WE CAN'T WAIT TO WELCOME YOU - Moses Brown School

June 1 - June 3, 2012 

THE MB 

2030 

FORUM 

IDEAS Salon 

WE CAN’T WAIT 

TO WELCOME YOU

In the meantime 

let us introduce you to the experience 

of the weekend, some thought 

provoking reading and each other! 

moses brown school 

250 Lloyd Avenue, 

Providence, RI 

anglesea estate 

245 Ruggles Avenue, 

Newport, RI.

friday 

4 - 9pm 


250 Lloyd Avenue, 

Providence, RI 

p: 401 - 523 - 0920 

saturday sunday 

JUNE 1 JUNE 2 

JUNE 3 

10am - 8:30pm 

anglesea estate 

245 Ruggles Avenue, 

Newport, RI. 

p: 303 - 618- 6240 

9:30am - 1pm 

MOSES BROWN 

COMMUNITY 


p: 401 - 523 - 0920 

overview 

IDEAS 

COMMUNITY 

castle hill inn 

p: 303 - 618- 6240

the future of talent 

4 - 6pm 

work session i 

Sinclair Room, 

Moses Brown School 

loosening up 

6 - 6:30pm 

cocktails and catch up 

Rocchio Family Garden, 


dinner dialogues 

6:30 - 8pm 

welcome dinner party 

Walter Jones Library, 


friday 

intellectual love dates 

8 - 8:45pm 

curated pairs and trios 

over dessert 

Library, Moses Brown School

Special thanks to 

Moses Brown Parent 

Alfred Carpionato 

for hosting Saturday 

at the sublime 

Anglesea Estate

cultivating talent 

10am - noon 

work session ii 

Anglesea Estate 

chew the fat 

noon - 2pm 

working lunch 


choose your 

own adventure 

2 - 4pm 

see Newport, stroll the 

Cliff Walk or just relax 

connecting 

the ecosystem 

4 - 6pm 

work session iii 


bottoms up 

6 - 6:30pm 

cocktails 


saturday 

celebration 

by the sea 

6:30 - 8:30pm 

dinner delights 

Anglesea Estate

mornin’ Joe 

9:30 - 11am 

mb 2030 brunch 

reflections 



ideas brunch 

Dining Room, 

Castle Hill Inn 

neXt stePs 

11am - 1pm 

mb 2030 session 

taking action 



ideas session 

Private Dining Room, 

Castle Hill Inn 

Parting is such 

sweet sorrow 

1pm 

‘til neXt time 

sunday

Moses Brown + IDEAS community 

ABBY GUINN 

Head of Lower School, 


ALBIE DAHLBERG 

Director of State & Community 

Relations, Brown University 

ALEX JADAD 

Chair, Founder & Chief Innovator, 

Centre for Global eHealth Innovation; 

Founder, Maimonides Project 

ALFRED CARPIONATO 

President & CEO, Carpionato Group 

ALIA JADAD-GARCIA 

Student, University of Edinburgh 

ANNE EARLE 

Independent Contractor, 

Janet Egan Design, LLC 

BARRY FREW 

Founder & CEO, Frew Associates 

BILL DRENTTEL 

President, Winterhouse Institute 

BRIAN GOLDNER 

President & CEO, Hasbro, Inc. 

BRUCE PRICE 

Director, Institute for 

Experimental Studies 

CHARLIE CANNON 

Associate Professor, RISD; 

