New Heads in 2023–2024

Summer 2023

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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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