Background
Tewhey, Karen Marie was born on November 21, 1949 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Richard and Alice Donovan.
Special education and mental health administrator
Tewhey, Karen Marie was born on November 21, 1949 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Daughter of John Richard and Alice Donovan.
Bachelor, Simmons College, Boston, 1971; Master of Arts, Lesley College, Cambridge, 1976.
Special education teacher, Krebs School, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1976-1979; special education teacher, Judge Baker Guidance Clinic, Boston, 1979-1980; coordinator, Hampshire Collaborative, Northampton, Massachusetts, 1980-1981; therapeutic teacher, Amherst (Massachusetts) Elementary Schools, 1985-1986; coordinator, Amherst Alternative High School, 1981-1985; principal, Massachusetts Migrant Education, Holyoke, 1986; education specialist, Department Education, Boston, 1987-1988; special education/mental health administrator, ABCD Head Start, Boston, since 1988. Adjunct faculty Urban College, Boston, 1990-1994, Lesley College, 1988-1990.
Member Council for Exceptional Children (division early childhood).
Married James Richard Tewhey, February 18, 1981. Children: Katherine Michaela, James Allyn Tripoli.