Jennifer Baribeau

Jennifer Baribeau, Ph.D., is a Senior Managing Advisor with Public Consulting Group and has more than 11 years of service in the special education field. After transitioning from the business sector, Dr. Baribeau served in a variety of leadership roles in special education throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut. In these various roles, Dr. Baribeau led program management and reform and developed policies and practices to support special education at the district level. Dr. Baribeau has presented on a variety of topics including understanding implicit bias in -our work as educators, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), inclusive practices, and suspension practices for students with emotional disabilities. Dr. Baribeau was also an independent consultant for the Urban Collaborative at Arizona State University. In this role, she worked with districts and state agencies to assess needs, evaluate special education programs, promote culturally responsive educational systems, and help leaders design policies that promote improved student achievement for all. She received her B.S. in Business Management with a focus on Entrepreneurship from Westfield State University and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Massachusetts. Jennifer served on the Board for the Massachusetts Council for Exceptional Children and prior to her leadership roles in education, she managed grant-funded projects for gang-involved and emotionally impaired youth in Massachusetts. Dr. Baribeau has taught graduate courses on special education, inclusive practices, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) at Harvard Graduate School of Education, the University of Massachusetts, and Springfield College.