Jo Ann Simons, M.S.W., is president and chief executive officer of St. Coletta & Cardinal Cushing Schools of Massachusetts. Previously she was executive director of the Arc of East Middlesex, MA. She has also served as the deputy superintendent of Fernald State School, director of policy for the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation, president of the National Down Syndrome Congress and as a Special Olympics International board member. She is currently vice-chairwoman of the National Down Syndrome Society. The mother of two adult children, one who has Down syndrome, she and her husband live outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
Jo Ann Simons, M.S.W., is president and chief executive officer of St. Coletta & Cardinal Cushing Schools of Massachusetts. Previously she was executive director of the Arc of East Middlesex, MA. She has also served as the deputy superintendent of Fernald State School, director of policy for the ...