The BSCB Constitution stipulates that the Board is composed of six officers and four Board members. Officer positions are: a president, a first vice president, a second vice president, a secretary, a treasurer, and the immediate past president. A majority of board members, including the president and vice presidents, must be blind.
The Constitution also stipulates that the chairperson of the Legislative Committee, the webmaster, and the editor of the newsletter serve as non-voting members of the Board.
Short bios of current officers, voting and non-voting Board members appear below.
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Officers
David Kingsbury | President
Stoughton, MA | president@acbofma.org
David Kingsbury is an assistive technology trainer at the Carroll Center for the Blind. He has worked in this capacity full-time since January 2015 and did similar work part time for several years before that. He is also the author of three books about using assistive technology. In early 2007, David graduated from the Carroll Center’s Independent Living Program.
Prior to becoming blind in 2004, David worked in international development as an agricultural economist, with a geographic focus on Sub Saharan Africa. He lived in Rome where he worked for the United Nations from 1996 to 2006. He previously worked for the US Agency for International Development in Zaire. He also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal and Chad.
Sharon Strzalkowski | First Vice President
Worcester, MA | firstvicepresident@acbofma.org
Sharon Strzalkowski retired as a vocational rehabilitation counselor from the Mass. Commission for the Blind, and is also retired from her position as an Information Coordinator at UMass Chan Medical School. She has been involved in Bay State Council of the Blind as the Publications (now called Communications) committee Chair, has served on auction and convention committees, and is the chapter president for the central Mass. Chapter.
Myra Ross | Second Vice President
Amherst, MA | secondvicepresident@acbofma.org
Myra Ross worked in a Massachusetts public high school for twenty years, as the school-to-career coordinator and later the college counselor. Initially legally blind, she is now almost totally blind.
A BSCB member for several decades, Myra has become an active member since her retirement. She is the articles editor for BayLines Express. She serves on the BSCB Communication, Advocacy, and Transportation committees and on the ACB Transportation Committee.
Myra was an elected town meeting member in Amherst for eleven years before being elected to the School Committee, which she chaired for five years in the 1990s. She now chairs the Amherst Commission for Persons with Disabilities, and is a member of the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority Paratransit Riders Council.
Married with three adult children (two legally blind), Myra is a violinist in the Pioneer Valley Symphony and a violist in a string quartet. She has always memorized her music.
Nick Corbett | Treasurer
Sharon, MA | treasurer@acbofma.org
Nick Corbett serves as the Program Manager of Rehabilitation Services at The Carroll Center for the Blind. In this role, he leads a team of vision professionals providing services across various disciplines to individuals experiencing blindness. His team serves all ages and stages of vision loss, contributing to many meaningful programs at The Carroll Center. Initially focused on digital accessibility, Nick’s current focus is on designing and delivering comprehensive rehabilitation programs. A Magna Cum Laude graduate in Political Science from Wheaton College, MA, Nick combines academic excellence with practical insights to drive meaningful change in the field of vision rehabilitation.
Jennifer Harnish | Secretary
Natick, MA | secretary@acbofma.org
Jennifer Harnish is the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired (MABVI), overseeing their adjustment counseling, peer support groups, Vision Rehabilitation, Access Technology training, and volunteer programs. Previously she worked as the Adjustment Psychologist and program director at The Carroll Center for the Blind. She has been active in BSCB ever since being introduced to the organization. She is also Secretary of the MCB Rehabilitation Council and Guide Dog Users of MA. Jennifer is the mom of three young adult children and when they were little, she facilitated a blind parent support group. She also loves outdoor recreation of any kind in any weather.
Brian Charlson | Immediate Past President
Watertown, MA
Brian Charlson is the retired Director of Technology at the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton Massachusetts where he worked for 34 years. As part of his employment, Brian spoke at numerous conferences, both in the U.S. and around the world as well as serving on the accessibility advisory committees of major technology companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google and Comcast.
Brian has served in a number of capacities in the American Council of the Blind including as 1st Vice President and as Treasurer of the national organization; as President and as a Board member of Library Users of America; President and as a Board member of the Bay State Council of the Blind as well as on many ACB committees including the Information Access Committee, the ACB Radio Management Committee and the Resolutions Committee.
Married to Kim Charlson, ACB Immediate Past President and Director of the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, Brian is a resident of Watertown, a fan of the Boston Red Sox, loves to cook, and plays the ukulele.
Directors
Pam Loch | Director
Hopkinton, MA
Pam Loch is a retired special education teacher and department coordinator in the public schools in New York state. She has been involved in BSCB for over 20 years after moving to Massachusetts. She now lives in Hopkinton with her husband and guide dog. She has been a guide dog user since 1996, and is a member of the Guide Dog Users of Massachusetts (GDUM) affiliate. She currently teaches weaving to adults with special needs at a program for persons with developmental disabilities in Hopkinton. Pam is also the Chair of BSCB’s Membership Committee.
Dianna Leonard | Director, Webmaster, BayLines Express Editor
Virginia Beach, VA | newsletter@acbofma.org
Dianna grew up in North Reading, Massachusetts prior to moving to Virginia Beach, Virginia in late 2020. She has a Bachelor’s of Arts in English and Communications from Framingham State University.
Dianna has been the editor of BayLines Express, BSCB’s monthly newsletter, since 2021. Prior to this, she was co-editor of our former, quarterly newsletter, BayLines. She also serves on BSCB’s Membership Committee. In addition, she manages BSCB’s social media accounts on Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). She has held several professional consulting positions as a content writer, social media manager, and in marketing & outreach.
Dianna loves animals, and in her spare time she likes to read sci-fi and fantasy novels, as well as write creative pieces. She also enjoys swimming and playing video games. She is also a content creator for two personal YouTube channels, one which focuses on blindness and other “real life” content, and a second, more successful channel for gaming.
ElizabethAnn Johnson | Director
Cambridge, MA