Faculty & Staff Directory by Department
At Kent, we teach to the wholeness of our students through an integrated curriculum delivered within the framework of our motto
—Simplicity of Life, Directness of Purpose and Self-Reliance—
Michael G. Hirschfeld (2020) - hirschfeldm@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.A.L.S. Dartmouth College
M.Phil. University of Cambridge
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Jeffrey D. Cataldo (2008) - cataldoj@kent-school.edu
B.S. University of Rhode Island
M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
C.P.A.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Cortney A. Duncan (2007) - duncanc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Tanya Horgan (2018) - horgant@kent-school.edu
Business Manager
Suzanne Lefebvre, MD (2011) - lefebvres@kent-school.edu
B.S. Washington University
M.D. University of Tennessee College of Medicine
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Christina Memoli (2007) - memolic@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Connecticut
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
Denny Mantegani (1983) - manteganid@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
DIRECTOR OF DONOR RELATIONS
Kevin MacNeil, Ph.D. (2020) - macneilk@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bard College
M.S. Brown University
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ACADEMIC DEAN
Amy Ober (1999) - obera@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of New Hampshire
M.A. Middlebury College
DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
Catherine A. O’Dwyer (2006) - odwyerc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Colby College
M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
ENGLISH
THE CLIFTON K. LOOMIS TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
DEAN OF FACULTY
Dale Reinhardt (2013) - reinhardtd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
M.B.A. Quinnipiac University
DEAN OF STUDENTS
Brian Sullivan (2014) - sullivanb@kent-school.edu
B.A. Brown University
ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Martin Voss (2020) - vossm@kent-school.edu
B.A. Whittier College
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Lisa Brody (1992) - brodyl@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
B.F.A. University of Pennsylvania
Jenna M. Lynch (1996) - lynchj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Connecticut College
M.A. New York University
ART DEPARTMENT CHAIR
ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN
THE ROBERT F. HOERLE ’52 TEACHING CHAIR IN THE ARTS
Curtis Scofield (1990) - scofieldc@kent-school.edu
B.F.A. Alfred University
M.F.A. Kent State University
ARTHUR COLLINS ’48 TEACHING CHAIR IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Cortney A. Duncan (2007) - duncanc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Torrey Hall (2020) - hallt@kent-school.edu
B.S. Boston College
M.A. Trinity College
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
MATHEMATICS, ARC
Robert DesMarais, Jr. (1989) - desmaraisr@kent-school.edu
B.A. Trinity College
CLASSICS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
SECRETARY TO THE FACULTY
WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG TEACHING CHAIR
Joseph D. McDonough (2006) - mcdonoughj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Williams College
M.A. St. John’s College
WILLIAM G. CAREY III ’52 TEACHING CHAIR
Anne O. Russell (1990) - russella@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.A. University of Georgia
DIRECTOR OF THE MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Cara Clarke (2020) - clarkec@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hartwick College
M.A. University of Tennessee
FOURTH FORM DEAN
Elena Gualtieri (2015) - gualtierie@kent-school.edu
B.A. Connecticut College
DEAN'S OFFICE
Landon Morin '12 (2018) - morinl@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS
THIRD FORM DEAN
Cassidy Pratt '15 (2021) - prattc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bowdin College
DEAN'S OFFICE
Dale Reinhardt (2013) - reinhardtd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
M.B.A. Quinnipiac University
DEAN OF STUDENTS
SIXTH FORM DEAN
