NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of COMMUNITY IMPACT

Dr. Patrick Tutwiler Massachusetts Secretary of Education

DR. PATRICK TUTWILER’S EQUITYcentered vision for education as Superintendent of Lynn Public Schools (LPS) has transformed the future of public education in the Commonwealth. During his tenure, Dr. Tutwiler secured critical support from the City of Lynn and the MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to expand LPS’ groundbreaking Early College program with NSCC through the launch of the state’s first Early College high school — the Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy at NSCC. Despite the unprecedented impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Tutwiler turned the challenge of burgeoning enrollment exceeding space capacity in the LPS District into a life-changing opportunity for students from the City of Lynn to earn their high school degree and up to 60 college credits simultaneously at NSCC at no cost to the students or their families. Dr. Tutwiler currently serves as Secretary of the Executive Office of Education for the Commonwealth under the Healey Administration, which oversees early education, K-12 and higher education, and he sits on each of the boards governing the state’s education agencies, as well as the UMass system.