Trustee Transitions The Board is pleased to welcome two new members. MARTY ROSENBERG joined the Board at the November 2011 meeting. His daughter Sophie
Board of Trustees J. Matthew Davidson, Chair
graduated from NCS in 2011. Marty is the co-founder of Ethos Partners, which he sold to Navigant
Dennis Aftergut, Vice-Chair
Healthcare, Inc. (NCI) in October 2010. As managing director, Marty leads NCI’s National Physician
Barkley Stuart, Treasurer
Practice Management and Technology divisions. He has served on numerous boards in his role as
Sandra Gray Nowicki,
health care executive or active community member. Marty earned his BA at Hofstra University and an
Secretary
MS in health care management from the RPI Lally School of Management and Technology. He and his wife Mara live in Charlotte, North Carolina. PAMELA ROSENTHAL began her service on the Board at the July 2011 meeting. Her son Noah graduated from NCS in 2009. A rheumatologist at New York University School of Medicine, she directs
Jennifer Ewing Allen Lisa Beck Barry Breeman
the rheumatology service at Bellevue Hospital Center and is engaged in many aspects of medical
Peter R. Brest
education. She also is on the board of directors of the Burke Rehabilitation Hospital in White Plains,
Guillaume de Ramel
NY, and of Books & Authors: Viet Nam, Inc., a foundation that promotes the study of Vietnamese
Laura Thrower Harris
literature in English. Pamela lives with her family, including her husband Sam Wertheimer, also an
Julia Jonathan
NCT enthusiast, in New York City.
Caroline Kenney Sam Kim Hope Knight Rose Kean Lansbury
New Faculty and Staff, 2011-2012 MATTHEW BECKWITH-LAUBE Math Teacher, Houseparent (Algonquin) An Ohio native, Matthew graduated from The College of Wooster with a BS in geology and focus in paleoclimate reconstruction. Extensive travel—including time in Patagonia with NOLS and hiking across England—sparked his interest in education and the wider world. Prior to joining the NCS faculty, he worked Matthew Beckwith-Laube as a geologist for an international engineering and environmental consulting firm, as a ski instructor at Whiteface in Wilmington, NY, and as a teacher of math and earth science at a boarding school in New Hampshire. An avid alpine skier and cyclist, Matthew is greatly enjoying (with his dog Gretta) all the Adirondacks have to offer.
Shane Braverman
Todd Dowling
SHANE BRAVERMAN Spanish Teacher, Houseparent (Algonquin) A graduate of the State University of New York at Albany, Shane holds an MS in education, a BA in Spanish, and a BA in linguistics. With a love of languages and cultures, Shane previously taught Spanish, Italian, French, Japanese, and ESL, as well as martial arts (Aikido, Capoeira) and swing and Latin dancing. She came to us from the York (PA) Country Day School, where she taught Spanish and enjoyed bouldering and lindy hop (a type of swing dance). Shane enjoys the outdoors and creating things both functional and beautiful. She recently took up ceramics and is excited to be back on the pottery wheel. TODD DOWLING Biology Teacher, Houseparent (Mountain) Todd graduated from Bucknell University in 2007 with a teaching certificate and a BS in biology focusing in ecology and evolution. After graduating,
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Roger S. Loud Pat Kramon Pincus Marty Rosenberg Pamela Rosenthal Matt Salinger Peter Skinner Hume Steyer Manny Weintraub
Honorary Trustees Joan K. Davidson Colin C. Tait, Esq. Richard E. Wilde
Trustees Emeriti David T. Kenney Sumner Parker