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Curry College appointed Maura McNamara to serve as the inaugural Executive Director of the Neurodiversity Center for Excellence. This is an important role that will lead one of the College’s strategic plan initiatives that focuses on expanding Curry’s legacy of educating neurodiverse learners. Building on Curry’s Program for Advancement of Learning (PAL), which was pioneered over 50 years ago, the Center will expand the College’s leadership in neurodiversity education by providing specialized support and services to a broader population of neurodivergent learners and workers and serving as a thought-leader and convener on the issue.
McNamara brings to Curry nearly 20 years of experience in strategic and financial operations, and leadership roles across health and academic medical institutions. Most recently, she served as the PACE Business Development Director at Fallon Health where she led a team dedicated to expanding services to strategic partners.
Prior to her work at Fallon, McNamara served as the Global Education & Care Director of Operations and Finance at Joslin Diabetes Center, a department she built from the ground up. Here she led efforts to provide education design management services to domestic and international clients focused on diabetes education. This work included workshop design, online curriculum development, and consultation. McNamara produced a strong record of strategic partnership development and consistent revenue growth.
McNamara earned a Bachelor of Science Business at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth and a Master of Business Administration at the University of New Hampshire. She is a former NCAA Division III athlete, and the author of a children’s book, Ellery the Brave Celery.