Janet Pietsch P’09, ’20 Janet Vultee Pietsch is President of the Parent Association, an ex officio member of the board. She is also a class representative and an admission ambassador and mentor for the Parent Association. Janet grew up in Virginia and North Carolina, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College. She has worked in book publishing for more than 30 years, these days as a freelance children’s book editor. Janet and her family formerly lived in Ossining, NY, where she was for many years a director and a vice president of Ossining MATTERS Education Foundation, for which she continues to volunteer as a member of the funding committee. She also volunteered as an AYSO board member and as a Girl Scout troop leader, recruiter and registrar for the community. Janet lives in Sleepy Hollow, NY with her husband, Michael, and son Owen ’20. The Pietsches also have two grown children, Jackson ’09, a graduate of Swarthmore who works as a translator, and Caroline, another Swarthmore graduate, who lives and works in New York City. Michael is CEO of Hachette Book Group and serves on the boards of PEN America and Poets & Writers.
Diana Davis Spencer ’56, P’84 Diana Davis Spencer is Chairman and President of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, which focuses primarily on education, public policy, global initiatives and national security. Diana serves on several boards, including the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, Northeast Harbor Library, and the Mt. Desert Festival of Chamber Music. She also serves on the Federalist Society Board of Visitors, and is a cabinet member of the Wilson Center. Formerly a journalist and activist, Diana has written for local and national newspapers and magazines, and was a member of the National League of American Pen Women, National Writers Union, and the National Press Club. Diana has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, and visited Russia five times, meeting with government and business leaders. Her daughter Abby Spencer Moffat is a member of the Class of 1984.