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
Andrew Wooden Vice-Chairman of the Board Head of School Bosque Preparatory School, NM	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
Dale L. Wentz Secretary of the Board Director of Admissions North Shore Country Day School, IL	Robert A. Stanley, Jr. ex officio President ASSIST, CT
Phillipa Bond The Taft School '89 Partner Proskauer Rose LLP Los Angeles, CA	Pamela M. Thye Former Parent Middlesex School, MA
John R. Eidam Dean of Admissions Director of International and Summer Programs Wyoming Seminary, PA	Catherine M. Tinsley Former Parent and Volunteer Leader Washington International School, DC
Robert Fleishman Partner, Steptoe & Johnson, Attorneys at Law Washington, DC	Frederick H. Wandelt III Assistant to the Headmaster The Taft School, CT
Robert H. Mattoon, Jr. Head of School Emeritus Hotchkiss School, CT	Stephen C. White President Mystic Seaport, CT
Sean Harris St. Andrew's-Sewanee School '95 CEO C.B. Shoes, Germany	Priscilla Winn Barlow Interim Head of School The Hamlin School, CA
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
William T. Buice Partner, Davidson, Dawson & Clark, NYC Trustee, The Asheville School, NC	Kevin J. O'Brien President H.A. Schupf, Inc., NY
Walter H. Burgin Former Executive Director The Edward E. Ford Foundation, DC	Lance R. Odden Headmaster Emeritus The Taft School, CT
John Buxton Head of School Culver Academies, IN	William Olsen (Deceased) Headmaster Emeritus Hotchkiss School, CT
John Caswell (Deceased) President and CEO The Omnia Group, FL	Diane C. Proctor English Teacher Middlesex School, MA
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
Paul L Gossling President and Owner Garden Zone LLC, CT	Peter W. Stevens Director, School and College Adivsory Services Camille M. Bertram Educational Consultants, MA
David E. Howe Former Director of Financial Affairs Northfield Mount Hermon School, MA	Marjo Talbott Head of School Maret School, DC
Peter W. Hursh (Deceased) Managing Director ECG Advisors, LLC, CA	John L. Tyrer Headmaster Emeritus The Asheville School, NC
John Kidde (Deceased) Former President and Director KDM Development Corporation, NJ	Francine Ugeux Former Parent The Hotchkiss School, CT
Kenneth I. Lindfors President Emeritus ASSIST	C. Carter Walker Neville, Rodie & Shaw, Inc., NY
Charles B. McCullagh Chief Financial Officer Williston Northampton School, MA	Eric Widmer Headmaster Kings Academy, Jordan
Timothy R. McIntire Headmaster Emeritus Francis Parker School, CA	Hartmut Wiedenmann Former Chairman, ASSIST Förderverein Cologne, Germany
Frederick L. Morefield Independent Consultant, VA

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Assist Launches its 42nd Year

The Class of 2010/11 – 146 Scholars from 21 Countries/Regions
87 independent secondary schools currently participate from 27 states in the U.S.
More than 4,000 alumni
44 countries represented over 40 years

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Candidates for ASSIST scholarships apply through country coordinators in their home countries.

Please select your country from the list below, and the link will take you to the page with full and complete application instructions and materials for your home country.

If your country is not listed below, please e-mail Kristen Sullivan at Kristen@assist-inc.org.

ASSIST Partner Countries and Regions

Australia	Lithuania
Austria	Moldova
Bulgaria	Romania
China	Slovakia
Croatia	South Africa
The Czech Republic	Spain
Germany	Sweden
Hungary	Vietnam