About
Leadership
The Winsor School has long benefited from strong, stable leadership. There have been just eight heads of school since Winsor’s founding in 1886. The trustees serve as the governing body of the school. The Winsor Corporation, part of the school’s governance structure, approves nominations to that board. Its ranks include many of the school’s most ardent and loyal supporters and ambassadors.
Sarah Pelmas
Head of School and
O’Donnell Family Chair
Sarah Pelmas is the eighth head of The Winsor School, continuing a strong tradition of visionary women as school leaders. She continues to forge and share a compelling vision for Winsor’s future.
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Her Education
Ms. Pelmas received her A.B. in English and Creative Writing from Princeton University and her M.A. in English and Creative Writing from Syracuse University. She earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric from the University of California Berkeley. -
Her Experience
Sarah Pelmas joined Winsor in July 2016 after a "profoundly fulfilling" tenure at National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., one of the country's pre-eminent girls' day schools. During her six years there, she served as associate head and head of the Upper School.
Prior to NCS, she served for a decade on the faculty and administration at San Francisco University High School, gaining experience in the many facets of school operations in her roles as dean of students, English teacher, and interim athletic director at a school known for its high-achieving students.
Ms. Pelmas has also taught in the English departments of Stanford, Syracuse University, the City College of San Francisco, and the University of California, Berkeley. While her career path began in higher education, she says that a shift to independent schools taught her “how much more there is to the education when it includes the whole person.” -
Her Passion
“We’re in a world where girls and women are still fighting for so many things,” Sarah Pelmas reflects in her first interview as Winsor’s new head of school. “It can be difficult to watch. I feel fervent about this: I want to see women achieving more, and more often, and to know they deserve it. I want Winsor girls to get out in the world, embrace their challenges, and love and be proud of what they are doing.”
Sarah Pelmas
“Winsor has always been forward-thinking about the education of women, and has had a history of extraordinary leaders. I am so proud to join their ranks.”
Winsor Directors through the years
- 1886-1922: Mary Pickard Winsor
- 1922-1939: Katherine Lord
- 1939-1951: Frances Dorwin Dugan
- 1951-1963: Valeria Addams Knapp
- 1963-1988: Virginia Wing
- 1988-2004: Carolyn McClintock Peter
- 2004-2016 Rachel Friis Stettler
- 2016-present Sarah Pelmas
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Miss Virginia Wing, The School's Director from 1963 to 1988
Trustees & Corporation
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Board of Trustees of the Winsor School 2021-2022
The trustees serve as the governing body of the school. The Winsor Corporation, part of the school’s governance structure, approves nominations to that board. Its ranks include many of the school’s most ardent and loyal supporters and ambassadors.President
