Who We Are > Board & Staff
AP Inc. Board of Directors – 2007-2008
LaDon James, Chairperson
National Field Manager, Center for Progressive Leadership
Washington, DC
Khari Milner, M.Ed., Vice Chairperson
Cornerstone Foundation
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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
Cambridge, MA
Danny Glover
Actor, Carrie Productions, Inc.
Berkeley, California
Pedro Noguera, Ph.D.
Professor, Steinhart School of Education at New York University
New York, New York
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 Staff
The Algebra Project works with an exciting team of research mathematicians, professional development and community development consultants.
Bob Moses
Founder and President
Benjamin Moynihan, M.Ed.
Director of Operations, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Junko Kim, M.Ed.
Fund Developer, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Becca Bailey
Administrative Coordinator, National Office
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Lanier High School Math Lab:
Demetrica Gorden
Math Lab Teacher
Herbert Brown
Math Lab Teacher
Frank Figgers
Math Lab Parent Liaison
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.
Junko Kim
Fund Developer
Junko Kim is the Fund Developer at the Algebra Project’s National Office. She brings over five years of managerial and organizational advancement experiences in the US and abroad. She is committed to improving education service delivery to increase opportunities for students with disabilities; immigrant, minority students; and low-income families. She received a M.Ed. in School Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education in 2005, and holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Barnard College and a Massachusetts math teacher’s license.
Rebecca Bailey
Administrative Coordinator
Rebecca Bailey serves as Administrative 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.
