SPES Board of Trustees
Saint Paul’s Episcopal School is a mission of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Vestry of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church delegates authority of overseeing the school to the school’s Board of Trustees.
The SPES Board of Trustees consists of a Chairperson, President, and 15 elected Regular Trustees, plus up to three additional Special Trustees which the Board may deem as necessary. Each Trustee is elected for a three-year term.
The Board is charged with setting school policy, employing and evaluating the Head of School, monitoring the financial condition of the school, and guiding the school’s future. The Board of Trustees meets monthly and holds additional special or ad-hoc meetings on an as-needed basis.
SPES Board of Trustees - 2024
REV. SAMANTHA SMITH - Board Chair, Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church Rector, Executive Committee Member & Ex-Officio Member of all Committees
ALLISON GOERTZ HARKINS - Executive Committee – President & Ex-Officio Member of all Committees
DUKE NELSON - Executive Committee – Vice-President & HOS Support Committee Chair
ROLAND GOERTZ - Executive Committee – Treasurer & Finance Committee Chair
LANCE GRIGSBY - Executive Committee – Assistant Treasurer & Church/School/Facilities Committee
SARAH KATHRYN RICCI - Executive Committee – Secretary & HOS Support Committee
KATHERINE ALLISON - Church/School/Facilities Committee Chair
ALEX ADESINA - Finance Committee
ASHLEY BRINDLEY - Committee on Trustees
ARYN BURGESS - Committee on Trustees Chair
LANCE HARRIS - Past-President & Church/School/Facilities Committee
JAN HICKS (VESTRY REPRESENTATIVE) - Church/School/Facilities Committee
LAUREN HOUSER - P&F President & Finance Committee
SARAH BERRYMAN KENDRICK - Finance Committee
JAMIE LIPSITZ - HOS Support Committee
SIDNEY “SID” MCCORMICK - SPES Business Manager & Executive Committee Member
DONNA MILLER - Committee on Trustees
CHERISE MYATT - Committee on Trustees
JIM SORELLE - Church/School/Facilities Committee
PRESTON YANCEY - Saint Paul's Episcopal Church Interim Associate Rector
M’LISSA HOWEN - Head of School, Ex-Officio Board Member & Ex-Officio Member of all Committees