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Strategic School Leadership

Serving school leaders so their schools may thrive.

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Over 167 Combined Years as Heads of Schools

The Partners

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Rick Melvoin

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Vance Wilson

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Drew Casertano

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Carolyn Chandler

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Margarita Curtis

Margarita Curtis

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Brad Gioia

Bradford Gioia

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Marjo Talbott

Marjo Talbott

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Affiliates

Kelly Garramone

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Tamara Elliott Rogers

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Barbara Melvoin

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Our Clients

The SSL client list spans small and large, day and boarding, non-sectarian and religious, coed and single-sex, and K-6, K-8, and Pre-K-12 schools.  We have worked with school heads and administrators, as well as Boards of Trustees, in every region of the country, and schools have consistently approached our partners about working on subsequent occasions and doing this work individually and in small teams of our partnership.

The client base comprises 20 different states and more than 50 schools.  Below is a representative list of the schools we have worked with:

  • Albuquerque Academy
  • Baton Rouge Episcopal
  • Concord Academy
  • Deerfield Academy
  • German School of Brooklyn
  • Girls Preparatory School
  • Hackley School
  • Haverford School
  • IMG Academy
  • Jewish Community Day School
  • Kingsley Montessori School
  • Kiski School
  • Morristown Beard School
  • New Canaan Country School
  • North Shore Country Day School
  • Phillips Academy
  • Punahou School
  • St. Albans School
  • St. Bernard’s School
  • Tatnall School
  • Trinity School
  • Westminster School
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Our Consulting Services

For Heads
  • Mentoring, Formal Coaching, and Thought Partnership
  • Leadership Group Mentoring
  • Leadership Assessment – ‘Return on Character’
  • Enrollment Management
  • School Finance
  • Fundraising and the Head of School
For Boards
  • Retreat Facilitation
  • Governance
  • Strategic Thinking
  • School Mission and Markets
  • Preparing for a Search and Transition Planning
  • Fundraising

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