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 2019-2020
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. For brief biographies of the school's trustees, click here.
President
Allison Kaneb Pellegrino ’89, P’21, ’22
Vice President
Lori Whelan P’23, ’25
Treasurer
Bart Epker P’13
Assistant Treasurer
David E. Goel P’23
Clerk
Elizabeth Bennett Carroll ’89
Eman Ansari P’20, ’24
John R. Barker P’21, ’23
Rachel Casseus ’02
Larry Cheng P’23, ’25
Raymond Chung P’18, ’21
Mark Condon P’16, ’18, ’18, ’21
Wendy Cromwell P’21
Audrey McAdams Fenton ’93, P’26
Mary Gallagher ’94
Jonathan Goldstein P’22, ’24
Mary Beth Gordon P’23, ’26
William H. Heald P’18, ’21
Charles Hebard P’24
Sam Kennedy P’23
Adrienne Penta Lissner ’96
Joseph J. O’Donnell P’05, ’07
Krishna G. Palepu P’21
Sarah Pelmas
Jill Shah P’25
Kerry Swords P’23, ’27
Perry M. Traquina P’09, ’13
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The Winsor School Corporation
Todd M. Abbrecht P’21Lee Lawrence Albright ’57, P’88, GP’17Martina Albright P’17Susan Alexander P’03, ’05, ’08April Anderson P’23Eman Ansari P’20, ’24Colette Aufranc P’20Luciana Aquino-Hagedorn P’22Hope Baker ’62Katharine Baker-Carr ’80Rajeev Balakrishna P’21Bhaskar Banerjee P’22John R. Barker P’21, ’23Edith Bastian P’17Anne E. Becker P’18David Belluck P’17, ’19Ted Berk P’24Leslie Cohn Bernstein ’81, P’09, ’11Allan BezanBrant Binder P’20Allie Flather Blodgett ’52Stephen J. Blyth P’19, ’20Sheila Borboli-Gerogiannis P’23, ’25Robert D. Brace P’73*Kerry BrennanJane Brock-Wilson P’07, ’11Hillary Brown ’80, P’17Casey O’Donnell Buckley ’07Sarah Beatty Buller ’84Mary Mullen P’18, ’21Jim Carlisle P’25Kiera Carlisle P’25Elizabeth Bennett Carroll ’89Rachel Casseus ’02Mary McAvity Cerulli P’12, ’16Candace Cheatham P’21Mary Chen P’19Larry Cheng P’23, ‘25Kasia Chmielinski ’02Julian Chun P’16, ’23Raymond Chung P’18, ’21Roberta Cohn P’81, ’89, GP’09, ’11William P. Collatos P’03, ’05, ’09Andrew Compaine P’20Mark Condon P’16, ’18, ’18, ’21Christina Condron ’92, P’26Thomas Copeman P’20, ’24Wendy Cromwell P’21Michael F. Cronin P’07Patience Crozier ’92Edith LaCroix Dabney ’48, P’72, ’77*Laura Knapp Davidson ’86, P’21Leslie Dewan ’02Ousmane Diop P’22So-June Donohue P’20, ’21Alicia L. Downey ’80, P’15Jeffrey D. Drucker P’18Scott Eckert P’24John R. Egan P’09, ’13Pamela J. Egan P’09, ’13Lisa B. Eisenbud P’17, ’19William R. Elfers P’14, ’17John Englert P’20, ’22Lee Englert P’20, ’22Bart Epker P’13Laurie Healy Ewald ’91, P’23, ’25Margaret O’Brien Eysenbach ’81, P’10, ’16Audrey McAdams Fenton ’93, P’26Corinne Ferguson P’05, ’07, ’09, ’11Maurice FitzMaurice P’23Valerie Glauber Fleishman ’88, P’25Kelly C. Friendly P’21, ’23John N. Fulham, III P’10Davis Fulkerson P’17, ’18, ’21Jean Fulkerson P’17, ’18, ’21Maria Furlong P’20, ’25Christopher Gabrieli P’13, ’15, ’16Mary Gallagher ’94Nancy B. Gardiner P’04, ’09Diana O. Garmey P’82, ’84Kaitlin Yaremchuk Gastrock ’00Karen Hong P’25Lawrence Gennari P’22Iraklis Gerogiannis P’23, ’25Matthew Gibson P’21Thatiana Gibson P’21Emma Gilmore ’02Ann Glynn P’23, ’24David E. Goel P’23Stacey L. Goel P’23Brian Golden P’19Claire Pasternack Goldsmith ’01Jonathan Goldstein