Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees has a strong sense of strategic direction, while enabling the Head of School and the SCH administration to implement that vision. Overall authority for school operations rests with the Head of School and runs through separate administrator and various administrative structures. Key administrators report to the board in committee meetings, but only the Head of School is present at all sessions of the board and is a voting member. The board and administration follow NAIS Principles of Good Practice for governance, and the “vision” and “implementation” delineations are clear and run smoothly.

All of the board members participate in one or more of the following committees: Governance, Education and Enrollment (includes Athletics), Assets Management (includes Buildings and Grounds and Investments), Development (includes Capital Campaign), Audit, and Executive. Committees review their plans with the full board at the September meeting and review their progress at the June meeting, with full board input providing guidance on further goal setting and any further metrics needed to better measure progress.

Trustees serve three-year terms with an option to renew for additional consecutive terms. All trustees’ performance is reviewed annually by the Governance Committee.

Board of Trustees 2019–2020

Dr. M. Brian Blake

Rashad I. Campbell ’08

Vanessa Z. Chan

Renee Chenault-Fattah

John S. Detweiler ’91, Treasurer

William M. Doran
Dr. Stephen L. Druggan, Head of School

Michael Golden

Pamela von Seldeneck Harris ’81

David Hayne

Steven H. Kapp
Thomas G. Kessler '88

Dr. Youngmoo Kim

Timothy W. Levin

Patrick S. G. Lindsay, Chair

Peter S. Longstreth ’62, Honorary

Deborah E. Maine H’16

Virginia A. Markos

Ann Marie Mendlow

Ellin Dixon Miller ’75

Ludlow Miller, Honorary

Janie B. Parker, Honorary

Robert M. Peck ’70

Joffie C. Pittman, Esq. ’87

Edward C. Rorer ’61, Honorary
Elizabeth McCausland Salata ’02
Marjorie Kershbaum Shiekman ’67
Nadine Badger Stevenson ’90
Andrew C. Topping

Camilla (Kim) Whetzel H’17

Dr. Sheryl Winston Smith
Brian J. Vogt

Mims Maynard Zabriskie, Secretary

Representatives to the Board of Trustees

Frank V. Aloise Jr., Chief Financial Officer

Gordon S. Gary ’97, President, Alumni Association

Kym Truman Graves ’83, President, Alumnae Association

Bridget Blake, President, Parents Association
Mandie Lyon, Vice-President, Parents Association
Jennifer James McHugh ’84, Director of Development

David Rauch, Director of Admissions and Enrollment Management

Maria McNichols, Board Liaison

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