2020
Albuquerque Academy, NM: Head of School – Julianne Puente (Deputy Headmaster and Dean of Students at King’s Academy in Madaba, Jordan)

All Saints’ Episcopal Day School, AZ: Head of School – Dr. Emma Whitman (Assistant Head, St. George’s Episcopal School, New Orleans, LA)

Annie Wright Schools, WA: Head of School – Jake Guadnola (Director of Upper School for Girls at Annie Wright Schools, WA)

Beacon Academy, IL : Head of School – Marja Brandon (Head of School, Helios School, IL)

Berkshire Country Day School, MA: Head of School – Jenifer Fox (Head of School, The Delta School, Wilson, AR)

Blue School, NY: CFO – Mike Jackson (CF of Supernova Companies, Chicago, IL)

Canterbury School, IN: Head of School – David Jackson (Assistant Head of School at Oak Hall School in Gainesville, Florida)

Chadwick School, CA: Head of School – Dal Sohi (Head of School, Dar Al Marefa School in Dubai, United Arab Emirates)

Charles Wright Academy, WA: Head of School – Susan Rice (Head of School, Palm Valley School, CA)

Childpeace Montessori, OR: Head of School – James Moudry

Christ Church Day School, NY: Head of School – Susan Stropnicky (Head 5’s Teacher, Christ Church Day School, New York, NY)

Churchill Center & School, MO: Head of School – Anne Evers (Director of Admissions, Churchill Center & School)

City & Country School, NY: Middle School Division Director – Ayesha Long (K-12 Diversity Director, The Dalton School, NY)

City & Country School, NY: Upper School Division Director – Karen Brandt (Director of Health Education, The Packer Collegiate School, NY)

Cobb School, CT: Head of School – Susan Angelides (Head of School, Oak Grove Montessori, Mansfield, CT)

College School, MO: Head of School – Carl Pelofsky (Interim Head of School, The College School, Webster Groves, MO)

Columbia Independent School, MO: Head of School – Jeffrey Walkington (Special Assistant to the Provost’s Office at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL)

The Craig School, NJ: Head of School – Kara Loftin (Assistant Head of School for Academic Support, Wasatch Academy, UT)

Davidson Day School, NC: Head of School – Peter Moore (Lower School Head, Lake Forest Country Day School, IL)

Derby Academy, MA: Interim Head of School – Thomas J. Reid (Interim Head of School, The Benjamin School, North Palm Beach, FL)

Detroit Country Day School, MI: Head of School – Richard Dempsey (Associate Head of School, Pomfret School, CT)

Eagle Hill School, CT: Head of School – Clay Kaufman (Co-Head, Siena School, Silver Springs, MD)

Explorer West Middle School, WA: Head of School – Barbara Frailey (Assistant Head of School, Seattle Girls School, Seattle, WA)

Follow the Child Montessori School, NC: Head of School – Rebecca McGrail (Head of School, Montessori Children’s House of the West Coast, San Francisco, CA)

Gig Harbor Academy, WA: Head of School – Dominic Kehoe (

Hanahau’oli School, HI: Head of School – Lia Woo (Interim Head of School, Hanahau’oli School, Honolulu, HI)

Harford Day School, MD: Head of School – Susan Kearney (Assistant Head of School, St. Paul’s School in Baltimore, MD)

Hun School of Princeton, NJ: Director of Development

Kimball Union Academy, NH: Head of School – Tyler Lewis (Head of School, Bishop’s College School, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada)

Kimball Union Academy, NH: Interim Head of School – Pam Clarke (Head of School, Doane Stewart School)

Lake Forest Academy, IL: Head of School – José Manuel De Jesús (Head of the Upper School, Packer Collegiate Institute, New York, NY)

Lake Tahoe School, NV: Head of School – Bob Graves (Interim Head of School, Lake Tahoe School, Lake Tahoe, NV)

Leila Day School, CT: Head of School – Kim Bohen (Early Childhood Consultant)

Maine Central Institute, ME: Head of School – Christopher M. McDonald (Director of International Affairs, Stanstead College, Quebec, Canada)

Maple Street School, VT: Head of School – Cricket Mikheev (Lower School Division Director, Sewickley Academy, Sewickley, PA)

Miami Country Day School, FL: Lower School Director – Mary Lavin (Early Childhood Principal, Windermere Elementary School)

