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Young Women in Need in Our Community and Other Women Within Our Organization
Member Profile
Lucy lives in Merrimac, Massachusetts with her husband, Tom. Following college, she explored her incongruous dreams, including teaching, editing, graphic design, coaching and emergency medicine. In 1986 she married Tom and has been at home ever since, raising her two children. Lucy's daughter, Claire, is now a first year student at the Annenberg School of Journalism at USC in Los Angeles. Her son, Will, is attending Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH. After almost 20 years, she now finds herself inextricably tied to her volunteer positions and passions. Although she will tell you in no uncertain terms that parenting is the best job she's ever had.
Lucy's interests are many, but for most of the past 20 years her volunteering has been service to public and independent schools in Massachusetts, as a school committee member to the Pentucket Regional School System, and Trustee to Applewild School in Fitchburg, MA, Lawrence Academy in Groton, MA and Pike School in Andover. She counts her work for these fine schools as being the backbone of her time commitment, and an intensely satisfying experience. Lucy's great-grandparents donated their homestead to start Applewild School fifty years ago. Following in the footsteps of her wonderful Mother, she too, has chosen to support the opportunities that educational choice provides for many.
While not stewarding schools through their business-related obstacles and successes, Lucy has also had a hand in several land conservation efforts throughout New England, and serves as Director or Trustee to other community-based non-profit organizations. If you don't run into her in those places, you will find her on the tennis court or in her garden.
What draws you to Great Women to Know?
"My initial relationship with GWTK arose entirely out of my personal desire to support Esperanza Academy. GWTK reminds me that when people work together for a cause, the benefits increase exponentially. I love the cause, and in spite of my characteristic independence, I love the sisterhood. I am thrilled to be working with and learning from these remarkable women. As Margaret Mead said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."