Research & Development, IP.21 Studio 

DAVID FLAXMAN 

Faculty, Moses Brown 

DEBBIE PHIPPS 

Head of Upper School, Moses Brown 

ELIZABETH GRUMBACH 


ELLEN COLLIS 

Rhode Island Hospital Foundation Board 

ERIK WILKER 

Director of Administrative & 

Strategic Affairs, Moses Brown 

FROHMAN ANDERSON 

Managing Director, EverWatch Financial 

GEORGE TSAKRAKLIDES 


GRAHAM HOLLAND 


HABIB GORGI 

Managing Director, 

Nautic Partners, LLC 

JARED SCHOTT 

Head of Middle School, 

Moses Brown 

JEFF CRUZAN 


JIM LYNCH 

Managing Partner, 

Thermo Capital Partners 

JOAN MCPHEE 

Partner, Ropes & Gray 

KAREN HAMMOND 

Managing Director, 

Devonshire Investors 

KAREN LUSTIG 


KATE THIEL 

Director, IDEAS Salon 

LARRY ENKIN 

Former Owner & President of 

Coppley Apparel Group 

LAURIE CENTER 

Academic Dean, Moses Brown 

MARTHA GARCIA 

Founder & CEO, 

Foresight Links Corporation 

MARY JANE CREAMER 

Former Global 

Management Consultant 

MATT GLENDINNING 

Head of School, 


MAUREEN NAGLE 


MICHAEL PERIK 

CEO, Higher Education 

Partners, LLC 

REANNA LANEY 


REX BOTHWELL 

Senior Advisor, Learning & 

Development, Apple Retail 

ROGER CLIFTON 

Private Investor & 

Investment Advisor 

RON DALGLIESH 

Director of Development & 

Alumni Relations, Moses Brown 

SANDI CONNORS 

Director of Communications, 


SETH GOLDENBERG 

Founder & CEO, 

The IDEAS Salons + The Epic Decade 

SHAUN BUCKLER 

Director of Finance & 

Operations, Moses Brown 

SHERI SWEITZER 

Former Clinton White House & 

U.S. Senate Staff 

TAMEN JADAD-GARCIA 

Student, King’s College London 

TERRY IRWIN 

Head of the School of Design, 

Carnegie Mellon University 

UDAY KUMAR 

CEO, Revive Defibrillation Systems; 

Fellowship Director, 

Global Biodesign Program, 

Stanford University

Abby 

Guinn 

HEAD OF LOWER SCHOOL, 

MOSES BROWN SCHOOL 

EXPLOITS 

•Oversees all aspects of support for more than 

200 children in early childhood through fifth 

grade 

•Coordinates the hiring of new teachers, ongoing 

evaluation for faculty, professional development 

support, management of budget, curriculum 

development and ongoing communication with 

current and prospective parents 

•Served on the Global Stewardship Task Force at 


•Former Director of Global Education at a 

California elementary school 

•Taught first grade for two years in Compton, CA 

with Teach for America 

BACKGROUND 

•University of California, Berkeley 

•Master’s in Curriculum and Teacher Education 

from Stanford University 

TERRAIN 

education + global citizenship

Albie 

Dahlberg 

DIRECTOR OF STATE 

& COMMUNITY RELATIONS, 

BROWN UNIVERSITY 

EXPLOITS 

•Director of State and Community Relations at 

Brown University 

•Previously Secretary of Brown University 

•Founded Project Get Ready Rhode Island, a nonprofit 

initiative to make Rhode Island a leader in 

the adoption of plug-in electric vehicles 

•Staff of Sen. John Chafee (R – RI) as Counsel on 

Clear Air issues to the U.S. Senate 

•Environment and Public Works Committee 

member 

•A Better World by Design Conference, Keynote 

Presenter 

BACKGROUND 

•Georgetown University 

•Boston College Law School 

TERRAIN 

environment + education

Alex 

Jadad EXPLOITS 

CHAIR, FOUNDER & CHIEF INNOVATOR, 

CENTER FOR GLOBAL 

EHEALTH INNOVATION; 

FOUNDER, MAIMONIDES PROJECT; 

CHAIR, HEALTH & WELLNESS 

EPIC CHALLENGE 

•Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation 

and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University 

of Toronto 

•First physician in the world with doctorate on 

knowledge synthesis (from Oxford) 

•Chair and Convenor of the Global Peoplecentered 

eHealth Network 

•Creator of “The Jadad Scale,” the most widely 

used tool to assess the quality of clinical trials in 

health care in the world 

•Called “The Human Internet” for his ability 

to connect people and organizations across 

traditional boundaries 

MERIT BADGES 

•Recipient of the Top 40 Under 40, and the New 

Pioneers Award in Canada 

•Featured by Time magazine as one of the 

Canadians shaping the 21st century 

TERRAIN 

health + wellness + education

Alfred 

Carpionato 

President & CeO, 

CarPiOnatO GrOuP 

eXPLOits 

•Founder/Owner of One of New England’s 

Premier Real Estate Development Companies. 

•A Lifespan Health System Governor since 2006. 

•Member of Rhode Island Commodores since 

1993. 

•Major Donor to “Providence-Haiti Outreach: 

Helping Needy Children in Haiti.” 

MERIT BADGES 

•Recipient of American Red Cross Rhode Island 

Humanitarian of the Year for his company’s 

relief efforts after The Station Fire. 

•Nine-Time Winner of “The Torchbearer Award,” 

the international hospitality industry award for 

achieving “the highest levels of excellence.” 

•Named one of the United State’s Top-100 Retail 

Developers. 

terrain 

real estate development + 

community + philanthropy

Alia 

Jadad-Garcia 

STUDENT, 

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH 

EXPLOITS 

•Works in Product Development, Education 

and New Products at the Edinburgh Office of 

Foresight Links Corporation 

•Sophomore majoring in Economics and Finance 

at the University of Edinburgh, UK 

•World traveler (35 countries and counting) 

•Fluent in Spanish, English, Italian and French 

•Passion for the nurturing arts of teaching and 

cooking 

•Excellent hugger 

•Love for math and dance of all types 

•Practiced in the delicate balance of grace and 

power required as both ballerina and rugby 

player 

TERRAIN 

student + future leader

Anne 

Earle 

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR, 

JANET EGAN DESIGN, LLC. 

