is a scholarship awarded to Lee Middle & High School graduates and future graduates pursuing a career in a design field, such as architecture, interior design, graphic design, landscape architecture, structural engineering, or historic preservation.

About The Millie Foundation

The Scannell Sisters and their mother
Millie at Sacred Heart with classmates
Board members of TMF at a
National Honors Society Induction ceremony

IntroductionThe Millie Foundation is inspired by the four Scannell sisters - Kathleen, Helen, Mary & Mildred (Millie) - who were strong supporters of women’s education.  The Millie Foundation awards an annual scholarship to a student or graduate of Lee Middle & High School who is pursuing a career in a design field, such as architecture, interior design, graphic design, landscape architecture, structural engineering, or historic preservation.

Millie was the grandmother of one of The Millie Foundation's board members (Kerry).  The family lost Millie in 2020.  It was important to establish the foundation in time for Millie’s first great granddaughter, MaKayla Schuerer, to graduate high school and pursue her educational goals.A graduate of the Lee Middle & High School Class of 2023 will be the inaugural recipient of The Millie Foundation scholarship.

Millie at Sacred Heart with classmates
The Scannell Sisters and their mother
Board members of TMF at a
National Honors Society Induction ceremony
IntroductionThe Millie Foundation is inspired by the four Scannell sisters - Kathleen, Helen, Mary & Mildred (Millie) - who were strong supporters of women’s education.  The Millie Foundation awards an annual scholarship to a student or graduate of Lee Middle & High School who is pursuing a career in a design field, such as architecture, interior design, graphic design, landscape architecture, structural engineering, or historic preservation.

Millie was the grandmother of one of The Millie Foundation's board members (Kerry).  The family lost Millie in 2020.  It was important to establish the foundation in time for Millie’s first great granddaughter, MaKayla Schuerer, to graduate high school and pursue her educational goals.

A graduate of the Lee Middle & High School Class of 2023 will be the inaugural recipient of The Millie Foundation scholarship.

The Millie Foundation Board

Kerry Bartini, AIA, NCARB, is a licensed architect in the states of Massachusetts, New York and Florida. She started sketching floor plans for houses in her school notebooks when she was a student at the Lee Central School.  A 1998 Lee High School graduate, she then pursued a Bachelor of Architecture degree (awarded in 2003) at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, with a second major in history.

Kerry became a partner at Berkshire Design, Inc. in Pittsfield in 2018, where she is involved in and oversees projects at all levels of design, management, and production. Kerry is currently an executive board member and the President Elect of the Western Massachusetts branch of the AIA.

She serves as the AIA MA State Licensing Advisor to NCARB, and serves as the chair of the Continuing Education Subcommittee and on the Education Committee for NCARB.  She completed 1Berkshire’s Berkshire Leadership Program in 2019, and then served on the Steering Committee for three years.  She was a member of NCARB’s 2016 Think Tank, and was then asked to return as chair in 2018.  She is also an alumni ambassador for RWU. Kerry resides in Lee with her husband and son.

Sarah Towne is an experienced entrepreneur with a focus on creating and growing specialty retail brands through franchising. Sarah is a founder of and currently serves as the President and a member of the Board of Directors for Socks & Bottoms Franchising, which launched in 2022. Prior to Socks & Bottoms Franchising, Sarah was the co-founder and a partner in Flip Flop Shops - the world’s first retail chain exclusive to the hottest brands and latest styles of flip flops and casual footwear. The recipient of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ prestigious "Hot Retailer Award,” Flip Flop Shops has also been recognized in the Entrepreneur 500 list, as well as the INC 500/5000 many times. In October 2015 the Flip Flop Shops team executed the successful acquisition of the company by Cherokee Global Brands (CHKE), the publicly traded company behind such well-known brands as Cherokee for Target, Tony Hawk, Liz Lange Maternity, and Everyday California.

