About

Leadership Team

Kari Ostrem
Head of School

Hanifa Barnes
Assistant Head of School for Strategy and Operations

Jenna King
Associate Head of School for External Affairs

James P. Duval
Associate Head of School;
Head of Lower School

Milton J. Sipp
Assistant Head of School for School Life;
Head of Middle School

Anna Hall
Head of Upper School

Emily Stone
Chief Development Officer

Jazmin Rogers
Chief of Staff


Trustees

Gwen Adolph

Bruce Beal

David Blitzer

Amit Doshi

Edem Dzubey ’07

Dr. Ebby Elahi

Chloe Epstein

Renata Garcia
Secretary

Kirsten Glantz

John A. Griffin

Anitra Hadley

Malda Hibri
PA President

Adrienne Rodriguez Israel

Christopher James ’93
Chair

Bryan Janeczko

Jean Su Maeng Kim

Phil Lee

Marc S. Lipschultz
Treasurer

Kelly Mack
Vice Chair

Kari Ostrem
Head of School

Veronica Rotemberg

Dr. Cristián Samper

Marc S. Sternberg

Benjamin Tisch

Philip “Tod”
Waterman III ’84

Roy Weathers
Vice Chair

Richard Wells

Jenna Langel Witten ’06 
AAEC President

Vanessa Wittman

TRUSTEES EMERITI

Michele R. Cohen

Ted Janulis ’77

Brad S. Karp

Jane Lisman Katz ’65

Peter M. Lehrer

Linda Lewis
Lindenbaum ’54

Thomas Montag 

David N. Roberts ’80

Thomas W. Strauss

Jeffrey N. Vinik ’77

David L. Westin

Eugene “Tim” Zagat, Jr. ’57

Richard S. Zinman


Lower School Administrative Team 

James Duval
Associate Head of School;
Head of Lower School

Natasha Schmemann
Assistant Head of Lower School,
Pre-K-Grade 2

Ellen Greengrass
Assistant Head of Lower School,
Grades 3-5

Tim Sacks
Lower School Dean

Demetra Caldwell
Lower School Director of Community Engagement

Frances Garcia
Assistant to the Head of Lower School


Hill Campus Administrative Team

Milton Sipp
Assistant Head of School
for School Life;
Head of Middle School

Anna Hall
Head of Upper School

Mike Sclafani
Assistant Head of Middle School

Meg Johnson
Academic Dean

Valerie Keller
Dean of Faculty

Phyllis Dugan
Dean of School Life & Belonging

Megan Abramopaulos
Dean of Students
Grade 6

Oliver Merrill
Dean of Students
Grade 7

Monika Le
Dean of Students,
Grade 8

Sarah Jensen
Dean of Students
Grade 9

Eric Shear
Dean of Students
Grade 10

Cat Crocker
Dean of Students
Grade 11

Jennie Picconi
Dean of Students,
Grade 12

Monique Fonseca
Assistant to the Head of Middle School and the Middle School Deans


Academic Department Chairs 

Andrew Abate
Computer Science Department Chair

Melissa Miness
English Department Chair

Christina Young
Director of Counseling & Health Education;
Health Department Chair

Laura Honsberger
History Department Chair

Deborah Aschkenes
Interdisciplinary Studies Coordinator

Johnny Hager
Language Department Chair

Jeremy Clifford
Math Department Chair

Eva Leon Nathanson
Music Department Chair

Roberta MacIvor
Physical Education Department Chair

Shabari Lasrado
Science Department Chair

Lexie Frare
Theater, Dance & Film Department Chair

Jason Ruff
Art & Design Department Chair


Athletics

John Pizzi
Director of Athletics

Katie Gendron
Assistant Director of Athletics for Coaching & Operations

Dan King
Head Athletic Trainer


Culinary

Andrew Bension
Director of the Culinary Team and Sustainability


External Affairs

Jenna King
Associate Head of School for External Affairs

Maia Shulman
Director of Lower School Admission

Tracy Dansker
Director of Middle and Upper School Admission

JP Jacquet
Director of Financial Aid;
Assistant Director of Middle
and Upper School Admission

Chloë May
Senior Associate Director of Communications

Mary Ludemann
Director of Community Relations

Emily Stone
Chief Development Officer

Marie Capasso
Executive Director of Development

Aviva Zablocki
Director of Alumni Engagement

Soo Mi Thompson
Annual Fund Director


Middle & Upper School Student Support

Jenny Buck
Director of the
Learning Research Team

Christina Young
Director of Counseling & Health Education; Health Department Chair


Parents Association

Malda Hibri
President of Parents Association


School Store

Frances Aybar
School Store Manager;
Purchasing/ Receiving Agent


Security & Facilities

Ron Matten
Director of Facilities

Mike McGinn
Director of Security


Technology

Jonathan King
Director of Technology

Jen Davenport
Associate Director of Administrative Systems


Transportation

Kristina Lora
Lower School Attendance and Dismissal Manager

Eula Manning
Middle & Upper School Transportation Coordinator