Leading the Way
Leadership is more than a title. Great leaders combine the vision to move things forward with the ability to inspire greatness in others. At Pomfret, we are re-imagining what a boarding school education can be, and this group is leading the way.
Tim Richards
HEAD OF SCHOOL
A self-described boarding school lifer, Tim Richards grew up at Phillips Andover and worked at St. George's for 23 years. He earned his BA from Connecticut College and his MA from Middlebury College. Tim and his wife Anne are parents of Max, Molly, and Lucy, and trusty lab Baloo.
Don Gibbs
ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL
The son of a Griffin ('65), Don Gibbs joined the Pomfret faculty in 2001. Before taking the reins as associate head of school, Don was the dean of academics at Pomfret. He holds degrees from the University of California, Santa Cruz, the College of William & Mary, and Trinity College.
Susan Mantilla-Goin
DEAN OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Susan Mantilla-Goin has held a number of leadership positions during her long career in school admissions, most recently at Fay School in Southborough, MA. She holds an MA in Intercultural Relations from Lesley University and a BA in Communication & English Literature from Denison University.
Ed Griffin
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Ed Griffin brings over 20 years of administrative experience to Pomfret, most recently as the Controller and Business Manager of Choate Rosemary Hall. Ed and his wife Lauren have three children: Julia, a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall, Kevin ’17, and Brandon ’19. They also have two dogs, Charlie and Porter.
Gwyneth Connell
DIRECTOR OF THE GRAUER INSTITUTE
A veteran of independent school education, Gwyneth Connell has served as a leader and teacher at Blair Academy, Berkshire School, and Millbrook School. She holds a master's degree in private school leadership from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in American studies from Amherst College.
Will Mitchell
DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT
Before joining Pomfret, Will Mitchell ’84 was the Director of Advancement at St. Andrew’s School in Delaware. Prior to St. Andrew’s, Will spent ten years at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. He lives on campus with his wife, Kathy. Together, they have (not one) but two sets of twins.
Cory McCarter
DEAN OF DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Before joining Pomfret, Dr. Cory McCarter worked for the MA Department of Education. A product of New York City Public Schools, Dr. McCarter holds an Ed.D and C.A.G.S. in Ed. Leadership from American International College, plus an MA and BA from The City University of New York.
Garry Dow
DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Garry Dow has worked in the field of marketing and communications for more than 15 years. He holds a BA in communications from Roger Williams University and an MA in education from the University of New Hampshire. He lives in Pomfret with his wife, Beth, and their two young children.
Martha Horst
DEAN OF FACULTY
Martha Horst first came to Pomfret in 1997. Before becoming dean of faculty in 2020, she taught math and served as the learning and teaching coordinator. Martha has also taught at Oregon Episcopal School (OES), Northfield Mount Hermon (NMH), and Deerfield Academy. She and her husband, Art, have five children.
Board of Trustees
- Justin Klein — Chair
- Daryle Bost – Vice Chair
- Michael Marrus — Treasurer
- Stephanie Schuetz — Secretary
Justin Klein — Chair
Daryle Bost – Vice Chair
Daryle Bost ’89 is an Associate Vice President for Presidential Advancement at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. His previous experience includes Sales Director at Womble Carlyle, Private Banker at Wachovia Bank and RBC Centura, and Major Gift Officer at Johns Hopkins University and Wake Forest University.
Daryle came to Pomfret from the Green Vale School on Long Island, where his mother was a member of the faculty. While at Pomfret, Daryle played on both the lacrosse and the football teams.
He is a former Trustee of Guilford College where he received a B.S. in Business Management in 1993. At Guilford he was a captain of the lacrosse team. He is married to Alison Bost who retired as the Deputy General Counsel at Womble Carlyle. Alison and Daryle met at Guilford College, and she received a J.D. from Wake Forest University. They live in Williamstown, Massachusetts, with their dog, Walter.
