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John M. Mackenzie John Mackenzie joined Educators’ Collaborative in 2013 with over forty years experience in independent schools. An independent school graduate, John’s early experience as a teacher, coach, department chair, college counselor, and dean provided him with a hands-on understanding of schools as both academic and social communities. He worked at day and boarding… Continue reading John M. Mackenzie

Jean G. Lamont Jean Lamont’s experience in the field of education has ranged from teaching biology in an all-girls high school in Kenya as a Peace Corps volunteer to serving as the Head of The Foote School, CT, a position she held for twelve years. Prior to her headship at Foote, Jean held positions as… Continue reading Jean G. Lamont

Douglas S. Jennings Throughout a career in independent education, Doug Jennings has worked at both day and boarding schools in the mid-west, southern and mid-Atlantic regions. His headships include fifteen years as the Director of Indian Springs School (AL) and nine years as the Head of Park Tudor School (IN). Prior to that, Doug was… Continue reading Douglas S. Jennings

Marcus D. Hurlbut Marcus Hurlbut has been in the independent school world for over forty years. He began his career in boarding schools before moving on to Roxbury Latin School in Boston as Dean of Students. He then went on to head three schools over the next thirty years – The Derryfield School (NH), Friends… Continue reading Marcus D. Hurlbut

Douglas C. Cummings Douglas C. Cummings joined Educators’ Collaborative in 2014. In addition to executive searches, his consulting practice includes governance, strategic planning, executive coaching, mentoring and leadership team development. As an EC Partner, he is fully committed to positioning schools for success through effective leadership.   Prior to joining Educators’ Collaborative, he served for… Continue reading Douglas C. Cummings

Nathaniel E. Conard Nat Conard grew up in Vermont on the campus of a small boarding school, The Mountain School, which his parents founded in the early sixties. After graduating from Yale University in 1981 with a B.S. in biology, he began his career in education in the public schools of rural New Hampshire where… Continue reading Nathaniel E. Conard

Joan Beauregard Joan Beauregard has served in the field of education for the past forty-four years. Joan’s experience in independent, public and parochial schools (Roman Catholic and Episcopalian) first started as a middle school English teacher in Connecticut. As she accompanied her husband, Jim, to Washington, D.C. and Seattle, Wash due to his military assignments… Continue reading Joan Beauregard

The Candidate Experience Jean Lamont February 23,2021 Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry’s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book. It has survived not only… Continue reading Jean Lamont

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Celebrate It Brenda Hamm | January 22, 2024 How about a New Year’s resolution for your school? Better yet, how about a New Year’s tradition? Not surprisingly, there are a ton of online discussions regarding New Year’s resolutions. Here are a couple of my favorites from Reddit…Read more »… Continue reading NOTES

Deirdre A. Ling After twenty-five years in higher education as Dean of Admissions, Assistant Chancellor, and Vice Chancellor for University Relations and Development at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Deirdre Ling transitioned into independent secondary education as the Head of Middlesex School in Concord, MA, a position she held for thirteen years. Deirdre taught English… Continue reading Deirdre A. Ling