Board Members
Denise Jillson - Chair
Denise is the executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association. She is a founding board member of CCSC and until recently served as treasurer of the CCSC Foundation Board. Denise also serves on the board of Furnishing Hope of Massachusetts, is an advisory board member of the Owens Lyons Trust for Cambridge Scouting, and is a member and former President of the Rotary Club of Cambridge. Denise resides in Cambridge, is married to George Pereira, and is a proud mom and grandma.
Email: djillson@ccscambridge.org
Laurie McIntosh - Vice Chair
Email: lmcintosh@ccscambridge.org
Kim Scheltz - Clerk
Kim has been a High School Math and French teacher since 2007. She was a teacher at CCSC for two years, which she came to after teaching for eleven years at Boston Collegiate Charter School, where she was also Math Department Head. She started her teaching career in Baltimore City with Teach for America. She is now at Lexington High School. She earned majors in Mathematics and French Language and Literature at Johns Hopkins University, and also earned her Masters in the Art of Teaching from Johns Hopkins.
Email: kscheltz@ccscambridge.org
Rob Shapiro - Treasurer
Email: rshapiro@ccscambridge.org
Farhan Altaf
Farhan Altaf is a Risk Analyst at UBS in New York City where he applies stress tests on traded market portfolios to assess potential losses. Farhan is an alum of CCSC; joining the school in its first year and graduating in 2011 as class valedictorian. Farhan went onto Bucknell University as a Posse Scholar and graduated in 2015 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Political Science.
Email: faltaf@ccscambridge.org
Jenny Andre-Jean
My name is Jenny Andre-Jean. I am a mother of 3. I have a 7th grader at Community Charter School of Cambridge (CCSC) and a 5th grader at Fletcher Maynard Academy (FMA). I am a first time grandma to a one month old baby girl. I have an Associate degree in Early Childhood Education, a Bachelor's in Business Management & Education, and a post graduate in Mental Health and School Adjustment. I am a former teacher of 18 years. I am currently a Community Engagement/Program Director at Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee (CEOC).
Email: jandrejean@ccscambridge.org
Myra Forrester
I am a veteran CCSC parent and newly minted board member. I am looking forward to using my voice as a parent representative on the board to make known and heard the perspective of families when it comes to how CCSC is governed.
Email: mforrester@ccscambridge.org
Susan McMurry
Susan brings 25+ years of leadership and business experience as a global executive in financial services where she built teams and led through periods of significant change. She recently retired as a partner at Wellington Management and previously worked as a management consultant at McKinsey. Susan earned a BA from Princeton University, a masters degree from the University of Oxford, and a Certificate in Executive Coaching from William James University. A proud graduate of a rural public school in Pennsylvania and a former single parent who raised two now-adult children, she is deeply committed to expanding high-quality educational opportunities for all families.
Email: smcmurry@ccscambridge.org
Alison Nogi
Email: anogi@ccscambridge.org
Kathy Ofsthun
Email: kofsthun@ccscambridge.org
Creelea Pangaro
Email: cpangaro@ccscambridge.org
Aleida Sanabria-Gil - Staff Trustee
Board Meetings
Board Meetings for the 2026-27 school year will take place:
- Wednesday, July 29th
Future meeting dates will be added shortly.
Meetings begin at 6:00pm at CCSC (255 Bent St. Rm. 330) or via Zoom. You can register for public comment below.
2025-26 CCSC Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
- July 30, 2025
- September 29, 2025
- October 29, 2025
- November 19, 2025
- December 17, 2025
- January 30, 2026 - Board Retreat
- March 18, 2026
- April 29, 2026
- May 20, 2026
- June 10, 2026
Approved meeting minutes for Board and Committee meetings are available here.
2024-25 CCSC Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
- September 17th (minutes available here)
- October 10th (minutes available here)
- November 6th (minutes available here)
- December 4th (minutes available here)
- February 12th (minutes available here)
- March 5th (minutes available here)
- April 2nd (minutes available here)
- May 7th (minutes available here)
- June 11th (minutes will be approved at the July meeting)
2023-24 CCSC Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes
- July 21st (minutes available here)
- September 25th (minutes available here)
- October 25th (minutes available here)
- December 13th (minutes available here)
- February 6th (minutes available here)
- March 26th (minutes available here)
- May 10th (minutes available here)
- May 22nd (minutes available here)
- June 26th (minutes available here)
Approved committee meeting minutes are available here.
Public Comment
All members of the public are welcome to sit and listen to the Board of Trustees conduct its business during publicly scheduled meetings. Members of the public who would like to make a public comment during a scheduled meeting must register in advance. Comments are limited to three minutes per speaker, unless the Board of Trustees decides to grant additional time.
If you would like to register to make a public comment, please do so by completing this form.
Board Committees
Development (TBD, chair)
Finance (Rob Shapiro, chair)
Governance (Kathy Ofsthun, chair)
Head of School Search (Denise Jillson, chair)
Strategic Planning (Denise Jillson, chair)
Student Success (Laurie McIntosh, chair)
To get involved or learn more about CCSC's Board of Trustees, please contact Becki Norris, Head of School at bnorris@ccscambridge.org.