Michael Marrus — Treasurer
Michael Marrus has over twenty-five years of experience as an investment banker and financial executive on Wall Street. Today he is a Managing Director for The Special Equities Group, a division of Chardan Capital Markets, a privately held investment banking firm. Before joining Chardan, Michael was a Senior Managing Director at Dominick and Dominick, a wealth management and investment services firm, and a Managing Director of Merriman Capital, Inc. From 1998 to 2009, he was a Managing Director of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin & Co., an investment banking firm that was acquired by Collins Stewart plc. Prior to joining Unterberg, Towbin, Michael was a Principal and founding member of Fieldstone Private Capital Group. Following graduate school, he was employed at Bankers Trust Company, initially in the Private Equity and Merchant Banking Groups and subsequently in BT Securities, the securities affiliate of Bankers Trust.
Since October of 2007, Michael has served on the board of directors of a public company, Arotech Corporation (ticker: ARTX) sitting on various committees including audit, compensation and nominating. He has been a member of the board of a private company as well as various non-profit organizations and is a strong supporter of many educational institutions with a focus on independent secondary schools. He began a three year term as a Trustee of Congregation Emanu-El in New York in June, 2016.
Michael attended Phillips Academy in Andover, MA, has an A.B. from Brown University and an MBA from the Booth Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago. He lives in New York City with his wife, Lauren. They have two children, Samantha, a recent graduate of Wellesley College, and Jacob, a rising junior at Williams College. A lifelong New Yorker, he supports local sports teams and enjoys running, reading and playing golf with a handicap which shows no signs of decreasing.
Stephanie Schuetz — Secretary
Stephanie Schuetz ’00 has spent her career as an educator, serving as a teacher at Rippowam Cisqua School, Indian Mountain School, and Moorestown Friends School. While at Pomfret, Stephanie was a member of the varsity soccer and lacrosse teams. Following high school, Stephanie graduated from Vassar College ’04 with a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and then from the University of Pennsylvania ’08 with a Masters in Education. Stephanie lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Jonathan, two children, and three cats.
- Mark W. Blodgett
- Mark A. Cohen
- Eric Coleman
- Ted DeNapoli
- Trina Gary
- Brendon Giblin
- Meredith J. Hanson
- Lisa Noble Kaneb
- Scott Maker
- Greg Melville
- Nick Mettler
- David M. Murray
- Dena Cocozza O'Hara
- Robert M. Olmsted
- Lindsay Paul
- Esezele Payne
- Laura Pierce
- Sean Rhatigan
- Jody Soja
- Dan Thompson
- Michelle Williams
- Katheryn E. Wilson
- Robert J. Yudell
Mark W. Blodgett
Mark Blodgett '75 P '04, '06 is the President of Myers & Co. Architectural Metals, one of Colorado's largest fabricators of structural and architectural steel used in commercial buildings, hotels and luxury homes. Prior to acquiring Myers, Mark was the Managing Partner/CEO at Schoeller Polymer Industries headquartered in Munich, Germany. He is a member of the Young Presidents' Organization ("YPO"). Mark is a past trustee of Boston Ballet and Mystic Seaport and is currently a National Council Member of Jazz Aspen/Snowmass and Theatre Aspen. He and his wife support a number of Aspen/Roaring Fork Valley charities focused on education and the arts.
Part of a Pomfret legacy family, as a student Mark was active in tennis and cross country. He was also an active volunteer for the Priorities for Pomfret Campaign, where he was instrumental in building the new boathouse and tennis facilities, which bear his family's name. Mark served as a trustee from 1987-2011 and 2012-2020. Mark attended Vassar College and earned an M.A. with Honors in Economics from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Mark is the father of six children, two of whom are Pomfret graduates: Oliver '04 and Natasha '06. He and his wife, Mareike, live in Aspen, Colorado.
Mark A. Cohen
Mark A. Cohen '82 is Senior Deputy General Counsel at Deloitte LLP. He joined the Office of General Counsel in 1997 and became a principal in 2000. Since joining Deloitte LLP, Mark has handled a wide range of matters, including engagement matters, counseling in connection with practice matters, acquisitions and dispositions, regulatory matters and governance-related matters. Since 2016, Mark has led the Office of General Counsel’s Corporate Group, which includes more than 120 lawyers and professionals.