Allison Kaneb Pellegrino ’89, P’21, ’22
Vice PresidentLarry Cheng P’23, ’25, ’28
TreasurerLori Whelan P’23, ’25
Assistant TreasurerDavid E. Goel P’23
ClerkElizabeth Bennett Carroll ’89Chris Andrews P’26, ex officioEman Ansari P’20, ’24, ’28Mark Condon P’16, ’18, ’18, ’21Wendy Cromwell P’21Polly Crozier ’92Jennifer Dolins P’23Linda Dorcena Forry P’28Mary Gallagher ’94Claire Pasternack Goldsmith ’01Jonathan Goldstein P’22, ’24Mary Beth Gordon P’23, ’26Lisa Jackson P’23Sam Kennedy P’23Jessica Lutzker P’25Mallika Marshall P’27Erica Mayer ’91, P’25, ex officioElise McDonald P’26, ’28Joseph J. O’Donnell P’05, ’07Sarah PelmasMarion Russell ’91, P’22, ’25Jill Shah P’25Kerry Swords P’23, ’27Perry M. Traquina P’09, ’13
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The Winsor School Corporation
Todd Abbrecht P'21Lee Lawrence Albright ’57, P'88, GP'17Martina Albright P'17Susan Alexander P'03, '05, '08Desiree Allen, 1998April Anderson P'23Christopher Andrews P'26Eman Ansari P'20, '24, '28Luciana Aquino-Hagedorn P'22Colette Aufranc P'20Hope Lincoln Baker, 1962Katharine Baker-Carr, 1980Rajeev Balakrishna P'21Bhaskar Banerjee P'22John Barker P'21, '23Edith Bastian P'17Anne Becker P'18Ted Berk P'24Leslie Cohn Bernstein '81, P'09, '11Carey Bertrand P'26Brant Binder P'20Stephen Blyth P'19, '20Sheila Borboli-Gerogiannis P'23, '25Robert Brace P'73*Kerry P. BrennanVirginia O'Brien Brennan, 1977Casey Brock-Wilson, 2007Jane Brock-Wilson P'07, '11Hillary S. Brown '80, P'17Casey O'Donnell Buckley, 2007Sarah Beatty Buller, 1984James Carlisle P'25Kiera Carlisle P'25Adelina Carney P'23Elizabeth Bennett Carroll, 1989Jennifer Chan P'23Candace Cheatham P'21Mary Chen P'19Larry Cheng P'23, '25, '28Joanne Cheng P'23, '25, '28Kasia Chmielinski, 2002Hassan Chowdhry P'26Julian Chun P'16, '23Raymond Chung P'18, '21Helen Clement P'24Roberta Cohn P'81, '89, GP'09, '11William P. Collatos P'03, '05, '09Mark Condon P'16, '18, '18, 21Christina S. Condron '92, P'26Karilyn Crockett, 1991Wendy Cromwell P'21Michael F. Cronin P'07Caitlin Crowe, 1989Patience Crozier, 1992Edith LaCroix Dabney ’48, P'72, '77*Stephan Danik P'25, '27Laura Knapp Davidson '86, P'21Leslie Dewan, 2002Julie and Ousmane Diop P'22Jennifer Dolins P'23So-June Donohue P'20, '21Alicia Downey '80, P'15Jeffrey D. Drucker P'18Scott Eckert P'24John Egan P'09, '13Pamela Egan P'09, '13Lee Englert P'20, '22Bart Epker P'13Laurie Healy Ewald '91, P'23, '25Margaret O'Brien Eysenbach '81, P'10, '16Angela Koutoulakis Farina P'17, '17Audrey McAdams Fenton '93, P'26Wendy Colten Finnerty '64, P'92, GP'25Maurice FitzMaurice P'23Valerie Glauber Fleishman '88, P'25Kristin Forbes P'27Courtney Forrester P'23Linda Dorcena Forry P'28Kelly Friendly P'21, '23Jean Fulkerson P'17, '18, '21Maria Furlong P'20, '25Christopher Gabrieli P'13 '15 '16Mary Gallagher, 1994Nancy Gardiner P'04, '09Kaitlin Yaremchuk Gastrock, 2000Iraklis Gerogiannis P'23, '25Jeannie Gersen P'25, '27Thatiana Gibson P'21Matthew Gibson P'21Ann Glynn P'23, '24Robert Go P'27Stacey Goel P'23David Goel P'23Brian Golden P'19Claire Pasternack Goldsmith, 2001Jonathan Goldstein P'22, '24Michael S. Gordon P'14Mary Beth Gordon P'23, '26Daniel Green P'15, '17, '19Jessica Guo P'23Amit Gupta P'13Mia Halfman P'23, '25Danielle Le Hals, 2003Larry