HOME, Inc.

About Us

Alan Michel - alanmichel@homeinc.org

Director and Co-Founder - For the past 30 years, Alan Michel has pioneered HOME's teaching methods and short form teen video programs. He has an MFA from Tufts University. His work in media and teen empowerment has won him citations from the National Council on Family Relations, Telly Awards and the National Federation of Local Cable Programmers. He is a former board member of the National Association of Educational Communications and Technology's Media Production Division and is a founding member of the Alliance for a Media Literate America (AMLA).

Alan supervises staff and consultants, oversees project implementation, spearheads partner relations with community groups, government, arts, education and scientific institutions and oversees all fiscal and operational activities of HOME, Inc.

Barbara Woloch - barbarawoloch@homeinc.org

Program Manager - Barbara develops our volunteer program at the Media Labs in the schools and with our cable partners, as well as our training program. She comes to the position with a Masters Degree in Anthropology from Hunter College, and an extensive background in documentary filmmaking and teaching. Barbara has conducted ethnographic research on indigenous populations in the Yucatan and Southern Mexico and has conducted research for New Visions for Public Schools on experimental small high schools in New York City. We welcome Barbara to the HOME, Inc team and look forward to being able to expand our Media Lab Partnerships to new partner schools. Barbara's position has been funded with generous support from the Boston Foundation's New Economy Initiative.

Adam Schatten - adamedia@homeinc.org

Program Associate - Adam has piloted three media lab projects at our labs in the Boston Public Schools. Working with our staff, high school students, their teachers, and school administrators, he has documented much of our program on video and when not at school sites he helps produce DVD's highlighting the best practices in our programs. He has been known to consume massive quantities of green tea.


Dan Jaffe

Project Evaluator and Program Consultant - Dan Jaffe is an innovator and pioneer in developing inner-city adolescent programs in non-traditional venues. Dan is a consultant for many non-profit arts and education organizations and has been directing program development and evaluation for HOME, Inc.'s youth programs since 1995. He was the founding Executive Director of Dorchester Youth Collaborative and Boston Neighborhood Ventures, two highly innovative programs that place troubled youth at the center of the creative process.

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HOME Inc.
165 Brookside Ave Extension, Boston, MA 02130
Phone: 617.427.4663(HOME) Fax: 617-427-4664