Prior to joining Deloitte LLP, Mark was a corporate associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. He served as a law clerk to The Honorable Lawrence M. McKenna, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, from August 1992 to September 1993.
Mark previously served on the Pomfret Board of Trustees and was the Chair of the Governance Committee as well as a member of the Executive and Diversity Committees.
Mark was a member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Alliance for New York, the leading provider of business and transactional legal services for nonprofit organizations in New York City, from 2012 to 2018. Mark was also a member of the Financial Reporting Committee of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York from 2006 to 2009.
After graduating from Pomfret, Mark earned his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia College in 1986 and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from Fordham University School of Law in 1992.
Mark lives in New York City with his husband, Jerry, and their dog, Venus.
Eric Coleman
Eric D. Coleman '69 earned a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University. He received his J.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Law in 1977. For many years, he practiced law in the Greater Hartford region, and he established his own general practice in 1986.
On May 8, 2018, Attorney Coleman was appointed to serve as a Connecticut Superior Court Judge. After reaching the mandatory age of retirement, he retired from that position on June 1, 2021 and began service as a judge trial referee. He is currently assigned to the Waterbury Judicial District and the New Britain Judicial District where he presides over Family Matters.
Prior to becoming a judge, he served for thirty-four years in the Connecticut General Assembly. He was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1983 to 1994, and he served as a state senator from 1995 until his retirement in 2017.
While in the state senate, he was appointed to serve as Deputy President Pro Tempore and also as Chair of the Judiciary Committee — the first African-American to hold that position.
His accomplishments include his sponsorship of legislation to reform capital punishment in Connecticut and legislation to address the use of force by Connecticut law enforcement officers. He also fought successfully to increase the number of minority and female state judges.
Judge Coleman resides in Bloomfield with his wife, Pamela. They have three adult children: Trevonn, Lamar, and Erica, and three grandchildren: Jalen, Isaiah, and Elias, as well as eight foster children.
Ted DeNapoli
Trina Gary
Brendon Giblin
Brendon Giblin ’95 P ’24 is President/CEO of Brendon Properties, Inc., a real estate development company that specializes in building residential and commercial projects of distinction in Central Massachusetts. The company has received regional and national recognition for its excellence in the construction and marketing of its projects. Brendon is a graduate of the class of 1995 where he co-captained the men’s soccer and lacrosse teams and was the recipient of various leadership and achievement awards. After Pomfret, he received his Bachelor of Arts from Roger Williams University majoring in Business Management. Brendon captained the men’s lacrosse team and received All-Conference Honors while at Roger Williams. In addition to Pomfret’s Board, Brendon serves on the Board of Trustees for Fay School, Spectrum Health Systems, The 200 Foundation, and a local after school program known as Hoops & Homework, as well as coaching youth soccer and lacrosse. Brendon is a past member of the Framingham State University Board of Trustees. Brendon is married to Robin Giblin and is father to Kenley (13), Brody (11), and Jack (7). Kenley is a member of Pomfret’s Class of 2024.
Meredith J. Hanson
Meredith Hanson ’00 is an Agent of BayState Business Brokers and has a niche practice focused on therapy practices and early childhood education centers. Prior to joining BayState, Molly was a Vice President and Client Advisor at Bernstein Private Wealth Management. Prior to Bernstein, Molly was an Education Consultant at the Wall Street Institute in Bangkok, Thailand, and in the Ad Sales and Strategic Planning Division of The CNN Networks.
Molly attended Pomfret for her junior and senior years. She played varsity soccer and squash, and served as a Prefect. Since graduating from Pomfret, Molly has twice been featured at the Pomfret Career Expo discussing a career in finance with curious students.
Molly has a B.A. in economics from Bates College where she also played soccer and squash. Molly completed postgraduate work in statistics at Northwestern University. A native Chicagoan and lifetime Cubs fan, she now lives in Wellesley, Massachusetts with her husband, Greg, their toddler son, Bauer, and their Boston Terrier, Buckingham. She is a regular Pan Mass Challenge rider and enjoys spending time outdoors. Molly serves on the Pomfret Board of Trustees.
