Contact Institutional Advancement
Nathaniel Gilman House
46 Front Street
Exeter NH 03833-2460
Phillips Exeter Academy
Office of Institutional Advancement
20 Main Street
Exeter, NH 03833-2460
Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST)
Federal Tax ID No: 02-0222174
Meet the Team
Brett Berger
What an honor for me to represent the Academy for the Office of Institutional Advancement since 1995! Alumni have fascinating stories about their journeys before, during and after Exeter. Their Exeter education was usually transformative, and alumni want to give back. Matching the philanthropic interests of alumni with the Academy’s priorities is a privilege for me.
I grew up in Exeter, so I am excited to be back home. Before joining the office of Institutional Advancement, I spent six years working in the Exeter Admissions Office as an associate director of admissions, and prior to that, I spent four years at Pomfret School as assistant director of admissions and international student coordinator. Before working at Pomfret School, I worked in the front office at Major League Lacrosse and the Boston Celtics.
Holly Oliver Hedeman
Having lived in the Greater Exeter community for almost 20 years, it was a pleasure to find the opportunity to join Phillips Exeter Academy as regional director of major gifts in the spring of 2017. My diverse background ranges from business development in high tech to executive recruitment in retail to travel consultant, and in many ways, it has all prepared me well for this work. I spent most of my working years in the Bay Area, which I loved, but family ties in the New England area ultimately pulled me across the country, where I settled into the Seacoast area in 2005.
Melissa Henerberry
Katherine Lutarewych
Following a 15-year career as a financial adviser to corporate executives in Saratoga, New York, I aspired to return to a small-town academic community — as I had experienced as the son of a lifelong college administrator. Combining that desire with experience in estate, tax and investment planning landed me at Colgate University’s Office of Planned Giving in 2008, and exposed me to the rewarding world of nonprofit fundraising. As a Northfield Mount Hermon graduate, I had developed an appreciation for the value of a boarding school education. When the opportunity to join Exet