New Leadership

TRUSTEES WELCOMED

Amanaging director and partner at Siguler Guff, a global private equity firm, Drew Guff ’79 will serve a six-year term as a charter trustee. Together with George Siguler P’01, Duff is responsible for directing the firm’s private equity investment strategy. Prior to establishing Siguler Guff, he worked in PaineWebber’s Mergers and Acquisitions and Merchant Banking groups. Guff sits on the boards of several portfolio companies and previously served on the board of EPAM Systems, Inc. He is the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for corporate citizenship and is a frequent speaker at global conferences and investment forums. Guff has supported Andover over three fundraising campaigns. His volunteer service includes Alumni Council membership and more than three decades on the advisory board of the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers, having served on its executive committee since 2007. Guff earned an AB from Harvard.

Also serving a six-year term as a charter trustee, Allison Picott ’88 is director of development for The Lenny Zakim Fund, a Boston nonprofit that supports grassroots nonprofit organizations working to advance social, economic, and racial justice in Eastern Massachusetts. Picott began her career as a law clerk to the justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court and then became a litigation associate for Nixon Peabody LLP and Prince Lobel and Tye LLP. In 2001, Picott returned to Andover as a leadership gift officer. She has held fundraising positions at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, Boston College Law School, and the Social Innovation Forum, and was the founder and principal of Advancement Advisers. Picott has served as copresident of the Andover-Abbot Alumni Association of New England, cochair of the Young Committee of New England for Campaign Andover, director of the Abbot Academy Fund, and as an alumni trustee. In 1999, Picott was awarded Andover’s Distinguished Service Award—the youngest person to receive this

COURTESY PHOTOS

Drew Guff ’79

Allison Picott ’88

Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88

Loyce LaShawndra Pace ’95

honor. Picott holds degrees from Trinity College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

Aisha Jorge Massengill ’88, a vice president and deputy general counsel at Under Armour Inc. (UA), will serve a four-year term as an alumni trustee. At UA, Jorge Massengill is responsible for ensuring that all UA teammates are treated fairly and equitably. She is a member of UA’s global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council and chairs the legal department’s DEI team. At Andover, Jorge Massengill was the first student to earn 12 varsity letters. She captained the volleyball and basketball teams and was a Blue Key head. As an alumna, she has supported Andover in numerous roles, including alumni admission representative, reunion chair, speaker at the annual athletics banquet, and keynote speaker at the 2017 senior banquet. She is a recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Service Award and served six years as a director and later president of the Abbot Academy Fund. Jorge Massengill earned a BA from Boston College and JD from Boston College School of Law.

Also serving a four-year term as an alumni trustee, Loyce LaShawndra Pace ’95 is a leader in the federal government, serving as its diplomatic voice on public health priorities when interacting with foreign countries and United Nations organizations. While much of her time recently has been spent getting COVID-19 vaccines and treatments to the world as well as preventing another pandemic, her overall remit covers a range of global health access and equity issues. At Andover, Pace was heavily involved with community engagement, helping tutor new immigrants for the Spanish GED and teaching biology to (MS)2 scholars. Pace also served as Blue Key president and received the Madame Sarah Abbot Award. Pace later joined the Alumni Council and served on its Non Sibi Committee. She earned a BA from Stanford and an MPH from Johns Hopkins University.

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TANG GIFT STRENGTHENS FINANCIAL AID, INNOVATION

A $25 million gift to Phillips Academy from Board President Emeritus Oscar Tang ’56 will expand financial aid for students and strengthen Andover’s signature need-blind admission program. Tang’s latest act of generosity to support the Knowledge & Goodness campaign will also fund other key priorities, including academic innovation, while increasing his lifetime giving to the school to an unprecedented $66 million.

“We are profoundly grateful for Oscar’s inspiring leadership and for his unparalleled legacy of generosity to our school,” said Amy Falls ’82, P’19, ’21, president of the Board of Trustees.

Tang, who served as board president from 2004 to 2012, believes deeply in giving back to the school that opened its doors to him as a young refugee who fled postwar China in 1949, and to his late wife Frances Young Tang ’57, who attended Abbot Academy on a full scholarship.

“My financial aid gifts are really from both of us,” said Tang, whose philanthropy has impacted nearly every corner of campus, from facilities improvements and faculty development to the arts and innovative programs at the Tang Institute, which advances new ideas and best practices in education.

The announcement of Tang’s historic philanthropy came a few weeks after Andover celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Tang Scholars this past spring. In addition to providing tuition relief to more than 160 students from across the world, the endowed fund also supports cultural enrichment, music lessons, laptops, and even winter clothing and school supplies.

Tang and former head of school Barbara Landis Chase were instrumental in initiating PA’s landmark need-blind admission policy in 2008. Tang’s recent gift will also substantially increase the resources of the Chase Scholars, a parallel program that recognizes Chase’s unwavering commitment to access. “As a Chinese immigrant coming to this school, I was surprised to be given the same opportunities as my Americanborn peers. Reflecting on what Andover did for me, I now believe that financial aid can do more than remove economic barriers. It can help Andover educate a diverse student body, including those students who are not exactly like our school’s founders.”

—BOARD PRESIDENT EMERITUS OSCAR TANG ’56

the BUZZ

Iron Chef Ming Tsai ’82, P’18, is back in kitchen stadium, this time on Netflix with the new series Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend. Watch Tsai battle alongside chefs Marcus Samuelsson, Curtis Stone, Dominique Crenn, and Gabriela Cámara. Former history instructor Nancy Faust Sizer P’75, ’77, ’80, ’80, recently published a memoir titled Principles and Plans. The book provides a detailed look at the years (1972–1981) in which her husband, Ted Sizer, was Andover’s head of school. “The memoir is an intimate portrait of a marriage and a professional partnership that changed the shape not only of Phillips Academy, but also of American education writ large,” says Vic Henningsen ’69, P’01, ’05, history instructor emeritus.