Barbara Russell, a graduate of Lesley University, taught school for three years prior to joining a small entrepreneurial educational publisher in Billerica, MA. She was their first full time employee. Barbara was directly involved in the building of Curriculum Associates and left that company in 1992, after 19 years, as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 1993, she formed her own entrepreneurial publishing company, Options Publishing, LLC. Based in Merrimack, NH, Options developed supplemental educational materials for “at risk” students in grades K-8 nationwide. In 2005, Options Publishing was sold. This allowed Barbara and her husband, Gordon, to form the Russell Foundation and pursue their passion for land protection. Today, Barbara serves on two for-profit educational publishing boards as well as three not-for-profit boards: Lesley University, Reaching Higher in Education, and the NH Public Radio.