Faculty

Threshold faculty consists of more than twenty highly qualified faculty members. Each has expertise in educating students with special needs, extensive experience, and an advanced degree in education or a field directly related to her/his role at Threshold.

Threshold Administration, Faculty, & Staff

Administration

• Jim Wilbur
  Director of Threshold, Instructor of Current Events
  B.A. from Nichols College, M.Ed. from Cambridge College
• Helen McDonald
  Director of Admissions
  B.A. from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.Ed from Fitchburg State College
• Patricia Morrissey
  Director of Transition Year and Bridge
  B.S. and M.A. from Lesley College
• Jodi Rosenblatt
  Director of Resident Life & Student Services
  B.A. Psychology from University of Maryland

Faculty & Staff

• Linda Brennan
  Instructor of Consumer Education and Personal Finance
  B.A. from Salem State College, M.Ed. from Boston University
• Terry Bromfield
  Early Childhood Instructor, Advisor, and Supervisor
  B.A. from Wheelock College, M.Ed. from Lesley College
  
• Lorraine M. Done
  Vocational Instructor, Advisor, and Supervisor
  B.A. and M.A. from Boston University
  
• Hector Fuentes
  Job Placement Specialist
  B.A. from University of Massachusetts
• Joseph Gennetti
  Business & Support Services Instructor, Advisor & Supervisor
  Work World Instructor
  B.S. University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  
• Cara Gorham
  Graduate Resident Assistant
  B.S. from Boston College
• Michelle Harmon
  Administrative Assistant
  B.A. and B.S. from Keene State College
• Cheryl Haug
  Physical Education Instructor
  B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, graduate work in health and physical education at Northeastern University
• Dr. Mark S. Kinchla
  Theater Improv Group Instructor
  B.A. from Framingham State College
  M.A. & Psy.D from Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
  
• Christopher Langelier
  Graduate Resident Assistant
  B.S from Lesley University
  
• Leslie Macone
  Business and Support Services Instructor, Advisor, and Supervisor
  B.S. from Salem State College, M.S. from Lesley College
• Jeffrey Melzack
  Instructor of Creative Arts
  B.S. from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University Program
• Marcia Mishley
  Business and Support Services Instructor, Advisor, and Supervisor, Work World Instructor
  B.S. from Salem State College, M.Ed. from Framingham State College. Advanced secretarial certificate from Katherine Gibbs School
• Dr. William Mitchell
  Psychological Consultant and group leader for Personal Growth
  B.A. from the University of North Carolina, M.A. and Ed.D. from Harvard University Graduate School of Education 
• Carole Noveck
  Life Skills and Bridge Instructor
  B.A. from Douglass College, M.S. from Upsala College
• Karen Oldoni
  Independent Living Advisor
  B.A from Colgate University, Graduate work in Celtic Studies at Harvard University
• Fran Osten
  Early Childhood Instructor, Advisor, and Supervisor
  B.A. from Barnard College, M.Ed. from Tufts University Eliot Pearson Department of Child Study
• Jill Schreider
  Graduate Resident Assistant
  B.S from Lesley University
  
• Joanne Silva
  Program Manager
• Will Small
  Creative Writing Instructor, Information Technology Specialist
  B.A. and M.Ed from Rhode Island College, Certificate, IT Support from Boston University
  Certificates, Tech Writing & Graphic Design from Ohio University
• Diane Wilcox
  Independent Living Advisor
  B.A. from Tufts University
• Fran Yuan
  Admissions Counselor, Instructor of Adult Sexuality, Medical World, Pathways to Health and Understanding Learning Challenges
  B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, M.A. from Lesley College