Meet Our Board
Bill Firth
Bill is the FoCF Board President. He and his wife have been hotline (emergency) foster parents since August 2020. Bill also supports foster families in the Framingham area as a Kids Net Family Resource Liaison (FRL) and a board member of the Massachusetts Alliance for Foster Families (MAFF). Bill worked in hi-tech but is now semi-retired and enjoys substitute teaching and coaching softball. Bill and his wife have two grown children.
Julie Higgins-Stanwood
Julie is the Board Vice President and has been a member of FoCF for many years. She and her husband Doug have been foster parents for over 10 years. Julie enjoys spending time with her 8 children, especially family time hiking and at the lake in NH. Julie also enjoys cheering for her children on the basketball courts.
Jeff Stewart
Jeff serves as FoCF Board Treasurer. He and his husband live in Framingham and are active in the local community. They have 3 sons whom they adopted from DCF. Jeff has been in the banking industry for over 20 years and currently works for Main Street Bank as a Senior Vice President of Cash Management Services. In his free time, he enjoys long distance running, spending time with his kids supporting their school, sports, and theater activities, and traveling with his family to their home away from home in Provincetown, MA.
Jennifer Rambridge
In addition to serving on the FoCF Board, Jennifer is also a leadership member of the Family Advisory Committee to the Department of Children & Families (DCF), a volunteer Foster Case Reviewer for DCF, a leadership member of Parent Leaders of New England, and facilitates two online support groups for Parents Helping Parents. In her free time, she leads a creative arts session at her church. She worked as a computer analyst and is a proud parent of three adult children.
Stacey Summers
Stacey previously worked as a volunteer case reviewer for the Framingham DCF Office and served as a court-appointed special advocate with Boston CASA. She also sits on the Board of La Vida Scholars, a college-prep program that serves low-income, high-achieving students. Stacey works full-time as the Director of Corporate Communications at an investment firm in Boston. She spends most of her free time at her sons' sporting events and venturing to the mountains of VT.
Lisa Robideau
Lisa has served on the FoCF Board for many years. She is also President, Clinical Director and Co-Founder of Genesis Counseling Services, Inc., a state-licensed substance addictions clinic located in downtown Framingham that opened in 1995. Lisa is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) and a licensed substance addictions counselor (LADC 1). She has two grown children, enjoys running, and speaks fluent Finnish.
Mary Robbins
Mary and her husband are parents to three adult children and adopted their younger son through DCF foster care. Mary has previously served as a board member of the Massachusetts Alliance for Foster Families (MAFF), Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester, Matthew25, Friends of Families in Transition, and the Pastoral Counseling Centers of MA. She currently serves as the Director of Program and Outreach at the Pakachoag Center in Auburn, after holding that same position for several years at the Worcester Area Mission Society.
Kathleen McGrath
Kathy currently works for the Framingham Police Department and has been a police officer for 38 years. She has served as a School Resource Officer for over 25 years, strengthening the bond between students and police. She is currently assigned as a Juvenile Detective and investigates missing persons. Kathy enjoys her free time in New Hampshire boating, sitting by the campfire, or enjoying the beach.
Alana Cyr
Alana currently serves as a proud principal within the Framingham Public Schools. Alana was previously a special education teacher and assistant principal. Additionally, she worked as an educational coordinator for a residential and day school program that provided comprehensive and multi-faceted support for students, many of whom were in the care of DCF. In her free time, Alana enjoys spending time with her family and friends, doing yoga, and reading. She lives in Clinton with her husband and two boys.