Chris Rokous (2018) - rokousc@kent-school.edu
A.B. Boston College
M.A. Middlebury College
FIFTH FORM DEAN
Andrew W. Baird (2009) - bairda@kent-school.edu
B.A. Brown University
M.A. Middlebury College
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR
THE CLASS OF 2001 TEACHING CHAIR
David Callenberger Ph.D. (2018) - callenbergerd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of Charleston
B.S. College of Charleston
M.P.S. Cornell University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Athenaide Dallett, Ph.D. (2006) - dalletta@kent-school.edu
B.A. Harvard/Radcliffe College
M.A. Harvard University
Ph.D. Harvard University
Ryan Foote (2006) - footer@kent-school.edu
B.A. Vassar College
M.A.T Brown University
M.A. Middlebury College
CLASS OF 2000 TEACHING CHAIR
John R. Hinman, Jr. (1992) - hinmanj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Rutgers University
M.A. University of Virginia
THE WILLIAM B. BORSDORFF ’35 TEACHING CHAIR
Thomas A. Hunt (2003) - huntt@kent-school.edu
B.A. Syracuse University
THE DAVID C. CLAPP ’56 TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
Karen Moreno (1997) - morenok@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Northern Iowa
M.A. Western Connecticut State University
M.S. Southern Connecticut State University
Eleanor Morris (2013) - morrise@kent-school.edu
B.A. Barnard College
THE ELINORE S. WING AWARD
Catherine A. O’Dwyer (2006) - odwyerc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Colby College
M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
ENGLISH
THE CLIFTON K. LOOMIS TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
DEAN OF FACULTY
Chris Rokous (2018) - rokousc@kent-school.edu
A.B. Boston College
M.A. Middlebury College
Geoffrey Stewart (2003) - stewartg@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Rochester
M.A. Northwestern University
O.B. DAVIS '42 TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
Joelle Troiano '16 (2020) - troianoj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Williams College
Tracy H. Dickinson '73 Health Center
Checked routinely by attending staff
Andrew Abrams ’09 (2016) - abramsa@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
M.A. The Graduate Center, CUNY
ELINOR S. WING AWARD HISTORY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
Zachary Bartlett (2016) - bartlettz@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
Timothy Booth (1998) - bootht@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
Hans Doerr (2017) - doerrh@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Virginia
Landon Morin '12 (2018) - morinl@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS
THIRD FORM DEAN
Robert F. Ober, III (1991) - obera@kent-school.edu
B.A. Rollins College
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
THE WILLIAM A.H. HOWLAND 1932 WWII MEMORIAL CHAIR IN HISTORY
Sierra Thomsen (2010) - thomsens@kent-school.edu
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
M.A. The American University in Cairo
M.Ed. Vanderbilt University
HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHAIR
THE WILLIAM G. CAREY 1952 TEACHING CHAIR IN MATH, SCIENCE AND HISTORY
James Zibro, Ph.D. (2014) - zibroj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Union College
B.S. Union College
M.A. The Catholic University of America
Ph.D. The Catholic University of America
Matthew C. Austin (2008) - austinm@kent-school.edu
B.S. The Catholic University of America
M.S. Texas A&M University
Carlos Bezerra (2019) - bezerrac@kent-school.edu
B.S. Universidade Federal Fluminense
M.B.A. Universidade Federal do Riode Janeiro
Holly Ceane (2018) - ceaneh@kent-school.edu
B.S. College of Charleston
M.A. University of Tennessee
Torrey Hall (2020) - hallt@kent-school.edu
B.S. Boston College
M.A. Trinity College
Ryan Harris (2016) - harrisr@kent-school.edu
B.S. Union College
M.S. Cornell University
THE CLASS OF 2016 FELLOWSHIP
Melissa Holcombe '87 (2008) - holcombem@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.S. Columbia University
Kevin MacNeil, Ph.D. (2020) - macneilk@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bard College
M.S. Brown University
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ACADEMIC DEAN
Ashley Parsons (2011) - parsonsa@kent-school.edu