EXPLOITS 

•Previously Major Gifts Officer and Director of 

the Annual Fund at Moses Brown 

•Virtual Carlisle Consultant, The Connaught 

Group 

•Anne’s late husband Nat Earle was a member 

of the class of 1970 and a long-term beloved 

Moses Brown faculty member and coach. 

•Past Board service includes Save the Bay, 

Festival Ballet, and the South Coast Advisory 

Committee 

•Development Committee, Moses Brown School 

•Former elementary and middle school teacher 

at Lincoln and Wheeler schools 

BACKGROUND 

•Smith College 

•University of Connecticut 

•The Masters School 

TERRAIN 

education + development

Barry 

Frew 

FOUNDER & CEO, 

FREW ASSOCIATES 

EXPLOITS 

• Founded Frew Associates, an independent 

consulting firm 

• Founded the Center for Executive Education 

at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in 

Monterey, California, credited with changing the 

culture of Navy leadership 

• Held several faculty positions at NPS, including 

as the School’s first Chief Information Officer 

• Emeritus Professor at NPS 

BACKGROUND 

• Served in the U.S. Navy from 1968-1988, 

including three Vietnam deployments 

• MS in Computer Systems Management 

• Doctorate in Public Administration at Golden 

Gate University 

TERRAIN 

military + leadership + business

Bill 

Drenttel 

PRESIDENT, 

WINTERHOUSE INSTITUTE 

EXPLOITS 

•Editorial Director, Design Observer - leading 

design and social innovation website 

•VP Communications, Teach For All - 

international education 

•Co-Director, Mayo Clinic Transform annual 

conference 

•2008-11 recipient of Rockefeller Foundation 

funding 

•President Emeritus, AIGA 

•Senior Faculty Fellow and Social Enterprise 

Fellow at Yale 

•Advisor, Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation 

•Fellow at the New York University Institute of 

the Humanities 

MERIT BADGES 

•Art Directors Hall of Fame 

•The first Henry Wolf Fellow in Graphic Design at 

the American Academy in Rome 

TERRAIN 

design + social innovation

Brian 

Goldner EXPLOITS 

PRESIDENT & CEO, 

HASBRO, INC. 

•CEO and key architect of Hasbro’s turnaround 

strategy and use of immersive brand-driven 

experiences 

•Has led the expansion of Hasbro’s brands into 

non-traditional spaces like digital gaming and 

lifestyle licensing 

•Served as an Executive Producer on 

Transformers and as a Producer on the G.I. Joe 

film adaptations 

•Former Director in Charge, Entertainment 

Division at J. Walter Thomson Advertising 

•Serves on the boards of Hasbro, Inc. and the 

Molson Coors Brewing Company 

BACKGROUND 

•Dartmouth College 

MERIT BADGE 

•Named 2008 CEO of the year by MarketWatch. 

com 

TERRAIN 

business + entertainment + branding

Bruce 

Price 

DIRECTOR, 

INSTITUTE FOR 

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; 

ARTIST 

EXPLOITS 

• Director of the Institute for Experimental 

Studies at Rocky Mountain College of Art & 

Design (RMCAD) in Denver, CO 

• Associate Professor in the Foundations & Fine 

Arts Department at RMCAD 

• Work has been exhibited nationally and 

internationally in both solo and group 

exhibitions 

• Currently preparing for an upcoming exhibition 

of works on paper at the Denver Art Museum 

BACKGROUND 

• Undergraduate degree in painting and drawing 

from RMCAD 

• MFA from Maine College of Art in Portland, ME 

TERRAIN 

art + education

Charlie 

Cannon 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 

INDUSTRIAL DESIGN & 

CO-FOUNDER, INNOVATION 

STUDIO, RHODE ISLAND 

SCHOOL OF DESIGN; 

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 

IP.21 STUDIO 

EXPLOITS 

• Co-Founder of LOCAL Architecture Research 

Design 

• Speaker at Business Innovation Factory, Better 

World by Design, Aspen Design Summit 

• Featured in: Chronicle of Higher Ed, Metropolis 

Magazine, Huffington Post 

• Contributor to the award winning design of the 

Steel Yard 

• Curator of Partly Sunny, Designs to Change the 

Forecast 

• Facilitator of It’s In The Bag 

• Interested in understanding how people 

interact with their environments and use design 

to build strong, sustainable communities 

TERRAIN 

education + design + sustainability

David 

Flaxman 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

• Teaches Spanish at Moses Brown 

• Class Dean since 2002 

• Co-Chairs the World Language Department 

• Debate Team Coach from 2002-2011 

• Has led yearly student and adult cultural 

walking tours in Spain since 1997 

• Composes and records music under the name 

“Light From Eyes” 

