Board of Trustees

The Board’s responsibility is to ensure the long-term success of SMS as an institution. Its primary activities include monitoring the school’s financial management, fundraising, strategic planning, setting high-level policies, ensuring the School has adequate physical resources, and the hiring, support, and evaluation of the Head of School.

As with all non-profit boards, the principle of shared governance is paramount; namely, the Board must stay out of the daily running of the school and allow the Head of School to manage that work. This includes the hiring, firing, and management of staff, and curriculum content and management, neither of which the Board is involved in. The Board entrusts operational matters to the head, and the Board does not hear appeals by members of the community. The Head is a non-voting, ex officio member of the Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is a volunteer board and is governed by the Corporation’s bylaws. If you have an interest in learning more about Board service, or have an idea to share that could fit with long-term strategic planning for the school, please do not hesitate to reach out to the Board, board@shrewsburymontessori.org.

  • President: Maichi Tran, PharmD, Integrative Health and Wellness Coach, and Founder of ZenCraft, Current and Alumni Parent
  • Vice President: Katharine Oikle, LICSW, School Counselor, Worcester Academy, Current Parent
  • Treasurer: Puneesh Chaudhry, Angel Investor, Launchpad Venture Group, Alumni Parent
  • Secretary: Stephanie Mayberg, Physician Assistant, Alumni Parent
  • Trustee: Shannon Creedon, Managing Director, Deloitte, Current and Alumni Parent
  • Trustee: Tanvi Dali, Current Parent
  • Trustee: Ryan Donahue, Attorney, Mountain, Dearborn & Whiting LLP
  • Trustee: Matthew Hains, Vice President, Builders Systems, Inc.
  • Trustee: Dave Johnson, Director, Management and a long term employee of Urban Retail Properties, LLC., Alumni Parent
  • Trustee: Jonathan Mack, Director of Retirement Plan Consulting, Sr. Wealth Advisor, Bartholomew & Company
  • Trustee: Sunitha Rajarathnam, Director, Architecture and Application Development,  ADP Inc.