Sarah was also a partner in Sugar Plum Parties, a unique themed children’s party venue franchise which was privately sold in 2020.

Sarah is a 1998 graduate of Lee High School as Salutatorian. She then attended Boston College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Cum Laude. Sarah was a member of Boston College's Order of the Cross and Crown, the oldest and most prestigious honor society within the College of Arts and Sciences, honoring members of the graduating class who have achieved both academic success and demonstrated unprecedented levels of service and leadership. Sarah resides in Arlington, Massachusetts with her two French bulldogs Bean and Bailey.

Kristen Brouker-Botelho currently serves as the Manager of Advancement Operations at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) in Charlestown, Massachusetts. In this role, which she began in 2008, Kristen has helped to raise more than $16 million in scholarships and other financial assistance for deserving students.

Prior to her work at BHCC, Kristen served as a Legislative Aide to Massachusetts State Representative Smitty Pignatelli (D.—Lenox), as the Statewide Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women and as a newspaper reporter for The Berkshire Record.

Following her graduation from Lee High School in 1998, Kristen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Elms College (2002) and a Graduate Certificate in Gender in Politics and Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston (2007).

As the proud daughter of a United States Naval Officer and a Lee Middle and High School teacher, Kristen’s career has been dedicated to public service and to providing accessible,
affordable and quality education to all who seek it. She believes that education is transformative and lifelong, that potential is universal and that opportunity should be, as well.

Kristen is a member of Women in Development of Greater Boston, where she served on their Communications Committee for ten years. She was awarded the 2018 Bunker Hill Community College Trustee’s Service Award for her work on BHCC’s Campus Hunger Prevention Team. She lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts with her husband, Kevin and their 18 houseplants!

Jen Carlino is a Physical Education teacher at Lee Elementary School in Lee, Massachusetts. She has served in this role since the fall of 2002. She graduated from Lee High School in 1998 and from Springfield College in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in movement science. She is also the chair of the Wellness Committee for the Lee Public Schools and serves as a department head at Lee Elementary School. Jen is also a trained mentor for new teachers within the district. She helped to incorporate  “Walking Wednesday” at Lee Elementary School which gets over 100 students walking to school one Wednesday a month with various community partners.

Jen has volunteered for the Lee Youth Association in their youth basketball, softball and baseball programs. She also helped organize a Team Roosa fundraiser to help a family in the town of Lee and served as a guest referee in the Arrest and Extinguish ALS fundraiser held at Tanglewood in Lenox, Ma.

Jen is a corporator for the Lee Library, a registrar for the Town of Lee, and is an assistant coach for the Lee Travel Basketball League. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for the Chief Roosa Scholarship Foundation and also serves as the foundation's treasurer. Jen was a member of the Lee Youth Commission from 2017-2022.

Jen resides in Lee with her husband Matt, children David and Giana and dog Geno.

Kerry Bartini, AIA, NCARB, is a licensed architect in the states of Massachusetts, New York and Florida.   She started sketching floor plans for houses in her school notebooks when she was a student at the Lee Central School.  A 1998 Lee High School graduate, she then pursued a Bachelor of Architecture degree (awarded in 2003) at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, with a second major in history.

Kerry became a partner at Berkshire Design, Inc. in Pittsfield in 2018, where she is involved in and oversees projects at all levels of design, management, and production. Kerry is currently an executive board member and the President Elect of the Western Massachusetts branch of the AIA.

She serves as the AIA MA State Licensing Advisor to NCARB, and serves as the chair of the Continuing Education Subcommittee and on the Education Committee for NCARB.  She completed 1Berkshire’s Berkshire Leadership Program in 2019, and then served on the Steering Committee for three years.  She was a member of NCARB’s 2016 Think Tank, and was then asked to return as chair in 2018.  She is also an alumni ambassador for RWU. Kerry resides in Lee with her husband and son.

