Board Welcomes New Members We are pleased to welcome two new members to the Board of Trustees — Cheryl Johnston and Royce Pulliam. Cheryl Johnston is the owner of CMI Property Management Corporation and has served on the Lower School Parents Advisory Council for the last two years. She is currently a member of the Advancement and Capital Campaign committees, as well as the Board liaison for Sayre Parents Association. She and her husband Ron have two children at Sayre - Jack in fourth grade and Thomas in Kindergarten.
Royce Pulliam and his wife Tomi Anne have been members of the Sayre community for the last three years. Their daughter, Mia, is in the Class of 2017, and they have a younger daughter, Maggie, at The Lexington School. Royce is the current CEO of One23 Brands and the former CEO of Urban Active Fitness, a company he sold to LA Fitness in 2013. Royce is a member of the Board’s Construction Committee where his expertise as a successful developer will be a tremendous asset as we implement our campus master plan.
Board Awards The Miles Service Award is named in honor of Dorothy Moomaw Miles, Headmistress of Sayre from 1952-1961. Awards are given to both a current parent and a patron (traditionally a past parent) who have been actively involved in the daily life of the school. This year’s recipients are Bill Martin and Tom VanMeter, whose support for our lacrosse program spans a decade. As parents, they were part of the group whose sons started playing lacrosse and competing at the recreational level. Their support led to the introduction of lacrosse as an official sport in the Middle School in 2005 and the Upper School in 2006. Throughout the years, their support for the program has included the purchasing and donation of sticks to the PE department, allowing the introduction of lacrosse as a PE unit, the purchase of equipment to support youth camps, and most recently, the funding and construction of the rebound wall at the Sayre Athletic Complex to facilitate skill development. We cannot thank Bill and Tom enough for their ongoing commitment to our program! The McClellan Award is named in honor of Henry McClellan, Sayre’s most distinguished and longest-tenured
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Headmaster who served Sayre from 1870-1904. The recipient of this award is a friend or organization of the school that has made significant contributions in the form of service to the student body. This year’s recipient is Carol Behr. In 1994, David Youngblood (former Upper School English instructor) approached Carol because he was interested in establishing a writing contest for Upper School students. Carol, the owner of Kennedy’s Wildcat Den, University of Kentucky’s official bookstore, loved the idea, and the rest is history! She has sponsored the Kennedy Book Awards since 1995 and has been a judge for the awards that are given out in four categories - Fiction, Analytical Essay, Personal Narrative and Poetry. We are so fortunate that Carol has supported quality writing and promoted the development of those skills to teenage writers for over two decades. The Trustee Award is given to a current or past Trustee of the school who has been singled out by his fellow trustees as a leader in providing insightful guidance and direction to the school through his or her efforts. This year’s designee, Pope McLean, has served two terms (eight years) on the Board
while serving on and leading a wide range of committees from Enrollment, Buildings and Grounds, to Marketing and Advancement, chairing the latter two for several years. Pope’s leadership was instrumental in Sayre’s recent purchase of properties on Constitution and East 2nd Street that have expanded our downtown footprint. Since stepping off the Board, Pope has continued to volunteer his time to the school as a member of our Capital Campaign Committee. Pope and his wife Lisa are the parents of three Sayre students Katharine ’17, Mac ’19 and Shep ’28.
Pope McLean, Carol Behr, Tom VanMeter