Betsey Useem is a consultant to the The Barra Foundation, which funds projects that support both a lively arts and cultural community as well as programs that benefit low-income, underserved individuals and communities. From 2004 to 2010 she was a Senior Research Consultant to Research for Action, a non-profit education research firm located in Philadelphia. From 1993 to 2004, she was Director of Research and Evaluation at the Philadelphia Education Fund where she conducted studies in teacher quality and supply, comprehensive secondary school reform, and teacher professional development. Prior to coming to PEF, she was Director of Teacher Education at Bryn Mawr College and Haverford College. She spent 21 years as a faculty member in the Sociology Departments of Boston State College and the University of Massachusetts at Boston and chaired the Youth Policy Council for the state of Massachusetts for several years. Her doctorate is from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Board of Directors:
- Jim Buckheit
- Ronald R. Cowell
- David J. Sallack
- Stinson Stroup
- Sheila Dow Ford
- Colonel (retired) Charles D. Allen
- Michael Churchill
- Dr. Morton Coleman
- Edward Donley, Emeritus
- Dr. Judith S. Eaton
- Arnold F. Fege
- Karl Girton
- William H. Isler
- Dr. G. Terry Madonna
- Clyde Mills McGeary
- Dr. Peggy Siegel
- Dr. Harris Sokoloff
- Dr. Betsey Useem
- Dr. Robert Wilburn
- Dr. Gerald L. Zahorchak
- Roberta M. Marcus
