Background
Lema, Jo-Anne S. was born on November 5, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of James Patrick and Florence Marie (Howard) Sullivan.
Lema, Jo-Anne S. was born on November 5, 1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of James Patrick and Florence Marie (Howard) Sullivan.
Bachelor, Merrimack College, 1969; Master of Education, Boston University, 1975; Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1981.
Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1969-1971, 79-81; teacher, Colegio Bolivar, Cali, Columbia, 1971-1973; contracts administrator, Educators Cons. Svc., Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, 1973-1975; teacher, research assistant, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1977-1979; director institute research, Bryant College, Smithfield, Rhode Island, 1982-1989; assistant vice president, Bryant College, Smithfield, since 1989.
Republican town meeting member Town Government, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, 1990-1993. Scholarship committee member Harvard Radcliffe Club of Rhode Island, Providence, since 1991, Executive Committee, since 1992. Trustee, chairman, North Attleboro Heights Association.
Member Society for College and University Planning (regional representative since 1991, board directors since 1991), Harvard Radcliffe Club of Rhode Island (scholarship committee since 1991, Executive Committee).
Married Luis E. Lema, September 25, 1971. Children: Maria, James.