Miami Country Day School, FL: Upper School Director – Dana Vignale (Executive Director, Office of Innovation and School Choice, Miami-Dade County Public Schools)

Pembroke Hill School, MO: Head of School – Brad Shelley (Associate Headmaster, McDonogh School, Owings Mills, MD)

Providence Country Day School, RI: Head of School – Kevin Folan (Head of School, Hilltop Country Day School, Sparta, NJ)

Quad Preparatory School, NY: Lower School Academic Director – Daniel Rosenberg (Middle School Head at Pegasus School, Huntington Beach, CA)

Raleigh School, NC: Head of School – Kelly Banik (Lower School Director at Moorestown Friends School, Moorestown, NJ)

Rio Grande School, NM: Head of School – Ahlum Scarola (Principal, Mandela International Magnet School, Santa Fe, NM)

Rumson Country Day School, NJ: Head of School – Carson Smith (Middle School Head, Thayer Academy, MA)

Sant Bani School, NH: Head of School – Dan Love (Director of Teaching and Learning, American International School of Chennai, China)

Speyer Legacy School, NY: Head of Lower School – Heather Pinedo-Burns (Director of the Hollingsworth Preschool, Teachers College, Columbia University) 

Stanley British Primary School, CO: Head of School – Sumant Bhat (Head of Middle School, St. Anne’s Episcopal School, CO)

State College Friends School, PA: Head of School – Donann Stoicovy (Interim Head of School, State College Friends School, State College, PA)

St. Joseph Montessori School, OH: Head of School – Brenda Huth (Director of Curriculum and Student Service, Oak Farm Montessori School, Avilla, Indiana)

St. Luke School, GA: Head of School, Richard Green (Principal, Aaron Cohn Middle School, GA)

Stratton Mountain School, VT: Head of School – Carson Thurber (Principal Owner, CAT, LLC)

Summit Charter School, NC: Head of School – Kurt Pusch (Chief Schools Officer, KIPP Colorado Schools)

TASIS / The American International School in England: Head of Upper School – Sue Petrone 

University School, OH: Head of School – Patrick Gallagher (Interim Headmaster, University School, Shaker Heights/Hunting Valley, OH)

University School of Milwaukee, WI:

Villa Maria School, CT:

Vistamar School, CA: Director of Admissions – Oscar Cancio (Associate Director of Admissions at Harvard-Westlake School (CA))

Wildflower Montessori School of New Jersey, NJ: Head of School

York School, CA: Head of School – Doug Key (Assistant Head of School for Admission and Financial Aid, Bosque School, Albuquerque, NM)

2019

Berwick Academy, ME: Head of School – James Hamilton (Associate Head for External Affairs, Brooks School, North Andover, MA)

Bridges Academy, NY: Head of School – Stephen Edward Rubenacher (The Rosarian Academy, Head of School)

City & Country School, NY: Director of Finance – Mindy Schefen (Director of Finance/CFO at Saint Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY)

Columbus Academy, OH: Head of Middle School: Shaka Arnold (Assistant Head of Middle School, at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, FL)

Falmouth Academy, MA: Head of School – Matthew Green (Upper School Head, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA)

Friends School of Minnesota, MN: Head of School – Rick Juliusson (Co-Director, Monteverde Friends School, Monteverde, Costa Rica)

The Galloway School, GA: Head of School – James Calleroz White (Head of School, Louisville Collegiate School, Louisville, KY)

Gordon School, RI: Head of School – Noni Thomas Lopez (Assistant Head of School, Ethical Culture, Fieldston School, New York, NY)

Greens Farms Academy, CT: Head of School – Bob Whelan (Head of School, Lake Forest Country Day School, Lake Forest, IL)

Haverford School, PA: Upper School Division Head

Heronfield Academy, NH: Head of School – Betsy Kelly (Head of Lower School, Windsor School, Boston, MA)

Lake Ridge Academy, OH: Head of School – Mitchell F. White (Dean of Academic Planning, The Weber School, GA)

Lawrence School, OH: Head of School – Doug Hamilton (Director of Admission, Lawrence School, Sagamore Hills, OH)

Long Trail School, VT: Head of School – Seth Linfield (Interim Head of School, Long Trail School, Doreset, VT)

Montessori School of Northern Virginia, VA: Head of School – Kari Cafeo (Head of School, Shrewsbury Montessori School, Shrewsbury, MA)

