About

Board of Trustees

President and Head of School

Mariandl Hufford has spent her career serving independent schools in various capacities. A native speaker of Dutch with an affinity for learning new languages, Mariandl began her career as a Latin teacher. Later, she became a counselor at Woodlynde School in Strafford, PA, an independent, co-educational K-12 school serving students with diverse learning styles. During her tenure at Woodlynde, Mariandl also directed the Support Services department and the Center for Learning, Teaching, and Professional Development.

At The Agnes Irwin School, Mariandl was the founding director of the Center for the Advancement of Girls, a development and research arm of the school. As Assistant Head of School, she assisted with the daily operations of the school, including supervising the directors of equity and inclusion, service learning, and special programs. She also led the Innovation Team and chaired the following committees: Program, Teaching, and Learning, Sabbatical, Speakers, and the Transgender Student Task Force.

As President and Head of School, Mariandl now leads a Country Day community that is grounded in its mission and firmly values every student, every day. It is this deeply held principle that resonates most with Mariandl, as she is committed to improving all student experiences.

Trustees

The Board is the guardian of Miami Country Day School's mission. It is the Board of Trustee's responsibility to work with the Head of School to ensure that the mission is relevant and vital to our school community and to monitor the success of the school in fulfilling its mission.

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Officers of the Board

James W. Moore ’65, Chairman of the Board

Matthew Lazenby, President

Christopher Bellows, Past President

Claudia Brod, Vice President

Sean Clancy, Secretary

GJ Bakker, Assistant Secretary

Sol Saad, Treasurer

Board Members

Vanessa Abramowitz
Matt Allen
Mike Allen
Janice Barefoot
James Bergman
Barry Brodsky
Robert Finvarb
Karleen Halliwell
Gigi Jeffries
Angela Julien
Kevin King ‘95
Adam Malamed
Sebastian Malo
Bruce Matheson ‘61
Gerald Moore ‘68
Anne Paulk
Mark Piper
Howard Premer
Julie Pronesti
Matthew Storm
Stephen Temes
Valerio Toyos
Crystal Wagar

Ex-Officio Members

Mariandl Hufford, President and Head of School
Alex de Carvalho ’85 President Alumni Association
Caryn Lubetsky, President Parents’ Association

Trustee Emeritus

Richard S. Banick^†
Barbara North Burton
Edwin B. Cole^†
John F. "Bud" Farrey
Michael J. Franco^†
J. Michael Garner
Elizabeth Hach^†
Javier Holtz
Osmond C. Howe, Jr.
Terry Jove
Lawrence M. Stanfill
Stanley F. Whitman^†

^† Deceased

Miami Country Day School is a college preparatory learning community committed to educating the whole child. Through the core values of honor, respect, wisdom and compassion, we prepare students to be lifelong learners. We inspire our children to develop their intellectual, physical, aesthetic, social, emotional and spiritual potentials by valuing every student every day.