The Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is responsible for establishing broad policy goals that align the operation of the school with its mission, providing fiduciary oversight of the school’s operations, and supporting long-range strategic planning to ensure Potomac’s future.
The board is comprised of between 17 and 26 members. It strives to reflect diversity consistent with the stated mission of the school. Its members include alumni, current parents, past parents, grandparents, and individuals from the broader community who bring particular expertise and perspective.
Members may serve two three-year terms. Requests for trustee nominations to fill board vacancies are made each fall to the parent, faculty, and alumni communities. The Committee on Trustees then selects its candidates based on a set of specific criteria and presents a slate to the full board for election in the spring.
Committees of the Board of Trustees currently include the Executive, Finance, Investment, Audit, Development, Master Plan/Buildings and Grounds, and Committee on Trustees. In any given year task forces may be created to address other strategic issues. Officers of the board are nominated by the Chair of the Board and are elected by the full board each year.
Executive Committee | |
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Chair | Sameer Bhargava |
Vice-Chair | Mary Lou Leipheimer |
Secretary | Karen Sonneborn |
Treasurer | Tom Rietano |
Member-at-Large | Jim Fleming |
Member-at-Large | Robby Moser |
Member-at-Large | Abigail Spangler |
Head of School | John Kowalik |
Audit | |
Chair | Tanya La Force |
Members | Dan Fisher |
Charles Rossotti | |
Committee on Trustees | |
Chair | Norma Ramsey |
Members | Sameer Bhargava |
Michael Davis | |
Tanya La Force | |
Mary Lou Leipheimer | |
Robby Moser | |
Eric Rosenthal | |
Karen Sonneborn | |
Development | |
Chair | Jim Fleming |
Members | Natalie Bush |
Dax Cummings | |
Reed Landry | |
Tanya La Force | |
Mary Lou Leipheimer | |
Norma Ramsey | |
Susan Schieffer | |
Paul Sheridan | |
Karen Sonneborn | |
Diversity and Inclusion | |
Chair | Michael Davis |
Members | Noha Abdalla |
Natalie Bush | |
Ellen Dwyer | |
Won Kim | |
Patricia Potts | |
Eric Rosenthal | |
Finance | |
Chair | Tom Rietano |
Members | Sameer Bhargava |
Natalie Bush | |
Ellen Dwyer | |
Maryanne Lavan | |
Jim Rooney | |
Eric Rosenthal | |
Abigail Spangler | |
Martin Sumner | |
Investment | |
Chair | Jim Rooney |
Members | Dan Fisher |
Charles Rossotti | |
Paul Sheridan | |
Master Plan/Buildings and Grounds | |
Chair | Robby Moser |
Members | Dax Cummings |
Dan Fisher | |
Won Kim | |
Reed Landry | |
Norma Ramsey | |
Eric Rosenthal | |
Charles Rossotti | |
Susan Schieffer | |
Mental Health & Wellness | |
Chair | Natalie Bush |
Members | Marjorie Brennan (Emeritus Trustee) |
Dax Cummings | |
Robby Moser | |
Abigail Spangler | |
Liaisons | |
Board Liaison to PA | Tanya La Force |
Board Liaison to AGC | Reed Landry |
Board Liaison to FAPS | Jim Rooney |
TRUSTEE BIOS
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Board Officers 2020-21 |
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Sameer Bhargava, Chair |
Mary L. Leipheimer, Vice-Chair |
Karen Sonneborn, Secretary |
Thomas J. Rietano, Treasurer |
James B. Fleming, At Large |
Robert D. Moser, Jr., At Large |
Abigail Spangler, At Large |
John J. Kowalik, Head of School |
Trustees 2020-21 |
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Noha Adballa |
Sameer Bhargava |
Natalie F. Bush |
Dax Cummings |
Michael L. Davis |
Ellen M. Dwyer |
Daniel I. Fisher |
James B. Fleming |
Won Kim |
John J. Kowalik |
Reed W. Landry '99 |
Tanya L.R. La Force |
Maryanne R. Lavan |
Mary L. Leipheimer |
Robert D. Moser, Jr. |
Norma C. Ramsey |
Thomas J. Rietano |
James H. Rooney |
Eric W. Rosenthal '03 |
Charles O. Rossotti |
Susan N. Schieffer |
Paul F. Sheridan, Jr. |
Karen Sonneborn |
Abigail Spangler |
Martin W. Sumner |