Kristy Kerin

Kristy Kerin took the reins as Brewster Academy’s 13th Head of School on July 1, 2020—the first woman in the school’s two-century history to hold this position. A graduate of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, Kerin worked in the College’s Advancement Office for eight years prior to joining Brewster in 2011. Since then, she has Read More

Danielle Heard

Danielle Heard joined Nashoba Brooks in 2008 as the assistant head of school and was appointed head of school after a national search in 2012. She earned a B.A. from Williams College and an M.Ed. from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She was a Klingenstein fellow at Columbia University Teachers College and completed the Program Read More

Brian Hargrove

Brian Hargrove joined NMH in July 2019. Since his arrival, NMH has built on the momentum of previous leaders and remained focused on delivering on its mission to empower its students to act with humanity and purpose. During Brian’s tenure, NMH completed a strategic planning process, invested more than $50 million in campus improvements, increased Read More

Charles (Chuck) Carter

Before joining Beacon, Dr. Carter was a Founding member of the leadership team for Project Evident, a national organization focused on helping not-for-profit organizations and philanthropic foundations harness the power of evidence to achieve greater impact. He also co-created and led a virtual learning program for practitioners and leaders called a Talent Accelerator. Similarly, Dr. Read More

Dr. Sharon Howell

Sharon became Headmaster of St. Johnsbury Academy in July 2020. Prior to her current role, Dr. Howell served as Head of School at Indian Springs School in Birmingham, Alabama, and Associate Head of School for Strategic Planning and Administration at Northfield Mount Hermon School in Gill, Massachusetts. Before she began her independent school career, Dr. Read More

Dr. Tara Gohlmann

Dr. Tara Gohlmann joined Buckingham Browne & Nichols as the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Financial Officer in 2018. Previously, Tara served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Boston College High School. At BC High, Tara was responsible for Advancement & Fundraising, Buildings & Grounds, Information Technology, Admissions & Enrollment, International Programming, the Business Read More

Dr. Renée Greenfield

Dr. Renée Greenfield brings over 20 years of experience as a teacher, Orton-Gillingham Fellow, and university professor to her role as head of Carroll School. She returned to Carroll in 2021 after teaching at the school from 2000-2004 and serving as a teacher coach from 2011-2012. Fueled by her early experiences at Carroll and a Read More

Brad Bates

For the last fifteen years, Brad has served as Head of School of Dublin School, a boarding school in southwestern New Hampshire on the flanks of Mount Monadnock. Before his work at Dublin, Brad served for three years as the Assistant Principal at Aspen High School in Colorado and fifteen years as a Dean of Read More

Indu Chugani Singh

Indu Chugani Singh is an educational consultant and leadership coach working to serve the needs of public and private schools. She designs and leads professional learning cycles for districts, schools and leadership teams with a focus on equity as it is informed by instruction and student achievement, teacher reflection and growth, and systems change. Indu Read More

Sophie Lau

An alumna of the Lincoln School, Sophie Glenn Lau became the school’s 17th head in July 2020. Previously she was head of Senior School at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Sophie came to Lincoln with an outstanding record of strategic thinking, experience in developing and launching programs and partnerships, and a deep dedication to Read More

Lise Charlier

As Head of Cambridge School of Weston, Lise Charlier brings 25+ years of experience as a teacher and administrator, which is evident in her ability to build relationships, problem-solve, and innovate with creativity and confidence. Prior to CSW, Lise served as director of studies and strategic initiatives at Severn School in Severna Park, Maryland. Before this Read More

Jadihel (Jadi) Taveras

Jadi began his service as Head of School at Esperanza Academy in 2018. Immediately prior, Jadi served as Dean of Multicultural Education at The Governor’s Academy and Associate Dean of Students at The Putney School. After several years of working in the field of international development, Jadi returned to education where he believes in the Read More

Dr. Noni Thomas López

Noni has served as Head of School at the Gordon School in East Providence, RI since 2018. Before joining Gordon, Noni worked for two decades as a teacher, and later a consultant and administrator, in independent schools in New York City and has a passion for leadership development. In 2013, she founded the Interschool Leadership Read More

Allison Webster

Allison Webster has served as Head of School at Dedham Country Day since 2016. She began her career in law, practicing for two years in Boston before discovering her love of schools and switching careers to pursue the question of what makes children and institutions thrive. Over the next 20 years, she worked as a Read More

Dr. Jennifer L. Zaccara

Jennifer is Vermont Academy’s eighteenth Head of School. She came to Vermont Academy in 2017 from The Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City, where she served as Associate Head of School since 2013. Prior to that, she was Associate Dean of Faculty at The Taft School in Watertown, CT where she spent twelve years. Since Read More

Sara Wilson

Sara joined AISNE as Director of Membership and Accreditation in 2018. Prior to joining AISNE, Sara was Senior Director of School Accreditation & School Improvement at the American Montessori Society. She began her work in education as a kindergarten teacher in public and independent schools before becoming a Montessori Early Childhood teacher and teaching in Read More

Sarah Pelmas

Sarah has been Head of School at The Winsor School in Boston since 2016. She is in her 2nd term on AISNE’s Board and she serves as the President of the Board. Prior to becoming Head at Winsor, Sarah was the Associate Head and Head of the Upper School at the National Cathedral School in Read More

Yully Cha

Yully joined Codman Academy in 2021 as the inaugural Director of Strategic Initiatives and Advancement. Prior to joining Codman, she worked as an independent consultant for various schools and non-profits, from fundraising and capital campaigns to leadership development and strategic growth. Prior to that, she served as Executive Director of Bridge Boston Charter School in Roxbury, Chief Read More

Grace Cotter Regan

In 2017, Grace became the first woman president of Boston College High School, a Jesuit, all-boys college preparatory school in Boston, Mass. Ms. Regan is not only the first woman to serve in the role in the school’s more than 150-year history, she is also just the second lay person. (Ms. Regan also serves on Read More

Allison Gaines Pell

Allison has been Head of The Wheeler School in Providence, Rhode Island since July 2017. During her time at Wheeler, she created Wheeler’s first-ever strategic design, which was unveiled with a new, unearthed, mission statement, “to learn our powers and be answerable for their use.” Prior to Wheeler, she was the Head of Blue School Read More