Two Alumni Join OVS Board of Trustees

Sally McClenahan Dyer (L87, U91) was appointed to the Board of Trustees in February. She spent her formative years at Ojai Valley School before earning a degree in Biological Sciences at UC Davis and building a career in the scientific field of biopharmaceutical operations. She currently works as the General Manager of Colorado Operations for Umoja Biopharma, Inc. located in Boulder, Colorado, where she lives with her husband and former classmate, Patrick Dyer (U91). Prior to joining Umoja, she served as the Vice President of Manufacturing Operations for the AveXis/Novartis Gene Therapies Longmont Manufacturing Center. She also spent 3 years leading AstraZeneca’s operations in Boulder. Mrs. Dyer launched her career in science at Amgen, Inc. spending 21 years in a variety of site-based and global operations roles including facility start-up assignments in Puerto Rico and Singapore. “OVS opened my eyes to the world in such a way that in my professional life I had the courage to pick-up and move globally, continuing my education in the real-world experiences of living and working abroad,” she said. The Dyers have a daughter, Hana, who is studying nursing at the University of Michigan. They are both triathletes who enjoy gardening, listening to live music, and traveling.

James Casey (L95) was appointed to the Board of Trustees in February. He moved to Ojai in 1988 with his family from London, England, and started at OVS in Carol Hall-Mounsey’s first-grade class. After 8th grade, he attended Robert Louis Stevenson in Pebble Beach for three years as a boarding student but ultimately returned to Ojai and graduated from Nordhoff High School. He earned a degree in communications from Loyola Marymount

University and received a law degree with honors from the Ventura College of Law. Mr. Casey worked for the firm of Bamieh & Erickson in Ventura before opening his own small general practice firm in Ojai. Mr. Casey and his wife, Daniela, have two children, Kendall and Jackson, who are current students at Lower Campus. “I have spent the vast majority of my life here and I have made connections with many locals that will last a lifetime,” Mr. Casey said. “I have referred numerous families to OVS and l am proud to say that each and every one of them has been as happy with their experiences as we have been.” The Caseys are avid golfers and Mr. Casey serves on the board of the Soule Park Golf Club in Ojai.