Leadership & Mission
Mission Statement
At CSG we empower girls to discover their distinct potential as learners and leaders.
Head of School - Jennifer Ciccarelli
Jennifer M. Ciccarelli is the Head of School at Columbus School for Girls where the mission is empowering girls to discover their distinct potential as learners and leaders. Committed to serving girls’ schools and to the holistic development of girls, she previously served as the
Assistant Director/Acting Director at The Winsor School, a highly regarded grade 5-12 girls’ school in Boston. Before taking that position, Jennifer was the Academic Dean of The Girls’
Middle School in the San Francisco Bay area and spent the first 10 years of her career as a lower and middle school teacher at Greenwich Academy, another highly regarded girls’ school in the New York Metropolitan area. Ms. Ciccarelli earned a B.A. from Wheaton College (Norton, MA), an M.A.T. in Elementary Education from Manhattanville College, and an M.Ed. in Education Leadership as a Klingenstein Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University.
Board of Trustees
Officers/Executive Board
Michael Glimcher P’14, P’20, Board Chair
Lisa Young P’21, Treasurer and Finance Chair
Steve Falk P’18, P’22, Secretary
Chris Olsen P’30, P’32, Nominating & Board Governance Chair
David Paragas P’20, Diversity Chair
Cecily Alexander ’88 P’20, P’22, P’24, At Large
Christopher Graham P’24, At Large
John Sokol P’18, P’20, At Large
Rocky Robins P’20, P’28, Ex Officio/Immediate Past Board Chair
Jennifer Ciccarelli P’28, Ex Officio/Head of School
Board Members
Carrie Birch
Jordan Davis
Jonathan Feibel, M.D. P’16, P’19
David Feinberg P’21, P’21
Kate Carlin Giller ’87 P’16, P’21
Kimberly Lowe Hall ‘91
Nancy Jeffrey, Lifetime Member P’70, P’72, P’75
Liza Kessler ‘86
David McCurdy P’20
Stokes McIntyre P’26, P’28
Susan Merryman P’19
Robert Polite, D.O. P’19
Ira Sharfin P’18, P’22, P’22
Davina Shayani P’20
Elizabeth Siemer ’89 P’26
Mark Wagenbrenner P’17, P’19, P’23
Anne Jeffrey Wright ‘70
Patti Ziegler P’19
Ex Officio
JoVonna Moxley-Knapp ‘96, Alumnae Board President
Paul Kuproski P’19, Co-President Parents’ Association Z
LaTawnia Wallace P’17, P’23, P’27, P’28, Co-President Parents’ Association
CSG Staff
Julie Eikenberry, Chief Financial Officer
Amy Borntrager, Chief Development Officer
Chelsea Woods ‘00, Director of Enrollment Management
Administrative Team
Head of School
Jennifer Ciccarelli
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Chief Financial Officer
Julie Eikenberry
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Chief Development Officer
Amy Borntrager
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Director of Program for Young Children
Jamie Schiff
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Director of Lower School
Betsy Gugle
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Director of Upper School
Pam Hartshorne
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Interim Director of Upper School & Dean of Faculty
Sarah Brewer
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Director of Enrollment Management
Chelsea Woods
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Director of Marketing & Communications
Brittany Westbrook
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