Denise Ranieri, M.S Ed., is the Co-founder and President of RCS Learning Center. While working in different organizations and settings serving children with developmental disabilities, Denise became passionate about wanting to provide higher quality services and education for children. She and her husband started RCS Behavioral & Educational Consulting, and Denise devoted her time to consulting with public school teachers and parents around the Boston area to design a handful of special education programs, which would set the foundation of RCS. Feeling that even more could be done for students with autism in the community, Denise and her husband opened RCS Learning Center in Natick.
Natalie Sandmann, B.S., is the Chief of Operations at RCS Learning Center. Natalie possesses extensive experience in both the not-for-profit and for-profit sectors, specializing in accounting, payroll and human resources. Natalie is also an active member of her community and plays an integral role in development, networking within the community to promote a consistent brand, and to acquire new partnerships and funding for the organizations.
Christina M. King, Ph.D, BCBA, LABA is the Executive Managing Director and Chief of Research and Application at RCS Learning Center. Chrissy has researched and presented at more than two dozen local and national conferences on a variety of topics related to the field of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Her areas of expertise include Verbal Behavior and teaching communication, derived relations, staff training, and instructional design. Chrissy also currently serves as an adjunct professor at Simmons University in the Behavior Analysis Department.
Greg Boyle, M.S.W., MBA, joined the RCS Board of Directors in early 2022 and is a former RCS Learning Center parent. Greg’s career has focused on providing supports to children and families, beginning his career as a social worker. He currently serves as a Regional Network Manager with Beacon Health Options. Greg holds an MSW in Social Work from Simmons University and an MBA from the Questrom School of Business at Boston University.
Kenya Rutland, B.B.A., CEO KJR Consulting, is a persuasive facilitative leader who uses keen business acumen to build commitment and accountability among staff at all levels of any organization. Kenya has spent the last 20 years helping clients to achieve organizational health and clarity, creating diverse and equitable workplace cultures, and helping leaders and teams achieve collective results.