Meet the Trustees

 

Wole C. Coaxum '88

Larchmont, NY
Trustee since 2012
Vice President, GAA
Committees: Budget & Finance, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., Williams College; M.B.A., New York University
Occupation: Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Chase

 

Flobelle Burden Davis ("Belle") '87

New York, NY
Trustee since 2006
Committees: Committee on Trustees (Chair), Education & Appointments, Executive Committee, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., Harvard; J.D., New York University School of Law
Occupation: Lawyer

 

Marc C. de La Bruyère '77; P'09

Edmonton, Canada; New York, NY
Trustee since 2009
Committees: Audit, Budget & Finance, Buildings & Grounds (Chair)

Education: B.A., Williams College; M.B.A., INSEAD
Occupation: Managing Director, Maclab Enterprises

Walter C. Donovan '81

Boston, MA
Trustee since 2010
Committees:  Audit (Chair), Budget & Finance, Investment

Education: B.A., Amherst
Occupation: Chief Investment Officer, Putnam Investments

John A. Downer ("Tony") '75; P'06, '06, '07

Stamford, CT
Trustee since 2011
Committees: Audit (ex officio), Budget & Finance (Chair), Buildings & Grounds, Investment

Education: B.A., J.D., M.B.A., Harvard
Occupation: Director, Private Equity, Oak Investment Partners

 

Mark E. Edwards '78; P'12, '14

Boston, MA
Trustee since 2012
Committees: Education & Appointments, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., Harvard
Occupation: Executive Director, Opportunity Nation

 

Jonathan W. Galassi '67

New York, NY
Trustee since 2009
Committees: Budget & Finance, Committee on Trustees, Education & Appointments

Education: B.A., Harvard; M.A., Cambridge University
Occupation: President, Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Poet

 

Thomas E. Hassan ("Tom") '56, '66, '70, '06 (Hon.); P'11; Principal

Exeter, NH
Trustee since 2009
Committees: Executive, Committee on Trustees

Education: B.A., Brown; M.Ed. and Ed.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Occupation: Principal, Phillips Exeter Academy

 

Jennifer P. Holleran '86

Lincoln, MA
Trustee since 2011
Committees: Education & Appointments, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A. and M.Ed., Harvard; M.B.A., Yale
Occupation: Educational Consultant

 

David R. Horn '85

Portola Valley, CA
Trustee since 2010
President, GAA
Committees: Audit, Budget & Finance, Institutional Advancement

Education: A.B., Princeton; M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business
Occupation: Managing Director, Morgan Stanley

 

G. Thompson Hutton ("Tom") '73

Atherton, CA
Trustee since 2005
President of the Trustees
Committees: Budget & Finance, Buildings & Grounds, Committee on Trustees, Executive (Chair), Investment

Education: B.A., M.S., Stanford; M.B.A., Harvard Business School
Occupation: Managing Partner, Thompson Hutton LLC

 

Alan R. Jones '72

Novato, CA
Trustee since 2003
Committees: Audit, Buildings & Grounds, Education & Appointments, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., Dartmouth; M.B.A., Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: West Coast Sales Manager, Aladdin Capital, LLC

 

Eunice Johnson Panetta ("Nicie") '84

Manchester, MA
Trustee since 2005
Vice-President of the Trustees
Committees: Budget & Finance, Committee on Trustees, Education & Appointments, Executive Committee, Institutional Advancement, Investment

Education: B.A., Harvard; M.B.A., Babson College
Occupation: Private Investor

 

William K. Rawson '71; P'08

Bethesda, MD
Trustee since 2004
Committees:  Buildings & Grounds, Committee on Trustees, Education & Appointments, Executive, Institutional Advancement (Chair)

Education: B.A., Amherst; J.D., Stanford Law School
Occupation: Partner, Latham & Watkins

 

Nina D. Russell '82

Seattle, WA
Trustee since 2009
Committees:  Committee on Trustees, Education & Appointments (Chair), Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., Yale; M.D., Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Occupation: Deputy Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation HIV Vaccines Initiative

 

Robert S. Silberman '76; P'07, '12

Potomac, MD
Trustee since 2008
Committees: Budget & Finance, Buildings & Grounds

Education: B.A., Dartmouth; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University
Occupation: Chairman & C.E.O., Strayer Education, Inc.

 

J. Douglas Smith ("Doug") '83

Los Angeles, CA
Trustee since 2010
Committees: Education & Appointments, Institutional Advancement

Education: B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Virginia
Occupation: Adjunct Assistant Professor of American Studies, Occidential College

 

Della Spring '79; P'06, '09, '11

Boston, MA
Trustee since 2012
Vice President, GAA
Committees: Buildings & Grounds, Institutional Advancement

Education: A.B., Brown
Occupation: Admissions Consultant

 

Morgan C. Sze '83

Hong Kong
Trustee since 2012
Committees: Budget & Finance, Investment

Education: B.A., Cornell; M.B.A., University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Occupation: Chief Investment Officer, Azentus Capital

 

Remy White Trafelet '88

New York, NY
Trustee since 2007
Committees: Institutional Advancement, Investment (Chair)

Education: B.A., Dartmouth
Occupation: Founder and Managing Partner, Trafelet Delta Funds