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Governing Board

2020-2021 Trustees

Washington Episcopal School is incorporated in the District of Columbia and accredited by the State of Maryland. It is governed by its Board of Trustees, who are responsible for setting policy, overseeing affairs, hiring the Head of School, and guiding the school’s future.

Robert E. Freer, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus * ◊

Stacie DeRamus, Chair
Chair, Executive Committee

Jeff Tignor, Vice Chair

Anastasia Gekis (Piris), Treasurer
Chair, Finance Committees
Chair, Investment Committee

Nicole Miller, Secretary

Mahmoud Bah
Chair, Audit Committee

Theresa Carnegie

The Reverend
Prince A. Decker, Bishop’s Representative

Jay Irwin
Chair, Campus & Facilities Committee

Britt Snider ’88,
Trustee Emeritus

* Founding Trustee  ◊ Founders Award Recipient

M. Michele Hogan

Jess Mailloux (Kelly)

Bess Puvathingal (Milde)
Parents Association President

Jay Panchal

Laura Steuart
Chair, Trustees Committee

Liz Tyndall
Chair, Development Committee

Danny Vogelman
Head of  School

Madieu Williams

Samira Woodings

Founders Award

The Founders Award is presented by the Board of Trustees in recognition of those parents and friends of Washington Episcopal School who have, through their extraordinary spirit and exceptional service, demonstrated the commitment and leadership exemplified by the founding families of the School.

Recipients 

2015Stuart R. Work2003Wendy M. Goldberg
2014James P. Durling2003Suzanne B. Tolstoy
2014P. Diane Tipton2002Mary Jane Puckett
2010J. Page Lansdale2001Williams Knox Rawson
2007Kimberly Elliott1999Geoffrey Burnett Baker
2007Kathleen F. Patterson1999Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
2005Isabelle S. Schuessler1998John Thomas Kenney
2004Kathryn F. Donaldson1998Victoria J. Perkins
2004Cathryn Dickert Scoville1997Robert Elliott Freer, Jr.
2003Kathleen M. Bergen1997Floyd Ligon Norton IV

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