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Governance

Board of Trustees

Dalton has a Board of Trustees whose role is to set important policies for the school and oversee its fiduciary health. The Board meets regularly to discuss developments at the school and vote on policy decisions.

Trustees

Aly Sheezar Jeddy*
President
Alan Klein* Ashley Smyth*
José De Jesús*
Head of School
Erica Klein* Rob Speyer '87
Ronnie Abrams ’86
Bruce Menin* Deirdre Stanley*
Anne-Carmène Almonord '99  Durre Nabi Alicin Williamson*
Michelle Awuku-Tatum Justin Richardson Angelica Estevez
PA President
Sheree Chiou Alex Robinson Leslie Chang
Dalton Council Chair
Ariela Dubler David Sambur* Joe Franken '03
Alumni Council President
Jennifer Glassman* Ishaan Seth Shira Kohn
Faculty Representative
Becka Vargus Katz  James Simmons *Executive Committee Members

The Dalton Council

The Dalton Council is an advisory group to the Board of Trustees and school Administration. The Council is comprised of current parents and functions in a similar fashion to the Board Committees. The President of the Board of Trustees appoints the Chair of the Dalton Council. Each year, the Council addresses topics and initiatives of interest to the Board and Administration. The Dalton Council then reports the results and recommendations from that work to the Board and Administration.

Administration

José De Jesús
 Head of School
  B.A., Wesleyan University
  M.A., Tufts University
  M.A., Columbia University Teachers College


Celeste Herrera
 Assistant Head of School
  B.A., University of N. C. - Chapel Hill
  M.S. Ed. University of Pennsylvania 

Michael Hwang
 Assistant Head of School for Operations &
Chief Financial Officer
  B.S., Boston College  
  M.B.A., Syracuse University

Loryn Croot
 High School Director
  B.S., Clarkson University
  M.F.A., University of North Carolina at Wilmington


Tracy Fedonchik
 Middle School Director
  B.A., Fairfield University  
  M.S.Ed., Bank Street College of Education

Elisabeth (Babby) Krents ’68
 Admissions Director
  B.A., Harvard College
  M.A., Teachers College
  Ph.D., Columbia University Teachers College
 
L.J. Mitchell
 Chief Advancement Officer
 B.A., College of the Holy Cross
 J.D., Suffolk University Law School
 M.F.A., American Conservatory Theater 

Dan Musick

 Director of Institutional
 Research and Initiatives  
  B.A., Kent State
  M.A., American University
John Neiers
 Technology Director
  B.A., University of Notre Dame
  M.A., Columbia University Teachers College

Gillian Todd
 First Program Director
  B.A., Wesleyan University
  M.S.Ed., Bank Street College of Education 

Johára Tucker, Esq.
 Chief of Equity and Belonging
  B.A., Wesleyan University
  J.D., New York Law School

Jim M. Zulakis
 Director of Strategic
 and Creative Media
   
B.A., Coe College



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New York, NY 10128
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New York, NY 10128
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