• Inspirations include Spain, Cape Cod, Moses 

Brown teachers and students 

• Avid swimmer, gardener and birdwatcher 

• Pop culture and film addict 

BACKGROUND 

• University of Pennsylvania, English Literature 

TERRAIN 

education + language + culture

Debbie 

Phipps 

HEAD OF UPPER SCHOOL, 


EXPLOITS 

• Oversees all aspects of life for the 400 students 

in the Upper School at Moses Brown 

• Hires, oversees, and evaluates all teaching and 

advisory faculty 

• Acts as primary contact for parents, as well as 

at all Admissions events 

• Participate in all endeavors of Administrative 

Council 

• Serves on Curriculum, Diversity, Disciplinary, 

and various ad hoc committees 

• Former Dean of Academic Affairs and 

English Department Head at The Taft School, 

Watertown, CT 

• Can tie a one-handed clove hitch 

BACKGROUND 

• BA in English from Williams College 

• MA in American Studies from Yale University 

TERRAIN 


Elizabeth 

Grumbach 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

• Teaches fourth Grade in the Lower School at 


• Co-Clerk of the All-School Diversity Committee 

• Former teacher of K-12 Science at Brearley 

School in New York City 

• Founder of KidQuest, LLC, a publishing entity 

for her children’s travel book series, “We’re 

There!” 

• Spent years in Nigeria, Oxford and Vancouver 

as a child 

• Proud owner of a Chesapeake Bay Retriever 

BACKGROUND 

• Bowdoin College 

• Columbia University Teachers College 

TERRAIN 

education

Ellen 

Collis 

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL 

FOUNDATION BOARD 

EXPLOITS 

• Extensive non-profit strategic leadership 

experience; from hospital administration to 

executive search committees, from educational 

campaign leadership to institutional facility 

master planning, and stewardship of arts and 

culture organizations. 

• Trustee of the Miriam and Rhode Island 

Hospitals and Chairman of the Rhode Island 

Hospital Foundation 

• RI Philharmonic Board member 

• Served 13 years on the Board at Moses Brown 

BACKGROUND 

• Educated at the Sorbonne, Paris 

• Interpreter School of the Heidelberg University 

TERRAIN 

leadership + philanthropy

Emily 

Norton 

DESIGNER, 

IP.21 STUDIO 

EXPLOITS 

• Former design researcher for X-Design’s 

Environmental Health Clinic 

• Previously a design consultant to the 

Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate 

Change Initiative 

•Work recently featured at Dutch Design Week 

and the Milan Furniture Fair, 2011 

•Dances in a radical marching band 

BACKGROUND 

• Masters of Design, Design Academy Eindhoven 

• B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, FD 

• Raised in a collective living and architectural 

experiment designed around the principles of 

sustainability 

MERIT BADGES 

• Fellowship in Design Award, Rhode Island State 

Council of the Arts 

• Merit Award for Distinctive Furniture Design, 

Rhode Island School of Design 

TERRAIN 

design + environmental health

Erik 

Wilker 

DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATIVE & 

STRATEGIC AFFAIRS, 


EXPLOITS 

•Serves on Moses Brown’s administrative council 

and external affairs team 

•Manages Moses Brown’s hiring, professional 

development, evaluation practices, 

employment policies and regulatory 

submissions 

•Consults on key communications for Moses 

Brown 

•Co-Clerk of the All-School Diversity Committee 

•Former Communications Specialist at Amgen/ 

Immunex in CA and WA 

•Spent 2 years guiding climbers on Mt. Rainier 

•Travelled and climbed in the Andes for 6 months 

(Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chile) 

•Avid climber, runner and telemark skier 

BACKGROUND 

•MA in Anthropology, University of New Mexico 

•BA in English, Northwestern University 

TERRAIN 

education + communications

Frohman 

Anderson 

MANAGING DIRECTOR, 

EVERWATCH FINANCIAL 

EXPLOITS 

•Member of Moses Brown’s Budget & Finance 

and Development Committees 

•Director of the Collis Family Foundation, based 

in Greenwich, CT 

•Former member of Moses Brown’s Long-Range 

Strategic Planning Task Force 

•General Partner of EverWatch Capital II, LP 

•General Partner of Champlain Capital Partners, 

LP, a private equity fund dedicated to working 

with owners and management teams of middlemarket 

companies 

•Trustee and former Development Committee 

chair of The Gordon School 

BACKGROUND 

•BA, Engineering Sciences, Dartmouth College 

TERRAIN 

finance + management

George 

Tsakraklides 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•Science teacher at Moses Brown, currently 

teaching eleventh and twelfth grade Physics, AP 

Physics, Meteorology and Earth Science 

•Former Instructor in Meteorology, Research 

Assistant and Teaching Assistant at 

Pennsylvania State University 

•Taught Physics & Meteorology at King & Low- 

Heywood Thomas School, Stamford, CT 

•Former Research Assistant and Teaching 

Assistant at Yale University 

BACKGROUND 

•MS in Meteorology, Pennsylvania State 

University 

•Graduate coursework at Yale University 

•BS in Physics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute 

•American Community Schools Academy, 

Athens, Greece 

•Lived in Greece from the age of 2 – 18; fluent in 

Greek 

TERRAIN 

education + science

Graham 

Holland 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•Teaches middle school History at Moses Brown 

