Sidra Smith is the director of studies at the Severn School in Maryland as well as an adjunct faculty member at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College in the independent school leadership master’s program. After graduating from Winsor, Sidra earned her bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University before earning both a master’s and PhD from Tufts University. Sidra…

Folashade Solomon is the professor of education at Framingham State University and assistant director of the Center for Excellence in Learning, Teaching, Scholarship, and Service (CELTSS). She received her Ed.D. in administration, planning and social policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education. At Winsor, Folashade has served as a Winsor Fund parent volunteer and served…

Ricky Sun is a partner at Bain Capital Life Sciences, investing and building companies that drive medical innovation. Prior to joining Bain Capital, he was a director of corporate development and strategy at Biogen. Before Biogen, Sun served as a vice president at BlackRock, as a member of the Fundamental Equity division of BlackRock’s Alpha…

Perry Traquina is the former chairman and CEO of Wellington Management Company LLP. A CFA, he joined Wellington in 1980 as a research analyst following the technology industry and grew to oversee all of the firm’s global industry research. He became the firm’s president in 2002 and managing partner and CEO in 2004. He retired…

Meg Weeks is an artist residing in Boston, specializing in the natural landscape. After graduating from Winsor in 2004, she studied architecture at Yale University. Before earning her M.A. from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Meg has studied at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London; Edinburgh College of Art…

Lori Whelan co-founded Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm, and she serves as the firm’s managing partner and COO. Lori serves on the boards of trustees of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Community Pediatrics, and the Winsor Corporation. Additionally, she is treasurer of the Winsor Board of Trustees Executive Committee, chair of…

Emily Lubin Woods is the director of education at the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, where she employs her research and writing to advance the benefits of community schools in urban public education. Previously, she was an adjunct lecturer in education at UMASS Boston. After graduating from Winsor, Emily earned a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin…