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Board of Directors
Board of Director Bios
Richard P. Hall
Chairman of the Board
Head of School Emeritus
Washington International School, DC
Jeannie Norris
Head of School
Miss Hall’s School
William T. Buice
Vice-Chairman of the Board
Partner, Davidson, Dawson & Clark, NYC
Trustee, The Asheville School, NC
J. Wood Rutter
Headmaster Emeritus
Beaufort Academy, SC
Mitchell H. Bronk
Treasurer of the Board
Retired Controller
Salisbury School, CT
David Sanderson
President and CEO
Global Median, Inc., MA
Diane C. Proctor
Secretary of the Board * Leave of Absence
English Teacher
Middlesex School, MA
Robert A. Stanley, Jr.
ex officio
President
ASSIST, CT
Dale L. Wentz
Interim Secretary of the Board
Director of Admissions
North Shore Country Day School, IL
Pamela M. Thye
Former Parent
Middlesex School, MA
Phillipa Bond
The Taft School '89
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP
Los Angeles, CA
Catherine M. Tinsley
Former Parent and Volunteer Leader
Washington International School, DC
John R. Eidam
Dean of Admissions
Director of International and Summer Programs
Wyoming Seminary, PA
Frederick H. Wandelt III
Assistant to the Headmaster
The Taft School, CT
Paul L Gossling
President and Owner
Garden Zone LLC, CT
Stephen C. White
President
Mystic Seaport, CT
Robert H. Mattoon, Jr.
Head of School Emeritus
Hotchkiss School, CT
Priscilla Winn Barlow
Interim Head of School
The Hamlin School, CA
Sean Harris
St. Andrew's-Sewanee School '95
CEO
C.B. Shoes, Germany
Andrew Wooden
Head of School
Bosque Preparatory School, NM
Andrew C. Pilaro
Vice Chairman
CAP Advisors Limited, Ireland
Yi-ming Yang
The Taft School '87
Cardiologist
Lenox Hill Hospital, NY
Former Directors
Elizabeth Barnes
Former Trustee
Suffield Academy, CT
Joan D. O'Brien
Former Associate Director of Admissions
St. Andrew's School, DE
Walter H. Burgin
Former Executive Director
The Edward E. Ford Foundation, DC
Kevin J. O'Brien
President
H.A. Schupf, Inc., NY
John Buxton
Head of School
Culver Academies, IN
Lance R. Odden
Headmaster Emeritus
The Taft School, CT
John Caswell (Deceased)
President and CEO
The Omnia Group, FL
William Olsen (Deceased)
Headmaster Emeritus
Hotchkiss School, CT
William Connelly
Former Director
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, CT
Sanford Roeser (Deceased)
Educational Consultant
August House, MA
Bradford Gioia
Headmaster
Montgomery Bell Academy, TN
Paul Sanderson (Deceased)
President Emeritus
ASSIST
David E. Howe
Former Director of Financial Affairs
Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA
Peter W. Stevens
Director, School and College Adivsory Services
Camille M. Bertram Educational Consultants, MA
Peter W. Hursh (Deceased)
Managing Director ECG Advisors, LLC, CA
Marjo Talbott
Head of School
Maret School, DC
John Kidde (Deceased)
Former President and Director
KDM Development Corporation, NJ
John L. Tyrer
Headmaster Emeritus
The Asheville School, NC
Kenneth I. Lindfors
President Emeritus
ASSIST
Francine Ugeux
Former Parent
The Hotchkiss School, CT
Charles B. McCullagh
Chief Financial Officer
Williston Northampton School, MA
C. Carter Walker
Neville, Rodie & Shaw, Inc., NY
Timothy R. McIntire
Headmaster Emeritus
Francis Parker School, CA
Eric Widmer
Headmaster
Kings Academy, Jordan
Frederick L. Morefield
Independent Consultant, VA
Hartmut Wiedenmann
Former Chairman, ASSIST Förderverein
Cologne, Germany
Assist Launches its 41st Year
The Class of 2009/10 – 121 Scholars from 16 Countries/Regions
77 independent secondary schools currently participate from all over the U.S.
More than 3,800 alumni
44 countries represented over 40 years
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