Board of Trustees

As of April 2008

• Mr. Gérard Moufflet, Chairman
• Mr. Vernon Alden, Life Member
• Mrs. Zeina Aoun
• Mr. Alain Briottet
• Mr. Bradan J. Curley
• Mrs. Catherine-Mary Donovan
• Mr. Jonathan Dorfman
• Mrs. Barbara de Bragança
• Mr. Jean-François Ducrest
• Dr. Ted Fey
• Mr. Jordan Golding, Honorary
• Ms. Susan Livingston
• Ms. Joanna Nikka
• Ms. Susan Peters
• Mrs. Lucy Sprayregen
• Ms. Sarah Reed
• Ms. Isabelle Roy
• Mrs. Rebecca Valette, President of the Alliance Française de Boston et Cambridge
• Mr. Eric Vogt
• Mr. Peter Voss

Ex Officio

• Ms. Elaine Uzan Leary, Executive Director

Ms. Elaine Uzan Leary, nee L’Heureux

Career began as a French teacher in West Hartford, CT following college. Moved to Boston in 1973 after receiving an M.A. in French at Middlebury College – launched the school of the Alliance Française of Boston/Cambridge, the French Theatre in Boston and participated in the development of the Boston/Strasbourg Sister City Association and the French-American Chamber of Commerce. Became Executive Director of the Alliance Française in Boston/Cambridge and a consultant for special events, international business groups, Young Presidents Organization of New England, and American Association of Teachers of French. Freelance work on audio and video production in French resulted in the entree into publishing in 1989 and spent 10 years in management positions in sales and marketing of textbooks – first for language programs and ESL at Heinle & Heinle Publishers, and later at Houghton Mifflin in a variety of disciplines including Director of Sixth Floor Media in the college division. Interest in technology and its use in education led to a position exploring new ventures at WebCT, a web-based course delivery system for higher education. Hired as Executive Director of the French Library and Cultural Center/Alliance Française of Boston and Cambridge in September 2001.

• 2005 Received the French government award of Officier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• 1997 College Division Marketing Manager of the Year for Houghton Mifflin Company
• Degrees:
  • M.A. French, Middlebury College, Vermont
  • M.A. Communications, Emerson College, Boston, Mass
  • B.A. French and Education, Stetson University, Florida
  • Various diplômes from
  • Chambre de Commerce et d’Industrie de Paris
  • L’Institut des Professeurs de Francais à l’étranger, Paris
  • L’Université de Strasbourg, France

Born in Auburn, Maine of French-Canadian heritage, Elaine is single with one daughter, Vanessa Uzan of New York. Elaine loves anything French or Francophone, travel, the arts, dancing, skiing, ancient cultures and new ventures.