Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Richard Wood came to NMH in 2002 after serving as an independent consultant to 34 schools on the East Coast. Before that, he was business manager at the Taft School for five years. He also was assistant business manager at Choate Rosemary Hall. Wood is a graduate of the Taft School and holds a BA from St. Lawrence University and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. Before moving to independent schools, he worked in the oil and insurance industries.