2010 NAIS Annual Conference | San Francisco, CA | Feb 24-26, 2010
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Superpower Spotlight

Superpower Nominees

10AC Karen Douse                                     
 
Karen Douse, director of library and information services, Harpeth Hall School (Tennessee)
Nominated by: Ann Teaff, head of school, Harpeth Hall

 Click here to see the marvelous movie about Karen Douse and her superpowers!


10AC Baron Ablon, St. Alcuin                                     
 
Baron Ablon, trustee, St. Alcuin Montessori School (Texas)
Nominated by: Laurie Matthews, board chair, St. Alcuin Montessori School

    


Marth Haakmat, Packer                                     
 
Martha Haakmat, diversity coordinator, The Packer Collegiate Institute (New York)
Nominated by: Bruce L. Dennis, head of school, The Packer Collegiate Institute

  

Usha Balamore, Shipley School                                     
  
Jennifer Larrabee, trustee and volunteer, The Avery Coonely School (Illinois)
Nominated by: Andy Gilla, director of admission and marketing, The Avery Coonley School

  


Usha Balamore, Shipley School                                     
 
 
Usha Balamore, associate head of lower school and director of character education, The Shipley School (Pennsylvania)
Nominated by: Steven S. Piltch, head of school, The Shipley School

  


Westridge dining services                                     
 
Dining Services, Westridge School (California)
Nominated by: Gretchen Reed, Westridge assistant head for finance and operations

  


                                     
 
 
N. Nancy Misra, trustee and former board chair, Mounds Park Academy (Minnesota)
Nominated by: Mike Downs, head of school, Mounds Park Academy

  


executive committee of the board for Windrush School (California)

Windrush School (California) Board of Trustees, Executive Committee
As pictured, from left to right: Caroline McCall, chair; Ilana Kaufman, head of school; Valerie McCann Woodson, secretary; Terry Goode, treasurer; Jennifer Campbell, member-at-large; JoAnn Asami, vice chair
Nominated by: Ilana Kaufman, Windrush head of school


 Isabella Veader (City Girl Cupcake)

Isabella Veader, student at Lincoln School (Rhode Island), and cofounder of City Girl Cupcake
Nominated by: Julia Russell Eells, head of school, Lincoln School

  


Allison Webster Superpower Spotlight photoAllison Webster, assistant director, Shady Hill School (Massachusetts)
Nominated by: Liza Jones, gradehead, Shady Hill School

Click on the link below to view a Quicktime movie about independent school wonder woman, Allison Webster!
Allison Webster movie

  


Anna Baralt, superpowered chair of technology department, lower division technology teacher, NAIS Teacher of the Future, and parent of two students, Shorecrest Preparatory School (Florida)
Nominated by: Mike Murphy, Shorecrest headmaster

  


Saxenian photo                                     
 
Mike Saxenian, assistant head of school for finance and administration and economics teacher, Sidwell Friends School (District of Columbia)
Nominated by: Sidwell former head of school and current senior Quaker fellow Bruce Stewart

  


Eagle Rock School logoStudent Body, Eagle Rock School (Colorado)
Nominated by: Eagle Rock School Associate Director, Professional Development Dan Condon

  


                                     
 
Bob Bishop, Trustee of Westtown School (Pennsylvania)
Nominated by: Westtown School Director of Annual Giving David Eldridge


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