August 4, 2022
Dear Greene Street Friends Community,
As you know, Greene Street Friends School is in an important time of transition, as our Head of School, Dr. Edward W. Marshall, will retire effective June 30, 2023. We are grateful to Ed for his leadership and service, and for his determination to spend the upcoming school year continuing to work tirelessly to strengthen our institution even as we anticipate this leadership change.
The Board of Trustees has appointed a Search Committee that already has begun its work. We are fortunate that trustees Sarah Clarke, Chip Linehan, and Jerry Williams have graciously agreed to lead this team, which also includes trustees Christina Young, Jerome Maddox, Kia Wimmer, faculty members Jane Ellis and Kim Kraemer, administrators Mary Mehala and Tricia Ebarvia, and parents Rebecca Grant and Sarah Katz. I also serve on the search committee as ex-officio.
To assist with the search, we have retained Storbeck Search, a Diversified Search Group Company, a leading executive search firm that specializes in education executive searches. The team will be led by Sherry Coleman and Nishant Mehta, who each have experience working in and with Quaker Schools and years of executive search work. As Storbeck begins their work with the Search Committee, they welcome community input regarding the qualifications and characteristics that they hope to see in the next Head of Greene Street Friends School.
In the next few weeks, Sherry, Nishant, and their team will be meeting with diverse campus constituents via Zoom as part of a “listening tour” that will inform the development of the head of school profile. In addition to the Zoom conversations, an online survey link will be available to all members of the GSFS community. We hope that you will take advantage of these opportunities to share your perspectives with the Search Committee.
Your Board of Trustees recognizes that we have no more important responsibility than to choose a Head of School under whose leadership Greene Street Friends School will thrive in the execution of our mission. Thank you in advance for your support as we work to find our next leader and as we move our school forward.
Warm regards,
Chris
Chris Mohr
Clerk, Greene Street Friends Board of Trustees
