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Jenny Reynolds, Associate Director of Admissions
Jenny Reynolds comes to Walker’s after many years of working in the public health field. For the past 12 years she worked as a consultant for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, primarily focused on tobacco use prevention and control and chronic disease health policy. Jenny’s prior experience includes directing a national adolescent HIV prevention program and working with court-involved teenagers and their parents. She was raised in West Hartford, CT, attended Renbrook School, Loomis Chaffee, and Tufts University and received her Master’s in Public Health degree at Yale University. With two daughters at the school — Abby ’13 and Lila ’15 — Jenny has developed a strong passion for and commitment to Walker’s and brings this energy and enthusiasm to her work on the admissions team. She will be joining her husband, Steve, who is Walker’s Director of Technology. Lindsay Scola, Spanish Teacher
Lindsay will join the language department as a teacher of many levels of Spanish. Most recently an Admission Office Associate at the International School in Atlanta, Lindsay is eager to return to her roots as a classroom teacher. She spent four years as a teacher of Spanish and a
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coach at the Williston Northampton School and much of her family lives in New England. Lindsay’s homecoming will include her teaching as well as serving on the House Faculty in Cluett Dorm and a coach for the volleyball and lacrosse teams. Missy Shea, Director of Admissions
Melissa (Missy) Shea joins Walker’s after serving as Associate Academic Director and Middle School Head for the Green Mountain School in Vermont, where she was integrally involved in middle-school admissions and part of the school’s Educational Leadership Team. Previously in Vermont, she taught social studies, coached field hockey, and served as an advisor at Union High School and coordinated civic education and voter outreach for the Vermont Secretary of State’s office. As Vice President of Recreational Services at Sugarbush Ski Resort, Missy managed six departments with revenues of over $5 million. As the Director of the Youth Program at the Mad River Glen ski area, she hired, trained, and supervised 40 instructors. Missy received a B.A. in Political Science from Wellesley College and an M.A. in writing communication from Dartmouth College with coursework in corporate communications at the Tuck School of Business. She served on several community boards including chairing the search for the Waitsfield, VT, Superintendent of Schools. Her daughter, Nell, will enter the 9th grade at Walker’s.
2012 Service Awards On April 13, the 2012 Service Awards Celebration recognized faculty and staff for their contribution of time and talent to our community during a cocktail reception at the barn. 30 years—Darrell Carrington 25 years—Priscilla Jackson 20 years—Wilfred (Bill) Dresser 15 years—Sandra Baker,
Students showed their appreciation for the work of faculty and staff by placing handmade lawn signs with heartfelt messages along the path to Chapel.
John Bascom
10 years—Michelle Sawyer, Sue Smith 5 years—Kathleen Battiston, Mary (Mimi) Duran,
Gail Shelton P'12, Brooke Gaffney Redmond '90, and E. Kay Cowan, outgoing members of the Board of Trustees, were given miniature rose bushes during a gathering at Walker's newly renovated barn to celebrate their outstanding service, loyalty, and commitment during their terms on the Board.
Mary Beth Conley, John Monagan, Suzanne Piela, Joan Skelley SUMMER 2012
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