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.

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.

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 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.

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 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 '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.

Jay Luchs ’91 is a Vice Chairman at Newmark Knight Frank. He handles the leasing and sales of investment properties with a focus on representing fashion brands and entertainment companies in finding both retail and office locations. He has over 100 exclusive listings throughout Los Angeles, including West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Venice Beach, Brentwood, and Malibu. Jay has grown his business in representing fashion brands by finding locations in every major city in the US. He also has exclusive landlord listings in San Francisco, Georgetown, and New York City, where he is rapidly growing his landlord representation business.

Regardless of deal size, Jay loves working with brands from smaller start-ups to larger nationally known retailers, including the fashion industry’s most exclusive and highest end luxury brands. Jay may be best known for having been a part of Rodeo Drive’s growth over the last fifteen years, leasing over forty stores on the street and having sold ten buildings on Rodeo Drive. Luchs recently sold the former Brooks Brothers building at 468 N. Rodeo Drive to Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy. He also arranged the sale of two adjacent buildings to the same client that was considered one of the most important commercial transactions in the US in 2018.

Jay came to Pomfret as a junior and made lifelong friends very quickly. While at Pomfret he played lacrosse, soccer, and wrestled. He was a proctor in Pine Dorm and took sports photographs that were published in The Pontefract.

Originally from Potomac, Maryland, Jay has proudly lived in Los Angeles since graduating from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA in 1995.

In addition to serving on the board of Pomfret, Jay is also on the Acquisition & Collections Committee board at the Los Angeles based Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA).

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.

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.

Bob Mullarkey ’79, P ’10 is a partner of Double T Management, a real estate owner and operator of commercial and residential properties in the Los Angeles and Long Beach areas of southern California. Prior to that, he worked for more than twenty years in the securities industries and with some of the top names in the hedge fund business.

He has been an actively engaged member of the Pomfret community for decades. He is a former Board member, class agent, parent, and past president of the Alumni Association.

While at Pomfret, Bob was School President and played football, hockey and baseball. After graduating from the Hilltop, Bob earned a B.A. from Kenyon College in 1984, where he was a three-year co-captain of the school's rugby team.

Bob was a member of the Board of the Grenville Baker Boys & Girls Club of Locust Valley. He enjoys tennis, squash and golf at the Creek Club on Long Island and skiing in New Hampshire. He lives with his partner, Nina Ritter, in the Rolling Hills area of Los Angeles.

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 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.

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.

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 ’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.

Jud Reis ’60, P ’98 spent twenty-two years at Morgan Stanley, the majority of which as a Managing Director, before founding Sire Management Corporation, a New York City-based firm which manages multi-manager investment partnerships. He was a visiting professor at Darden, the University of Virginia’s graduate business school, from August 1987 through May 2008; was a Director of Pilobolus, a modern dance company, for several years; and served as the President of the Board of Trustees of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture for fourteen years. He remains a trustee of Skowhegan.

As a student at Pomfret, Jud was co-editor in chief of the Pontefract, played basketball and tennis, was a dorm head and counselor in his senior year, and was active in the drama society. He was selected to be Pomfret’s American Field Service (AFS) summer exchange representative between his junior and senior years and spent the summer in Germany under the auspices of AFS.

After Pomfret, Jud graduated cum laude and received a B.A. from Washington and Lee University and received an M.B.A. with distinction from Harvard Business School. He has five sons, including Curt ’98. Jud and his wife, BB, live in Manhattan.

Arnoldo Wald P ’22 CP holds a bachelor's degree in law from Cândido Mendes University (1986) and a certificate in advanced mediation from Harvard Law School (2017). He is currently Federal Counsel of OAB São Paulo, President of the Institutional Relations Commission of OAB/SP, President of the Center for Mediation and Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil, and arbitrator of the Ciesp/Fiesp and FGV Chambers. Since 1986, he has been the Honorary Consul of Monaco in Brazil. For his performance in relevant cases of Brazilian law, he is among the most admired lawyers, according to Latin Lawyer 250, The Legal 500, and Analysis 500.

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.

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.

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.

Sarah Howie ’09 is currently an MBA candidate at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Previously, Sarah spent three years as an Investment Manager within the Investment Office of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, an Atlanta-based Pediatric Healthcare System. Prior to joining Children’s, Sarah worked for Gulfstream Alternative Capital, a healthcare-focused private equity firm, and Quadriga Partners, an investment bank offering M&A and capital raising advisory services to healthcare companies. Sarah earned a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and Political Science from Emory University.

While at Pomfret, Sarah participated in the Pomfret Dance Company, in addition to playing tennis and squash. She was also a Prefect, Dean’s Assistant, Head Waiter, and Tour Guide during her four years. Sarah is currently President of the Pomfret Alumni Association Executive Council. 

In addition to the AAEC, Sarah serves on both the Young Professionals Board of Foreverfamily, a nonprofit supporting children of incarcerated parents, and the Future Leaders Board of Atlanta Ronald McDonald House Charities. Sarah grew up in Amagansett, New York, spent twelve years in Atlanta, Georgia, and now resides in Evanston, Illinois.

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 '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 ’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.