Members of the Commission on Independent Schools
The NEASC Commission on Independent Schools is made up of school heads, senior administrators, and public members. Members are selected for three-year terms that are renewable once. In composition of the Commission takes into consideration such factors as the balance between elementary and secondary schools, representation of all six states, and a mix of types of school – single sex and coed, boarding and day, religious and secular, large and small, urban and rural, etc. – that reflects the membership. The Commission meets three times a year to review reports from schools and Visiting Teams.
The Commission oversees the accreditation process, policies, and procedures; recommends changes in Standards to the Board of NEASC; decides on accreditation status of schools; and reports to the Board of NEASC concerning candidacy, initial or continued accreditation, or removal from accreditation.
Current Members
Tyrone Black, Ed.D., Chair of the Commission
Associate Head of School
The Winchendon School
Winchendon, MA
Noor Ali
Former Principal
Al-Hamra Academy
Shrewsbury, MA
Cliona Beaulieu
Head of School
Enfield Montessori School
Enfield, CT
Randy Bertin
Head of School
Cushing Academy
Ashburnham, MA
Carrie Brennan
Head of School
Thetford Academy
Thetford Center, VT
Linda Brodeur
President
Bishop Guertin High School
Nashua, NH
Jeffrey Burroughs
Head of School
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle, ME
Michael Clark
Head of School
Northwest Catholic High School
West Hartford, CT
Thomas Dillow
Head of School
Kingswood Oxford School
West Hartford, CT
Brian Easler
Head of School
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
Wilbraham, MA
Nina Freeman
Assistant Head of School
Brooks School
North Andover, MA
Sharon Howell
Headmaster
St. Johnsbury Academy
St. Johnsbury, VT
Allison Hurt
Principal
Catholic Academy of Bridgeport -
St. Augustine Academy
Bridgeport, CT
Bridget Irish
Head of School
Cotting School
Lexington, MA
Ben Jackson
Head of School
North Yarmouth Academy
North Yarmouth, ME
James Melone
Head of School
Saint Patrick Academy
Portsmouth, NH
Katherine Meyer
Head of School
High Mowing School
Wilton, NH
Michael Miele
Principal
Immaculate Conception Catholic Regional School
Cranston, RI
Andrew Nagy
Principal
Rice Memorial High School
South Burlington, VT
Jeffrey Philbrick
Headmaster
Jesse Remington High School
Candia, NH