MSA Consultants coach our clients through the SafeMeasures Process. The consultants provide advice and guidance to schools in all aspects of the process and on-going support for sustaining school climate improvement projects. Our consultants come from a variety of backgrounds and contribute valuable knowledge and experience to our clients.

Dr. Larry Taylor
Dr Larry Taylor received his BA from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He is a professor of psychology at New England College where he has held various administrative positions, including Dean of the British Campus in Arundel, England, and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Recently, he helped to create the mentor program at the College; this innovative program provides extensive additional one-on-one support to students who enter the college at-risk Larry is a consultant with Main Street Academix. He currently is working in many states (including Texas, Tennessee, New Hampshire, Maine and New York) to promote school environments that are conducive to student learning and empowerment.

Christopher E. Overtree, PhD
Dr. Overtree is the Director of the Psychological Services Center (PSC) and the Associate Director of Clinical Training for the Clinical Psychology Program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, an APA accredited program since 1957. As a clinician and supervisor, he works with all ages, but specializes in children, adolescents, and individuals with anxiety or depressive symptoms. Dr. Overtree is an integrative therapist with a specialty in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy. Dr. Overtree is a graduate of Princeton University (BA) and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst ( M.S. & Ph.D.). He completed a pre-doctoral internship in Community Mental Health Counseling at Dartmouth Medical School. He has been working with Main Street Academix since 2004.

Bryan Partridge
Bryan Partridge has been working with Main Street Academix for four years. He received his BA from The College of Wooster in Wooster, OH, his MA in Creative Writing from Dartmouth College, and is currently working on a PhD in the Humanities from Union University. His past experience includes working as a one-on-one mentor for a child with Asperger's Syndrome, working as a college mentor at New England College, and currently, teaching College Writing at New England College. Bryan also serves as the assistant director at Camp Lanakila, an educational organization focused on fostering personal growth, self-reliance, self-confidence, cooperation and a sense of community.

Rick Gordon
Rick Gordon was on the founding board and was founding Director of the Compass School, a charter school in Vermont now in its tenth year and boasting a 100% graduation rate with well over 90% of our students going on to college. He studied Political Science at Stanford University, and received his PhD. in Social and Multicultural Foundations of Education from University of Colorado. He has taught pre-service and in-service teachers, directed The Critical Skills Program working to improve public schools throughout New England, New York, and overseas, and worked extensively with schools and higher education on Service Learning (including editing the well received Problem Based Service Learning Fieldguide: Making a Difference in Higher Education). Rick has long experience in Outdoor Education with Outward Bound and Windsor Mountain International and traveled around the world for a year with his wife and kids in 2005. He lives in Vermont, adventuring with his family on skis and bikes and foot both near and far in the US and around the globe.