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Governing Board

NCS is directed by a Governing Board composed of parents, alumnae, and other friends of the School.
 
Three members serve ex officio: the bishop of Washington, the president of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation, and the Head of School.
 
The Governing Board entrusts the administration of the school to the Head of School. Primary responsibility for the well-being of the school rests with the Board. Its tasks include:
  • establishing policy for the educational affairs of the institution;
  • selecting and evaluating the Head of School; and
  • ensuring sound fiscal management, adequate philanthropic support, and wise conservation of the school's assets and physical plant.

    • NCS Governing Board 2025-2026

Not pictured: Franca Gutierrez, Matthew Cutts, Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde

Officers

Laura Puryear
Chair
 
Gina Coburn
Vice Chair
 
Helen Bechtel ’00
Secretary

2025-2026 Members

List of 21 members.

  • Helen Bechtel 00

  • Mariann Budde 

  • Chris Calsyn 

  • Alexa Chopivsky 97

  • Gina Coburn 

  • Matthew Cutts 

  • Kim D'Abreu 

  • Morgan Eaker 

  • Franca Gutierrez 

  • Makiko Harrison 

  • Suzanna Kang 

  • Cidalia Luis-Akbar 

  • William "Bill" Lynn 

  • Sandra Ortiz 

  • Laura Puryear 

  • Michael Rankin 

  • Barbara "Lou" Rollinson 77

  • Elinor Scully 

  • Antonio Sierra 

  • Brendan Sullivan III 

  • Gay Truscott 80

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