Jim Smith
Executive Director
Jim's been adroitly navigating the Cambridge Center through the last few decades. A longtime Cambridge resident, you can often hear classical music playing through his office window.
Friday Night Cooking Series
Broaden your cooking skills, meet new people, and feast on delicious meals.
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Strawberry Extravaganza
Fresh strawberries are one of the highlights of summer.
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Looking for the Huron Ave. Studio classes?
The Huron Studio is now Village Fitness!
Friday Night Dance Craze
The Friday Night Dance Craze has four different types of dances for you to experience, with master teachers.
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Jim's been adroitly navigating the Cambridge Center through the last few decades. A longtime Cambridge resident, you can often hear classical music playing through his office window.
Kadri's been with us for 30 years running. She currently manages the financial office. The secret to her longterm relationship with CCAE? "I like all the people i work with, the people i have contact with: staff, faculty, the board. I like the variety of the work, too."
Will helps get the word out about upcoming events and classes, and consistently inspires people to support CCAE. He writes a lot of thank you cards. And he sings and swims to renew his soul.
Scott keeps the technical systems up and running, and is often running himself between our 3 buildings as issues arise.
Paul keeps our historic buildings together and running. Our resident poker player, you'll often see him around the building, calmly handling the business of the day.
Malene helps register students for classes. "I like the homey feeling that everybody gets along here; it's like a home away from home."
Music she's currently listening to: "an R&B and hip hop mix."
Obi runs the registration office. You'll often see her smiling face in the office or at the front desk when you walk through our door. "I like keeping our students happy. When people leave here it's my job to make sure they're smiling and satisfied."
Kevin oversees our customer service with Obi. "CCAE provides an opportunity for low cost high quality educational opportunites getting to work with really good people and interesting faculty, it's a way to keep adult education affordable."
Ash helps with promoting the Cambridge Center. "This place has everything a 20 something person needs. It's one of the few places you'll find a financial advisor and a plumber side by side engrossed in conversation."
Paula programs our fine arts, crafts, food, wine, travel, and homes & garden courses, plus our Thursday lecture series. She also plans our art gallery exhibits and produces special literary and educational events. As a reader, writer, artist, food and gardening enthusiast, obsessive wall painter, lover of animals, and more, the center's diverse learning opportunities suit her many interests. She is also an avid singer, but only alone in her car, so nobody has actually ever heard her sing.
Jerome manages the finances with Kadri and is a self-described hated figure in the house. "I have to be a jerk about the details. But CCAE has an openness in the environment that lets people just be themselves, and flourish."
Charlotte oversees the literature and writing, ESL and languages program, and organization of older students, and more.