ADVIS Board of Trustees 2025-2026

Executive Committee

  • Kirk Smothers
    Kirk Smothers
    Head of School Delaware Valley Friends School
    Chair
  • Jill Dougherty
    Jill Dougherty
    Head of School Stratford Friends School
    Vice Chair
  • Kenneth Aldridge
    Kenneth Aldridge
    Head of School Wilmington Friends School
    Secretary
  • Larry Capuzzi
    Larry Capuzzi
    CFO The Episcopal Academy
    Treasurer
  • Sally Keidel
    Sally Keidel
    Head of School The Agnes Irwin School
    Past Board Chair
  • Toni Graves-Williamson
    Toni Graves-Williamson
    Director of Equity & Inclusion Friends Select School
    Member-At-Large
  • Ayanna Hill-Gill
    Ayanna Hill-Gill
    President ADVIS
    Ex-Officio

Trustees

  • Melissa Bilash
    Melissa Bilash
    Founder & Head of School The Grayson School
  • Chad Bridges
    Chad Bridges
    Associate Head of School The Pennington School
  • Bryan Carter
    Bryan Carter
    President & CEO Gesu School
  • Shauna Carter
    Shauna Carter
    Head of School Linden Hall
  • Tim Costello
    Tim Costello
    Head of School The Independence School
  • Delvin Dinkins
    Delvin Dinkins
    Head of School Gill St. Bernard's School
  • Tricia Ebarvia
    Tricia Ebarvia
    Director of DEI Greene Street Friends School
  • Meredith Godley
    Meredith Godley
    Associate Head of School and Academic Dean Moorestown Friends School
  • Naté Hall
    Naté Hall
    Director of Enrollment Management William Penn Charter School
  • Nicole Hood
    Nicole Hood
    Head of School Abington Friends School
  • Claire Leheny
    Claire Leheny
    former AISNE President AISNE (Association of Independent Schools in New England)
  • Lynne Macziewski
    Lynne Macziewski
    Head of School The Baldwin School
  • Kathryn Park Cook
    Kathryn Park Cook
    Head of School Frankford Friends School
  • Patrick Sillup
    Patrick Sillup
    Head of School Malvern Preparatory School
  • Michael Turner
    Michael Turner
    Head of School Albany Academy