Friends of Education Excellence: Helping Students Succeed

 

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Staff and Directors

Executive Director

 
Bruce Pollock

Bruce Pollock - Founded FREE Partnerships in 2009

  • TBK – School 52 Partnership Coordinator 2005 to present
  • IBM Business Manager 1986 to 2009
  • PMI and IBM Certified Project Manager
  • MBA, Harvard University
  • BA, University of Rochester
  • Member of Rochester Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission, RSVP Advisory Council, Volunteers in Living Color Coordinating Committee, and Rochester Area Administrators of Volunteer Services (RAAVS)

Board of Directors

 
Don Ginsberg

Don Ginsberg — President

  • Retired Principal, Rochester City School District
  • Board member, Threshold (past president), Rochester Primary Care Network (past president), Rochester Community Services, Inc. (president), Rochester Rotary Co-Chair Virtual Enterprise Committee, Temple B'rith Kodesh School #52 Committee (chair)
  • MS, University of Rochester
  • BA, Syracuse University

 

Kareem Hayes Kareem Hayes — Secretary
  • Program Coordinator, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection
  • Academic Advisor Upward Bound Program, University of Rochester  2008-09
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Communication / Broadcasting, SUNY Brockport 2006
  • Master of Science, Human Development, University of Rochester
Melanie Lewis

Melanie Lewis — Board Development Committee Chair

  • Rochester Public Library, Community Services Librarian
  • B.A SUNY@ Albany
  • M.L.S SUNY @ Buffalo
  • Former RCSD Employee, Parent Volunteer 

 

Kevin Loughran

Kevin Loughran — Treasurer

  • Finance Director, Monroe County Library System and the Rochester Public Library
  • Board Member, International Sister Cities of Rochester
  • Board Member, Threshold
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Brockport State University 

 

Joe Klein

Joe Klein

  • PENCIL Partner with Rochester City School No. 52, 2008 to present
  • Vice Chair / Chairman, Rochester Education and Literacy (REAL) Commission, 2007 to present
  • Treasurer, True North Rochester Prep, 2006 to present
  • CEO, Klein Steel Service Inc., 1972 to present
  • Bachelor of Science (BS), Syracuse University