Annual Joint Meeting of the Andover Development Board and the Board of Trustees

Program

Friday, November 7, 2025

11:45 a.m.
Registration
Kemper Lobby

12:15 p.m.
Teaching and Learning at Andover
Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24, ’27, Head of School
Merrilee Mardon, PhD, P’27, Deputy Head of School for Academics & Student Affairs
Caroline Odden P’26, ’28, Dean of Studies
Joint Session with Board of Trustees
Kemper Auditorium (lunch will be served)

1:40 p.m.
ADB Welcome Remarks
Scott Gilbertson ’87, P’27, ADB Co-Chair
Meg McClellan ’96, ADB Co-Chair
Kemper Auditorium

1:45 p.m.
Balance in Motion: Athletics at Andover
Lisa Joel, Director, Athletics
Scott Gilbertson ’87, P’27, ADB Co-Chair
Kemper Auditorium

2:45 p.m.
Pause for Connection
Refreshments provided
Underwood Room

3:15 p.m.
ADB Business Meeting
Scott Gilbertson ’87, P’27, ADB Co-Chair
Meg McClellan ’96, ADB Co-Chair
Kemper Auditorium

4:15 p.m.
Journey of Philanthropy
Meg McClellan ’96, ADB Co-Chair
Grace Curley ’81, P’20, Director of Gift Planning
OWHL – Freeman Room

5 p.m.
Business of the Board
Michael Schmertzler ’70, P’05, ’07, Trustee, Chair, Collections Committee
Scott Gilbertson ’87 P’27, ADB Co-Chair
OWHL – Freeman Room

6 p.m.
Reception and Dinner
Celebrating Faculty Teaching Foundation and Instructorship Recipients
Snyder Center

8:30 p.m.
Post-Dinner Hospitality with Trustees
Hosted by Amy C. Falls ’82, P’19, ’21, President of the Board of Trustees
Andover Inn

Saturday, November 8, 2025

8 a.m.
Learning in the World: Creating Global Citizens
Joint session with Board of Trustees
Mark Cutler P’24, ’26, Director, Learning in the World
LITW Student Global Ambassadors
Kemper Auditorium (breakfast will be served)

9 a.m.
Academic Excellence, A Panel Discussion with Faculty
Eric Roland, Interim Currie Family Director, Tang Institute
Jeremiah C. Hagler, PhD, P’16, ’16, ’16, Instructor, Biology
Stephanie Curci P’29, Instructor, English
Christopher Jones, Instructor, History and Social Science
Sergia Hay, PhD, Instructor, Philosophy and Religious Studies
Kemper Auditorium

10 a.m.
Pause for Connection
Refreshments provided
Kemper Auditorium

10:15 a.m.
The Andover Experience
Sean Logan, Dean of College Counseling
Caroline Odden P’26, ’28, Dean of Studies
Jim Ventre ’79, Assistant Head of School for Admissions and Financial Aid
Kemper Auditorium

11:45 a.m.
ADB Town Hall
Meg McClellan ’96, ADB Co-Chair
Scott Gilbertson ’87, P’27, ADB Co-Chair
Kemper Auditorium

12:30 p.m.
Leading with Purpose: Strategic Perspectives from Academy Leadership
Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24, ’27, Head of School
Amy C. Falls ’82, P’19, ’21, President of the Board of Trustees
Open Q&A facilitated by Meg McClellan ’96, ADB Co-Chair
Paresky Commons, Upper Left (lunch will be served)

Additional campus activities:

Join us in cheering on our Big Blue teams!
A-E athletic games will be held at Exeter this year
Athletics schedule link

Andover and the Military, 16th Annual Veterans Day Program and Dinner
Monday, November 10, 2025, 6 p.m. on-campus Featuring: Jesse M. Ehrenfeld ’96, MD, MPH
Registration link

Addison Gallery of American Art Hours
Friday & Saturday: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sunday: 1–5 p.m.
Current exhibitions link

Upcoming gatherings featuring Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P'24,'27, Head of School

• December 9 – New York City, Steering Toward the Future: A Leadership Conversation with Board of Trustees President Amy C. Falls ’82, P’19, ’21
• February 10-13 – Florida, Steering Toward the Future
• February 25-26 – California, Steering Toward the Future
• April 29 – Virtual, Steering Toward the Future

