GERMANTOWN ACADEMY - Key Persons

Abigail Duffine

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Titles: Advancement Associate

Adele Tippett

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Assistant Director of GA Summer Camps

Amanda Finlaw

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Titles: Senior Associate Director of Communications and Marketing

Amy Seyfert Connelly

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Annamarie Geppert

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Biography: Anne Leonard joined the Office of College Counseling in 2021 after having served as the Assistant to the Head of the Middle School at Germantown Academy for four years. Leonard previously worked in the Office of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies at Arcadia University for nine years and in college admissions at both Arcadia University and at Rosemont College for seven years. She earned her BA in English Literature from Rosemont College, her MA in English from Arcadia University and her MLS from Kutztown University.

Anthony DiSandro

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Bela D. Bagga

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Brian Williams

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Member of the BOARD

Carol Momjian

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Member of the BOARD

Cheryl Ross

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SECRETARY

Daniel Evans

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Member of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth College Colloquium
Senior Associate Director of College Counseling

Biography: Dan Evans joined the Germantown Academy College Counseling team in 2020 with 30 years of experience working in college admissions. He has extensive experience working on the East and West Coasts at small liberal arts colleges and a large research university. He has been a senior admissions officer at Elizabethtown College, Lafayette College, the University of Puget Sound (where he served as director), and the University of Pennsylvania, where he served as an admission officer and athletic liaison. He joined the William Penn Charter School in 2004 as the Director of College Counseling and served in that position and as a member of the senior management team for 16 years. Evans has served as a faculty member of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth College Colloquium and the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC) Summer Institute. He also served as a member of the PACAC Executive Committee. He has been featured in books, newspapers and magazine articles discussing the college application process. He and his wife, Susanna, have three children; two of whom have successfully navigated the college search process and the youngest is a member of the GA Class of 2025.

Dina Katz

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Titles: Associate Director of Communications and Marketing

Dr. Desrene Freeman

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dr. Linda White Nunes

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Member of the BOARD

Dr. Philip Huang

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Edward Swanson

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Member of the BOARD

Ira M. Brownstein

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Janet Haugen - Treasurer

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
TREASURER

Jessica Holl

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Titles: Associate Director of Research and Stewardship

Joaquim Hamilton

Biography: Joaquim Hamilton began his first year at GA in fall 2023. He came to Fort Washington from Westtown School where he served as the associate director of college counseling for five years. Prior to that, Hamilton was the Assistant Dean and Director of Multicultural Recruitment at Swarthmore College and served in a similar role at York College. He also worked for Philadelphia Futures as the Director of the College Connection and Young Men's Initiative. He is proud to have reviewed thousands of applications from both sides of the desk, built an extensive professional network across various institutions of higher education, and counseled students and parents through the complex and ever-changing college application and financial aid process.

John Cannon

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

John M. Galloway - VP

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
VICE PRESIDENT

Jonathan Na

Biography: Jonathan Na joined the College Counseling team in the 2018-19 school year as the Assistant Director of College Counseling and the Director of Testing. Na brings an interesting perspective to college counseling with a background as a pastor and youth minister. He is well versed in counseling teens as they grapple with becoming their best selves.

Joseph Cicchino

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Titles: Assistant Director of Communications and Marketing, Sports Information Coordinator

Judi J. Goodman

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Member of the BOARD
Member of the EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Karen Mason

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Director of College Counseling

Biography: Karen Mason joined Germantown Academy in 2009 after serving as Director of College Guidance at Wyoming Seminary (a national co-ed boarding school in Kingston, PA) for 13 years. Mason also taught English and served as a member of the administrative team at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and wrote a monthly column for The Times Leader. She earned her BA in English from Wilkes, and her MA in English Literature from Penn State University. At GA, she hosts an advisory as a member of Alcott Day House. Mason is Past President of the Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling (PACAC) and has presented at conferences held by NACAC, PACAC, and the Middle States Mid-Atlantic Region of the College Board. Mason is married to her wife, Joan.