Lisa Noble Kaneb
Lisa Noble Kaneb '86 has been a classroom teacher, outdoor educator, ski instructor, and consultant in the private sector. She has worked for Outward Bound, Framingham [MA] Public Schools, Sugarbush Ski Resort, Sapient, and Scient. Lisa also has years of athletic coaching experience including time at Shady Hill, BB&N, Shore Country Day, Governors, St.Mark’s, Rivers, and Cambridge [MA] Youth Lacrosse. In addition to Pomfret's Board, she has served on the Boards of Hurricane Island Outward Bound School and Cambridge Youth Lacrosse. Lisa earned her BA from the University of Vermont and her MEd from Lesley University. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Scott Maker
Scott Maker ’76 serves as Deloitte & Touche’s Government and Public Services Quality and Risk Management Leader. In his more than twenty years at Deloitte, he has served in a variety of leadership positions and industries, focusing in the Aerospace, Government and Defense Industries. His other Deloitte responsibilities have included roles in Deloitte’s Global Center of Audit Excellence and in Talent, combined with multiple secondments in Europe and Asia. While the risk role takes the majority of time, he continues to serve as a specialist in audits of Aerospace, Defense and Government Contracting companies and as the lead advisory partner for Georgetown University. Prior to joining Deloitte, Scott was a Director of Internal Audit at SallieMae. Before SallieMae, Scott started his career as a computer programmer and IT consultant moving to program managing director before making the career change to public accounting. With his love for soccer, he became professional soccer referee, retiring from running the diagonals in 1997. He is a member of the Executive and Student Life Committees and is Chair of the Audit Committee. Scott attended Pomfret on a merit-based scholarship, graduating in 1976. He played soccer and baseball and managed the basketball team. In addition, he played trombone in the orchestra pit for school musicals. He has a BA with honors in History and Art History from the College of William and Mary. Scott lives in Washington, DC with his wife Susanna.
Greg Melville
Greg Melville ’68 is a retired, self-employed writer and freelance editor. He was a newspaperman and photographer for dailies in the North Country of northern New Hampshire and Vermont — including The Caledonian Record, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, and the Manchester Union Leader, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Greg brings a love for Pomfret and a long legacy that includes his late father, Frank Melville ’40, late uncle, David Melville ’44 and a cousin, Carswell Berlin ’71. He is passionate about helping those less fortunate. In 2007, he founded the Melville Scholarship Fund at Pomfret for students with financial need and the Melville Fund for Faculty to support faculty enrichment. He has served as a Pomfret Free Agent for his class since 2004 and is a member of the Pontefract Society (the planned giving recognition society); is a former member of the Headmaster’s Council and the Alumni Council; and returns to campus frequently for reunions, phone-a-thons, and other special events. He is currently a Trustee and chairman of Pomfret’s Amplify capital campaign.
Greg has extensive experience working on the boards of several nonprofits, including as former (and now, again, current) co-chair of the capital campaign and Secretary of the Board of Friends Center for Children, Inc. of New Haven, Connecticut; Vice-president of the Board of Trustees of the Frank Melville Memorial Foundation in E. Setauket, N.Y.; former member of the Board of Directors of the Woolman Hill Quaker Retreat Center in Deerfield, Massachusetts; and former chairman of the Board of Directors of PeaceJam Northeast and NextGen Leaders, Inc., the Northeast affiliate of PeaceJam Foundation, in Guilford, Connecticut. He is also a founder and lifetime member of the Boulder Knoll Community Garden, a CSA in Cheshire, Connecticut.
While a student at Pomfret, Greg was the sports editor for the Pontefract and The Griffin Newsletter, a dorm assistant, played and lettered in both ice hockey and soccer, received a National Merit Letter of Commendation, and participated in student government and The Key Club, and was an A.A. Manager. Greg volunteered as a reading tutor for inner-city children at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Hartford, and he spent six weeks in the spring of his senior year off-campus, living in Camden, New Jersey, as part of Pomfret’s urban studies program.
