Carole Everett

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About Carole

A dedicated educator with over four decades of experience serving a variety of schools in many different teaching and leadership capacities, Carole Everett joined Educators Collaborative after serving for 14 highly successful years as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS). In that role she had the opportunity to work with all types of schools around issues of governance, leadership, and strategy among other matters, including invigorating admissions and communications, and initiating a women in leadership program.

 

Prior to NJAIS, Carole was the Head of the Good Hope School in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands. She has also served as the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid and Diversity Coordinator at St. Luke’s School in Greenwich Village, and as the Director of Admissions at The Nightingale- Bamford School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She taught Latin and was the Director of College Counseling at the Calhoun School. In higher education, Carole also worked in admissions at Barnard College, from which she graduated cum laude, and served as the Director of Admissions at The Juilliard School, overseeing dance, drama, and music admissions and extending the outreach and diversity of the world-renowned conservatory. It was while at Juilliard that Carole’s books about performing arts were published by Simon and Shuster and Random House in several editions and languages. At the international level, Carole co-founded and ran The Spoleto Arts Symposium in Spoleto, Italy for 17 summers, that included an opera master class, writing conference, kids camp, cooking school, jazz workshop, and other programs.

 

Carole has served on many Boards of Trustees for schools and other non-profit organizations including the Center of Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE); the Episcopal New Yorker; International Council Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA); Greenwich, CT Philharmonic; and Delaware Valley Opera. She finds working with Boards on issues of governance and strategy fundamental to the organization’s success and sustainability. Carole earned the BoardSource certificate in non-profit consulting.

 

Carole Everett has performed as a mezzo-soprano with opera companies and orchestras and in recitals all around the world. An upbeat people connector, Carole builds strong and effective teams in every organization of which she is a part. Her knowledge of schools runs wide and deep and she imagines possibilities where others may see none. With her professional experience in both education and in the arts, she seeks harmony and discipline in all her work.

 Professional Experience
  • Educators Collaborative, Partner, 2024-Present; Secretary, 2025-Present
  • New Jersey Association of Independent Schools (NJAIS), Executive Director, 2010-2024
  • St. Luke’s School, New York, NY, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid; Publications Coordinator; After School Program Administrator; Diversity Committee Coordinator, 2005-2010
  • The Good Hope School, St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Head of School, 2003-2005
  • The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY, Director of Admissions and Financial Aid, 1993-2003
  • Spoleto Arts Symposia, Spoleto, Italy, Co-Founder and Co-Head–Summers 1991-2009
  • The Juilliard School, New York, NY, Director of Admissions, 1986-1993
  • The Calhoun School, New York, NY, Director of College Counseling; Latin Teacher; Acting Head of the Upper School; Coordinator of Assembly Programs, 1980-1985
  • The Birch Wathen School, New York, NY, Dean of Girls; Latin Teacher, 1979-1980
  • Barnard College, New York, NY, Assistant Dean of Admissions, 1977-1979
  • Spoleto Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy and Charleston, SC, Mezzo-soprano with chamber music program and Orchestra Manager

Areas of Expertise

Board Chair Coaching, Board Workshops, Leadership Search

Education

  • Barnard College of Columbia University, B.A., cum laude
  • Sessione Senese per la Musica e l’Arte Università di Siena, 

            Advanced Diploma

  • Columbia Teachers College, Further studies
  • The Julliard School, Further studies
Professional Affiliations
  • The Heads Network, 2025-present
  • Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE), Washington, DC, 2018-present
  • International Counsel Advancing Independent School Accreditation (ICAISA), Board Member, Executive Committee Member, 2014-2024
  • Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, Educational Advisory Board, 2013-2016

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