News of the School Summer 2012 Park Tudor School
New Board, Trust members elected
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t the annual board meeting of the Park Tudor Foundation on May 15, Park Tudor parents Michele Janin and Jim Schacht were elected to three-year terms on the Park Tudor Board of Directors and Park Tudor parent Christie Kelly was elected to the Park Tudor Trust. All three assumed their roles on July 1. In addition, re-elected to three-year terms are current board members Steve Cagle ’71, Chris Miyamoto ’88 and Heather Reilly Murphy ’90. The terms of board members Cynthia Bir and Kathy Dunbar expired at the end of June. As a result of increasing travel and business obligations Alan Hill and Jim Toomey also stepped down from the Board. On behalf of the entire Park Tudor community, we extend our sincere thanks to all of them for their many years of dedicated service to Park Tudor. Elected as board officers are: Chris Braun, president; Rob Brown ’79, vice president; Steve Cagle ’71, treasurer; and Heather Reilly Murphy ’90, secretary. Braun’s term will run through June 30, 2014, while the terms of Brown, Cagle and Murphy will expire June 30, 2013. More about our new board and trust members: Michele Janin – A graduate of Stanford University, Janin majored in international relations. Before moving to Indianapolis with her family, she had a career in public relations, communications and marketing that included positions in New York City, Hong Kong and England. She worked for the Cummins Engine Foundation as a community relations manager and program officer. Janin has served Park Tudor as a member of the Development Committee, and she founded and coaches the Middle School girls lacrosse team. Janin and her husband, Tom Linebarger, are the parents of Alex ’12 and Emily ’14. Jim Schacht – Schacht is executive director of Cummins Business Services, a position he has held since April 2010. He previously was chief operating officer of Touchbase Group, LTD, a UK-based
technology services company specializing in communications technologies. In addition, he has served as executive vice president of human resources at RCI, Inc.; senior vice president of call center operations at Cendant, Inc.; and CEO of Ziptone, LLC. He holds a B.A. degree in philosophy from Trinity College (CT) and a M.B.A. degree from Harvard University. Schacht and his wife, Sally, are the parents of Allison ’14, Samantha ’14, Julia ’17 and Thomas ’17. Christie Kelly – As executive vice president and chief financial officer of Duke Realty Corporation, Kelly oversees all accounting and financial reporting functions of Duke Realty. She previously was a senior vice president, global real estate, with Lehman Brothers. She spent most of her career at General Electric, holding a variety of domestic and global leadership roles. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Bucknell University. Kelly and her husband, John, are the parents of Jack ’19 and Olivia ’14.
Experience Summer @ Park Tudor There’s still time to check out the offerings in our “Summer @ PT” program, which runs through August 3. The summer brochure with details of all of the classes and camps is now available at www.parktudor. org/summer. New this year: a fourweek World Language Immersion program for students in K-12, and a nine-day Park Tudor Adventures trip for young men ages 12-15.
Lauren St. Clair and Victoria Edwards accept flowers and congratulations as they walk through the gauntlet of underclassmen during the annual Senior Serenade on May 24.
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