•Member of the All-School Diversity Committee 

•Clerk of All-School Sustainability Committee 

and Garden Task Force 

•Coaches boys’ varsity squash team at MB 

•Former fifth grade teacher at St. Paul’s 

Episcopal School, Oakland, CA 

•Taught middle school math at Aim High in 

Oakland, CA 

•Former fifth grade teacher at Pacific Academy 

Nomura School, Richmond, CA 

•Currently ranked 47th nationally in squash 

among all men 

•2010 Rhode Island squash champion 

•An official Master Composter through URI 

BACKGROUND 

•M.Ed., Lesley University 

•BA, Political Science, Brown University 

TERRAIN 

education + athletics

Habib 

Gorgi 


NAUTIC PARTNERS 

EXPLOITS 

•Founder and Managing Director Nautic 

Partners, LLC 

•Serves on the Board of Directors for Aavid 

Holding Company, LLC; Curtis Industries 

Holdings, LLC; HB Performance Systems 

Holdings, LLC; MACTEC, Inc.; NEPTCO 

Holdings, Inc.; Simonds Industries, Inc. and 

SynQ Solutions, LLC. 

•Currently serves as Clerk of the Moses Brown 

School Board of Trustees 

•Previously Co-Founder of Fleet Equity Partners 

BACKGROUND 

•Brown University 

•Columbia University 

TERRAIN 

business + education

Jared 

Schott 

HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL, 


EXPLOITS 

•In overseeing all aspects of support for Moses 

Brown’s Middle School students, helps to foster 

efficient and effective learners and productive 

community members 

•Works to ensure that the Middle School 

provides mentors who understand, appreciate 

and are dedicated to supporting the delicate 

balance of pre-adolescent self-esteem and 

confidence 

•Community Preparatory School Education 

Committee Member 

•Former Middle School English, History and 

Mathematics Teacher 

•Former Board Member at French American 

School of Rhode Island 

•Past Wilderness Trips Director at Camp Kieve in 

Maine 

BACKGROUND 

•BA from Bates College 

•Collegiate soccer, rugby and baseball player 

TERRAIN 

education + athletics

Jeff 

Cruzan 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•Chair of Upper School Mathematics 

Department at Moses Brown 

•Explores the underlying connections that bind 

subjects as seemingly difference as physics, 

economics and poetry within a supportive 

learning community 

•Former science teacher at Sharon High School 

in Sharon, MA 

•Past research chemist at Harvard Medical 

School 

•Served as science and technical advisor for the 

1997 film Flubber 

•Avid outdoorsman and licensed EMT 

BACKGROUND 

•Postdoctoral, Harvard Medical School 

•Ph.D., Chemistry, University of California, 

Berkeley 

•BS, Chemistry, University of Oregon 

TERRAIN 

education + math + science

Jim 

Lynch 

MANAGING PARTNER, 

THERMO CAPITAL PARTNERS 

EXPLOITS 

•Co-founder and Managing Partner of Thermo 

Capital Partners, LLC 

•President, Thermo Credit, LLC, a financial 

services company 

•Executive Chairman of Fiberlight, LLC, a fast 

growing data transport company 

•Director of Globalstar, Inc., a global 

telecommunications company. 

•Former Chairman and CEO of Xspedius 

Communications, LLC 

•Director of United Engines, LLC, an oil and gas 

business services company 

BACKGROUND 

• Amherst College 

• Yale University 

TERRAIN 

finance + communications

Joan 

McPhee 

PARTNER, 

ROPES & GRAY 

EXPLOITS 

•Partner at Ropes & Gray in Boston 

•Previously the Assistant United States Attorney 

and Deputy Chief of the Appeals Unit in the U.S. 

Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of 

New York 

•Has helped clients resolve complex law 

enforcement matters, including alleged health 

care and pharmaceutical fraud, securities and 

financial fraud, and public corruption matters 

MERIT AWARDS 

•Awarded Chambers USA: America’s Leading 

Lawyers for Business 

BACKGROUND 

•Harvard Law School 

•Princeton University 

TERRAIN 

law + conflict resolution

Karen 

Hammond 


DEVONSHIRE INVESTORS 

EXPLOITS 

•Managing Director, Devonshire Investors 

Fidelity Investments 

•Past Chief Operating Officer – Investments, 

Fidelity Investments Japan 

•Past Vice President and Chief Administrative 

Officer – Equity Research, Fidelity Management 

& Research Co. 

