The Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium presented its 2019 Sen. Frederick E. Berry Early Intervention Champion Award to Colleen McGlynn Moody, founder of the CJ Moody Fund, at a ceremony at Aspire Developmental Services Friday.
The award was created to honor the legacy of the late Senate Majority Leader from Peabody, who provided tireless leadership and advocacy on behalf of Early Intervention (EI) during his 30-year career in the Massachusetts legislature.
The CJ Moody Fund was established by Moody in 2009 in memory of her son, Craig Chilsen Moody Jr. Afflicted with many congenital abnormalities, CJ received regular EI services. Upon CJ’s death at 13 months of age, his family established the CJ Moody Fund to give back to the EI community.
The CJ Moody Fund has raised more than $270,000 for the Massachusetts Early Intervention Consortium in the last 10 years and awarded more than $216,000 in grants to families and EI programs.
Moody, who lives in Medford with her husband, Craig, and sons, Bo and Triagh, is a Bishop Fenwick and Trinity College (Conn.) graduate. She served as Berry’s chief of staff from 2003-12. She is currently director of Government Law, Strategies and Communications at Brown Rudnick LLP.
Moody’s sister, Annie Walsh, is chair of the board at Aspire, which has an Early Intervention Program that provides services to more than 2,200 families each year. EI services are available to eligible children, from newborn to age 3, who have or are at risk for developmental delays due to established biological or environmental factors.