Sarah Towne is an experienced entrepreneur with a focus on creating and growing specialty retail brands through franchising. Sarah is a founder of and currently serves as the President and a member of the Board of Directors for Socks & Bottoms Franchising, which launched in 2022. Prior to Socks & Bottoms Franchising, Sarah was the co-founder and a partner in Flip Flop Shops - the world’s first retail chain exclusive to the hottest brands and latest styles of flip flops and casual footwear. The recipient of the International Council of Shopping Centers’ prestigious "Hot Retailer Award,” Flip Flop Shops has also been recognized in the Entrepreneur 500 list, as well as the INC 500/5000 many times. In October 2015 the Flip Flop Shops team executed the successful acquisition of the company by Cherokee Global Brands (CHKE), the publicly traded company behind such well-known brands as Cherokee for Target, Tony Hawk, Liz Lange Maternity, and Everyday California.

Sarah was also a partner in Sugar Plum Parties, a unique themed children’s party venue franchise which was privately sold in 2020.

Sarah is a 1998 graduate of Lee High School as Salutatorian. She then attended Boston College where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication, Cum Laude. Sarah was a member of Boston College's Order of the Cross and Crown, the oldest and most prestigious honor society within the College of Arts and Sciences, honoring members of the graduating class who have achieved both academic success and demonstrated unprecedented levels of service and leadership. Sarah resides in Arlington, Massachusetts with her two French bulldogs Bean and Bailey.

Kristen Brouker-Botelho currently serves as the Manager of Advancement Operations at Bunker Hill Community College (BHCC) in Charlestown, Massachusetts. In this role, which she began in 2008, Kristen has helped to raise more than $16 million in scholarships and other financial assistance for deserving students.

Prior to her work at BHCC, Kristen served as a Legislative Aide to Massachusetts State Representative Smitty Pignatelli (D.—Lenox), as the Statewide Director of the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Organization for Women and as a newspaper reporter for The Berkshire Record.

Following her graduation from Lee High School in 1998, Kristen earned her Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Elms College (2002) and a Graduate Certificate in Gender in Politics and
Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts, Boston (2007).

As the proud daughter of a United States Naval Officer and a Lee Middle and High School teacher, Kristen’s career has been dedicated to public service and to providing accessible,
affordable and quality education to all who seek it. She believes that education is transformative and lifelong, that potential is universal and that opportunity should be, as well.

Kristen is a member of Women in Development of Greater Boston, where she served on their Communications Committee for ten years. She was awarded the 2018 Bunker Hill Community College Trustee’s Service Award for her work on BHCC’s Campus Hunger Prevention Team. She lives in New Bedford, Massachusetts with her husband, Kevin and their 18 houseplants!

Jen Carlino is a Physical Education teacher at Lee Elementary School in Lee, Massachusetts. She has served in this role since the fall of 2002. She graduated from Lee High School in 1998 and from Springfield College in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in movement science. She is also the chair of the Wellness Committee for the Lee Public Schools and serves as a department head at Lee Elementary School. Jen is also a trained mentor for new teachers within the district. She helped to incorporate  “Walking Wednesday” at Lee Elementary School which gets over 100 students walking to school one Wednesday a month with various community partners.

Jen has volunteered for the Lee Youth Association in their youth basketball, softball and baseball programs. She also helped organize a Team Roosa fundraiser to help a family in the town of Lee and served as a guest referee in the Arrest and Extinguish ALS fundraiser held at Tanglewood in Lenox, Ma.

Jen is a corporator for the Lee Library, a registrar for the Town of Lee, and is an assistant coach for the Lee Travel Basketball League. Jen currently serves on the board of directors for the Chief Roosa Scholarship Foundation and also serves as the foundation's treasurer. Jen was a member of the Lee Youth Commission from 2017-2022.

Jen resides in Lee with her husband Matt, children David and Giana and dog Geno.

Past Recipients of
The Millie Foundation Scholarship

2023
Makayla Schuerer and Benjamin Cooper

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