Board of Trustees

Harbor Country Day School is governed by a Board of Trustees, comprising parents, former parents, alumni, and friends from the surrounding communities.

Members of the Board of Trustees

David Essex, Chair (interim)  Current Parent

Nancy Langdon Hickerson, Ph.D., Vice-Chair  Current Parent

Robert Gaffney, Treasurer Class of 1976

Susan Ryan, Secretary  Parent of an alumnus 

Jennifer Berlingieri  Current Parent

Frank Clemente  Current Parent

Tehmina Haque, M.D.  Current Parent

Roy Kahane   Current Parent

Lynne Nowick  Friend of Harbor

Steve Moll  Friend of Harbor

Emma Hicks Pearce   Class of 1988

Nathaniel Peirce, Ed.D.  Friend of Harbor

Mary Sanders Current Parent

Christopher C. Pryor, ex-officio    Head of School

Role of the Board of Trustees

Non-profit organizations are governed by unpaid boards of volunteers which are granted broad duties under state and federal law.  Fundamentally, they are responsible to see that the organizations fulfill the roles entrusted to them by the public. It is important to note that non-profit organizations are not owned by their boards, as, for instance, some private schools are owned by their directors or founders.

In the case of an independent school, the board is responsible for the school's fiscal health, for appointing and evaluating the head of school, and for ensuring that the school fulfills its stated mission and its purposes as designated in its charter from the Regents of the State University of New York.

In addition to these broad roles, Harbor's board sets the long-term direction of the school through periodic strategic planning exercises, and it involves itself deeply in bringing additional resources to the school by seeking and making financial contributions.

It is important to note that the Board does not "run" the school.  That role is completely delegated to the Head of School, who reports to the board on a regular basis.