LEE ENGLERT
at Oxford, Atul began to question how healthcare organizations are run. “Specifically, I was interested in learning how principles of management and leadership could help healthcare organizations be more effective in executing their mission.” To pursue this interest, Atul joined McKinsey & Company in New York City. There, Atul met his future wife, Maya, who was working in the same office building as a corporate bond trader at First Boston. Subsequently, Atul focused his efforts in building and leading healthcare companies. The opportunity for him to help US Oncology, a growing cancer care company based in Houston, prompted the Dhirs to move to Texas in 1999. There, in addition to helping build one of the largest cancer organizations, Atul also experienced cancer himself. “Being a cancer survivor has deepened my commitment to the field of oncology,” he explains. In 2010, the family moved to Brookline for Atul to join the leadership team of the large pharmaceutical company, Sanofi. He is the CEO of their cancer-focused biotech company and a member of the global oncology leadership team based in Cambridge. “We
have been truly touched by how welcoming and supportive everyone at Park has been to our family when our boys joined the Classes of 2016 and 2014 last year. I am looking forward to be an active part of this community and contribute through my service on the Park School Board of Trustees.”
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uring Lee’s seven parent years at Park, she has volunteered tirelessly — as a co-chair of the Diversity Committee, a Class Rep Coordinator, a member of the Trustee Diversity Committee, a Senior Advisor on the Officers and Advisors board of the Parents’ Association, a tour guide, and an Annual Fund volunteer. However, Lee says that she has come to truly appreciate the School through her children’s eyes. “Since Cole’s Pre-K year at Park, Jack and I have felt that each of our children here has been known and loved.” Lee and Jack Englert are residents of Jamaica Plain and have three children at Park: Cole ’15 is now in Grade VI, Blair ’17 in Grade IV, and Haley ’19 in Grade II. Their older son, Alex, who is a senior at Middlebury College, is the occasional subject of show and tell and special guest at Yule Festival. “Park’s commitment to academic excellence in a community where there are no cookie cutters drew us in from the beginning. We feel most fortunate that our children are growing up at Park, enriched by an excellent and caring faculty and a diverse community.”
The Park Bulletin | Fall 2011
Lee hails from Princeton, New Jersey, where she practiced law after graduating from Brown University and Fordham Law School. More than 15 years ago, Lee moved to Boston and continued to work as an attorney, before moving into the philanthropic field as the executive director of The Plymouth Rock Foundation. Currently, Lee is the director of communications for The Steppingstone Foundation, a non-profit in Boston providing educational opportunities for underserved Boston students. Park has been a partner of Steppingstone for 20 years, and is one of the fortunate placement schools for students from The Steppingstone Academy. Outside of Steppingstone, Lee serves on the board of the Foundation for Children’s Books, the advisory board of St. Stephen’s Youth Programs, and the advisory council of the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Art in Jamaica Plain.
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