Formal invitations forthcoming

2025 ADB Speaker Bios

Amy Falls ’82, P’19, ’21
President, Board of Trustees

Amy Falls became the first woman to serve as president of the Board of Trustees—of Andover or Abbot—on July 1, 2020. Falls earned degrees from Georgetown University and Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government; her professional experience includes positions with Morgan Stanley as managing director and global fixed income strategist. Prior to becoming chief investment officer at Rockefeller, she was Andover’s first CIO from 2005 to 2011. She built a New York-based team and managed Andover’s endowment through both prosperous and challenging times. Her non sibi portfolio is also expansive and includes seats on the boards of the Ford Foundation and Harvard Management Company. After Falls left Andover to become CIO at Rockefeller University in 2011, she was subsequently appointed to Andover’s Board of Trustees. In 2021, Falls was named Northwestern University’s vice president and chief investment officer, becoming the first woman in the University’s history to hold that position.

Lisa Joel
Director of Athletics

Lisa Joel came to Andover in 1993 after graduating from Amherst College, where she competed in soccer, basketball, and lacrosse for four years, captaining each of these teams during her senior year. Hired as a Teaching Fellow in Athletics, Joel had the opportunity to step into the assistant coach role in all three varsity sports during her first two years at Andover while also serving as Andover’s Sports Information Director. 

In 1998, Joel was appointed the Big Blue girls’ varsity soccer coach. Over the years, the Andover girls’ varsity soccer team (GVS) has won the Class A Prep School championship on four occasions (1998, 2009, 2011, 2015). In 2011, Joel was named the NSCAA New England Private School Coach of the Year. In the fall of 2024, Joel was named Coach of the Year for independent schools by United Soccer (Massachusetts).

Joel is the Director of Athletics and has spent 22 years living in dormitories at Andover and serving as an academic advisor to numerous students and as the faculty advisor to the Class of 2016. She is also the faculty advisor for the student club, Campuses Against Cancer. Following a seven-year tenure as Dean of Abbot Cluster, Joel took a sabbatical in 2012 and earned a Master's in Education from Boston University. Joel, her husband Chris, and their three daughters enjoy spending time in the summer at their home in the mountains of Bristol, NH, running, cycling, and watching soccer at all levels.

Raynard Kington, MD, PhD, P’24, ’27
Head of School

Dr. Raynard S. Kington became the 16th head of school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, in July 2020. Prior to Andover, he served for 10 years as president of Grinnell College (2010–2020) and is now president emeritus. He previously served in a range of positions at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including principal deputy director and acting director, associate director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and acting director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 

Before NIH, Dr. Kington was a division director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and served as director of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). He has also been a senior scientist at the RAND Corporation and assistant professor of medicine at UCLA. He was elected to the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2006.

Dr. Kington attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a BS with distinction and an MD degree; he completed his residency in internal medicine at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago. He was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned an MBA with distinction and a PhD with a concentration in health policy and economics at the Wharton School and was awarded a Fontaine Fellowship. Dr. Kington received his board certification in internal medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and geriatric medicine.

His research has focused on the social determinants of health and, more recently, on diversity in the scientific workforce. He currently serves on the boards of the National Opinion Research Center, Beth Israel Lahey Health, RAND, and The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Dr. Kington is married to Peter Daniolos, MD, a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry. They have two sons.

Sean Logan
Dean of College Counseling

Sean joined the Academy in 2011. Mr. Logan brings more than 20 years of experience in college counseling and admission, at both the independent school and college level. During his 11 years at Williams, Mr. Logan directed the application reading and selection process, coordinated athletic recruiting, was the main liaison to the financial aid office, and oversaw international student admission. He has also worked in admission for Harvard and Stanford Universities and Occidental College. Additionally, he was the director of college counseling at The Bishop School in La Jolla, California, for six years. Mr. Logan served two terms on the Board of Directors of Greylock ABC (A Better Chance), the Williamstown branch of a national program which places promising students of color at the nation’s leading high schools, and partnered with a philanthropist to establish a college counseling program for low-income high school students in San Francisco. He serves on the board of SCS Noonan Scholars, a program that helps high-achieving low-income underrepresented students get into and graduate from top colleges. Mr. Logan earned his undergraduate degree at Williams and holds a master’s degree in higher education administration from Stanford.

