Samuel (Sam) DePina serves in a Private Sector seat representing Boston Public Schools. DePina is a graduate of Boston Public Schools from the Jeremiah E. Burke High School and has worked for the BPS for the past 19 years. He has served as a high school mathematics teacher and an assistant headmaster, and has served as the operational superintendent since 2015. DePina holds both a B.A. in Economics and a M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he is currently a doctoral candidate.
DePina joined the ABCD Board of Directors in 2018, and he serves as a member of the Employment & Training/Youth Committee, the Head Start & Child Care Resources and Education Committee and the Grievance Committee.