Carolyn J. Burke, Ed.D.
Staff Associate, Executive Search and Planning


Dr. Carolyn Burke has been a public school educator for over thirty-five years. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Boston State College, a Master’s degree in special education and a Master’s degree in administration from the University of Massachusetts, Boston. She earned a Doctorate from Boston University in Policy, Planning and Administration. Dr. Burke has worked as a school principal for over 18 years and as an assistant principal, head teacher and teacher of all grades 1-6, including special education inclusion and grade six math/science. She served as the Associate Program Director for the Rural Small Schools Network at NESDEC, adjunct faculty at Salem (MA) State College, Graduate School of Education, and most recently, as a senior instructor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Cambridge College, Cambridge, MA.


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