Greg received a BA in English Literature from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1972, and took several writing courses at Wesleyan University in 1998. While attending college, he was the co-editor of The Carletonian; played Varsity Soccer, Club Hockey and Rugby; was a resident advisor for Burton Hall, and was a 1972 Representative on the English Dept. Comprehensive Exams Committee. Greg was nominated for the Rhodes Scholarship and selected as a finalist for the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship, which provided funding for a “trial” year in seminary to students not planning a career in the ministry.
An active Democrat all his adult life, Greg volunteered on the Tsongas for President campaign in the North Country during New Hampshire’s 1992 Democratic Presidential primary, and later that summer, worked as a writer on the campaign staff of the late Sen. Paul Tsongas (D- MA) at the Democratic National Convention in New York City. As a college student and then young graduate, he served first as a volunteer on the 1970 Abourezk for Congress campaign (SD) and then, in 1972, as a paid staff member of the Abourezk for Senate campaign, running the field office in Watertown, South Dakota. (He also volunteered in several primary states on behalf of U.S. Senator George McGovern’s (D-SD) campaign for President.)
Last, but not least, Greg recently received his 24-gal. pin from the American Red Cross, in recognition of a lifetime of blood donations.
Nick Mettler
Nicholas Mettler ’95 is the CEO of No More Dirt Inc., one of the largest building maintenance companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. Previously he worked at Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns.
Nick was born and raised in Hong Kong and came to Pomfret School after two years at the Fay School in Southborough, MA. While at Pomfret, Nick served as captain of both the boys varsity soccer and tennis teams. He was also a dorm proctor, key head, and class agent.
Nick received his BA from Hobart College in 1999. Nick met his wife Barrett while attending Hobart. They live in Marin County, just north of San Francisco, with their two boys, Spence (9) and Brooks (6), and puppy Dash.
David M. Murray
David Murray ’97 is a Managing Director at Murray Trading Partners, a privately held investment fund where he primarily deals with early stage venture investments. He sits on the Board of Directors of Cohesive Networks, a Chicago-based cloud computing company and The Guardsmen, a San Francisco non-profit benefiting at-risk youth. Prior to Murray Trading Partners, David worked at Catamount Ventures, a San Francisco-based venture firm, and Sapias, a San Francisco company providing internet-based tracking of assets for large enterprise companies.
David graduated from Pomfret in 1997. He played one year on the Varsity Golf Team and served with distinction on the Junior Varsity of a variety of other sports. His senior year he was a member of the Dean’s Assistants.
David has B.B.A with an emphasis in Marketing from The University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in Finance from the University of San Francisco. He currently lives in San Francisco.
Dena Cocozza O'Hara
Dena Cocozza O'Hara P ’13, ’15, ’16, ’18, ’20 joins the board after twenty-seven years in the Pomfret School family. First arriving in 1992, she served as a Spanish teacher, coach, advisor, and dorm parent in Orchard and Upper 1. More recently, five of her seven children have attended Pomfret: Dylan ’13, KC ’15, Rhone ’16, Duun ’18 and Teagan ’20.
Dena is the chair of world languages at Rectory School and the public speaking coordinator for Woodstock Public Schools. In addition, she has been the director of the summer day camp at Rectory School for twenty-four years. She earned her BA from the University of Connecticut and her MEd from the University of Bridgeport.
In the nonprofit sector, Dena serves as vice chair of the Woodstock Education Foundation and is a twenty-year trustee of the Follett Educational Foundation — a college scholarship endowment fund. Dena is the founder and CEO of Advantage Tennis and has been a teaching tennis professional since 1983. Dena has also completed fourteen marathons. She loves international adventure and has traveled with the Pomfret chorus to Bolivia and Ireland.
Robert M. Olmsted
Bob Olmsted ’59, P ’89 is an investment advisor and consultant at Auchincloss, Lawrence, Inc., in New York City. A Pomfret trustee since 1977, Bob served in many leadership roles including Vice President and Treasurer. After a brief year hiatus from the Board (as required by the by-laws), we welcomed Bob back to the Board in 2010.
