Head of School Search Committee. The Board of Trustees has formed a Head of School Search Committee. Chaired by Peter Hellman '68, the committee includes 13 BOT members representing diverse interests and backgrounds.

To contact the Head of School Search Committee, please send an e-mail to search@wra.net.


About the committee members:

Stephen W. Cole '66
President of Freddie’s Plastics. Chairs the WRA Development Committee. B.A., Brown University; M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Ms. Ruth S. Eppig
Recently chaired the successful $50 million campaign for the Cleveland Botanical Garden and now co-chairs the Project Committee for the Cleveland Institute of Arts Campus Consolidation Project. B.A., Smith College

Dagmar F. Fellowes '75
An attorney with TRW, Inc., Kraft Foods, Inc. and Mayer Brown & Platt prior to establishing Fellowes Research Group, Inc. Chairs the WRA Buildings and Grounds Committee. B.A., University of Virginia; J.D., Harvard Law School

John M. Fowler '67
CFO of Moneygram Payment Systems; took the business public through a spin-off from First Data. Following the company’s sale, now a private investor. B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School

O.J. Heestand '62
Private investor based in Chicago. Served for 11 years on the board of Youth Guidance, a leading provider of social services in the Chicago public schools. Former WRA Board of Visitors co-chair. B.S.B.A., Northwestern University; M.B.A., Columbia University Business School

Peter S. Hellman '68
Former president and COO of TRW, Inc. and current president, chief financial and administrative officer and a director of Nordson Corporation. B. A., Hobart College; M.B.A., Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management

David M. Hunter '68
Partner with legal firm of Brouse McDowell specializing in corporate business planning, reorganization and insolvency proceedings under federal bankruptcy law, condominium and residential real estate development and banking. A.B., Princeton University; J.D., University of Akron School of Law; L.L.M., New York University School of Law

Robert T. Michael '60
A founding dean of the University of Chicago’s Harris Graduate School in Public Policy Studies. Currently a professor at the Harris School and a research associate with the UoC affiliated National Opinion Research Center. Author of eight books and a few dozen articles mostly focused on the "economics of the family.” B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University; Ph.D., Columbia University

Andrew R. Midler '79
Formerly a partner at New York-based Odyssey Partners, a global hedge fund organization. Founded Standard Pacific Capital and serves as CEO and CIO. B.A., M.A., Stanford University; M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Richard W. Neu
Served as Charter One’s CFO, treasurer and director until 2004 and worked closely with the company’s chairman on virtually all strategic, acquisition and board-related activities. B.A., Eastern Michigan University

Gregory Pennington '71
Over 25 years of experience in both organizational and leadership development. Leadership & Talent Practice leader for Hay Group’s southeast region. Works with senior executives and executive leadership teams to clarify expectations about major initiatives and their impact on leadership requirements. B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mark R. Tercek '75
Leads the Goldman Sachs Center for Environmental Markets as well as the firm’s office of Corporate Citizenship. Adjunct professor of finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. President of WRA Board of Trustees. B.A., Williams College; M.B.A., Harvard Business School

Timothy R. Warner '69
Vice provost for Budget and Auxiliaries Management at Stanford University with a central role in most major financial and budget decisions at Stanford for the past 20 years. Currently working part time in a position as senior advisor for Management Policy to the U.S. Secretary of State – a position filled full time during a leave of absence last fall. B.A., Wesleyan University, M.B.A., Stanford Graduate School of Business