Board of Trustees

Emily Temple Abels ’07

Farmland Partnership Committee; Executive Committee

Emily is an attorney at Larmore Scarlett, LLP. She has a B.A. from Haverford College, and a J.D. from the University of Colorado Law School, Boulder. Emily serves on the boards of Haverford College and the Friends Committee on National Legislation. Emily lives with her wife and son in Kennett Square, PA.

Karabi Acharya ’82

Executive Committee

Karabi is the Senior Director of Global Learning at The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. She has a B.A. in Anthropology from The University of Chicago, a Master of Health Science and a Doctor of Science/International Health from Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health. She is also the founder of Conquering Gyrate Atrophy, a non-profit focused on finding a cure for this retinal disease. Karabi and her husband, Malay, are the parents of Keya ’16 and Priyanka ’23.

Beah Burger-Lenehan ’02

Committee on Trustees; Admissions & Marketing Committee

Beah is Director of Product at DuckDuckGo, a privacy company known for its search engine that doesn’t track you. She is a member of Westtown’s Class of 2002 and a graduate of Haverford College (2006). After Haverford, she moved to San Francisco where she began her career in tech at Google. Beah now lives in Glen Mills with her husband, Dan, and daughter, Willa.

Francisco Burgos

Buildings, Grounds & Environment Committee; Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee

Francisco is the Executive Director of Pendle Hill. He has a B.S. in Clinical Psychology from The National University Pedro Henriquez Ureña, a M.A. in Sustainable Development from The School for International Training, and a Ph.D. in Education from The Universidad de La Salle. Francisco is father to two Westonians: of Sofia ’25 and Jamila ’27.

Luis “Lu” Castillo ’80

Finance Committee; Personnel Policy Advisory Committee

Lu is the Managing Director for Corporate Development at Cquence Health Group. After graduating from Westtown in 1980, he attended Haverford College. Lu and his family are members of Birmingham Friends Monthly Meeting. Lu and his wife, Wendi, are parents of Julia, a member of Westtown’s Class of 2019, and son Jacob, who graduated in 2016 from Delaware Valley Friends School.

Jehan Chu ’94

Finance Committee

Jehan Chu is Founder and Managing Partner at Hong Kong-based Kenetic, an early blockchain/crypto Venture Capital firm. A former front-end developer, he started investing in cryptocurrency in 2013, founded the Ethereum HK community in 2014, and has invested in over 250 blockchain companies and funds. 

Jehan is a Kauffman Fellow, former co-Chair of the Hong Kong Fintech Association Blockchain Committee, and is co-Founder of Social Alpha Foundation, a blockchain for social impact non-profit. Jehan holds a BA from Johns Hopkins University and MA from Hong Kong University/Central St Martin’s, is the Crypto Advisor to Christie’s Auction House and sits on the Director’s Circle of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Jehan and his wife Jeannie travel frequently, and spend most of their time in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Diana Evans ’95

Finance Committee; Risk & Audit Committee

Diana is the Chief Marketing Officer for Centerplate, and Senior Vice President of Marketing and Communications for Sodexo’s North America Sports & Leisure division, where she oversees corporate marketing, select business development initiatives, and public relations. Her professional experience includes nearly a decade in communications and external relations roles at Bryn Mawr College and Princeton University; she also spent 5 years as a branding and marketing consultant for consumer goods businesses at an agency and incubator. Diana earned a BA at Smith College and an MBA from the Stern School of Business at NYU.

Nneka Nwosu Faison ’01

Admissions & Marketing Committee

Nneka is the Assistant News Director at ABC 7 in Chicago. She has a B.A. in Sociology and African-American Studies from Princeton University and a M.S. in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. She was previously a Board Member of The Association of Black Princeton Alumni. Nneka and her husband Austin live in Chicago, Illinois with their three children.

Will Hildreth ’81

Advancement Committee

Will has a B.A. from Emerson College and a Master of Arts from The University of Southern California School of Cinema. He is on the boards of The Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse of Provincetown and The Daniel W. Dietrich II Foundation. Will has served many nonprofit organizations, and he received a commendation from the Mayor of Los Angeles for his service to the LGTBQ community. Will lives on Cape Cod with his husband.

