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NAES is pleased to announce that @Farrah Stephenson will be joining the NAES staff as Member Services & Events Coordinator, beginning February 16, 2022. She succeeds Heather Zrubek, who recently joined the staff of the think tank, Texas 2036. Farrah comes to NAES with a wealth of experience in the non-profit sector, with a particular eye for event planning and public service. During her eleven-year tenure at the American Cancer Society—where she served as Director for Relay For Life—Farrah was responsible for implementing multiple Relay For Life events in northeast New Jersey, contributing to a regional goal in excess of $14 million. In addition to ...

The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is pleased to announce the appointment of @Monica M. Gillespie , Ph.D. to serve as Associate Director, beginning in July 2022. Monica comes to NAES with a wealth of experience leading Episcopal and independent schools, and her depth of knowledge will be of tremendous benefit to the association and to Episcopal schools everywhere. “I am delighted that Monica has accepted the call to serve as our next Associate Director,” writes NAES Executive Director–Elect, The Rev. David A. Madison, D.Min. “She has a wealth of experience in our schools from a variety of leadership roles. In addition, she has demonstrated ...

NAES is pleased to announce that presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham will deliver a keynote address at Biennial Conference 2022 in San Antonio. Presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Jon Meacham is one of America’s most prominent public intellectuals. A contributor to TIME and The New York Times Book Review , Meacham is a highly sought-after commentator, regularly appearing on CNN and other news outlets . In August 2020, he released another New York Times bestseller, “His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope” – the highly anticipated intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights ...

Among the many important issues Episcopal schools have faced, over the months of this pandemic, one has been the increasingly compelling need to focus on being more inclusive, just communities. A great many people in our school communities have welcomed this focus and the programs it has spawned; at the same time, many schools have been subject to criticism and scrutiny, as individuals and groups claim that the school has forsaken its mission, in many cases viewing it as contrary to what it means to be a Christian school. The staff and Governing Board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools are eager to take this opportunity to re-assert that our identity ...

At 8:29 a.m. EDT on August 14, 2021, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck Petit-Trou-de-Nippes on Haiti’s southern peninsula, about 90 miles west of Port-au-Prince. At least 1,400 people are known to have died, over 5,700 injured, and approximately 12,000 houses and other buildings have been destroyed. The affected area is also home to seventeen Episcopal schools, and an Episcopal college. NAES would like you to know of the reputable organizations already at work in Haiti, whom you might wish to support. Though far from a comprehensive list, the agencies listed below are personally known to those working in the Haiti Partnership Program and assessed by the following ...

New York, New York, July 1, 2021—The National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) is pleased to welcome the Rev. David A. Madison, D.Min. to the NAES staff. David will serve as Executive Director-Elect, initially replacing outgoing Associate Director, Ann Mellow, and later transitioning fully to his new role upon the retirement of the Rev. Daniel R. Heischman, D.D., the current Executive Director, in 2022. David comes to NAES with a wealth of experience as both an Episcopal school leader and an association executive, having most recently led the Southwestern Association of Episcopal Schools (SAES) as Executive Director. David’s service to schools has ...