Mollye Block

Co-Chair, A Woman's Journey

Mollye Block is an established special education counselor with a broad base of experience working with children, adolescents, families and couples.  Personal health issues deepened the sensitivity and depth of her understanding displayed by her professional expertise.  As a patient she understood the need for women to be educated about their health.  In conjunction with Harriet Legum, she developed and implemented "A Woman’s Journey".  The annual health conference coordinated by Johns Hopkins Medicine deals with current women’s health issues.  Featuring more than 30 Hopkins faculty members, the successful event draws 1000 participants annually.

Mollye also serves on the Johns Hopkins Heart Institute Board of Governors and the Department of Psychiatry Advisory Board.  Since 2001, she has been a member of the Board of Trustees and a national spokesperson for the National Stroke Association and was featured in the NSA magazine, Stroke Smart.

Mollye’s professional career choices display her deep community involvement and dedication.  Her private practice spanned from 1978-1997 and focused on educational testing and the evaluation of children, adolescents and adults with specialization in adult dyslexia.  In addition to her private practice she has a diverse background in the education system.

Her teaching career began in Massachusetts when she was a learning disabilities tutor and substitute teacher at Wayland Public Schools an enrichment teacher at Solomon Schecter School, and a fourth grade teacher at Hoover Elementary School.  As a learning disabilities specialist at Brookline Public School in Boston, Massachusetts, Mollye developed and implemented intensive family interventions for intelligent but underachieving students in an independent private school environment from 1981-1985.  For the Cleveland School of the Arts she counseled uniquely gifted adolescents and set up tutoring programs for artistically talented youth who were under performing academically.  After moving to Baltimore she set-up a tutorial program in a similar vein for the Baltimore School for the Arts.

Between 1999 and 2006 she served as the Director of the Women’s Health Program for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the State of Maryland where she was selected by the Secretary to establish a woman’s health program to establish preventative health care to keep women and their families healthy.  Prior to her role as director she served as the Executive Assistant to the Secretary of Health.

Mollye’s involvement in nonprofit organizations includes serving as both a founding member of Baltimore's Odyssey School for children with dyslexia as well as a board member.  She has served on numerous Boards of Trustees, and the Special Task Committee for the Woodborne Foundation and School,  Mayor White’s Task Committee of the Future of Cleveland Public school, and Howard Univesrsity School of Public Health Leadership Council.

She has been active on the Board of Directors of numerous institutions including the Women’s Board of The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Brimmer and May School Alumnae Association, Brimmer and May School, and Lesley University.  She also was a board member of "Tem Aiders", a volunteer group which serves Boston's Children’s Hospital.

Mollye has been featured as an "Outstanding Alumnae of Brimmer and May School" in 1996, honored with the Brimmer and May Community Service Award in 1995, and the Lesley University Alumni Council Service Award in both 1990 and 1995.