P’22, ’24Michael S. Gordon P’14Mary Beth Gordon P’23, ’26Daniel Green P’15, ’17, ’19Jessica Guo P'23Amit Gupta P’13Patricia Cleaver HagerMia Halfman P’23, ’25Danielle Le Hals ’03Larry 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, ’21*William H. Heald P’18, ’21Charles Hebard P’24Pamela Smith Henrikson ’58*Lee Bigelow Herter ’50*Jacqueline Hodge P’18, ’22Jean M. Hynes P’16, ’18, ’18, ’21Lisa Jackson P’23Carrie Jenks ’94Elizabeth Johnson P’17Elizabeth Hodges Johnson ’54, GP’17Gwendolyn Kane-Wanger ’80, P’09Julie Anne Kaneb P’15, ’19Carol Ann Kania P’11, ’14, ’18Kamau Karanja P’20, ’23Amanda Kennedy P’23Sam Kennedy P’23Sonya Khan ’00
Ramin Khorasani P’13, ’16Joo Kim P’20, ’23Meshal Kirmani ’92Ruth Chute Knapp ’60, P’86, GP’21Adam Koppel P’16Ellen Kornmehl P’19Angela Koutoulakis P’17Kimberly Heald Krawshuk ’87, P’20Patricia Perrin Lawrence ’46, P’72*Yuchun Lee P’21Sarah Leggat ’75Joan Trumbull Leighton ’64Liz Lempres P’17Elizabeth Lewis ’96Hongyu Jiang P’21Adrienne Penta Lissner ’96Julia Livingston ’66, P’85, ’07Kate Lubin ’97Nancy Kurson Lubin ’64, P’91, ’97, GP’26Richard Lubin P’91, ’97, GP’26Emily Smith Magruder ’03Sarah R. Mars P’19Tomoyo Matsuzaka P’24Erica Mayer ’91, P’25Jane B. Mayer P’91, ’95 GP’25Katherine McCord ’02F. Warren McFarlan P’92Marlyn E. McGrath ’66, P’96, ’03*Anne C. McNay P’16Richard I. Melvoin P’96Bartholomew J. Mitchell P’09, ’11Anju Nohria P’22Michele Norman P’20, ’22Suzanne Ranere Norris ’94Arden O’Connor ’96Timothy J. O’Connor P’17, ’21Kate O’Donnell ’05Joseph J. O’Donnell P’05, ’07Ethlyn M. O’Garro P’16, ’19Constance O’Hare P’20Nancy Mahoney O’Leary ’86Anne Phillips Ogilby ’76, P’08Jane Hoeffel Otte ’57, P’84, ’86, GP’25Krishna G. Palepu P’21
Vivek Pandit P’15, ’18Saul J. Pannell P’07Robert Park P’19, ’24Poonam Patni P’98Allison Kaneb Pellegrino ’89, P’21, ’22Sarah H. PelmasCarolyn McClintock Peter*Jennifer Morgan Peterson ’89, P’20, ’22, ’26Nancy H. Place P’20Holly Oh P’19, ’24Mina Okochi P’25, ’27Keziah Robinson ’96Anne Swinton Ruggles ’85, P’14Marion Pantazelos Russell ’91, P’22, ’25Kristen Hoffman Ryan ’88, P’22Catherine Frankl Sarkis ’82, P’23Gregory SchneiderChristina Capodilupo Schwefel ’97Jeremy Sclar P’18, ’22Kristin L. Servison P’07Roger T. Servison P’07Jill Shah P’25Bruce A. ShawSusan Simon P’16Sandee T. Simshauser P’17, ’20Forbes Singer ’72Elizabeth Skates ’88Gilda Smart P’24Lee Thorndike Sprague ’58Kimberly Stanfield P’15, ’20Donald R. Stanton P’93, ’97Elizabeth Stanton ’97Rachel Friis Stettler*Cathleen D. Stone P’13Genevra Stone ’03Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. P’01, ’03, ’07Majorie O. Sullivan P’01, ’03, ’07Kerry Swords P’23, ’27Pankaj Tandon P’05, ’08, ’10Carol M. Taylor P’88, ’01Linda H. Thomas P’02, ’06D. Higgins Thompson ’72Elizabeth Tillman ’83Susannah Barton Tobin ’96Carolyn Kimball Tolles ’58Nancy Tooke P’98Michele Toscani P’25, ’27Meredith Traquina ’09Perry M. Traquina P’09, ’13Ngoc-Tran Vu ’06Margaret Otte Warren ’84Jordan Warshaw P’14Leah Weintraub ’02Kent Weldon P’16John M. Westcott, Jr. P’90Lori Whelan P’23, ’25Emily Woods ’91, P’26Elizabeth Yntema ’76Jeanne Yu P’24Bryn Zeckhauser ’89 P’24, ’27*Denotes Lifetime Corporator
