Marcia was born and raised in
Melrose, Massachusetts, and attended Melrose public schools. She
received a B.S. in Education from Keuka College,
Keuka N.Y., with Honors and an M.Ed. from Notre Dame College in Manchester,
N.H. specializing in Language and Learning Disabilities. She was a
teacher for five years and is a former member of the American Federation
of Teachers (AFT).
A Newton
resident for 30+ years, she and her husband Howard are active members
of the Newton Democratic
City Committee. Their children Katrina and Jeffrey
attended Newton public schools graduating from Newton North High
School in 1995.
Yes, they are twins. No, they are not identical (do not ask how often
that question comes up).
Katrina
graduated from Drew University with a B.A. in Political Science,
and received
her
Master's
degree
in
Public
Administration
from Northeastern University in May of 2008.
Katrina is the Grants and Contracts Manager at the National Institute for Children's
Health Quality in Boston. She is married to Logan McCarty, who is
the Director of Physical Sciences
Education
at Harvard
(the
University,
that is).
Katrina
and Logan are the proud parents
of
Nina Isabel,
who is almost four.
Jeff graduated
from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in Technical Theatre,
and
worked
in
design and
construction
of
theatre
sets at Show Motion in Norwalk Connecticut for several years. He
now
works for Byggmeister, a unique design/build firm in Newton.
He and
his wife Mickey live in Framingham and are the proud parents
of Forest, who is almost 1 1/2 years old. They share their house
with their two miniature Schnauzers, Fizzgig and Frank.
While
their children were growing up, Marcia was a Sunday School Teacher,
Church Moderator at the former
Central Congregational
Church in Newton, Soccer
Coach, and Co-chair of the Day-After-Day after school program’s
parent group. Given her long-standing focus on youth and education,
Marcia continues to remain active in this area.
In her
professional life, she has over twenty years of experience in human
resources and training and development
with a focus on sales
training,
organizational, management, and leadership development. She
has worked
in the high technology and banking industries. Currently she
is a Senior Director of Human Resources for a bio-pharmaceutical
outsourcing company.
Marcia
and Howard are the proud owners of Heidi, a miniature
Schnauzer who currently
runs the household along with her new pal Elke, another miniature
Schnauzer (you can't have just one Schnauzer).
Please sir, may I have some more?
Heidi's
predecessor, Ludwig
Vaughn Lantz, unfortunately passed away in 2008 and we
miss him very much.