Through the years, Bob’s volunteer efforts have extended beyond service to the Board, including Alumni Association President, Class Secretary, Annual Fund Volunteer, and Campaign Steering Committee member. He was instrumental in bringing his classmates together to celebrate their fiftieth Reunion and at that time was awarded the William Beach Olmsted Distinguished Service Award for his years of service to Pomfret. Bob is also a trustee of the Windham Foundation and the MacDowell Colony and is a member of the Princeton Club.
Bob graduated from Princeton, and earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University. He is an avid collector of antique watches and continues his interest in photography (developed at Pomfret), still spending time in a home darkroom, and travels with photography in mind. Bob has two daughters, one of whom, Kate ’89, was also a Pomfret trustee. Bob and his wife Stephanie live in New York City.
Lindsay Paul
Lindsay Paul P '14, '17, '21 served on the Board of Trustees from 2014- 2022, in capacities of Treasurer, Chair of the Finance Committee and Chair of Governance. She returns after a one year absence. In her professional life, Lindsay worked in a variety of business positions in investment banking and in healthcare management, including finance, mergers and acquisitions, strategy, marketing and operations. Lindsay is actively involved in local and regional civic and community leadership positions. She is engaged as a pro bono consultant for Connecticut- based non- profits through HBS Community Partners. She serves as Treasurer of Christ Episcopal Church of Pomfret and a member of the vestry, and is on the board and past chair of Performing Arts of Northeast Connecticut. Her prior experience in education includes Chair of the Woodstock Board of Education and past board member of EASTCONN Regional Education Service Center. Lindsay is a 1975 graduate of St. Catherine's School (Richmond ,VA), received a B.A. in History from Denison University in 1979 and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School in 1985. She and Jeffrey live in Woodstock, Connecticut, and are the parents of C. Chapman “Chappy” Paul ’14, Samuel “Sam” T. Paul ’17, and Natalie E. Paul ’21.
Esezele Payne
Esezele Payne ’00 is the Assistant Vice President of Operations & Environmental services for Atrium Health. She is responsible for Environmental Services, Financial Planning, Communications, Talent Development, and Program Management. She manages a $300M operating budget and her team provides support services for 1,800 teammates and 18.5M square feet.
Esezele has more than 15 years of professional experience in contracting, strategic communications, project management, and vendor management. Prior to joining Atrium Health, she worked at CB Richard Ellis, Inc. where she managed $50 million of vendor spend on the Global Corporate Services team. In that role, she drafted and negotiated hundreds of contracts which yielded cost savings, developed national sourcing strategies, established performance management tools, and created sourcing strategies for key clients.
While at Pomfret she played soccer, tennis, and basketball. She was a Dean’s Assistant and an Admissions Key Tour Guide. After leaving the Hilltop, she received her Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctorate from American University. She is an active member of The Women’s Impact Fund and a member of the Atrium Health Women’s Executive Leadership Group. In 2019 year she was named 40 Under 40 by the Charlotte Business Journal.
In her free time, she is busy with her two children (Sloan and Tripp) and her husband (Richard).
Laura Pierce
Laura Pierce ’03 is the founder and principal designer at Keeler & Co., a Boston-based boutique interior design firm. She also owns Rusticator, a home furnishings and interiors shop located in the village of Seal Harbor, Maine, on Mount Desert Island.
Laura holds a Certificate in Interior Design from Rhode Island School of Design, and a BA in Art and Art History from Colby College. Before founding Keeler & Co., Laura worked in development at Rectory School and St. Mark's School, special events at Corinthian Events in Boston, and fine art in the New York City area.
Laura is the former president of the Alumni Association Executive Council, and was first elected to the Pomfret Board of Trustees in 2014 as an ad-hoc member. Laura served on the Headmaster's Council and continues to be a class agent.
