MAY INSTITUTE - Key Persons


Albertina Lopes

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of Healthcare Systems

Alice Shillingsburg

Job Titles:
  • Director, Integrated Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders / Monroe - Meyer Institute

Andrea Potoczny-Gray


Anthony Shaw

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Training Specialist

Brian Carbone

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, May Center for Adult Services

Brian K. Martens

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Psychology / College of Arts and Sciences

Brianna Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Human Resources Generalist
Our son's teachers are very kind, loving and successful. They never give up on him, and help him be the best he can be every day!!

Carole J. Neag

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair and Professor of Special Education, Department of Educational Psychology / Director, Center for Behavioral Education and Research

Christine E. Downs

Christine E. Downs, M.Ed., became the Director of PBIS for May Institute in 2014. She has provided PBIS training and technical assistance to school districts, alternative programs, and adult service agencies in Massachusetts and New York State since 2003. Ms. Downs regularly presents at national, regional, and local conferences on topics of PBIS and creating supportive learning, working, and residential environments for all ages and abilities. Christine is a certified School-Wide Information System (SWIS, CICO-SWIS, and I-SWIS) facilitator and supports the UCONN/MA-DESE PBIS Academy. Christine was honored in 2009 for her work in PBIS by the New York State Board of Regents. For information on PBIS at May Institute or for training consultation, please contact cdowns@mayinstitute.org.

Christopher H. Skinner

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Educational Psychology and Counseling / College of Education

David H. Barlow

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Psychology / Founding Director and Director Emeritus, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders

David P. Wacker

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Pediatrics / Carver College of Medicine

Debra Blair - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer

Donald L. Sherak

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education

Eileen G. Pollack

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Communications and Philanthropy

Gail G. McGee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences / Director, Emory Autism Center

George J. DuPaul

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Chair, Department of School Psychology / College of Education

Gilbert Arias

Job Titles:
  • School Operations Coordinator

Glen Dunlap

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Child and Family Studies / College of Behavioral & Community

Janet E. Mercier

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Jennifer Zarcone

Job Titles:
  • Chief Clinical Officer

Jerry Hand

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Facilities

Jessica Szczechowicz

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education / Educational Administrator

Jim Toohey

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator of Vocational Services

Johnathon Meza

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Josh Stogner

Job Titles:
  • School Support Coordinator

Judy MacKinnon


Kalli Bonin

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education

Karin Lifter

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Counseling and

Kevin M. More - CIO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Information Officer

Laurel Schumm

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Lauren C. Solotar - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • President

Linh Ly

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Director

Maggie Grady

Job Titles:
  • Educational Administrator

Marc D'Amore

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education

Margaret Milazzo

Job Titles:
  • Teacher Trainee

Mark J. Hauser

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry / Harvard Medical School

Matthew Page

Job Titles:
  • Director of Residential Services
I've been with May now for almost two years. I can't express the joy I feel every day knowing I have made a difference in someone's life.

Melissa Scarry


Melissa Winters

Job Titles:
  • Director of Education

Michael Tobin - CFO, Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Treasurer

Michelle Pratt

Michelle Pratt, M.Ed., has dedicated her professional life to working with individuals with autism and other disabilities since 1991. During her 25 years at May Institute, Ms. Pratt has been providing school and home-based consultative services to children and young adults with developmental disabilities, school teams, and families. She has presented at local and regional conferences supporting families, educational teams, and community agencies on numerous topics, including PBIS. Michelle is a Safety Care Trainer, a PBIS facilitator through May Institute, and a certified School-Wide Information System (SWIS) facilitator.

Missy Worrell

Job Titles:
  • School Nurse

Nancy Nager

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Treasurer
  • Vice Chairperson

Nicole Barlow

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Executive Director

Pamela Raymond

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Educational Services

Patrick C. Friman

Job Titles:
  • Director, Boys Town Center for Behavioral Health / Boys Town, Nebraska

Peter F. Gerhardt

Job Titles:
  • Founding Chair, Scientific Council at Organization for Autism Research Director of Education, Upper School, the McCarton School / New York, New York

Q. Sophie Yang

Job Titles:
  • Secretary

Richard Wichmann - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Robert F. Putnam

Robert F. Putnam, Ph.D., BCBA-D, is Executive Vice President of Positive Behaviorial Interventions and Supports and Consultation at May Institute. Dr. Putnam is national implementation partner with the National Technical Assistance Center for PBIS. He also serves as Senior Vice President of Research and Consultation at the National Autism Center. He has published extensively and regularly presents at national, regional, and local conferences on these topics. He previously served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He has also been a national facilitator of schools implementing SW-PBIS, particularly in the areas of alternative programs and the integration of SW-PBIS and mental health.

Robert Horner

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Special Education and Clinical Sciences / Director, Educational and Community

Robert L. Koegel

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology / Director, Koegel Autism Center

Robert P. Liberman

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences / David Geffen School of Medicine

Ross Platts

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Ryan Mackey

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Taylor Schauer

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Terese Brennan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Quality Improvement and Compliance

Thomas J. Stanton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President, Educational Services

Tobey Duble

Tobey Duble, MA, BCBA, LABA, is a Licensed Behavior Analyst (LABA) and a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA). She has been working with individuals with autism between the ages of 2-21 for over 11 years. Ms. Duble works with various Massachusetts school districts providing ABA supports and training, including Boston Public Schools, and is responsible for supervising Registered Behavior Technicians (RBTs) and BCBA candidates. She also conducts functional assessments, developing behavior support plans, IEP goals, and programming, and providing individual or class/school-wide consultation to teachers and families. Tobey is a member of May Institute's PBIS Team supporting districts with implementation of School-wide Positive Behaviorial Intervention and Supports and is a certified School-Wide Information System (SWIS) facilitator.

Tracy Davis - Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel

Veronica Torenn

Job Titles:
  • Director of School Operations