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Growing up around boarding school campuses in Avon, Connecticut, taught me the values of community, tradition and educational excellence. Coming to Exeter immediately felt like home, and I am honored to help advance the mission of the Academy through my role in Institutional Advancement.

One evening in February, I enjoyed time with Dean of Students Emerita Susan Herney and her husband, History Instructor Emeritus Jack Herney, in a special bird-watching class taught to a group of adults Harkness-style. Through the years, many of you may have heard from Susan Herney, as she was the first to write endowed fund reports about the meaningful community Exonians have built together.

Born and raised in Presque Isle, Maine, among the “tater” fields of Aroostook County, my childhood revolved around family, school, athletics, tap, ballet and piano lessons and endless hours of jumping on our trampoline. Life was grand! I always enjoyed learning and was very happy to be able to attend college at the alma mater of my father and four older siblings. A family tradition, so to say. Three months after graduation, I was hired at my old high school as the Computer Aide, where I monitored a room of 50 IBM machines and helped students with any issues they encountered.