{"id":27563,"date":"2019-12-04T14:40:03","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2019\/12\/04\/governor-baker-appoints-lawrence-educator-to-necc-board-of-trustees\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T18:21:28","slug":"governor-baker-appoints-lawrence-educator-to-necc-board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2019\/12\/04\/governor-baker-appoints-lawrence-educator-to-necc-board-of-trustees\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor Baker Appoints Lawrence Educator to NECC Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/12\/Shalimar-Quiles-digital.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-21884 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2019\/12\/Shalimar-Quiles-digital-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Shalimar Quiles newest NECC Trustee member.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Shalimar Quiles, head of the Hennessey School in Lawrence, has been appointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/discover\/leadership\/board-of-trustees\/\">Board of Trustees<\/a> by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Lawrence and a 2008 graduate of Northern Essex, Quiles has been working for the Lawrence School System since 2012.\u00a0 She was hired as scholar re-engagement manager; named the superintendent\u2019s chief of staff later that year; and appointed school leader (principal) of the Hennessey School, which has 384 students, pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade, in 2016.\u00a0 Before coming to Lawrence Public Schools, she served as senior coordinator of Family and Community Relations for the UP Education Network, a school turnaround organization in Boston.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShalimar is going to be a fantastic addition to our board, and I am so impressed with all she has accomplished,\u201d said Lane Glenn, president of Northern Essex.\u00a0 \u201cAs a recent graduate of the college, she understands our mission and our students.\u00a0\u00a0 And, her insight will help us better serve the Lawrence Public Schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Quiles attended the Arlington School in Lawrence and is a graduate of Lawrence High School.\u00a0 After earning her associate degree in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/learn\/credit-programs\/communication-arts\/liberal-arts-journalismcommunication\/\">communications<\/a> from NECC, Quiles transferred to Simmons College, graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a minor in Spanish.\u00a0\u00a0 In 2017, she graduated with a Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction from Merrimack College.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel incredibly grateful and fortunate to be able to serve the college and the broader community,\u201d said Quiles after learning of her appointment to the Northern Essex board.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Baker appointed Quiles to replace Joe D\u2019Orazio of Haverhill, who joined the trustees in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The college\u2019s Board of Trustees includes nine members who are appointed by the governor of the state to a maximum of two five-year terms as well as an alumni-elected member, who also serves a maximum of 10 years, and a student trustee who serves for two semesters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shalimar Quiles, head of the Hennessey School in Lawrence, has been appointed to the Northern Essex Community College Board of Trustees by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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