List of People From Uxbridge, Massachusetts - 21st Century

21st Century

• Brian Skerry is an undersea photographer, now of Boston, who works with National Geographic.. Skerry's publications are extensive and include many international venues. Skerry is a passionate advocate for preservation of global fisheries. (see Brian Skerry's TED TALK)
• Lawrence E. Bombara, formerly chief of Uxbridge's public works department (DPW), headed up the National Association of Public Works Directors in 2007 before he retired.
• Jacqueline Liebergott, president of renowned arts and communication school Emerson College from (1993–2011), was born in Uxbridge and spent her childhood there until moving to Maryland. President Liebergott announced her retirement for 2011, in late 2009. Liebergott was the first woman to ever serve as President of Emerson College.
• Richard T. Moore (Dick Moore) was the chief architect who helped craft the landmark Massachusetts health care reform legislation in 2006, a forerunner to the Affordable Health Care Act of 2010. Moore served as President of the U.S. Conference of state legislatures in 2010-2011. He was a Federal Emergency Management Agency executive under President Bill Clinton, and helped develop local preparedness efforts at the National level from 1994-1996. He chaired Clinton's Presidential Campaign in Massachusetts.
• Kevin M. Sherin, MD, grew up here, now in Orlando, FL, past President of American Association of Public Health Physicians (2008–2010), developed "HITS" partner violence screening tool . HITS domestic violence screening tool APP intro video R3 mobile app for Android, iPhone, download the R3 app
• Arthur Wheelock, Jr, an Uxbridge native, is the curator of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.
• Brooke Bibeault In December 2009, a local teen, Brooke Bibeault, was named Miss Massachusetts in 2010 for Miss Teen USA. He