NHAGE | Board

NHAGE Board Member Bios
President, Director, Linda Burdick	Linda Betts Burdick (M.Ed. Special Education) is currently Enrichment Teacher at Kearsarge Regional Middle School in New London, NH. She provides direct instruction to students and also coordinates the Destination Imagination teams, the Johns Hopkins Youth Talent Search, and edits the school literary magazine. In her spare time, she writes teacher curriculum for Newsweek magazine. She also teaches two continuing education/graduate classes at Keene State--Methods of Gifted Ed and Bully Prevention. Past experience: Linda has over 17 years experience teaching gifted and talented students. She served as Chair of the Session Committee for the NE Conference for Gifted Talented, 2003. She participated in a panel "Excellence in G/T Education" at that conference. Other experiences include: trainer for Educators for Social Responsibility-NH; President, NH Council for Social Studies; Editor of the NHCSS journal, Horizons: member, NHEIAP committee for 5 years; member, NH State Social Studies Certification Committee; former Director of Education, New Hampshire Historical Society; Project Director and Evaluator for NH Humanities Council.
Vice President, EDies Award Chair, 2003 NECGT Co-chair, Barbara DeVore	Barbara is the Vice President of NHAGE and a gifted education specialist in the Merrimack, NH public schools. She has a M.Ed. with a specialty in Gifted and Talented Education and an additional thirty graduate level credits. As a Director and Secretary Barbara has initiated several new services: participation in the Excellence in Education Awards (EDies); the second is the NHAGE web page. She is currently the co-chair of the 2003 New England Conference. Barbara received the Friend of the Gifted Award at the New England Conference on Gifted and Talented Education in October 2001.
Secretary, Revolving	The responsibilities of the secretary of the organization will be shared among the officers of the board of the New Hampshire Association of Gifted Education. We believe that acting as a group in concert is in the best interest of the children and will enhance the communication of our proceedings as well as our team building as an organization.
Director, Treasurer, Julie Ramsey	Julie graduated with a BS from Bryant College, MED from Notre Dame College, and has been in Derry for past 18 years as a 5th grade teacher, 4th grade teacher and have taught the gifted in the GAITES program and now with the PACE program. In Sunapee she coached the ski team, directed the school plays, was the class advisor, and helped run an outdoor enrichment program. In Derry she has been the coach for several Odyssey of the Mind (Destination Imagination) teams, run extra-curricular sports, and held after school enrichment classes. She has been active with the teachers' union as treasurer, vice-president, and president over the years.
EDies Chair, Maurine Eagan	Maurine Eagan is an educational consultant, bringing over 20 years of experience working with children to her private practice in Bedford, NH. She embraces a holistic approach and specializes in supporting the emotional, social, physical, and educational needs of gifted and creative children. Maurine is a certified practitioner in the Annemarie Roeper, Ed.D. Method of Qualitative Assessment for Giftedness and holds B.S. in Speech and Hearing Sciences and M.Ed. from Northeastern University in Boston, MA. Maurine offers assessment, educational planning, parenting support, and educational workshops. She teaches families relaxation methods including therapeutic touch and imagery.
Director, Brighid Wood	Brighid Wood graduated cum laude from Amherst College with a B.A. in Economics. Brighid also participated in the University of Massachusetts' Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Licensure program. She is currently volunteering at a cooperative elementary and middle school while home schooling her children. In the past she has taught in a variety of settings including preschool, elementary, and middle school. Most recently, she taught an accelerated math class in a mixed age setting. Brighid's interest in gifted education stems from her fascination with the learning process, both as a teacher and as a parent. In other work, she is also the Vice President of a small Internet service provider.