LANDON SCHOOL - Key Persons


Alex Baldwin - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Ambassador William C. Eacho III

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Campaign Leadership Team

Benjamin Thomas - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • the Landon COO

Bill Brady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Director of Athletics

Bill Magruder - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Secretary
  • Trustee

Brien White - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer

Brooke Seawell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Trustee

Bryn White

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee

Burnell Holland

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • III '01, Trustee

Chris Harper - CFO, COO

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • COO
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Deborah Basket

Job Titles:
  • Co - Director of College Counseling

Debra Graham

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Dijon Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Leadership Team

Donald Dell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Trustee

Dwaine Alleyne

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Trustee

Ehren Federowicz

Job Titles:
  • Head of Upper School

Ellice Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Leadership Team
  • Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Erin Duffy

Job Titles:
  • Head of Middle School

Harmar Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee

Henry Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the DEI Leadership Team
  • Upper School and Middle School Assistant Dean of Students / Upper School

Herbie Spellman

Job Titles:
  • the Landon Security Manager

Inger Rosner

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Jack Leachman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee

Jean-Marie Fernandez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Jeff Ansary

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Jeffrey Freed - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • Treasurer

Jim Neill - President

Job Titles:
  • Head of School
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • President

John Bellaschi

Job Titles:
  • Director of Ethics, Service, and Leadership

John Botti

Job Titles:
  • Trustee

Julian Edgeworth Gillespie

Established by his classmates and the Gillespie family, this fund honors Julian "Gilly" Gillespie '48 who died in 1982. Gilly was an outstanding soccer player during his Landon years and was very active as an alumni leader before his untimely death. Income from this fund supports the soccer program at Landon and provides an annual award to an outstanding member of the Varsity Soccer team.

Justin D. Simon

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship
The Justin D. Simon Scholarship Fund for Hispanic Students was established in 2001 in memory of Justin Simon, father of Adam Simon '96. This fund supports financial aid for a Hispanic student at Landon.

Kirsten Petersen

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications and Marketing

Kristen Best

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Kyle A. Richards

Dr. Mark Richards '75 and his wife established this fund in memory of their infant son in 1994. Each year this fund provides a cash award to support a special program in math or science by a Landon Upper School student.

Laura Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Campaign Leadership Team
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • Trustee and Parent of Three Bears, in Classes 2017, 2021 and 2024

Lisa Ellis Williams

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Lucas Metropulos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • Leadership Gifts Officer

Maclear Jacoby

Job Titles:
  • Endowed Chair
Established in 1996 with generous contributions from Mr. and Mrs. Knight Kiplinger '65/Kiplinger Foundation, Mr. Robert Fogarty '69 and Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Smith '62, the fund honors Maclear Jacoby, Landon math teacher, tennis coach, and former Middle School Head. "The Chairholder will be a superior teacher whose educational perspective reflects Mac Jacoby's desire that the recipient be one whose excellence in mathematics is exceeded only by his/her desire to go the extra mile for anyone having trouble with the subject."

Matthew A. Coursen

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Campaign Leadership Team
Laura Hoffman, current trustee and parent of three Bears, in classes 2017, 2021 and 2024. This is a great start. However, we still have a lot of work left to do. Our goal is to raise another $20 million. I ask each of you to support this campaign as generously as you can. We need everyone's help. We will be reaching out to all of you. And we would ask that you please take our calls when we do. If you have questions, please reach out directly to me, to Jim Neill, to Peter Gallo or any of the current trustees or Co-Chairs of the Capital Campaign. Thank you very much for the generous support I know you will give to this critical effort.

