About
Board of Directors
Made up of members of the Springfield community, the SEZP board of directors works to ensure that each Zone school has the power to make its own decisions — and is held accountable for its results.
The board is responsible for the following:
- Establishing the vision and strategic direction for SEZP
- Providing oversight for the 501c3 and leadership
- Evaluating the co-executive directors
- Approving school performance frameworks, school configuration changes,
- Annual budgets, and other key organizational policies as needed
Our Board
The board of directors is comprised of the mayor of Springfield, the superintendent of Springfield Public Schools, the vice chair of the Springfield Public Schools Committee, and four others appointed by the Massachusetts commissioner of elementary and secondary education:
Chris Gabrieli
Board Chair, SEZP
Co-Founder & Partner, Empower Schools
Domenic J. Sarno
Mayor, City of Springfield
Sonia Dinnall, PhD
Superintendent, Springfield Public Schools
Joesiah Gonzalez
Vice-Chair, Springfield Public Schools Committee
Shannon Rudder
President/CEO, Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services
James S. Morton
President & CEO, YMCA of Greater Boston
