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Governing Board

NCS is directed by a Governing Board composed of parents, alumnae, and other friends of the School.
 
Six members serve ex officio: the bishop of Washington, the Head of School, two members of the NCS faculty, a representative of the NCS Alumnae Advisory Group, and a representative of the NCS Parents Association. The faculty members and the Alumnae Advisory Group and Parents Association representatives are nominated by the Board and elected by the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, as are the remaining at-large members, who serve three-year terms.
 
The Governing Board entrusts the administration of the school to the Head of School. Primary responsibility for the well-being of the school rests with the Board. Its tasks include:
  • establishing policy for the educational affairs of the institution;
  • selecting and evaluating the Head of School; and
  • ensuring sound fiscal management, adequate philanthropic support, and wise conservation of the school's assets and physical plant.

    • NCS Governing Board 2024-2025

Not pictured: Helen Bechtel '00, Jason Goodwin, Suzanna Kang, Tushar Patel, Roland Reynolds, and Antonio Sierra.

Officers

Laura Puryear
Chair
 
Mieka Freund Wick '93
Vice Chair
 
Helen Bechtel ’00
Secretary
 
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde
Bishop of Washington, ex officio

Joe Smolskis
Assistant Head of School for Finance & Operations

2024-2025 Members

List of 20 members.

  • Chris Calsyn 

  • Gina Coburn 

  • Matthew Cutts 

  • Morgan Eaker 

  • Jason Goodwin 

  • Franca Gutierrez 

  • Makiko "Makiko" Harrison 

  • Elizabeth "Liz" Hayes 

  • Suzanna Kang 

  • Cidalia Luis-Akbar 

  • William "Bill" Lynn 

  • Wray Muoio 

  • Tushar Patel 

  • Carmen Perkins 

  • Michael Rankin 

  • Roland Reynolds 

  • Barbara "Lou" Rollinson 77

  • Elinor Scully 

  • Antonio Sierra 

  • Gay Truscott 80

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