BrewsterConnections - Brewster Academy

New Community Members
Over the summer, Brewster Academy welcomed three new administrators
and seven new faculty members to the community.
Kristy Kerin joined the Alumni and Development Office team on
June 1 as the director of advancement. In this role, she oversees
the Annual Fund, major gifts, and campaign planning. Most
recently she was the director of donor relations at Middlebury College in
Middlebury, Vermont, her alma mater.
Kristy brings broad experience working with leadership donors, annual
fund campaigns, events, and donor stewardship. As a member of
Middlebury’s annual fund team, she helped establish strategies that led
to record-breaking alumni giving rates as high as 62 percent participation.
Kristy credits these outstanding alumni participation results in large part
to alumni volunteers, and she is eager to help build robust volunteer
networks at Brewster.
insight for comprehensive implementation and streamlining of events
at Brewster Academy. She looks forward to working with numerous
campus offices in the planning and oversight of events on and off campus
involving different constituents.
“My years as a student at Williston-Northampton School naturally
influenced my desire to serve in a boarding school environment. I am
fortunate to be part of the Brewster community,” she said.
A native of the Lakes Region, Sally lives in Center Harbor with her
two children. Her daughter is currently in her first year at High Point
University in North Carolina and her son is a sophomore at Inter-Lakes
High School.
When asked what it was about Brewster that attracted her, she replied:
“This is an exciting and critical time for the Academy. I was impressed
with the school’s leadership under Dr. Cooper, the unique teaching model,
the personalized approach to education, and the inspirational vision for
the future. I am excited to partner with Brewster’s alumni, parents, and
friends to help advance the Academy’s goals.”
Kristy also served as the assistant track and field coach at Middlebury.
She was ranked internationally as a high jumper and competed in the 2004
U.S. Olympic Trials. Her husband, David, and their two sons, Daniel and
Matthew, join Kristy here.
Carrie MacDonald has joined the community as the director of student
health services. She began her career as a pediatric nurse on a medical
surgical unit at Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital at Maine Medical
Center. Most recently she worked for a behavioral, developmental, genetic
pediatric specialist where she worked with children and adolescents with
ADHD, anxiety, depression, and autism. She has a B.S. in Nursing from
the University of Southern Maine.
Sally Smith joined the Office of Admission and External Affairs on July
1 as special events and programs coordinator. She comes to Brewster
with 20 years experience in higher education and independent boarding
schools. Her experience includes director of alumni relations at Plymouth
State University where she received her master’s in counseling and
human relations.
Sally’s previous work in offices of alumni, admissions, and college
counseling involved extensive event planning and provides her with the
Some of Brewster’s new community members: from the top Carrie MacDonald,
Maureen Edmonds, Sally Smith, Elizabeth Bonsu, Karl Edmonds, and Jen Smith
New Faculty
Elizabeth Bonsu is an instructional support teacher on the freshman
Team Cooper. She has worked with both adolescents and adults in
community health resource centers and organizations in Connecticut and
Massachusetts. Elizabeth has a B.A. in psychology from Curry College.
Jonathan Browher is teaching U.S. history on the junior Team Thomas. His
history background includes a primary concentration in U.S. history and
a secondary concentration in Latin American history. He holds a master’s
in education from Plymouth State University and a B.A. in history from
Bates College. He is the community life parent in Bearce Hall.
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