with extensive background in marketing.

Christine Mink Ph. D

Dr. Mink is a licensed clinical psychologist with her own practice in Mt Kisco, NY that specializes in psychodynamic, cognitive and behavioral approaches. She is a licensed provider of Cogmed.

Sean O'Neil

Principal at One to One Leadership, a management training business. Sean was recently featured in a "Top 40 Executives under 40" in a recent Westchester survey.

Kathy Shea

Kathy played a crucial rule in helping Gemm Learning get started from 2005 to early 2009. She has also been furthering educational causes through her long-time involvement in the Westchester Community Foundation. She is now Executive Director of a Not For Profit called The Parents League which helps Manhattan parents find the appropriate school for their children.

Karen Sherman

Educated at University of Columbia, Karen has been practicing occupational therapy and parent counseling for over thirty years. She provides Interactive Metronome, a physical intervention for children with attentional issues. She is also trained in body centered psycho therapy, somatic experiencing and Listening with the Whole Body. She does regular trauma work, and faculty work at the Barbara School of Healing.

Karen Slotnick

Manager, Speech-Language and Learning Center, Beth Israel Medical Center, New York City. Ms. Slotnick was an early-adopter of Fast Forword software.

Scott Spears

Retired Superintendent of Springfield City schools in Ohio after 35 years of public service. He was an innovator in his district, most notably bringing Fast ForWord into his schools with great results.

Jeff Thomas

Jeff is the CEO of the public company, Ambassadors Group (symbol EPAX) that runs the President-commissioned People-to-People program for high schoolers nationwide. This year, over 40,000 students will make journeys to all parts of the world as "student ambassadors" through Jeff's company.

William Tifft

Will is the founder of Eugeria, a full service firm for the elderly. Prior to Eugeria Will had a long career in venture capital.

Glen Tripp
CEO and founder of Camp Galileo, a science-camp company based in Oakland, CA. A Stanford University graduate, Glen was named Vice President of Operations at SCORE! Educational Centers and helped lead its expansion over a six year period. In 2001 Glen founded Galileo to fulfill a dream of working with "camp people" year around. Glen is the father of 3 and 5-year old boys, the oldest of which attended Camp Galileo for the first time in 2007.

Community Advisory Boards here