About

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees
A Strategic Partnership

The Board of Trustees is a group of volunteers responsible for stewarding the school’s mission and strategic goals, ensuring its long-term financial health, and upholding the reputation built by its founders and those who have shaped the school over the years. Trustees serve as fiduciaries for future generations of Seven Hills students—overseeing financial sustainability, approving the annual budget, and managing the school’s physical assets and fundraising efforts. They also offer expertise in areas such as law, construction, human resources, marketing, public health, and finance.
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Responsibilities

List of 3 items.

  • Strategic Planning

    Guiding and overseeing the school’s strategic plan to ensure progress toward goals and objectives.
  • Financial Stewardship

    Managing financial resources, including approving the annual budget and setting tuition.
  • Head of School Support

    Hiring, advising, evaluating, and supporting the Head of School

Day to Day Operations

The Board is not involved in the school's day-to-day operations, including disciplinary actions, personnel decisions, admissions, and modified tuition decisions.

Committees

The Board operates through a series of standing committees, as well as ad hoc and advisory committees formed as needed. These committees meet regularly—separate from full Board meetings—to research and develop recommendations on key school matters. Most committees include at least one Seven Hills staff member who serves as a liaison to school administration. The Executive Committee works closely with the Head of School, and most trustees serve on one or two committees.

List of 6 items.

  • Finance & Investment

    Consistent with the Board of Trustees' governance principles regarding fiduciary duty and oversight responsibilities, the Finance Committee oversees the school's financial management, budget, investment, and fiscal integrity (procedures and audit). The committee advises the Administration in preparing the annual budget and advises the Board regarding annual tuition setting.
  • Governance

    Governance ensures a strong board by undertaking an ongoing trustee nomination process, including analysis and planning for future needs and clarifying the expectations of a trustee to candidates. They also oversee trustee orientation and development as well as conduct the annual board health survey.
  • Risk Management & Audit

    The Risk Committee assists the Board in its oversight of the school’s activities, including financial and operational risks and other material risks and exposures, as well as the actions and activities of the school to mitigate such risks and exposures, to the extent such oversight is not otherwise the responsibility of another committee of the Board.
  • Development

    Working with the Director of Development and team, the committee provides advice on and helps with the strategic direction and implementation of all aspects of the development program, including the Annual Fund, Auction, capital and endowment campaigns, alumni relations, donor cultivation, and stewardship.
  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)

    Charged with steering Seven Hills' diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging efforts, the DEIB committee works to enrich the student experience and school community through cultural competency, promote an inclusive environment, and expand accessibility and affordability.
  • Capital Campaign

    Working with the Head of School, Director of Development, and Capital Campaign Director, the committee provides advice on and helps with the strategic direction and implementation of all aspects of the capital campaign, The Campaign for Seven Hills.

Kathleen McNamara, Head of School

The Board of Trustees helps Seven Hills navigate a future we imagine together. With a forward-thinking approach, they help guide our school toward a shared vision—one that prepares our students to thrive in the world beyond our campus. Our trustees protect the future of the school from the present.

Trustees

List of 25 members.

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    Katie Alberts 

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    Paul Deeringer 

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  • Photo of Jonathan Forman

    Jon Forman 

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  • Photo of Shireen Ghorbani

    Shireen Ghorbani 

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  • Photo of Charles Graves

    Kwesi Graves 

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  • Photo of Joel Grossman

    Joel Grossman 

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  • Photo of Rajneesh Gupta

    Raj Gupta 

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    Rose Harris 

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  • Photo of Jacques Herring

    Jacques Herring 

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    Kara King 

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  • Photo of Chalis Kuba

    Chalis Kuba 

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  • Photo of Rashna Larson

    Rashna Larson 

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    Eric Littell 

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  • Photo of Whitney Livermore

    Whitney Livermore 

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  • Photo of Gregory Marsh

    Greg Marsh 

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  • Photo of Ianthus Martin

    Ianthus Martin 

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    Tanvee Mehra 

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  • Photo of Julie Meissner

    Julie Meissner 

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    Oanh Nguyen 

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    Ronke Olatunji 

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    Dasol Park 

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    Marcela Robledo 

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  • Photo of Delbert Stafford

    Del Stafford 

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  • Photo of Erica Weber

    Erica Weber 

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    Ben Winig 

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The School admits students of any race, color, and national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, or national and ethnic origin, in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, tuition assistance programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.