Rossman School, MO: Head of School – Elizabeth Zurlinden (Lower School Director, Rossman School, St. Louis, MO)

Sophia Academy, RI: Head of School – Maura Farrell (Associate Head of School, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA)

Springer School and Center, OH: Executive Director – Brett Marcoux (Founding Principal & CEO, Provident Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA)

St. Stephen’s Episcopal School, TX: Head of School – Jerri King, (Head of School, Springmont School, Atlanta, GA)

Tarbut V’ Torah Community Day School, CA: Director of Development – Faith Cohen (Director of Annual Gifts at St. Francis Episcopal School in Houston, TX)

Tarbut V’ Torah Community Day School, CA: Lower School Principal – Michelle Bernat (Director of Curriculum and Content, California, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

The Village School of Naples, FL: Head of School – Dennis Chapman (Head of School, The New School, Fayetteville, AR)

Visitation School, MN: Director of Finance and Operations – Helen Twomey (Vice President of Finance and Administration, Catholic Community Foundation of Minnesota)

Vistamar School, CA: Head of School – Christopher Bright (Executive Director of CHAMPS (Charter High School of the Arts), Los Angeles, CA)

2018

American Embassy School, Delhi, India: Director – James L. Laney, Jr. (Head of School, International Community School of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

Blue Oak School, CA: Head of School – Daniel Schwartz (Head of School, Baker Demonstration School, Wilmette, IL)

Blue School, NY: Head of School – Gina Farrar (Head of School, Williamsburg Northside Schools , Brooklyn, NY )

Breck School, MN: Head of School – Natalia Hernandez (Assistant Head of School, Isidore Newman School, New Orleans, LA)

Children’s Own School, MA: Head of School – Holly Flood

East Woods School, NY: Head of School: Laura Kang (Head of School, Mizzentop Day School, Pawling, NY)

Hutchison School, TN: Head of School – Kristen Ring (Provost, Bayside Academy, Daphne, AL)

Kew-Forest School, NY: Head of School – Carla Jantos MacMullen (Dean of Faculty, Hopkins School, New Haven, CT)

Old Trail School, OH: Head of School – Sarah Johnston (Associate Head for Enrollment Management, Hathaway Brown School, Shaker Heights, OH)

Trinity Episcopal School, TX: Head of School – Mark Ravelli (Former Head of School, Saint Mark’s Episcopal School, Upland, CA)

Valley School of Ligonier, PA: Head of School – Dr. Jon Strecker (Middle School Head, The John Cooper School, The Woodlands, TX)

Zhengzhou World Academy, China: Dean of Faculty – Kenneth Imperato (Dubai)

2017

Aidan Montessori School, DC: Head of School – Kevin Clark (Head of School, Bay Farm Montessori Academy, Duxbury, MA)

American Embassy School, Delhi, India: Interim Director – Ellen Stern (Interim Head of School, American International School of Zagreb, Croatia)

Belmont Day School, MA: Head of School – Brendan Largay (Head of Middle School, The Meadowbrook School of Weston, MA)

Bertschi School, WA: Head of School – Raphael del Castillo (Head of School, Seattle Girls School, Seattle, WA)

The Episcopal School in The City of New York: Director – Susan A. Sheahan (Curriculum Coordinator, Episcopal School in the City of New York, NY)

Fort Bend Christian Academy, TX: Head of School – Dr. David Pitre (Former Interim Head, Savannah Christian Preparatory School, Savannah, GA)

Friends Academy, NY: Head of School – Andrea Kelly (Assistant Head of School Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY)

The Gladwyne Montessori School, PA: Head of School – Carrie Kries (CEO, The Philadelphia Montessori Charter School, PA)

The Harvey School, NY: Head of School – William J. Knauer (Head of School, Benjamin Franklin International School, Barcelona, Spain)

The Hudson School, NJ: Head of School – Paul Perkinson (former Head of George Stevens Academy, Blue Hill, ME)

The IDEAL School and Academy, NY: Head of School – Janet Wolfe (Associate Head for Academics, St. Paul’s School for Girls, Brooklandville, MD)

La Lumiere School, IN: Head of School – Adam Kronk (Director, Center for Ethical Leadership, University of Notre Dame, IN)

Mirman School, CA: Head of Lower School – Stephane Leung (Lower School Division Director, John Thomas Dye School, Los Angeles, CA)

