Contact Institutional Advancement


Phone Numbers
603-777-3264
603-777-3454
Street Address
Nathaniel Gilman House
46 Front Street
Exeter NH 03833-2460
Mailing Address
Phillips Exeter Academy
Office of Institutional Advancement
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833-2460
HOURS
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST)

Federal Tax ID No: 02-0222174

Meet the Team

Jennifer Norton

I have lived in New Hampshire all my life and currently live in the Seacoast area. I began my career at the Academy in the summer of 1996 when I joined the Office of Planned Giving. In my current position, I am responsible for training and support for all software applications and technology to help advance the mission of Institutional Advancement.

I volunteer in my children’s schools and with Pease Greeters.

Achievements

Recipient of the Blair Brown and Borden Brown Staff Excellence Award.

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Following a 15-year career as a financial adviser to corporate executives in Saratoga, New York, I aspired to return to a small-town academic community — as I had experienced as the son of a lifelong college administrator. Combining that desire with experience in estate, tax and investment planning landed me at Colgate University’s Office of Planned Giving in 2008, and exposed me to the rewarding world of nonprofit fundraising. As a Northfield Mount Hermon graduate, I had developed an appreciation for the value of a boarding school education. When the opportunity to join Exet

Dawn Perkins

My road to Exeter was paved by business, tradition and family.

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Tendayi Peyton

Associate Director of Advancement Communications

Tendayi Peyton graduated from Wellesley College in 2021 with a B.A. in cognitive and linguistic sciences and French. During her four years at Wellesley, she worked as the digital content student assistant in the Public Affairs and Communications department. Before taking on the role of associate director of advancement communications at Exeter in August 2022, she spent a year working as the marketing coordinator on the ad/sales team at Harvard Business Review.

Laura Schwartz

At no other time in my life have I been immersed in such a rich environment as during my four years as an Exeter student (though I do not miss the homework!). It is with joy and gratefulness that I can experience Exeter again, through the lens of my two sons (classes of 2020 and 2022). They are making friends from around the globe, finding their voices around the table and exploring new interests. It is fun to watch!