Leadership
Leadership Team
St. Mary's Leadership Team works collaboratively to support the school's mission and core values across all areas of the school. The Leadership Team works together to operationalize the School's strategic plan and support each other in their respective administrative roles. The team is led by the Head of School and comprises directors of admission and financial aid, advancement, athletics, college counseling, communications, community support and inclusion, finance and operations, information services, the middle school and the upper school.
A Note from the Head of School
We know how girls learn best and have a community of caring adults who want each girl to reach her potential. Girls here are smart in many ways — academically, creatively, athletically — and success at St. Mary's therefore is as individual as each girl. Our dedicated faculty provide the students with habits of mind and academic tools to thrive in their future: core knowledge, collaboration, creativity, and the desire and ability to continue learning as an adult.
As an Episcopal School, we have a nurturing, diverse, and inclusive environment. Girls grow in character from the earliest years and learn to respect each others' faith as they grow in their own.
Albert L. Throckmorton
Head of School
Albert L. Throckmorton
Head of School
Laura Leathers, Ph.D.
Assistant Head of School
Laura Hutton
Head of Early Childhood
Hilary Davis Robinson '90
Head of Lower School
Katherine House
Head of Middle School
Carrie Steakley, Ed.D.
Head of Upper School
Nicole Hernandez
Director of Admission & Aid
Angie Gardner
Director of Advancement
Justin Whitford
Director of Technology
Lacey Hibbard
Director of Communications
Sarah Jenks
Director of Operations
Katherine McQuiston Bush '93
Chaplain
John Bartholomew
Director of Athletics
Lynn Isaacs
Chief Financial Officer
Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees
2019-20
Robert F. Fogelman II, Chair
Allison Garrott Braswell ’88, Vice Chair
Jeffrey Block, Treasurer
Cristina S. Fockler, Secretary
Members
Wendy Pritchartt Ansbro ‘79
James A. Breazeale
Edward S. Chin
Mikara Davis
Timothy E. Davis, Jr.
Mary K. Day ’82
Brooke Dishmon, D.D.S.
Brian Fowler
Malika Tuli Goorha, M.D.
Laurita B. Jackson
Stephanie Linkous
Andrew Mathes
Michael L. Matthews
Julia Chesney McDonald ‘96
Gretchen Wollert McLennon ’93
Ellen Clark Moore ’73
Elvira R. Ormseth
Joelle Rogin
Monica Skipper
Mary Katherine Stout
Kendall Visinsky
Hallie McNeill Ward
At Large Members
Sara L. Hall
William (Billy) Orgel
Ex Officio Members
The Right Reverend Phoebe Roaf (Bishop, The Diocese of West Tennessee)
The Reverend Alexander H. Webb II (Sandy) Rector, Church of the Holy Communion)
Margaret Frazier Gardner ’85
Katie Zanone Webb ’93 (President, Alumnae Association Board)
Kelly Gerhart (President, Parents Association Board)
J. Michael Murphy (Senior Warden)
Albert L. Throckmorton (Head of School)
Trustees Emeriti
Thomas M. Garrott, III
Barbara R. Hyde
Brooke A. Morrow ’74