B.S. Dickinson College
Julie D. Saxton (2003) - saxtonj@kent-school.edu
A.B. Bowdoin College
THE CRISTINA H. AND DAVID J. KEPNER ’60 TEACHING CHAIR IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Kevin R. Saxton (2003) - saxtonk@kent-school.edu
A.B. Bowdoin College
THEODORE F. BROPHY ’41 TEACHING CHAIR
Ryan Tolfree (2017) - tolfreer@kent-school.edu
B.S. University of New Hampshire
M.S.T. University of New Hampshire
M.Ed. University of New Hampshire
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Jooyeun Catherine You (2006) - youc@kent-school.edu
B.S. Tufts University
M.S.Ed. Northwestern University
Kristin E. Benjamin (1997) - benjamink@kent-school.edu
B.A. Middlebury College
M.A. Tufts University
MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Christine G. Bouldin (2011) - bouldinc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Auburn University
M.A. Auburn University
Matthew Close (2019) - closem@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Michigan
M.A. Middlebury College
Olivia Gogola (2002) - gogolao@kent-school.edu
B.A. Uzghorod State University, Ukraine
M.A. Middlebury College
Juan G. Sanchez (2006) - sanchezj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Central Connecticut State University
THE HARLAN W. ’36 AND RIA S. NEWELL TEACHING CHAIR IN MODERN LANGUAGES
John A. Torrez (2005) - torrezj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Texas A & M University
Rachel Zimmerman (2011) - zimmermanr@kent-school.edu
B.A. St. Michael’s College
M.A. Middlebury College
Thomas G. Bouldin, Ph.D. (2011) - bouldint@kent-school.edu
B.M.Ed. Auburn University
M.Ed. Auburn University
Ph.D. Auburn University
CONCERT BAND DIRECTOR
FACILITIES COORDINATOR OF MATTISON AUDITORIUM
Music History, Music Technology & Music Theory
Barbara Harris Kovacs (2013) - kovacsb@kent-school.edu
B.A. Western Connecticut State University
M.M. West Chester University
Music History & Appreciation
Deborah Pendal (2008) - pendald@kent-school.edu
B.M. University of Colorado
L.R.S.M., Royal Schools of Music, UK
M.M. Adams State University
Music History & Appreciation
MUSIC DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Seina Shirakura (2018) - shirakuras@kent-school.edu
B.M. Hartt School
STRING ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR
Chamber, Music History & Appreciation
Michael Benjamin (2001) - benjaminm@kent-school.edu
B.A. Middlebury College
M.E.S. Yale School of Forestry and
Environmental Studies
Michael Green, Ph.D. (2008) - greenm@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Louisville
M.A. University of Tennessee
Ph.D. University of Tennessee
NORMAN A. SCOTT ’40 TEACHING CHAIR IN SCIENCE
Eric L. Houston ’80 (1984) - houstone@kent-school.edu
B.S. Trinity College
The Reverend Kate Kelderman (2014) - keldermank@kent-school.edu
B.S. The University of the South
M.A.T. The University of Virginia Curry School of Education
M.Div. Virginia Theological Seminary
CHAPLAIN
DEAN OF THE CHAPEL
Jesse W. Klingebiel (1994) - klingebielj@kent-school.edu klingebielj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Bucknell University
M.S. University of New Hampshire
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
HADLEY CASE ’29 TEACHING CHAIR IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Andrew McCloskey (2018) - mccloskeya@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
M.Ed. University of Pennsylvania
Stephen J. Robey, Jr. (1993) - robeys@kent-school.edu
B.S. United States Military Academy
M.Ed. University of Hartford
Judith Rokous (2019) - rokousj@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
M.S. University of Maryland
Jeremy Sokolnicki (2003) - sokolnickij@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
Julie L. Zurolo (2005) - zuroloj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Brown University
David P. Greene, Ph.D. (2000) - greened@kent-school.edu
B.A. Syracuse University
M. Phil. Syracuse University
Ph.D. Syracuse University
C.T.S. Episcopal Divinity School
M.T.S. Texas Christian University
THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Haley Prickett (2012) - pricketth@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bucknell University
M.A. St. John's College
THEOLOGY
THE CLASS OF 2001 TEACHING CHAIR