•Past Senior Vice President, Treasurer and 

Chief Financial Officer, The Boston Five Cents 

Savings Bank 

•Board of Directors, Nellie Mae Educational 

Foundation 

•Trustee, Simmons College 

•Budget & Finance Committee, Moses Brown 

School 

•Ex-officio Board Member, The Carroll School 

BACKGROUND 

•University of Colorado 

TERRAIN 

finance + education

Karen 

Lustig 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•As an English teacher in Moses Brown’s Upper 

School, helps students to explore their personal 

philosophies and outlook on life through class 

discussions and written response 

•Freelance Editor 

•Magazine and Newspaper Writer 

•Lives and teaches by the guiding principle that 

human interaction, by way of text and dialogue, 

is the craft by which we ourselves are formed 

MERIT BADGES 

•2012 Rhode Island Press Association Award 

•2011 CRMA National Finalist 

•2007 New Leaves Press Poetry Prize 

BACKGROUND 

•MA, University of Rhode Island 

•AB, Smith College 

•Attended Friends Seminary 

•Grew up in New York City 

TERRAIN 

education + literature

Kate 

Thiel EXPLOITS 

DIRECTOR, 

IDEAS SALON 

• IP.21 Studio Manager 

• Former design researcher at Bruce Mau Design 

• Collaborator on Dialog City, the arts and culture 

program for the 2008 Democratic National 

Convention 

• Collaborator on the opening of the Museum of 

Contemporary Art Denver 

• Proud new parent of a vegetable garden! 

• Big fan of reading out loud 

BACKGROUND 

• Dual degree in sculpture and sustainable 

interior architecture at Rocky Mountain College 

of Art and Design in Denver 

TERRAIN 

art + design + sustainability

Larry 

Enkin EXPLOITS 

FORMER OWNER & PRESIDENT, 

COPPLEY APPAREL GROUP 

•Owner and President of Coppley Apparel Group 

until sold 

•Past Chair of Business Advisory Council, 

McMaster Business School 

•Chair of Advisory Committee for Logistics 

Company 

•Former President of Hamilton Wentworth 

Family Services Agency 

•Active as a mentor 

•Set up the Sharon and Larry Enkin Community 

Leadership Award in 2009, given annually to a 

student who demonstrates active volunteerism 

and outstanding leadership in the community 

BACKGROUND 

•Bachelors of Communications, University of 

Toronto 

•Graduate Programs included MBA and MSW 

TERRAIN 

business + entrepreneurship

Laurie 

Center 

ACADEMIC DEAN, 


EXPLOITS 

•Manages Moses Brown’s academic program 

•Coordinates course scheduling, faculty 

and curricular evaluation, parent-teacher 

conferences, academic advising and the tutorial 

support system 

•Vertical Curriculum Committee Clerk 

•Serves on the Academic Deans’ Council 

•Previously served as Director of Academic 

Technology 

•Former teacher and computer specialist at 

Suffield Academy in Suffield, CT 

BACKGROUND 

•Ph.D., Education, University of Rhode Island and 

Rhode Island College 

•Ed.M. with Emphasis on Computer Education 

and Statistical Research, Harvard University 

•AB, Mathematics and Social Sciences 

(Psychology), Dartmouth College 

TERRAIN 

education + math

Lindsay 

Kinkade 

CO-FOUNDER & 

CREATIVE DIRECTOR, 

LITTLE GIANT 

EXPLOITS 

• Founding Design and Communication 

Coordinator for NSF EPSCoR at RISD, a climate 

change design research project in the state of 

Rhode Island 

• Co-Founder of the new urban design 

collaborative, Assembly Required 

• Adjunct faculty member at RISD teaching 

Making It Understandable, a public policy and 

design course that has recently tackled the 

challenge of communicating details of the 

Affordable Care Act with Rhode Islanders 

• Community-based designer, public artist, 

teacher, and documentary journalist 

• Former visual journalist at The Boston Globe, 

bringing ethical framework and research rigor 

to every project 

TERRAIN 

design + health + community

Martha 

Garcia 


FORESIGHT LINKS CORPORATION 

EXPLOITS 

• Colombian-Canadian health professional, 

entrepreneur and philanthropist 

• Formerly a clinical biochemist at Oxford, UK 

FORESIGHT LINKS 

• Private, boutique, multi-national firm 

specializing in innovative approaches to 

improve human health and wellness 

• Leverages global network of experts for 

collaborative input 

• Relies on flexible and innovative Internetbased 

standard operating procedures 

and collaborative tools that have enabled 

international teams to tackle some of the 

most intractable problems hindering the 

transformation of health and wellness systems 

worldwide 

TERRAIN 

health + wellness + technology

Mary Jane 

Creamer 

FORMER GLOBAL 

MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT 

Exploits 

•Formerly a consultant at Monitor Company, a 

global management consulting firm based in 

Cambridge, MA. 

