Stephanie Bucci, Peter Bell, Rob Dickey, V.G. Narayanan, Bruce Dayt<strong>on</strong>, Christian Nolen and Jennifer Mugar Flaherty.New Trustees Serve <strong>on</strong> the BoardPETER BELL is a General Partner at Highland Capital Partners specializingin technology investments across all stages of company growth.Formerly the Managing Director and founder of Stowe Capital, LLCand the co-founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ofStorageNetworks, Peter began his career at EMC Corporati<strong>on</strong>. As anew Trustee, Peter lends his expertise to <strong>Fessenden</strong>’s FinanceCommittee. He also currently serves <strong>on</strong> the board of directors ofHealthbase and Prospectiv and <strong>on</strong> the board of advisors of Pers<strong>on</strong>eta.He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Bost<strong>on</strong> College, has beennamed a Distinguished Executive in Residence at <strong>The</strong> Carroll Schoolof Management at Bost<strong>on</strong> College, and is the co-founder of theBost<strong>on</strong> College Technology Council. He received his B.S. inAccounting from Bost<strong>on</strong> College, his M.B.A. from Harvard BusinessSchool, and an H<strong>on</strong>orary Doctorate from Babs<strong>on</strong> College. Peter andhis wife, Marilee, reside in West<strong>on</strong> with their three s<strong>on</strong>s: Frank insixth grade and PJ in first grade at <strong>Fessenden</strong>, and Brad in the fourthgrade at <strong>The</strong> Carroll School in Lincoln.STEPHANIE BUCCI was elected to the Board, ex-officio, as Presidentof the Parents Associati<strong>on</strong> (PA) and is a member of the Instituti<strong>on</strong>alAdvancement Committee. Stephanie’s prior involvement at <strong>Fessenden</strong>includes time as a room parent, PA volunteer <strong>on</strong> the Fessy Paw Printscommittee, and PA Secretary. For three c<strong>on</strong>secutive school years, sheacted as a Parent Associati<strong>on</strong> Co-Chair at M<strong>on</strong>tessori Educare, herchildren’s previous school. A graduate of MIT with a B.S. in electricalengineering and a Mid-Career Accelerati<strong>on</strong> Program Fellow,Stephanie has professi<strong>on</strong>al experience as a c<strong>on</strong>sultant and programmanager in the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries, currentlyworking with Lantheus Medical Imaging <strong>on</strong> critical technology projects.Other recent c<strong>on</strong>sulting experience includes projects withAgamatrix in Salem, NH, and Millennium Pharmaceuticals based inCambridge. Stephanie lives in Newt<strong>on</strong> with her husband, Michael, andtwo s<strong>on</strong>s: Chris in the sixth grade and Will in the third gradeat <strong>Fessenden</strong>.12 w w w . f e s s e n d e n . o r g
BRUCE DAYTON is an active volunteer, having served for the last 14years as an Overseer at the Museum of Fine Arts in Bost<strong>on</strong>, working<strong>on</strong> various committees there. He sits <strong>on</strong> the Board of Directors ofOkabena Company, a family investment office in Minneapolis, MN,and has been a Foundati<strong>on</strong> Board member of the MassachusettsCollege of Art and Design. In additi<strong>on</strong>, Bruce has been a memberof the Board of Directors of the North Bennet Street School for thelast five years. He graduated from Bost<strong>on</strong> College with a degree inEnglish. Prior to moving to Massachusetts in 1995, Bruce workedas a pastry chef in San Francisco. A member of <strong>Fessenden</strong>’s FinanceCommittee, he currently resides in Chestnut Hill with his wife, Lynn,and two s<strong>on</strong>s: Alex, a sixth grader at <strong>The</strong> Carroll School in Lincoln,and C<strong>on</strong>ner, a sec<strong>on</strong>d grade student at <strong>Fessenden</strong>.ROB DICKEY is Managing Director of J<strong>on</strong>es Lang LaSalle’s Projectand Development <strong>Service</strong>s Group, resp<strong>on</strong>sible for the firm’s real estatedevelopment projects in the New England regi<strong>on</strong>. Select clients haveincluded Harvard University, MIT, Polaroid, Yale University School ofMedicine, Stride Rite, Equity Office Properties, KBS Realty Advisors,Arch<strong>on</strong> Group, and Accenture. Rob holds a B.A. from the Universityof Verm<strong>on</strong>t, is <strong>on</strong> the Board of Citizen Schools, and is <strong>on</strong> the Board ofOverseers and the Real Estate Committee at Newt<strong>on</strong>-Wellesley Hospital.He is also the co-chair of the program committee of NAIOP,Commercial Real Estate Development Associati<strong>on</strong>. At <strong>Fessenden</strong>, hisinvolvement as a Trustee includes work <strong>on</strong> the Committee <strong>on</strong> Trusteesand Campus Planning Committee. Rob lives in West Newt<strong>on</strong> with hiswife, Dubs, daughter Nell, and three s<strong>on</strong>s: Matt ’08, Kyle ’09, andCharley, currently in the seventh grade at <strong>Fessenden</strong>.JENNIFER MUGAR FLAHERTY serves <strong>on</strong> the Instituti<strong>on</strong>al AdvancementCommittee. She is an active volunteer with <strong>Fessenden</strong>’s ParentsAssociati<strong>on</strong> and has worked as Co-Chair for Grandfriends’ Day. Agraduate of the Bost<strong>on</strong> College Lynch School of Educati<strong>on</strong> with adegree in Early Childhood Development, Jennifer taught for six yearsat <strong>The</strong> Brimmer and May School, where she is also an alumna andTrustee. Jennifer volunteers extensively in her community, lending hertalents as a Board member of Friends of the Belm<strong>on</strong>t Public Library,as a Trustee of the Armenian Assembly of America, to the AdvisoryCouncil of the Belm<strong>on</strong>t Public Library Foundati<strong>on</strong>, and as a l<strong>on</strong>gtimemember of the Board of Directors of the Bost<strong>on</strong> 4 Celebrati<strong>on</strong>sFoundati<strong>on</strong>. She is also an Overseer for the Boys and Girls Clubs ofBost<strong>on</strong> and a former Overseer at the Museum of Science. Jennifer andher husband, Peter, reside in Belm<strong>on</strong>t with their three s<strong>on</strong>s: Peter inthe fifth grade and William in the third grade at <strong>Fessenden</strong> andMatthew, who attends pre-school at Evergreen Day School.V.G. NARAYANAN is the Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of BusinessAdministrati<strong>on</strong> at Harvard Business School with current researchinterests focusing <strong>on</strong> managerial accounting, having begun histeaching career at Harvard in 1994. V.G. earned his Bachelors inCommerce from the University of Madras, his M.B.A. from theIndian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and an M.S. in Statistics,an M.A. in Ec<strong>on</strong>omics, and a Ph.D. in Business from StanfordUniversity. His involvement at <strong>Fessenden</strong> as a Trustee includes work<strong>on</strong> the Audit and L<strong>on</strong>g Range Planning Committees. V.G. lives inNewt<strong>on</strong> with his wife, Sunanda and their two s<strong>on</strong>s: Hari, a sec<strong>on</strong>dgrader at <strong>Fessenden</strong>, and Sriram, a first grader at UnderwoodElementary School in Newt<strong>on</strong>.CHRISTIAN NOLEN has developed commercial and residential realestate in the Bost<strong>on</strong> area for the past 15 years. Prior to entering RealEstate he worked for EcoHealth, a Lyme Disease tick c<strong>on</strong>trol manufacturer,Bain and Company as a c<strong>on</strong>sultant, and in New York as asecurities analyst at Fiduciary Trust Company Internati<strong>on</strong>al and FredAlger Management. Christian holds a B.A. from Yale University andan M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. During the 2008-2009academic year, he took a sabbatical from real estate and attended theCambridge School of Culinary Arts Professi<strong>on</strong>al Chef Program. Inadditi<strong>on</strong> to Christian’s commitment to <strong>Fessenden</strong>’s Finance andCampus Planning Committees, he also dedicates himself to the Boardof Trustees of the Cambridge School of West<strong>on</strong>, <strong>The</strong> CambridgeCenter for Adult Educati<strong>on</strong>, and the Great Island HomeownersAssociati<strong>on</strong>. For many years he led the development efforts of theCambridge Ellis School—an 80 student nursery school. Christianmakes his home in Watertown with his wife, Susan Denny, and twos<strong>on</strong>s: Chace, a senior at the Cambridge School of West<strong>on</strong>, and <strong>The</strong>o,a third grader at <strong>Fessenden</strong>.w w w . f e s s e n d e n . o r g 13