Jemicy School in Owings Mills is pleased to announce that Rebecca M. Flynn has been named the new president and chair of the school’s Board of Trustees. Flynn is the first female to hold this position.

For the past decade, Flynn has been involved with Jemicy, both as a parent and as co-chair the Capital Campaign and chair of the Development Committee. She was also a member of the Executive Committee and the Trustee Committee. Flynn and her husband Jeff have two children that attended Jemicy, which educates college-bound students with dyslexia or other related language-based learning differences.

Flynn, who lives in Owings Mills, has also held positions as senior vice president of marketing at Citigroup and senior product manager at Noxell Corporation. She is on the Board of the Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy, a tuition-free middle school for at-risk boys in Baltimore City.

“We are very excited to welcome Becca as the new president and chair of Jemicy’s Board of Trustees,” said Ben Shifrin, head of Jemicy School. “Becca has been a dedicated member of the Jemicy community throughout the years, and we look forward to working with her on Jemicy’s long range planning and other significant projects that highlight our commitment to 21^st century education.”

About Jemicy School

Jemicy School, founded in 1973, provides a highly individualized, flexible, and challenging education for above-average to gifted college-bound students with dyslexia or other related language-based learning differences. A recognized leader in the field of education, Jemicy is the first school in the country to be accredited by the International Dyslexia Association. Jemicy educates students between the ages of six and eighteen on two campuses. The Lower and Middle School and the Upper School are each based in Owings Mills, Maryland just a short distance from one another. For more information, please visit www.jemicyschool.org.

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