North Shore Country Day School, IL: Head of School – Thomas Flemma (Associate Head of School, The Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT)

Oakwood Friends School, NY: Head of School – Chad Cianfrani (Interim Head of School, Oakwood Friends School, Poughkeepsie, New York)

Plymouth Church School, NY: Director – Adrienne Urbanski (Adjunct Instructor, City University of New York-CUNY)

Rye Presbyterian Nursery School, NY: Co-Directors – Kristin Kumar (Director of Admissions, Marketing & Technology, RPNS) and Margaret Sculti (Assistant Director, RPNS)

St. Anne School, CA: Head of School – John O’Brien (Head of School, Stanbridge Academy, San Mateo, CA)

Smith College Campus School, MA: Principal – Patty Allen (Principal, Parkway School, Greenwich, CT)

Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, PA: Head of School – Stephen L. Druggan (Deputy Head of School, Jakarta Intercultural School, Jakarta, Indonesia)

Star Academy, CA: Head of School – Sheila Reilly (Administrator, Woodland Star Charter School, Sonoma, CA)

Summers-Knoll School, MI: Head of School – Walter Landberg (Head of School, New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA)

West Nottingham Academy, MD: Head of School – Thomas J. Banks (Assistant Head, Harrisburg Academy, PA)

Wingra School, WI: Head of School – Debbie Millon (Head of School, The Bellwether School, Williston, VT)

2016

Ancona School, IL: Head of School – Ari Frede (The Orange School, Executive Director, Chicago, IL)

Avery Conley School, IL: Head of School – Paul Druzinsky (Interim Head of School and former Head of Rodeph Sholom School New York, NY)

Brookwood School, MA: Head of School – Laura Caron (Director of Middle School, Westridge School, CA)

Central European Leadership Academy, Slovakia: Head of School – Christopher Cheney (Assistant Dean of the Academy, African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa)

Charles Armstrong School, CA: Head of School – Jessica Miller (Consultant, St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, RI)

Cincinnati Country Day School, OH: Head of School – Tony Jaccaci (Executive Principal, Secondary Division, YK Pao School, Shanghai, China)

Community School, MO: Head of School – Robert Cooke (Upper School Director, Brentwood School, Los Angeles, CA)

Crossroads Academy, NH: Head of School – Brad Choyt (Head of School, North Yarmouth Academy, ME)

Etonkids Educational Group, China: Head of School – Jill Stansbury (Urban Montessori Charter School, Oakland, CA)

Hewitt School, NY: Head of School – Tara C. Kinsey (Faculty/Administration, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ)

Hill-Murray School, MN: Head of School – James W. Hansen (Adjunct Instructor, University of St. Thomas, MN)

La Lumiere School, IN: Interim Head of School – Charlie Clark (Interim Head of School, Tahoe Expedition Academy, Kings Beach, CA)

Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School, NY: Director – Laura Graham (Assistant Director, Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church Day School, NY)

The Mead School, CT: Interim Director – Stephanie Whitney (Associate Head of School for Admission & Enrollment, Greens Farms Academy, Westport, CT)

New Vista School, CA: Executive Director – Matthew F. Brandstetter (Assistant Head of School and Dean of Academics, Fairmont Preparatory Academy, Anaheim, CA)

Presidio Knolls School, CA: Head of School – Lee Drolet (Principal of Excelsior Elementary, Minnetonka School District, MN)

Quaker School at Horsham, PA: Head of School – Alex Brosowsky (Director, Resource Center, Spence School, NY)

Quest Academy, IL: Head of School – Khalek Kirkland (Head of School, The SEED School of Maryland, Baltimore, MD)

St. George’s Independent School, TN: Head of School – Ross Peters (Head of Upper School, The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA)

Shrewsbury Montessori School, MA: Head of School – Kari Cafeo (Assistant Head of School, Burgundy Farms Country Day School, Alexandria, VA)

Speyer Legacy School, NY: Head of School – Barbara Tischler (Professor, Empire State College, Brooklyn, NY)

Thomas Jefferson Independent Day School, MO: Head of School – Benjamin Parsons (Executive Director, Center for Education Innovation, Friends Academy, Dartmouth, MA)

Ventana School, CA: Head of School – Christopher Mahoney (Principal, Thoreau School, Concord, MA)

Waterford School, UT: Head of School – Andrew Menke (Head of School, New Hampton School, NH)