Board of Trustees
The board of Harbor Country Day School is a self-perpetuating entity charged with governance of the school, namely, the strategic, long-term protection and strengthening of the school’s financial, physical, and programmatic assets. Harbor’s board is comprised of current and former parents, alumni, and friends from surrounding communities. Members of Harbor Country Day School’s Board of Trustees are unpaid volunteers dedicated to the school’s past, present, and future. The head of Harbor Country Day School is an ex-officio member of the board of trustees, without vote.
Members of the Board of Trustees
Cynthia Wong Lippe, Ph.D., P'21, P'24 (Chair)
Garrett Bergen, Current Parent (Vice Chair)
Ariya Lapan, Ph.D., Current Parent (Secretary)
Adrienne Owen, P'20 (Treasurer)
Jennifer Accomando, M.B.A., Friend of Harbor
Shellon Blackman-Lees, Ph.D., P'19, Current Parent
David Goldweitz, M.B.A., Current Parent
Tehmina Haque, M.D., P'17, P'15, P'24
Johnathan Komich, C.F.A., Current Parent
Emma Pearce, J.D., '88
Marina Polonskaia, Ph.D., Friend of Harbor
Ned Puchner, Ph.D., Current Parent (Member at Large)
Andy Sperling, Head of School, ex officio
Jennifer Tona, P'24
P = Parent of HCDS graduate
Role of the Board of Trustees
The board of trustees is the guardian of the school's mission. It is the board's responsibility to ensure that the mission is relevant and vital to the community it serves, to monitor the success of the school in fulfilling its mission, and to regularly review the school’s mission.
The board is responsible for reviewing and approving the annual budget developed by administration. The Harbor Country Day School Board of Trustees is also focused on long-range planning and sets annual agendas derived from the planning process; sets and implements policy consistent with and pursuant to these plans; and employs and evaluates the head of school, who functions on the board’s behalf as the chief executive officer of the operations-level implementation of the board’s plans.