Who We Are

Appointed January 2004

Lea Anderson, Chair: Anderson, whose appointment was announced by the School Committee December 1, 2003, is a nine-year veteran of the Wayland School Committee. Anderson has served on a variety of town committees, including the Wayland Master Plan Committee, and as coordinator of the 2003 High School Study Committee. A parent of two WHS graduates, Anderson's professional experience includes marketing and finance positions with the former Digital Equipment Corporation. School-age children: 0; years in Wayland: 32.

Josh Bekenstein: Bekenstein is a managing director of Bain Capital, a private investment firm with more than $16 billion under management. He joined the firm at its inception in 1984 after several years at Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm. Bekenstein was chairman of the finance subcommittee of the High School Study Committee. School-age children: 3; years in Wayland: 24.

Dianne Bladon: Bladon spent 18 years with Accenture (formerly Anderson Consulting), a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, before leaving to raise her children full time. In one of her positions with the firm, Bladon was an associate partner for business development, supervising and coordinating the development of proposals and collateral material, such as brochures, videos, news releases, white papers and technical documentation. Bladon was chairman of the community relations subcommittee of the High School Study Committee. She has also served as president of Claypit Hill PTO. School-age children: 3; years in Wayland 19.

Brian J. Chase: Chase is a project executive at Turner Construction Co., a provider of construction management services with construction volume totaling over $7 billion in 2005. Chase has 25 years of construction experience and a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. School-age children: 2; years in Wayland: 11.

James H. Howard: Before his retirement in 2000, Howard was co-founder and president of a regional engineering firm with $12 million in annual revenues. He is past president of the Society for Experimental Mechanics, an international professional engineering association. Howard also has experience in real estate development, working as an active partner in multiple residential projects with more than 60 units in Natick and Framingham. School-age children: 0, years in Wayland: 45.

Mary Lentz: Lentz is the Wayland Board of Selectmen's appointee. She is executive vice president of McCall & Almy, a commercial real estate company providing brokerage, tenant representation and advisory services for corporations. Previously she was chief operating officer of Copley Properties, Inc., a publicly traded real estate investment trust. Lentz served on the Wayland Zoning Board of Appeals from 1997 to 2003 and was on the Paine Estate Advisory Committee. School-age children: 1; years in Wayland: 25.

Joseph Lewin: Lewin is Chief of Staff of Harvard University's Allston Development Group. Earlier he held construction management positions with the City of Boston, serving for seven years as deputy director of the public facilities department. He was responsible for dozens of school design and construction projects, including renovations of the Boston Latin School and Boston Latin Academy. School-age children: 1; years in Wayland: 12.

Cindy Lombardo: Lombardo was chairman of the Wayland Middle School Building Committee, overseeing the recently completed $10.7 million renovation project. She was also involved in the construction of the Children's Way pre-school build out in Wayland Town Hall. Lombardo has served as president of Wayland parent-teacher organizations (PTO) at Wayland High School, Wayland Middle School and Claypit Hill School. School-age children: 0; years in Wayland: 25.

Eric B. Sheffels: Sheffels is the appointee of the Finance Committee and is president of Leggat McCall Properties, a Boston-based real estate development and project management firm. He has 23 years of experience in the field supervising over $1 billion of construction, including hospitals, museums, educational institutions, and private ownerships. Sheffels has bachelors and masters degrees from Stanford University in civil engineering. School-age children: 1; years in Wayland: 25.

Stephen Breit and Steven Tise resigned from the HSBC in 2009.

HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE

Appointed October 2006

Fred Knight: Knight is a nine-year veteran of the Wayland School Committee and has served on the building committees for every Wayland school building project since 1989 including the 1990 multi-school renovations, 2001 Middle School addition and renovation, and as an ex officio member of the HSBC. He is a scientist at Lincoln Labs. School-age children: 0; years in Wayland: 26.

David Lash: Lash is Finance and Administration Manager for Northeastern University’s Nanotechnology Center in the School of Engineering. He has consulted in the health-care, manufacturing, software, and life sciences areas. He has volunteered with the Wayland Warriors Football parent’s organization and the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge. School-age children: 0; years in Wayland: 28.

Jennifer Steel: Steel is a graduate of Wayland High School and served as Conservation Administrator in Wayland briefly in 1996. Steel is currently the Conservation Administrator in Framingham. She served on the Wayland Town Meeting Committee in 2005 and is active in the Dudley Pond Association. School-age children: 2; years in Wayland: 16 as a child and 6 as an adult.

Karen Talentino resigned from the HSBC in 2009.

Ex-Officio Members:

Joy Buhler, Business Manager, Wayland Public Schools

Gary Burton, Superintendent, Wayland Public Schools

Jay Chandler, Chemistry Teacher, Wayland High School

Brad Crozier, Asst. Supt. of Curriculum and Personnel, Wayland Public Schools

Ed DeHoratius, Classical Studies Teacher, Wayland High School

Louis Jurist, Wayland School Committee

Patrick Morris, Facilities Manager, Wayland Public Schools

Allyson Mizoguchi, Assistant Principal, Wayland High School

Patrick Tutwiler, Principal, Wayland High School

The High School Building Committee (HSBC) was formed in December, 2003 by the Wayland School Committee. The HSBC is currently composed of 12 members: seven appointed in 2003 by the Wayland School Committee, one appointed by the Finance Committee, one appointed by the Board of Selectmen and three members appointed in October 2006 by a joint committee of two members of the Board of Selectmen, two members of the Finance Committee and two members of the School Committee.