New heads of school usually begin their tenure on July 1. The list that appears in the print issue reflects information submitted to NAIS as of March 25, 2023, and it may not be comprehensive. The list that appears here has been updated as new announcements have come in. Please send new head announcements from NAIS member schools to [email protected].
Academy of St. Elizabeth (NJ)
Elizabeth G. Azar
Aidan Montessori School (DC)
Jamie Rue
All Saints Episcopal School (TX)
Mark D. Desjardins
American School of Guatemala
Donald Francis
Anacapa School (CA)
Mari Talkin
Andover School of Montessori (MA)
Barbara Orlowitz
Andrews Osborne Academy (OH)
Gonzalo Garcia-Pedroso
Austin International School (TX)
Ariane Baer-Harper
Bancroft School (MA)
Stephanie Luebbers
Benilde-St Margaret's School (MN)
Danielle Palkert Hermanny
Birches School (MA)
Serena Wilkie Gifford
Bridgton Academy (ME)
Diana J. Gleeson
Brookstone School (GA)
Henry Faulkner Heil
Cate School (CA)
Alex Lockett
Chadwick School (CA)
Jessica Donovan
Chandler School (CA)
Emily Brown
Charles River School (MA)
Gabe Burnstein
City and Country School (NY)
Frank Patti
Convent of the Sacred Heart (NY)
Kate Adams
Crossroads School (CA)
Mariama Richards
Doane Academy (NJ)
Erin Pike Mayo
Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart (TX)
Hillary Feerick-Hillenbrand
Dwight-Englewood School (NJ)
Jeremy Gregersen
Eagle Hill School (CT)
Gretchen Larkin
Emerson School (MI)
David Feldman
Episcopal Day School of St. Matthew (CA)
Quincey Grieve
Fayetteville Academy (NC)
Norman “Blair” Fisher
Friends Academy (NY)
Paul J. Stellato
Friends School of Wilmington (NC)
Tony McCudden
Fryeburg Academy (ME)
Joseph R. Manning
Gaston Day School (NC)
Davidson Hobson
George Jackson Academy (NY)
Ramón Javier
Giddens School (WA)
Keith B. Wheeler
Greenwich Academy (CT)
Margaret Hazlett
Hackley School (NY)
Charles Franklin
Hampton Roads Academy (VA)
James “Jay” Lasley Jr.
Harding Academy (TN)
Michael Walker
Holton-Arms School (MD)
Penny B. Evins
Holy Child School at Rosemont (PA)
Brian McBride
Idyllwild Arts Academy (CA)
Jason Hallowbard
Island School (HI)
Nancy Nagramada
Jackson Hole Community School (WY)
Ted Smith
Jacksonville Country Day School (FL)
Christopher M. Johnson
James River Day School (VA)
Jenn Lindsay
LaGrange Academy (GA)
John Mehaffey
Lick-Wilmerding High School (CA)
Raj Mundra
Linden Waldorf School (TN)
Kimberly Richardson
Manhattan Country School (NY)
Maiya Jackson
Manlius Pebble Hill School (NY)
Jim Foley
Many Rivers Montessori (MN)
Wendy Reinsch Fisher
Maret School (DC)
Dennis Bisgaard
Marist School (GA)
James D. Childs
Mary McDowell Friends School (NY)
André Del Valle
Mayfield Senior School (CA)
Laura Farrell
Milton Academy (MA)
Alexandra “Alixe” H. Callen
Montgomery Bell Academy (TN)
William H. Daughtrey III
Moravian Academy (PA)
Adrianne Finley Odell
Moses Brown School (RI)
Katie Titus
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (VA)
Mike Barclay
Norfolk Academy (VA)
Travis J. Larrabee
Norwich Free Academy (CT)
Nathan Quesnel
Northern Light School (CA)
Sanjev deSilva
Oregon Episcopal School (OR)
Michael Spencer
Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (MD)
John Ciccone
Outdoor Academy/Eagle's Nest Foundation (NC)
Jesse Pyles
Parish Episcopal School–Sigma (TX)
Matthew J. Rush
Park Tudor School (IN)
Chris Front
Pardes Jewish Day School (AZ)
Michelle Bernat
Pennsylvania School for the Deaf (PA)
