Linda Chow
Wellesley School Committee (elected March 2018, re-elected March 2021 and 2024); Town Meeting Member. Previously: Co-President of WMS PTO, Wellesley Education Foundation and Wellesley Scholarship Foundation; former Chair of Teachers21; former Treasurer and founding member of Wellesley Youth Basketball Association. Worked for over 20 years in technology – includes being a founding member of Cambridge Technology Partners. BA in Chemistry and BA in Chinese Studies, Wellesley College; MBA, Harvard Business School. Parent of 2013 & 2015 WHS graduates. Linda can be reached at chowl@wellesleyps.org.
Dr. Joanne DaSilva Moreira
Dr. Joanne DaSilva Moreira is honored to serve as one of the METCO Representatives to the Wellesley Public Schools School Committee. Her daughter, Annaya, is a Wellesley High School student who has attended WPS since first grade at Schofield School. During Annaya’s time there, Joanne volunteered at the consignment shop and helped organize and facilitate two consecutive Math Games Nights. Joanne has also represented the “METCO Marvels” every year at the Wellesley Education Foundation Spelling Bee since Annaya started and has served as Co-Vice President of the Wellesley Middle School PTO. Joanne is a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Fogo, Cabo Verde in the 1970’s and she exudes a great deal of pride in her Cabo Verdean culture and values. Joanne has always considered herself a life-long learner whose favorite teachers have been that of her very own students. Joanne has a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy and is currently an Instructional Coach for the Boston Public Schools.
Illana Nissenbaum
Wellesley School Committee (elected March 2025). Illana Nissenbaum has lived in Wellesley since 2006 and is the parent of three children in Wellesley Public Schools. A former elementary school teacher with over a decade of experience, she holds a B.A. in Sociology and Education from Clark University and is working on her M.A. in Educational Leadership at Simmons University. Illana is a former co-president of the Wellesley Education Foundation, a current Town Meeting Member for Precinct D, and teaches Hebrew school at Temple Beth Elohim. She can be reached at nissenbaumi@wellesleyps.org.
Niki Ofenloch
Wellesley School Committee (elected March 2024); Town Meeting Member, Precinct F; Treasurer of Wellesley Scholarship Foundation and Sustainable Wellesley; Board Member of League of Women Voters of Wellesley. Previously: Moderator of WPS Central Council of PTOs, Co-President and Treasurer of Hunnewell PTO, Board Member WHS PTSO. Former Client Services Project Manager. BS in Accountancy, University of Illinois; Parent of four children currently in Wellesley Public Schools. Niki can be reached at ofenlochn@wellesleyps.org.