Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees focuses and activates the mission of the school and holds the Faculty and Administrative Directors responsible for accomplishing the school’s Vision and Strategic Plan. The Board is responsible for the legal and fiduciary stewardship, strategic planning, budget approval, fundraising leadership, and risk management oversight of the school’s affairs.

Board Executive Committee

  • Karen Anderson (She/Her)

    Chair and President

  • Dan Hoffmann (He/Him)

    Vice President

  • Chrystal Pozin (She/Her)

    Treasurer

  • Kiah Shapiro (She/Her)

    Secretary

Faculty Trustees

  • Adam Cohen-Leadholm (He/Him)

  • Sylvie Desouches (She/Her)

  • Daniel Hallum (He/Him)

  • Janna Stauffer (she/her)

Trustees

  • Nick Gianou (He/Him)

    Finance Committee Member

  • Tarah Hartung (She/Her)

    Trustee

  • Ngandu Kasuku (He/Him)

    Governance Committee Chair

  • John Leonard (He/Him)

    Finance Committee Member

  • James Low (He/Him)

    Finance Committee Member

  • Jessica McCarthy (She/Her)

    Committee on Trustees Chair

  • Lisa Meehan (She/Her)

    Committee on Trustees Co-Chair

  • Hernan Sierra (He/Him)

    Medical Advisory Board Member

  • Anne Wagner (She/Her)

    Trustee

Community Council Liaison

  • Marita Espinosa (She/Her)

Non-Voting Members

  • Fraser Coffeen (He/Him)

    Administrative Director

  • Andrea Shaffer (She/Her)

    Faculty Director

  • The Board Executive Committee (BEC) is composed of the non-employee Officers of the BOT and meets monthly to set the agenda for each BOT meeting. The BEC performs oversight of the administration and operation of the School as part of the responsibility of the BOT to support the CWS Mission.

  • The Advancement Committee assists the BOT in carrying out its responsibility to raise the funds needed for the School to fulfill its Mission and pursue its strategic goals.

  • The Audit Committee assists the BOT in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities regarding the School’s financial reporting process, audit process, and internal controls.

  • The Committee on Trustees assures that the BOT has an appropriate constellation of membership by identifying, recruiting and nominating new Trustees, and coordinating plans for leadership succession.

  • The Capital Campaign Committee (CCC) develops and executes the strategy for the School’s Capital Campaign, raising the funds needed to purchase, renovate, lease or build a permanent campus for the School.

  • The Finance Committee assists the BOT in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee the financial affairs of the School.

  • The Investment Sub-Committee is a subcommittee of the Finance Committee. It recommends to the BOT how the School should invest its endowment funds and what amount of return on investment the school should use in its yearly operating budget; monitors the investment portfolio’s return, including setting investment objectives and meeting with the professional adviser; periodically reports to the BOT on the endowment’s performance.

  • The Community Council assists the BOT in fulfilling its responsibility to make sure the School has healthy and constructive relationships with the entire CWS community.

Committees

joint committees of faculty & board

  • The Governance Committee documents and reviews the School’s collaborative governance agreements and recommends changes as needed.

  • The Equity and Inclusion Committee (EIC) works to raise awareness and to facilitate collaborative and effective efforts among the school’s decision-making bodies and administration to pursue its strategic goals of Equity, Inclusion & Diversity.