Merrilee Mardon P’27
Deputy Head of School for Academics & Student Affairs 

In February 2023, Dr. Merrilee Mardon joined Andover as the new Deputy Head of School. A graduate of Smith College, Dr. Mardon earned her PhD in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and taught economics and gender and women’s studies at Connecticut College before joining the Hotchkiss faculty in 2008. She was appointed Dean of Academic Life in 2014 and served as Dean of Faculty and Associate Head of School from 2017-2023. Bringing her love for teaching to Andover, Dr. Mardon also serves as an instructor in the history and social science department.

Caroline Odden P’26, ’28
Dean of Studies, Physics Instructor

Caroline first joined the PA faculty in 2001 teaching in both the physics and mathematics departments, eventually shifting to focus on physics and astronomy. As an astronomy instructor and supervisor of the PA Observatory. Odden has developed a course in which students use the observatory to conduct original research and a variety of projects, including asteroid rotation studies, exoplanet detections, and variable star discoveries. Odden has served as a house counselor, academic advisor, and coach for both the ice hockey and golf teams. She has also served on the Pine Knoll Discipline Committee, the Student Program Review Committee, and as the community liaison to the Abbot Academy Fund. Odden served as the head of the Division of Natural Sciences from 2017-2020 and Physics Department chair from 2016-2022. She was appointed to her current role as Dean of Studies.

Eric Roland
Interim Director and Precourt Director of Partnerships, Tang Institute

Eric joined Phillips Academy in 2014 as the inaugural Precourt Director of Partnerships of the Tang Institute and today serves as the interim Currie Family Director of the institute. In addition to his work with the Tang Institute and external engagement responsibilities on behalf of the Academy, Eric leads the school’s Leadership Development Program, which has engaged more than 60 colleagues from five schools since launching its first cohort in 2021. As well, Eric helps design and develop global and experiential education programming through Learning in the World, including co-leading a program in Switzerland focused on complex systems, sustainability, and social impact. 

Prior to joining Phillips Academy, Eric worked with the World Economic Forum and the Inter-American Development Bank and served as a teacher of religion at Notre Dame Catholic High School (now Notre Dame Prep) in Fairfield, Connecticut. He has degrees from both Fairfield University and Tufts University and is currently a graduate student at Boston College. 

Michael Schmertzler ’70 P’05, ’07
Charter Trustee

Michael Schmertzler serves as chairman of PTC Therapeutics, as well as chairman of SHY Therapeutics, a privately held early-stage biotechnology company. He was previously a managing director of Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., president of Morgan Stanley Leveraged Capital Funds, a managing director of Shearson Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, and a managing director and chief financial officer of Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb.  Additionally, he has previously served as a director of Cytokinetics and Idenix. He has also served as chair of the Investment Committee of Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Partners and director of several of its portfolio companies. Since 1997, he has been a professor at Yale School of Management, where he lectures on economics and the practice of management.

Jim Ventre ’79
Assistant Head of School for Admission & Financial Aid

Jim received an A.B. degree from Dartmouth College in 1983. He joined the Phillips Academy faculty as a teaching fellow in English and later became an admission officer under dean of admission Josh Miner until 1986. After a brief time on Wall Street, he was appointed director of financial aid at Andover in 1990. Prior to his appointment as dean of admission in winter 2013, Ventre concurrently served as interim dean of admission and director of admission operations. He has served on numerous boards and committees related to admission and financial aid. Ventre has been celebrated for his work with underserved populations and has dedicated his professional career to working with students and their families to gain access to Andover. He is particularly proud of Andover’s decision to adopt a need-blind admission policy. In addition to his responsibilities in the Office of Admission, Ventre has served as an advisor, coach, and house counselor. Ventre served as interim head of school in 2019 and returned to his role as Assistant Head of School for Admission and Financial Aid in summer 2020.

Attendees

Academy Directory

Raynard S. Kington, MD, PhD, P’24, ’27
Head of School 
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Nicole Cherubini
Acting Secretary of the Academy 
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Major Gifts Team

Catherine Carr
Major Gift Officer
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Stacy Gillis
Major Gift Officer
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Maureen LaCerda
Major Gift Officer 
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Victoria McCarthy
Major Gift Officer
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Chelsea Morey
Major Gift Officer
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Austin McGuigan
Development Associate
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Mikayla Ruocchio
Coordinator
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Dianne Ventola
Coordinator
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