Ann Hutton

Committee on Trustees; Executive Committee

Ann is a psychotherapist, retired from a longtime private practice. She is currently very involved in the management of her family’s company, Star Roses and Plants/Conard-Pyle. As an undergraduate, Ann attended Earlham College, then earned her MSS in Clinical Psychology at Bryn Mawr College. Ann is an active volunteer serving on the board of the Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children and the President’s Council for the Natural Lands Trusts. She also serves as the chair of Grants Committee of the Chester County Community Foundation. Ann is a member of London Grove Friends Meeting. Ann and her husband, Steve, are parents of Ian, a 2008 Westtown graduate.

Sanjay Jain

Committee on Trustees; Executive Committee; Investment Committee

After a 26-year career, Sanjay recently retired from JP Morgan where he was the Managing Director of Technology and Banking. He divided his time between London, San Francisco, and New York City. He is currently the Chief Strategy Officer at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies in San Francisco. Sanjay is a former trustee of the Bay Area Discovery Museum, and served as Chairman of the Board. He and his wife, Heather, have a daughter, Maya, who attends San Francisco Friends School, and a son, Logan, who is Class of 2022 at Westtown. Sanjay and his family live in San Francisco, CA.

Gary Linnen ’96

Committee on Trustees

Gary is the Chief Executive Officer at PeerForward, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of low-income youth by connecting them to colleges and careers. Gary has a B.A. from Cornell University and a Youth Facilitator Certification from Harvard University Summer Institute. He lives in Manhattan and serves on many boards, including One Hundred Black Men of New York, Brothers@ and The Tenth Magazine. Gary also advises the New York City Department of Education.

Jess Lord ’90

Executive Committee

Jess has served as Vice President and Dean of Admission and Financial Aid at Haverford College since 2005. Prior to that he worked in admissions at Pomona College. Jess is a graduate of Brown University. Jess served as an at-large member of Westtown’s Admissions & Marketing Committee prior to joining the Board.

Katie McKinstry ’03

Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee; Advancement Committee

Katie is the Principal Technical Program Manager for Rivian’s manufacturing engineering team. She has a B.A. in Engineering Sciences (Mechanical) and History from Yale University and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from The University of California, Berkeley. She is also the President of the Board of Trustees of The Swarthmore Centennial Foundation.

Rob McLear

Buildings, Grounds & Environment Committee; Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee; Executive Committee

Rob is the founder and director of PetRad, a veterinary radiology company. Rob attended the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences, and went on to earn his VMD at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine. He completed specialty training in radiology at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Rob served as the Examination Director of the American College of Veterinary Radiology, and was Treasurer of the ACVR from 2004-2015. He has also served on working groups of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Rob and his wife, Claire, are parents to three Westonians: Ethan ’18, Evelyn ’20, and Quinlan ’26.

Buxton Midyette ’83

Admissions & Marketing Committee; Executive Committee

Buxton is the Vice President of Marketing at Supima Cotton. He has a B.A. from The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, a M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.B.A. from The Wharton School of Business. Buxton is a member of the 15th Street Meeting and serves on the board of Friends Seminary in New York City. Buxton lives in Manhattan with his wife Lisa and their daughters, including Byerly ’24.

Elizabeth Gilbert Osterman ’73

Advancement Committee; Finance Committee; Investment Committee

Liz recently retired as an Associate Director and Deputy Chief Counsel in the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She previously held a number of positions in the SEC’s Division of Investment Management, including: Assistant Chief Counsel; Assistant Director, Office of Enforcement Liaison; and Assistant Director, Office of Investment Company Regulation. Before joining the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Liz was an associate in a corporate law practice in Baltimore, Maryland. Her children attended Sandy Spring Friends School and she is a member of Sandy Spring Friends Meeting. She and her husband, Richard, reside in Ashton, MD.

Anne Roche

Anne has been an active volunteer at Westtown since 2001. Anne attended Villanova where she earned a degree in modern language and earned her MA in literature from New York University. Her interest in books also influences her volunteer activities: she was a member of the “One Book, One Philadelphia” committee at The Free Library of Philadelphia, and is currently a co-Chair of a monthly book club in New York City. Anne’s husband, Robert, is a former board member, and all of their children are Westtown alums: Megan Roche Palmer ’06, Robert P. Roche ’08, and Stephen G. Roche ’10.

