Leadership & Strategic Priorities
Head of School Office
Head of School Office
Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
Elizabeth Alicea ’98
Todd E. Altounian ’86
Bruce W. Anderson ’70, P’97, LT ’13
Eric Brown ’98, Treasurer
Molly Pearson ’04
Jim C. Cowart ’69, Member at Large
Jessica P. Douglas ’96, Chair
Karin Fink P’22, ’23, ’27, Secretary
Katie Frekko P’21, ’24, ’27
Haji L. Glover ’92
David Gupta ’81
Gloria W. Harper P’93
Tom Hodgkins ’85
Suzanne Isenberg ’83
Duane C. Jackson ’01
Ned Jessen P’01, ’05, LT’08
Scott W. Kaeser ’96
Allan M. Kaplan ’72, P’03, LT’04
Edward Kovas P’21
John Marlatt’65, Vice Chair
Margeaux McReynolds ’02
Scott Meloun ’77
Dr. Bancroft O’Quinn, Jr. ’72
Kristin Rey ’83
Leslie Rosen, P ’25, ’25, ’27, ’27
Emily Sammon ’91
Frederick Waddell ’01
Thomas S. Wood ’78, P’23, ’24
Xiong Yin P’23
Strategic Plan 2018
LFA's Strategic Plan 2018 is made up of five core initiatives for the next three years. The school will develop specific action steps and tactics in order to achieve these strategic initiatives as well as monitor and measure progress on a regular basis.
1. Increased Endowment Growth
- Increase the LFA Endowment, with a goal of $50 million by 2021, to improve the long-term financial strength of the school.
- Generate a significant and sustained increase in major and planned gifts.
- Identify and solicit donors to establish endowed support of Student Financial Aid, Faculty Chairs, and Speaker Funds.
- Establish the goal that at least 25% of all monies raised each year is put into the endowment.
2. Enhanced Faculty & Staff Quality
- Increase faculty and staff salaries and benefits over time to be commensurate with our place among the best independent boarding schools nationally.
- Expand and improve faculty housing to support the attraction and retention of faculty and increase the number of teaching faculty living on campus.
- Increase professional development opportunities.
- Increase the number of Faculty Chairs to stimulate innovation and faculty development.
3. Mission-Driven School Leadership
- Ensure the successful hiring and transition of a new Head of School who is committed to leading and advancing the school’s educational excellence, including the established focus on pluralism, a global educational experience, and a boarding school culture.
- Enhance efforts to recruit, mentor, and retain faculty, staff, and trustees who advance the LFA mission and mirror the demographic diversity of the student body.
- Examine the optimal size and composition of the student body, including a consideration of the benefits and costs of increasing the size of the school.
- Broaden the access to an LFA education, thereby advancing equality of opportunity and the diversity and quality of the student body.
4. Creative, Innovative and Personalized Education
- Strengthen the personalized educational experience of every student in order to prepare them for a successful college experience.
- Develop and implement a vision for innovative education specifically through academic technology, collaborative teaching, and interdisciplinary programs.
- Improve multicultural competencies and integrate and facilitate meaningful cross-cultural interactions in all areas of school life.
- Strengthen LFA’s commitment to and leadership of “Educating Global Citizens.”
5. Communication of Vision and Content
- Improve and expand the LFA website as well as other marketing and communication resources and materials, particularly for admissions, alumni relations, and athletics.
- Strengthen LFA’s identity, presence, and leadership in the local community.
- Increase and enhance LFA’s institutional identity in national and global markets.
