Who We Are > Board & Staff
AP Inc. Board of Directors 2009-2010
Khari Milner, M.Ed., Chairperson
Cornerstone Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
LaDon James, Vice Chairperson
National Field Manager, Center for Progressive Leadership
Washington, DC
Margaret Burnham, Esq., Clerk
Professor of Law, Northeastern University School of Law
Boston, Massachusetts
John Anthony Butler, MBA, Treasurer
Chief Financial Officer, Legal Services for New York City
New York, New York
Dr. Robert P Moses, President, Founder
The Algebra Project, Inc.
Eminent Scholar, Center for Urban Education & Innovation at Florida International University
Cambridge, Massachusetts and Miami, Florida
Jean Entine
Community Activist
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Danny Glover
Actor and Humanitarian
Carrie Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, California
BJ Walker
State Commissioner, Georgia Department of Human Resources
Atlanta, Georgia
Ex Officio
Dr. James Anderson
Vida Gaynor, Ph.D.
Rudy Lombard, Ph.D.
Ceasar McDowell, Ed.D.
Alvin Poussaint, M.D.
AP Inc. National Office Staff
The Algebra Project works with an exciting team of research mathematicians, professional development and community development consultants.
Robert P. (Bob) Moses
Founder and President, lead Curriculum Developer
Benjamin Moynihan
Director of Operations, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rebecca Bailey
PD Program Coordinator, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Maria Rosario
Administrative Coordinator, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lanier High School Math Lab-Jackson Public Schools:
Demetrica Gorden-McMurtery
Math Lab Teacher
Herbert Brown
Math Lab Teacher
Listing of Algebra Project consultants and collaborators forthcoming...
Dr. Robert P. Moses
President and Founder
In his young adult life, Dr. Moses was a pivotal organizer for the civil rights movement as field secretary for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and was director of SNCC's Mississippi Project. He was a driving force behind the Mississippi Summer Project of 1964 in organizing the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP), which challenged the Mississippi regulars at the 1964 Democratic Convention. From 1969-1976, he worked for the Ministry of Education in Tanzania, East Africa, where he was chairperson of the math department at the Samé school. Dr. Moses returned to the USA in 1976 to continue to pursue doctoral studies in Philosophy at Harvard. A MacArthur Foundation Fellow from 1982-87, Dr. Moses used his fellowship to develop the concept for the Algebra Project, wherein mathematics literacy in today's information age is as important to educational access and citizenship for inner city and rural poor middle and high school students as the right to vote was to political access and citizenship for sharecroppers and day laborers in Mississippi in the 1960s. As founder and president of the Algebra Project Inc., Dr. Moses also serves as director of the project's materials development program. See more at www.algebra.org. Together with Algebra Project Inc. board member Danny Glover, Moses and others recently launched a national discussion calling for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution for Quality Public School Education as a Civil Right; see more at www.qecr.org. Dr. Moses has received several college and university honorary degrees and honors, including the Heinz Award for the Human Condition and the Nation/Puffin Prize for Creative Citizenship.
Benjamin Moynihan
Director of Operations
Benjamin Moynihan currently serves as Director of Operations at the Algebra Project Inc. Ben actively engages in building alliances across multiracial and multigenerational boundaries through education, technology and the arts. He has worked with the AP Inc. for more than 15 years, demonstrating his commitment to long-term educational reform. In the 1990s he co-developed the African Drums & Ratios Curriculum with Bob Moses and a team at the Algebra Project. In 1999, he received a Master of Education degree from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, studying Technology in Education and Arts in Education. Ben holds a B. A. in Non-Western Music from Dartmouth College (1987). During 1988-1989, he studied Djimbé drumming at the Conservatoire National De Musique in Dakar, Senegal. Ben lives in Somerville MA with his two teenage sons, Jaama and Toby.
Maria Rosario
Administrative Coordinator
Rebecca Bailey
Professional Development Program Coordinator
Rebecca Bailey serves as Professional Development Program Coordinator for the Algebra Project National Office. She is a 2004 graduate of Mount Holyoke College, where she earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Music. Becca has a variety of experience working with children in educational settings, and is particularly interested in how young children develop their understanding of community and citizenship. She has designed curricula for constructivist, dialogue-centered classroom activities and for peer mentoring programs. In 2003, Becca spent 6 months studying music and dance in South Africa, and is passionate about connecting diverse peoples through participation in the arts.