Daryl Shore ’99

Committee on Trustees; Executive Committee; Finance Committee

Daryl is the Senior Vice President, Structured Finance of Leading and Preservation at National Equity Fund (NEF) and is responsible for NEF’s national lending platform regarding products and investors. Before NEF, Daryl worked at Prudential Financial in impact investments and served as Vice President of Inclusive Communities. During his tenure, he helped to structure and close Prudential’s first Opportunity Zone investment. Daryl also previously worked at JPMorgan Chase as a Vice President in Business Banking, Community Development Banking, and Corporate Responsibility.

Daryl has a BA in political science with a minor in economics from Emory University, an MBA in finance from Clark University Atlanta, and an MS in real estate from Johns Hopkins University. Daryl is also a board member in several civic and nonprofit organizations, including Westtown School, Gesu School, and Community Housing Capital.

Mike Sicoli ’88

Finance Committee; Head Advisory & Evaluation Committee

Mike is a principal at MTS Advisors, a firm he founded to provide strategic consulting and advisory services to corporate, private equity, and other institutional clients, leveraging his 20+ years of leadership experience in the communications infrastructure and services sector.  Mike was a “lifer” at Westtown, then went on to attend the College of William & Mary, earning a BA in economics, and the University of Virginia, Darden Graduate School of Business where he earned an MBA.

Jennifer Simpson

Farmland Partnership Committee; Advancement Committee

Jennifer and her husband, Scott, are the owners of Forge Hill Farms, a CSA with the aim of providing vocational skills for young adults who have neurodevelopmental disorders. Jennifer has a B.A. from Boston University, a M.S.W. from Columbia University, a M.E.S. from The University of Pennsylvania, and has done social work in the Philadelphia area. Jennifer and Scott are the parents of Liam ’28 and Claudia ’30.

Charlene Thomas ’86

Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee; Finance Committee; Head Advisory & Evaluation Committee

Charlene is the Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for North America at Sodexo. Previously she served as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at UPS. She has a B.A. from Temple University and a M.B.A. from Eastern University. Charlene also serves on the board of The National Urban League. She lives in Atlanta with her husband.

Ryan Tookes ’96

Buildings, Grounds & Environment Committee; Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee; Advancement Committee

Ryan currently serves as the Director of Lending for Your Banc Advisors, a commercial lending brokerage firm. Tookes also serves as the managing member of Tookes Strategic Group, a company focused on traditional consulting as well as essential service guidance for residential and business customers. Tookes is a graduate of Wesleyan University and holds both a Masters and Juris Doctor from Rutgers University. Ryan and his wife, Natasha, have two children at Westtown: Ryan ’24 and Ryder ’27.

Charlotte Triefus

Buildings, Grounds & Environment Committee; Admissions & Marketing Committee; Executive Committee

Charlotte graduated from the University of Maryland and received a master’s degree in Media Ecology from New York University. She was the Principal of Design Pavilion, a firm that represented UK fashion designers. Subsequently she developed the Hands-On volunteer program at United Jewish Appeal Federation in New York. She is a Board Member for Pure Earth, a not-for-profit that identifies and remediates toxic pollution in the developing world. She is also Co-Chair of its 10 Million Lives Campaign. Charlotte and her husband, Lloyd Zuckerberg, are the parents of Hannah Zuckerberg ’16, Henry Zuckerberg ’17 and Toby Zuckerberg ’21.

Don Wildman ’79

Advancement Committee

Don is a television host and producer. He has been the on-camera personality for multiple shows on The Travel Channel, The Discovery Channel and The History Channel. Don attended Earlham College and has a Certificate of Acting Training from the Drama Studio of London. Don works with the New York public school system to teach history and civics. Don lives in New York with his wife Melissa.

Max Yeh ’87

Diversity, Equity, Justice & Belonging Committee; Committee on Trustees

Max graduated from Princeton University in 1991 with a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering and a concentration in Polymer Science. He is the Vice President of Sales and Services for Evonik Japan Co., Ltd. where he leads the North Asia sales, technical service and customer service teams of Evonik Nutrition & Care, Health Care Business Line. Max is active in Princeton University Alumni Association of San Francisco, a Princeton University Alumni Interviewer, a Princeton University Mentor and a member of the Princeton University Race Relations Prize Committee. Max graduated from Westtown in 1987.