•Former vice chair of the board of trustees of The 

Gordon School 

•Former Treasurer of Rhode Islanders 

Sponsoring Education (RISE) 

BACKGROUND 

•Williams College 

•Harvard Business School 

Terrain 

business + education

Matt 

Glendinning 

HEAD OF SCHOOL, 


EXPLOITS 

•Previously upper school director and teacher of 

ancient history at Moorestown Friends School 

•Taught at Germantown Friends School in 

Pennsylvania, Phillips Academy, Chestnut Hill 

College and the University of North Carolina 

•Former program director and dean of students 

for the Cambridge Prep Experience 

•Has lived, worked and studied in England, Spain, 

Greece and Turkey 

•Has published numerous articles on history, 

archeology and education 

•Endurance athlete; has finished 7 marathons 

and the Providence 70.3 Half-Ironman Triathlon 

MERIT BADGE 

•Fulbright Fellowship in Greece 

BACKGROUND 

•Dartmouth College, B.A. 

•Arcadia University, M. Ed. 

•University of North Carolina, Ph.D. 

TERRAIN 

global education + technology + athletics

Maureen 

Nagle 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•Enjoys a dynamic role as English teacher in 

Moses Brown’s Middle School 

•Designs lessons, provides clear instruction 

and develops high-interest, cross-curricular 

projects that inspire students to reach their 

potential 

•Works one-on-one with students during the 

writing process to help develop their unique 

writers’ voices and explore their endless 

creative potential 

•Strives enthusiastically to extend writing 

beyond the English classroom 

BACKGROUND 

•M.Phil., Trinity College of Dublin 

•BA, Providence College 

TERRAIN 

education + collaboration

Michael 

Perik 

CEO, 

HIGHER EDUCATION 

PARTNERS, LLC 

EXPLOITS 

•CEO of Higher Education Partners, LLC 

•Previously CEO and President of The Princeton 

Review 

•Trustee for Rhode Island Hospital 

•On the board of the John F. Kennedy 

Presidential Library 

•Serves on the advisory board for the Vanderbilt 

University Television Archive 

BACKGROUND 

•Harvard University Kennedy School of 

Government 

TERRAIN 

education + service

ReAnna 

Laney 

FACULTY, 


EXPLOITS 

•Former library assistant at the lower school 

libraries of the Berkeley Carroll School in 

Brooklyn, New York 

•Worked as library intern at the Collegiate School 

and at LaGuardia High School for the Arts and 

Performing Arts, both in New York City 

•Has also lived in Seoul, South Korea, Germany, 

Cambridge, England and Paris, France 

BACKGROUND 

•MA, Information and Library Science, Pratt 

Institute 

•BA, English, Lee University 

•Studied abroad in Cambridge, England 

TERRAIN 

education + language

Rex 

Bothwell 

SENIOR ADVISOR, LEARNING 

& DEVELOPMENT, 

APPLE RETAIL 

EXPLOITS 

• Partners with Apple senior leadership and 

mid-level managers to enhance enterprise-wide 

leadership capabilities and facilitate strategic 

organizational change initiatives 

• An expert in Organization Development, Rex 

works to align Apple’s talent resources to 

implement ground-breaking innovation while 

keeping an eye on tangible results 

• Senior Vice President, Seabury Consulting 

BACKGROUND 

• Extensive experience in talent management, 

high-potential leadership development and 

effectiveness, succession planning, and 

executive assessment and coaching 

TERRAIN 

leadership + talent

Roger 

Clifton 

PRIVATE INVESTOR & 

INVESTMENT ADVISOR 

EXPLOITS 

•Established his own enterprise in 1983 as 

a private investor and investment advisor 

to a clientele of individuals and non-profit 

institutions 

•Director and member of the Executive 

Committee of FMR Corp 

•Co-authored The Road Map to Success, a 

unique guide to organizational development for 

small arts organizations 

•Trustee/Board Member of Buckingham, Browne 

and Nichols School, World Computer Exchange 

BACKGROUND 

•Harvard University 

•Harvard Business School 

•US Navy 

TERRAIN 

advisor + leadership

Ron 

Dalgliesh 

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT & 

ALUMNI RELATIONS, 


EXPLOITS 

•Builds partnerships between individuals and 

Moses Brown to fulfill the school’s hopes and 

dreams for the future 

•Helps to set Moses Brown’s fundraising 

priorities to enable execution of their Long- 

Range Strategic Plan 

•Former Associate Vice President for 

Development at Brown University 

•Managed Brown’s national major and principal 

gift programs, increasing fundraising by more 

than 70%, exceeding $107 million in new gifts 

and pledges over a two-year period 

BACKGROUND 

•BA, Brown University 

TERRAIN 


Sandi 

Connors 

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS, 


EXPLOITS 

• Helps to advance Moses Brown’s reputation and 

relationships through strategic communication 

and marketing 

• Serves on Moses Brown’s administrative 

council and external affairs team 

• Expert in crisis communication 

