Board Of Directors

Linda H. Davis, President, and Chairman of the Board. Davis is the author of three books: Charles Addams: A Cartoonist’s Life (Random House, 2006); Badge of Courage: The Life of Stephen Crane (Houghton, Mifflin, 1998); and Onward and Upward: A Biography of Katharine S. White (Harper & Row, 1987). Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The American Scholar and other publications. She is a graduate of Syracuse University, and received her master’s in English from Simmons College. She is the mother of two, including an autistic son.

Harriet Barnett, Secretary, and Secretary of the Board. Barnett is a Master’s Program Advisor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, MBA program. She received her B.A. in American Studies from George Washington University, and an M.Ed. in Educational Administration from Boston University. She is the mother of two, including an autistic son.

Charles Yanikoski, Treasurer. Yanikoski is President and CEO of Still River Retirement Planning Software, Inc., and formerly Asst. Vice President of American Financial Systems, and, previously, of New England Mutual Life Insurance Co. He attended Harvard College and the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is the father of two, including an autistic son.

Paula M. Fang, Trustee. Fang is an internist in her 23rd year of practice in Primary Care/Internal Medicine at Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford, Massachusetts. After graduating from Boston College and the Tufts University School Of Medicine, she did her residency in Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center. She is the mother of three, including an autistic son.

Ann C. Jones, Trustee. Jones is a senior staff attorney with the Massachusetts Appeals Court. She began working for the court in 1988. She received her B.A. from Pomona College and has a J.D. from the University of South Dakota. Jones is the mother of three, including a daughter with mental retardation and an autistic daughter.

Fred Lambie, Trustee. Lambie is Vice-President for Product Development at Terrasciences, Inc, a software company selling primarily to the petroleum industry. The product helps users analyze data collected from boreholes used for oil exploration or production. Lambie was previously a Senior Scientist at Energy Resources Co., Inc, where he managed and worked on government consulting projects, helping to guide environmental and energy policy. He received his AM in Math and Physics from Bowdoin College, and his SM in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University.

Ryan Parker, Trustee. Parker is an Investment Operations Analyst at Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo, and Co, LLC. He is a Level 1 candidate in the Chartered Financial Analyst Program. Parker, a two-time NCAA Track and Field All American, received his BA in Economics from Brandeis University.

Deborah Krause, Trustee. Krause is a Registered Horticulture Therapist, and Horticulture Teacher and Coordinator of the Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. A graduate of Cornell University, Krause has worked at Perkins since 1980. She is a lecturer, author, and winner of the prestigious Silver Medal from the Massachusetts Horticulture Society. She has served as President, Vice-President, board member, and Boston Flower Show Committee Chairperson for the Northeast Chapter of the American Horticulture Therapy Association, and was a founding member of the New England (now Northeast) Chapter. She was also a board member and Core Curriculum and Chapters Committee Chairperson of the American Horticulture Therapy Association, whose mission is to advance the practice of horticulture as therapy to improve human well-being.

Consultant to the Board

Naomi Dratfield, Occupational Therapist. Dratfield has been an Occupational Therapist since 1985. During this time, she has worked with disabled adults in a variety of settings. She received her BA from the University of Massachusetts, and an MA from New York Univeristy. She is the mother of two, including a son with autism.