Michael Sopher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Director of Buildings and Grounds

Michael Voris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Trustee

Mike Day

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee

Morgan Pearson - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Human Resources

Mr. Matthew D. Holleran

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Development Committee
  • Chairman of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Trustee

Mr. Mike McCabe

Job Titles:
  • Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations

Mr. Nicholas Clarke

Job Titles:
  • Development Assistant

Mr. Rob Bordley

Job Titles:
  • Alumni Ambassador

Mrs. Beverly G. Hudnut

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Finance Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Mrs. Liz Hudson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Development
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • Assistant Director of Development for Analytics, Endowment, and Publications

Mrs. Loretta Menzen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Director of Development Operations
  • Executive Assistant to the Director of Development

Ms. Beth Appleton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Special Events

Ms. Maria Femiano

Job Titles:
  • Development Communications and Stewardship Manager

Nick Freeman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Nick Scully

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee
  • Fundraising Counsel - Scully and Associates

Norene S. Davis

Job Titles:
  • Scholarship
This fund was established in 1981 in memory of Mrs. Norene Davis, the grandmother of five alumni: Floyd E. "Skip" Davis III '71 and John Davis '74; Chris '70, Davis '73 and Greg '86 Camalier; and great-grandmother of Matt '00 and Brian '02 Walker; Teddy '02 and Colin Diefenach '06; Tyler '06, Patrick '08 and Matthew '12 Hunt; Hunter '13 and Spencer '18 Davis; and Davis ‘14 and Charles Colby '17 Camalier. The gift is established by the Floyd E. Davis family. This scholarship goes to a student in the Middle or Upper School.

Olivier Kamanda

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Trustee
  • Vice Chair

Paul L. Banfield Endowed

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Ethics
  • Endowed Chair in Ethics
This fund was established by the Class of 1954 under the leadership of Paul B. Kern '54 during their 50th reunion. The fund was generously augmented through a gift from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buchanan '60. The chair holder is responsible for establishing and implementing a program of ethics and leadership education in all divisions of the School.

Peter J. Gallo

Job Titles:
  • Director of Development
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Parent Campaign Committee

Peter M. Swinehart

Job Titles:
  • Chairman in Literature & Composition
Of the many ways that teaching excellence is nurtured and recognized at Landon School, the awarding of an endowed faculty chair is one of the most significant. Peter Arnold '82 established The Peter M. Swinehart Chair in Literature & Composition in 2019. Literary study necessarily confronts us with the richness of human experiences, helping us to appreciate common values and the differences between those experiences across cultures, places, and times. Peter M. Swinehart, a master of the English language, taught at Landon School for more than forty years, delivering excellence in education to generations of boys. Serving as a mentor to his colleagues, Mr. Swinehart was one of the early architects of the humanities program and instrumental in ensuring innovation and creativity was at the forefront of a Landon boys education. The Landon community will be forever grateful to Mr. Swinehart for his dedicated service to the teaching profession. Income from the Peter M. Swinehart Chair in Literature & Composition exclusively supports the study of "Literature of Accepted Critical Merit" (LACM) and efforts to promote better writing among Landon students. The Peter M. Swinehart Chair in Literature & Composition will honor a member of the faculty who has demonstrated excellence in teaching LACM. Income from the Swinehart Chair will also support (1) teacher professional development in writing instruction focusing on LACM and (2) excellence in implementing methods to help students improve their writing.

Rachael Feola

Job Titles:
  • Director of Auxiliary Programs

Richard Leggett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee

Robert McQuitty

Job Titles:
  • Controller
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Member of the Finance Committee

Robert Waechter

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee
  • Project Manager

Scott Harris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee

Shirley Povich

Established by Mr. Maurice R. Povich '57 and Mrs. Connie Chung in memory of Mr. Povich's father, the legendary Washington Post sports columnist, Shirley Povich. This scholarship supports financial aid to two students residing within the District of Columbia.

Stefany Morales

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Steve Jones

Job Titles:
  • Chairman, Board DEI Task Force

Steve King - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer

Tara Montague

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Head of School

Ted Lamade

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Member of the Development Committee
  • Member of the Endowment Committee
  • Trustee

Ted Prince

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Trustee

Thomas Castiello

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Buildings and Grounds Committee

Tom Scott

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Alumni Campaign Committee
  • Trustee

William F. Banks - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Family Chair
Selected by the Head of School, the William F. Banks Family Chair will be held for a term of three years and carry an annual stipend ($3,000) above and beyond the normal compensation package.