Hamelsky P'20Maria Handrinos P'22, '25Elizabeth Perry Harrison '91, P'22 '24Jack Hart P'15, '17, '19, '22Brenda Haynes P'16Elizabeth Partridge Heald '57, P'87, GP '18, '20, '21William H. Heald P'18, '21*Pamela Smith Henrikson, 1958*Lee Bigelow Herter, 1950*Claudia Hochberg P'23, '27Jacqueline O. Hodge P'18, '22Gemma Hogan P'23Karen Hong P'25, '27Jean Hynes P'16, '18, '18, 21Lisa Jackson P'23Carrie Jenks, 1994Hongyu Jiang P'21Shan Jin P'24Christopher Johnson P'27, '27Cara Grayer Johnson, 1993Beth Johnson P'17Elizabeth Hodges Johnson '54, GP '17Gwendolyn Kane-Wanger '80, P'09Julie Ann Kaneb P'15, '19Kamau Karanja P'20, '23Sam Kennedy P'23Amanda Kennedy P'23Sonya Khan, 2000Joo Kim P'20, '23Meshal Kirmani, 1992Ruth Chute Knapp, 1960, P'86, GP'21Adam Koppel P'16Ellen Kornmehl P'19Kimberly Krawshuk '87, P'20Robert Kwak P'25Patricia Perrin Lawrence, 1946*Yuchun Lee P'21Sarah Leggat, 1975Joan Trumbull Leighton, 1964Liz Lempres P'17Elizabeth Lewis, 1996Xiaojun Li P'21Adrienne Penta Lissner, 1996Julia Livingston '66, P'85, '07Kate Lubin, 1997Nancy Kurson Lubin '64, P'91, '97, GP'26Richard Lubin P'91 '97, GP'26Jessica Lutzker P'25Laura MacLean P'24Emily Smith Magruder, 2003Sarah Mars P'19Mallika Marshall P'27Tomoyo Matsuzaka P'24Erica L. Mayer '91, P'25Jane Mayer P'91, '95, GKatherine McCord, 2002Elise McDonald P'26, '28Warren McFarlan P'92Marlyn McGrath '66, P'96, '03*Anne McNay P'16Barbara and Richard Melvoin P'96Bartholomew J. Mitchell P'09, '11Jameson Morris-Kliment P'23Mary Mullen P'18, '21Jeanine Murphy P'21Alison Killilea Neuwirth, 1994Michele Norman P'20, 22Suzanne Ranere Norris, 1994Arden O'Connor, 1996Joseph O'Donnell P'05, '07Kate O'Donnell, 2005Ethlyn O'Garro P'16, '19Constance O'Hare P'20Nancy Mahoney O'Leary, 1986Anne Phillips Ogilby '76, P'08Holly Oh P'19, '24Mina Okochi P'25, '27Jane Hoeffel Otte, 1957 P'84, '86, GP'25Krishna Palepu P'21Saul Pannell P'07Robert Park P'19, '24Paresh Patel P'27, '29Ambika Patni, 1998Poonam Patni P'98Allison Kaneb Pellegrino '89, P'21, '22Sarah H. PelmasCarolyn Peter*Jennifer Morgan Peterson '89, P'20, '22, '26Megan Pickette P'21Nancy Place P'20Keziah Robinson, 1996Lacey Janet Rose, 2006Anne Swinton Ruggles '85, P'14Marion Pantazelos Russell '91, P'22, '25Kristen Hoffman Ryan '88, P'22Catherine Frankl Sarkis '82, P'23Gregory Schneider P'25Christina Capodilupo Schwefel, 1997Jill Shah P'25Susan Simon P'16Georgia Simpson May P'24Sandee Simshauser P'17, '20Forbes Singer, 1972Elizabeth Skates '88, P'25Gilda Smart P'24Lee Thorndike Sprague, 1958Donald Stanton P'93, '97Elizabeth Stanton, 1997Rachel Friis Stettler*Cathleen Stone P'13Genevra Stone, 2003Kristen Samuelson Stuart, 1998Marjorie Sullivan P'01, '03, '07Dan Sullivan P'01, '03, '07Kerry Swords P'23, '27Carol Taylor P '88, '01Linda H. Thomas P'02, '06Squeakie Thompson, 1972Kamaya Prince Thompson, 2000Elizabeth Tillman, 1983Susannah Tobin, 1996Carolyn Kimball Tolles, 1958Nancy Tooke P'98Michele Toscani P'25, '27Meredith Traquina, 2009Perry Traquina P'09, '13Nora Ross-Johnson Vernazza, 1997Margaret Otte Warren, 1984Whitney Washington, 2007Leah Weintraub, 2002Kent Weldon P'16Lori Whelan P'23, '25Emily Woods '91, P'26Elizabeth Yntema, 1976Jeanne Yu P'24Bryn Zeckhauser '89, P'24, '27*Denotes Lifetime Corporator
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