Melissa Draganac-Hawk
Princeton Day School (NJ)
Kelley Nicholson-Flynn
Princeton Montessori School (NJ)
Andrea O’Brian
Quest Academy (IL)
Vicki Phelps
Riverbend School (MA)
Brooke Hopkins
Riverdale Country School (NY)
Karena “Kari” Ostrem
Riverstone International School (ID)
John Gasparini
Saint Ann’s School (NY)
Kenyatte A. Reid
Saint John’s School (Puerto Rico)
Cecilia Márquez
St. Mildred's-Lightbourn School (Canada)
Catherine Hant
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School (FL)
Peter Kraft
San Francisco Day School (CA)
Racheal Adriko
Sequoyah School (CA)
Rebecca Gale Hong
Sheridan School (DC)
Courtney Martin
Sinai Akiba Academy (CA)
Lauren Plant
Somersfield Academy (Bermuda)
Riki Teteina
Spartanburg Day School (SC)
Dave Skeen
Springmont School (GA)
Elizabeth Lener
St. Francis High School (CA)
Tracy Traver
St. George Episcopal School (TX)
Thor Kvande
St. George’s School (RI)
Michael C. Wirtz
St. John’s Episcopal School (CA)
Steve Lovejoy
St. Luke’s School (NY)
Tracy Fedonchik
St. Martin’s Episcopal School (GA)
Maria Croley Madden
St. Martin’s Episcopal School (LA)
Whitney Samuel Drennan
St. Mary’s Academy (CO)
Iswari Natarajan
St. Matthew’s Parish School (CA)
Alley Michaelson
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (CA)
Jayme Johnson
Staten Island Academy (NY)
Eileen Corigliano
Stratford Academy (GA)
Rachel Adams
Stoneleigh-Burnham School (MA)
Lauren “Laurie” Lambert
Sycamore School (IN)
John Huber
The American School in London (UK)
Matthew Horvat
The Awty International School (TX)
Heather Beck
The Baldwin School (PA)
Lynne Macziewski
The Bermuda High School for Girls
Carol A. Swainson
The Brick Church School (NY)
Marie Fabian
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The Co-Op School (NY)
Chloe Smith
The King's Academy (CA)
Jeff Freeman
The King’s Academy (SC)
David Raines
The Carey School (CA)
Neely Norris
The Chestnut Hill School (MA)
Roderick MacNeal
The Craig School (NJ)
Susan Schmitt
The Frederick Gunn School (CT)
Emily Raudenbush Gum
The Friends School of Atlanta (GA)
Dorothy “Dot” López
The Gow School (NY)
John Munro
The Grauer School (CA)
Dana Abplanalp-Diggs
The Hill School (PA)
Kathleen Devaney
The Hockaday School (TX)
Laura Leathers
The Hun School of Princeton (NJ)
Bart Bronk
The Janus School (PA)
Heather L. Strunk
The Lang School (NY)
Mark Otto
The Logan School for Creative Learning (CO)
Nicole Girvan
The Meadows School (NV)
Jay Berckley
The Miami Valley School (OH)
David Long
The Miquon School (PA)
K. Geetha Holdsworth
The Paideia School (GA)
Thomas E. Taylor
The Pennfield School (RI)
Paul Amadio
The Rivers School (MA)
Ryan S. Dahlem
The San Francisco School (CA)
Juna Kim McDaid
The Schenck School (GA)
Kara A. Loftin
The School at Columbia University (NY)
Sonya Somerville
The Taft School (CT)
Peter Becker
The Wardlaw-Hartridge School (NJ)
Corinna Crafton
The Webb Schools (CA)
Theresa Smith
Thomas Jefferson School (MO)
Jane Ballard Roth
Tower Hill School (DE)
Sarah D.A. Baker
TREE Academy (CA)
Chris Wiebe
Trevor Day School (NY)
Daniel Feigin
University Liggett School (MI)
Thomas W. Sheppard
Verde Valley School (AZ)
Benjamin Lee
Waldorf School of Philadelphia (PA)
Niko Hilgerdt
Webb School of Knoxville (TN)
Ansel Sanders
Westover School (CT)
Polly Oppmann Fredlund
William Penn Charter School (PA)
Karen Warren Coleman
Woodland Country Day School (NJ)
Melissa Veghte
Wyoming Seminary College Prep School (PA)
Martin J. Mooney