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Board of Trustees


 
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Azania Andrews ’96
Occupation: CEO, Bar Keepers Friend
Education: BA, Stanford University; MBA, Harvard Business School
Joined board in 2023
Committee Assignments: Executive; External Development (chair); Committee on Trustees


 

Daniel Brody ’92
Occupation: Managing Director, Tencent Investments 
Education: BS, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service 
Joined board in 2026
Committee Assignments: Investment; Living, Learning, and Inclusion

 


David B. Cade '89

David B. Cade ’89
Occupation: Vice President, Boeing Defense Supply Chain: Major Suppliers and Strategic Contracting/The Boeing Company
Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania; J.D., University of Michigan
Joined board in 2022
Committee Assignments: Audit; Risk Management, and Compliance (chair); Executive; Finance


Samuel “Sam” Calagione ’88, P’18, ’20
Occupation: Brewer and Founder, Dogfish Head
Education: BA, Muhlenberg College
Joined board in 2025
Committee Assignments: Committee on Trustees; External Development


Arshay Cooper Trustee

Arshay Cooper
Occupation: Author and Founder of AMBT Inclusion Fund
Education: AS, Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts 
Joined board in 2024
Committee Assignments: External Development; Living, Learning, and Inclusion
 


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Bader A. El-Jeaan ’90
Occupation: Co-founder and Managing Partner, Meysan Partners
Education: AB, Harvard College; MA, Oxford University
Joined board in 2021
Committee Assignments: Investment; Audit
 


 

Stephen W. Gauster ’88
Occupation: President and Chief Executive Officer, The Beekman Estate
Education: AB, Harvard College; AM, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; JD, Harvard Law School
Joined board in 2026
Committee Assignments: Buildings and Grounds; Committee on Trustees (chair), Executive


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Mirja Spooner Haffner ’92
Occupation: Director of Development
Education: BA, Barnard
Joined board in 2021
Committee Assignments: Buildings and Grounds (chair); Executive; Committee on Trustees


Chip Hall

Timothy “Chip” Hall ’88
Occupation: Executive Director, Lifetime Cardinal
Education: BA, Stanford; MBA, University of California, Berkeley
Joined board in 2025
Committees: Buildings and Grounds; Living, Learning, and Inclusion


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Monie T. Hardwick ’74
Chair

Occupation: Hardwick Consulting Group
Education: BA, Yale University; MA, Middlebury College
Joined board in 2018
 


Brian Hargrove 
Occupation: Head of School
Education: BA, Gettysburg College; MBA, Texas State University; MSEd., University of Pennsylvania

 


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Josephine Hart ’74
Vice Chair, Treasurer

Occupation: Managing Principal of JH Holdings (Real Estate Development)
Education: BA, Rice University; Masters of Architecture, Columbia University;
MBA, Columbia University
Joined board in 2020
Committee Assignments: Committee on Trustees; Executive; Finance (chair)


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Theresa M. Jacobs 10
Occupation: Manager, Smallholder Agriculture Development at NGO
Education: BA, Northeastern University; MA, Sussex University
Joined board in 2022
Committee assignments: Buildings and Grounds; Living, Learning, and Inclusion
 


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Charles A. Knirsch ’76, P’19, ’21
Occupation: Physician
Education: BSc, McGill University; MPH, Columbia University; MD, CM, McGill University; DTM&H, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Joined board in 2021
Committee assignments: Executive; Living, Learning, and Inclusion (chair); Audit, Risk Management and Compliance


Elizabeth “Lizzie” Macaulay P’27
Occupation:  Professor, The City University of New York Graduate Center
Education: BA, Cornell University; MSt., D.Phil., University of Oxford
Joined board in 2025
Committee assignments: External Development; Living, Learning, and Inclusion


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Andrew Ness ’04
Alumni Council Chair

Occupation: Corporate Strategy, Aerospace and Space
Education: BA, Columbia University; MBA, Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Joined board in 2023
Committee Assignments: External Development, Living, Learning, and Inclusion


Jun Woo Park Trustee

Jun Woo Park ’02
Occupation: Managing Partner, Brookfield Asset Management
Education: BS, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School
Joined board in 2024
Committee Assignments: Finance; Investment
 


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Edward Pitoniak ’74
Occupation: Founding CEO, VICI Properties
Education: BA, Amherst College
Joined board in 2023
Committee Assignments: Buildings and Grounds; Investment
 


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Roberta Taggart ’07
Occupation: Director, Barclays
Education: BS, Georgetown University
Joined board in 2025
Committee assignments: Finance; Investment


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Justin Wai ’02
Secretary of the Board

Occupation: Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group
Education: BS, Cornell University
Joined board in 2025
Committee assignments: Committee on Trustees; Executive; Investment (chair)


 

Milo Werner P’27, ’29
Family Council Chair

Occupation: General Partner, DCVC; Co-Founder, NextGen Industry Group 
Education: BS, University of Vermont; SM and MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
Joined board in 2026
Committee Assignments: External Development; Living, Learning, and Inclusion


 

Nick Werner P’27, ’29
Family Council Chair

Occupation: Managing Director, Cambridge Associates 
Education: AB, Dartmouth College; MBA, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School 
Joined board in 2026
Committee Assignments: External Development; Living, Learning, and Inclusion

 


Sally Willis Trustee

Sally Willis ’82
Occupation: Retired
Education: AS, Temple University; BS, California Polytechnic State University
Joined board in 2024
Committee Assignments: Buildings and Grounds; External Development
 


 

Michelle Wirth P’27, ’29
Occupation: Owner, Mercedes-Benz of Springfield 
Education: BS, Lehigh University
Joined board in 2026
Committee Assignments: External Development; Finance

 


 

Contact the Board of Trustees at NMHtrustees@nmhschool.org

For questions, please contact Dena Fletcher, assistant secretary of the NMH Board of Trustees.