• Participated in the school’s global studies task 

force 

• Former vice president of communications and 

marketing for the Greater Providence Chamber 

of Commerce 

• Frequent volunteer with Habitat for Humanity in 

South Providence 

• Has tutored with Literacy Volunteers of America 

BACKGROUND 

• Roger Williams University 

• Leadership Rhode Island graduate, Zeta II class 

• Earned national accreditation with the Public 

Relations Society of America 

TERRAIN 

communication + marketing

Seth 

Goldenberg EXPLOITS 


IP.21 STUDIO, THE IDEAS SALONS 

+ THE EPIC DECADE 

• Former VP and Director of Massive Change, 

Bruce Mau Design 

• Founder and Curator, Dialog City, the arts and 

culture program for the 2008 Democratic 

National Convention 

• Former Deputy Director, Museum of 

Contemporary Art Denver 

• Founder and former Director, Office of Public 

Engagement at the Rhode Island School of 

Design 

• Former Adjunct Faculty, Rhode Island School of 

Design, University of Denver, Rocky Mountain 

College of Art and Design 

• Newly made father of a lovely baby boy 

TERRAIN 

design + public engagement

Shaun 

Buckler 

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE 

& OPERATIONS, 


EXPLOITS 

•Provides a high level of operational support 

and business services to the Moses Brown 

community 

•Former Chief Financial Officer, American 

Institute for Economic Research, Great 

Barrington, MA 

•Past Dean of Administration and Finance, 

Berkshire Community College 

•Previously Chief Financial Officer, KAIVO, Inc., 

Williamstown, MA and Denver, CO 

•Served as Associate Provost and Budget 

Director, Williams College 

•Worked as Assistant controller, Princeton 

University 

BACKGROUND 

•MBA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

•BS, Rider University 

•Certificate in Employee Performance Appraisal 

Systems, Cornell University 

TERRAIN 

education + administration + finance

Sheri 

Sweitzer 

FORMER 

CLINTON WHITE HOUSE & 

US SENATE STAFF 

EXPLOITS 

•Eighteen years working with the United States 

Senate, 2-1/2 years in the Clinton White House, 

and 2-1/2 years in the Department of Justice 

•Chair of the Board of Directors of Phoenix 

House of New England 

•Served as President of the Parents’ Association, 

Clerk of the Board of Trustees Strategic 

Planning Committee and Head Search 

Committee at Moses Brown 

MERIT BADGE 

•Appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. 

Delegation working at The Hague on an 

Intercountry Adoption Treaty, which was agreed 

to by 38 nations and signed into law in the U.S. 

in 1999 

BACKGROUND 

•Ohio State University 

•Youngstown State University 

TERRAIN 

diplomacy + public service

Tamen 

Jadad-Garcia 

STUDENT, 

KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON 

EXPLOITS 

•Well-behaved teenager and budding social 

entrepreneur 

•Avid reader and traveller (32 countries and 

counting) 

•Extensive network of friends who want to 

change the world 

•Enthusiastic singer, athlete and equestrian 

•Love for history and philosophy 

MERIT BADGES 

•School Ambassador to the Model United 

Nations in The Hague (2011) 

•Graduate from the Young Artists Performing 

Academy, Royal Academy of Music of Canada 

•Newspaper Editor and Leader of the Boarding 

Council, Marymount International School 

COMING SOON 

•Joining King's College London as a Business and 

Innovation fresh(wo)man in 2012 

TERRAIN 

student + future leader

Terry 

Irwin 

HEAD OF THE SCHOOL 

OF DESIGN, 

CARNEGIE MELLON 

UNIVERSITY 

EXPLOITS 

•Adjunct Professor at Otis Parsons School of 

Design in Los Angles and California College of 

Arts and Crafts in San Francisco 

•Guest lecturer at schools across the US and 

Europe 

•Co-founder, former Principal and Creative 

Director of MetaDesign’s San Francisco office 

BACKGROUND 

•MFA in Design from the Allegemeine Kunstgewerbeschule 

in Basel, Switzerland 

•Masters in Holistic Science at Schumacher 

College 

MO 

•A sustainable worldview must be the foundation 

for sustainable design 

TERRAIN 

education + design + 

transdisciplinarity + 

sustainability

Uday 

Kumar 

CEO, REVIVE DEFIBRILLATION SYSTEMS; 

FELLOWSHIP DIRECTOR, 

GLOBAL BIODESIGN PROGRAM, 

STANFORD UNIVERSITY 

EXPLOITS 

•Founder, Chief Medical Officer, iRhythm 

Technologies, Inc. 

•Chief Medical Officer and Vice President, 

Biomedical Modeling, Inc. 

•Steering Committee, Value-driven Engineering 

for U.S. Global Competitiveness 

•Holder of several US Patents 

•Fellowship Director, Global Biodesign Programs, 

Stanford University 

MERIT BADGES 

•NYU-Poly 2011 Spirit of Innovation Award 

BACKGROUND 

•MD, Harvard Medical School 

•BA, Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University 

•Biodesign Cardiovascular Innovation Fellow, 

Stanford University 

TERRAIN 

medicine + innovation

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