At Pomfret, Laura played varsity field hockey and lacrosse, and JV ice hockey. She was an honor roll student, dean’s assistant, and Science Award recipient. Her brother, William “Jack” Keeler '08, is also an alumnus. Laura lives in Boston and Maine with her husband, Vassar Pierce, who formerly served as Pomfret’s associate director of Advancement, and her golden retriever, Henry.
Sean Rhatigan
Jody Soja
Jody Reilly Soja began her tenure as the 9th Head of School at Indian Mountain School (IMS) in July 2015. After graduating from Bates College in 1998, Jody worked for one year at Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA, in the Dean of Students office, before joining the IMS community in 1999. From 1999-2009, Jody held various positions at IMS, including history and ESL teacher, Assistant Athletics Director, Assistant Dean of Studies, Upper School Head, and Dean of Faculty. Additionally, Jody served as a Dorm Head and coached the varsity girls’ soccer and lacrosse teams. From 2002-2003, Jody left IMS for one year to pursue her master’s degree, which she completed at Harvard Graduate School of Education in the spring of 2003. In 2009, Jody left IMS to work at Millbrook School in the history department, where she lived with her husband, Kevin, and her two sons, Russell (IMS '22, Berkshire '26) and William (IMS '24). In 2011, Jody was hired to be the Head of the Middle School and served as the Director of Faculty Development at National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, where she worked until accepting the Headship at IMS in 2015. Jody currently serves on the Board for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS). She formerly served on the Board of the Elementary School Heads Association (ESHA), the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and served a term as President of the Junior Boarding Schools Association (JBSA).
Dan Thompson
Daniel Thompson '95 is a senior director at Dupont Circle Solutions, an IT consulting firm, in Arlington, Virginia. Previously, he worked at SoundExchange as a project manager for information technology and business operations, Monumental Sports & Entertainment managing finance projects, SunLife Financial as a senior program manager in Marketing and Strategy, and John Hancock Financial as an IT infrastructure lead, development lead, and project manager.
A long-time volunteer for Pomfret, Dan has served as a class agent since 2000. He served as the vice president of the AAEC from 2016–2020, serving as an ad-hoc trustee. Previously, he served as the secretary of the AAEC from 2012–2016.
Dan received his AB in mathematics from the College of the Holy Cross in 1999, his MBA from the Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business in 2007, and his MPS from Georgetown University in 2012.
He lives in the Washington DC area.
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams P '24 is the former Global Group President of Altuglas International, a subsidiary of the Arkema Group. Altuglas was acquired by Trinseo in 2021. She was previously Global Group President of Arkema’s Hydrogen Peroxide business.
Prior to Arkema, Michelle was with The Dow Chemical Company where she was Global General Manager, Adhesives and Sealants. She was previously North America General Manager, Electronic Materials at Rohm and Haas Company, prior to the acquisition by The Dow Chemical Company. During her twenty-two-year career with Rohm and Haas Company, Michelle held manufacturing, sales, marketing, strategy and general management positions.
Michelle currently serves on the Board of Directors of Brady Corporation, and the non-profit Broad Street Ministry in Philadelphia, PA.
Michelle holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Utah, and completed the General Management Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Michelle is the parent of two daughters including a member of the Pomfret class of ’24.
Katheryn E. Wilson
Born in the United Kingdom, Kate Wilson P ’20, ’21 is a UK and Australian citizen and has lived in Singapore, Sydney, London, New York, San Fransisco, and Hong Kong. Kate worked for several years in interior design in Hong Kong and in London, as well as fashion recruitment in London, before her marriage and move to New York in 1999.
Kate has been involved in various charitable activities. While in New York City, she volunteered at St. Bartholomew's Church, helping to organize the volunteer center. In Hong Kong, she served on the Parent Representative Committee at Harrow International School. During this time, Kate was also heavily involved with Mother's Choice, a local Hong Kong charity that helps pregnant teenagers and many children without families. Her role has varied over twenty-five years with Mother's Choice, from looking after the babies before they are adopted to acting on the gala committee.
Kate graduated from Ascham School in Sydney and later studied at The Inchbald School of Design in London. She lives in London with her husband, Murray John, and their three daughters, Isabella ’20, Clementine (Minty) ’21, and Florence.
