Exeter is fortunate to have a dedicated body of alumni volunteers, with diverse and expert backgrounds, to oversee the administration of the school and the management of its financial and physical resources.
There are 21 Trustees, and the group consists of the principal, who is appointed by the Trustees and serves as a member for the duration of his tenure; 17 term trustees, who serve one or two five-year appointments; and the president and two vice presidents of the General Alumni Association (GAA), who are elected by that association’s board of directors. These GAA-elected trustees serve one or two terms of two years.
Our current Trustees share a passion for Exeter’s mission, a belief in the potential for transformation and discovery within all of our students, and a vision for Exeter’s ongoing excellence and leadership in secondary school education.
Ciatta Z. Baysah ’97
New York, NY
Trustee since 2018
President, GAA
Committees: Budget and Finance, Buildings and Grounds, Institutional Advancement
Education: B.A., Georgetown University; J.D., Seton Hall Law School
Occupation: CEO & Founder, Baysah Global Consulting
Wole C. Coaxum ’88
Larchmont, NY
Trustee since 2012
Vice President of the Trustees
Committees: Committee on Trustees, Executive Committee, Student Safety, Governance Review Task Force
Education: B.A., Williams College; MBA, New York University
Occupation: Founder and CEO, Mobility Capital Finance, Inc.
Suzi Kwon Cohen ’88
New York, NY
Trustee since 2017
Committees: Audit and Risk, Budget and Finance, Investment
Education: B.A., Brown University; MBA, Stanford Business School
Occupation: Chief Investment Officer, Mousse Partners Limited
Walter C. Donovan ’81
Boston, MA
Trustee since 2010
Committees: Budget and Finance, Investment
Education: B.A., Amherst
John A. Downer ’75; P’06, P’06, P’07
Stamford, CT
Trustee since 2006
President of the Trustees
Committees: ex officio member of all committees, Governance Review Task Force
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Education: B.A., J.D., MBA, Harvard
Occupation: Venture Partner, Oak Investment Partners
Mark A. Edwards ’78; P’12, P’14
Boston, MA
Trustee since 2012
Committees: Institutional Advancement (Chair), Executive Committee, Student and Employee Life
Education: B.A., Harvard
Occupation: Co-founder, Upstream
Claudine Gay ’88
Cambridge, MA
Trustee since 2017
Committees: Buildings and Grounds, Student and Employee Life, Governance Review Task Force, Mission Statement Task Force
Education: B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Occupation: Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Peter A. Georgescu ’57
New York, NY
Trustee since 2017
Committees: Audit and Risk (Chair), Institutional Advancement
Education: B.A., Princeton University; MBA, Stanford University
Occupation: Chairman Emeritus, Young & Rubicam; Author
Jacqueline J. Hayes ’85
Los Angeles, CA
Trustee since 2019
Committees: Audit and Risk, Student and Employee Life, Student Safety
Education: B.A., Harvard; J.D., Harvard Law School
Occupation: General Counsel, Warner Bros.
Jennifer P. Holleran ’86
Lincoln, MA
Trustee since 2011
Committees: Buildings and Grounds, Executive Committee, Student and Employee Life
Education: B.A. and M.Ed., Harvard; MBA, Yale
Occupation: Educational Consultant
Cia Buckley Marakovits ’83
New York, NY
Trustee since 2019
Committees: Buildings and Grounds, Investment, Student and Employee Life
Education: B.A., Lafayette College; MBA, Columbia University
Occupation: CIO, Partner and Managing Director, Dune Real Estate Partners
Sally Jutabha Michaels ’82; P’12, P’14, P’17, P’19
Bangkok, Thailand
Trustee since 2015
Committees: Committee on Trustees (Chair), Buildings and Grounds, Student and Employee Life, Governance Review Task Force
Education: A.B., Stanford; MBA, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Occupation: Executive Officer, GMS Power Public Co., Ltd.
Daniel C. "Dan" Oakley ’80; P’12, P’14, P’15, P’17, P’17
Cutchogue, NY
Trustee since 2018
Vice President, GAA
Committees: Audit and Risk, Budget and Finance, Institutional Advancement
Education: B.S., Harvard; M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Deidre G. O'Byrne ’84; P’18, P’20, P’23
Kensington, NH
Trustee since 2014
Committees: Student and Employee Life (Chair), Audit and Risk, Committee on Trustees, Executive Committee, Governance Review Task Force (Chair)
Education: A.B., Princeton; M.A., Yale; J.D., Columbia University School of Law
Occupation: General Counsel
William K. "Bill" Rawson ’71; P’08
Exeter, NH
Trustee since 2018
Principal
Committees: ex officio member of all committees, Mission Statement Task Force (Chair)
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Education: B.A., Amherst; J.D., Stanford Law School
Occupation: Principal, Phillips Exeter Academy
Peter M. "Scotch" Scocimara ’82; P’16, P’18
Menlo Park, CA
Trustee since 2016
Committees: Budget and Finance, Committee on Trustees, Institutional Advancement, Student and Employee Life, Mission Statement Task Force
Education: B.A., Brown; MBA, Harvard
Serena Wille Sides ’89
Washington, DC
Trustee since 2016
Committees: Student Safety (Chair), Audit and Risk, Student and Employee Life
Education: B.A., UNC, Chapel Hill; J.D., Harvard; M.Div., Virginia Theological Seminary
Occupation: Episcopal Priest
Morgan C.W. Sze ’83; P’19, P’22
Hong Kong
Trustee since 2012
Committees: Investment (Chair), Buildings and Grounds, Committee on Trustees
Education: B.A., Cornell; MBA, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
Occupation: Chief Investment Officer, Azentus Capital
Kristyn A. (McLeod) Van Ostern ’96
Concord, NH
Trustee since 2017
Committees: Budget and Finance (Chair), Audit and Risk (ex officio), Executive Committee
Education: B.A., Connecticut College; MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
Occupation: Strategy and finance consultant; Co-founder of Wash Street
Janney Wilson ’83
Wellesley Hills, MA
Trustee since 2018
Vice President, GAA
Committees: Buildings and Grounds (Chair), Budget and Finance, Institutional Advancement
Education: B.A., Yale University; MBA, Harvard
Occupation: Executive Dean, Harvard Kennedy School