Robert J. Yudell
Buzz Yudell ’65 is an architect, author, teacher, and founding partner, in 1977, of Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, which now has more than sixty employees. His award-winning architectural firm has had significant projects in the U.S., including such colleges and universities as Dartmouth, UCLA, and MIT, as well as Sweden (Tango sustainable housing project in 2005), Ireland (Grangegorman Master Plan, Dublin), the US Embassy in Berlin, Macau (resort development), and Hong Kong (University of Hong Kong Master Plan). The firm’s primary work began with residential designs and has since evolved to a broad spectrum of public and private projects, as well as institutional and cultural spaces. In addition to his responsibilities with his firm, Buzz has also taught at a number of universities, including Yale, and is an adjunct professor of architecture at UCLA.
As a Pomfret student, Buzz was editor-in-chief of the Pontefract; served on the executive committee of his form, was a dorm assistant and vestry member; and served on the International Affairs Committee. He credits the environment of the School and the powerful influence of certain faculty for his lifetime involvement with the arts and architecture. He stayed on campus after his May ’05 reunion to work with students and faculty as a Lasell Visiting Fellow. Buzz helped lead his class’s fiftieth reunion, a group that currently holds the record for the largest class gift raised for a fiftieth.
He is married to Tina Beebe who is an artist. Tina has been an integral part of the Moore Ruble Yudell architectural firm for the past twenty-five years as resident colorist, working on projects throughout the U.S., Scandinavia and Japan. Buzz received both his B.A. and M.A. in Architecture from Yale.
- Toyin Moses — Ex Officio Trustee
- Hadley Rosen — Ex Officio Trustee
- Etienne Vazquez — Ex Officio Trustee
Toyin Moses — Ex Officio Trustee
Toyin Moses ’98 is a Los Angeles based actress working in film, television, and theatre. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Best Actress NAACP Theatre Award for her work in Knock Me A Kiss. In addition to acting, she is the Special Projects Manager for California Lawyers for the Arts, focusing on Arts in Corrections projects throughout the country. She also teaches Theatre Arts at California State Prison, Los Angeles County.
While at Pomfret, Toyin was a member of VOICE, active in the drama department, was a dorm prefect, key head, and class agent. She played varsity basketball and was co-captain of the varsity soccer and lacrosse teams. Currently, she is co-vice president of the Alumni Association Executive Council, a class agent and most recently, a member of the DEI Task Force.
Since 2010, Toyin has served on the Young Professionals Advisory Board for Inner-City Arts, a non-profit organization located in Los Angeles' Skid-Row that provides arts education to low income youth. She received her BA in Theatre from Occidental College. She and her husband, Ian, live in Los Angeles with their son, Marcelino.
Hadley Rosen — Ex Officio Trustee
Hadley Rosen '97 was most recently Director of Communications at Finalsite, where she worked
with schools and colleges around the world. At Pomfret, Hadley was a day student and was active in the arts and French and participated in soccer, crew, and one memorable season of ice hockey. She graduated from the University of Connecticut with a B.S. in Resource Economics.
In addition to her role on the AAEC as Vice President of Outreach and Engagement, Hadley is a Class Agent, the PTO president at her children's elementary school, and served as a volunteer for more than fifteen years in the Junior Leagues of Hartford and Boston. She lives in West Hartford, Connecticut with her husband, Todd, and two young children.
Etienne Vazquez — Ex Officio Trustee
Etienne Vazquez ’04 is the Head of Entry Level Business Recruitment for the Americas region at Bloomberg LP. Etienne first joined Bloomberg in 2011 following prior roles at hedge funds Bridgewater Associates and Palm Ventures. Etienne is a graduate of Yale University with a Bachelor’s degree in History, and has served as chapter co-lead for the Bloomberg Latino Community and Global Diversity and Inclusion Champion at Bloomberg. Etienne also serves as the Executive Vice President for Corporate Development for the New York ALPFA Chapter. While at Pomfret, Etienne served as class president. He continues to serve the School as Vice President of Engagement on the AAEC.