PA & Board

List of 9 items.

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  Dave Ahl

  Dave Ahl is a parent of an FCS Lower School student. He is a Strategic Solutions Senior Manager at Yahoo where he works in digital advertising and software development. Dave has an MBA from Georgetown University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He attended 1-12 grade at Abington Friends School in Jenkintown, PA, and is deeply committed to Quaker education. Dave is a member of Plumstead Friends Meeting in Doylestown, PA.
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  Karen Armstrong

  Karen is an education researcher committed to identifying best practices to improve educational outcomes for students of color and students in poverty. She is a member of the Cambridge Friends Meeting, but now considers Adelphi Friends Meeting her spiritual community. She was drawn to Quakerism after witnessing time and time again how Quakers integrate their faith into social action. Karen is currently working at the U.S Department of Education in the data unit of the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Her role is to support the analysis, use, and dissemination of data to inform data-driven decisions for educators and policymakers. She has a Masters in Public Policy from Duke University and a Doctorate from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.
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  Berna Artis

  Berna is an educational leader and an advocate. She has several years of experience in Quaker education. Berna has a strong passion for diversity and equity in education and actively advocates in this arena in her role as the President of the District of Columbia Association for the Education of Young Children (DCAEYC). Berna has served on various boards and committees on program quality improvement, professional development, and education policy. She loves books, the beach, and the company of friends and colleagues. Berna lives in Maryland with her son and her husband. She has a B.A. in Teaching English As a Second Language (TESL) and an M.A. in Early Childhood Education.
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  Virginia Bainbridge

  Virginia grew up in Wilmington, Delaware, and attended Wilmington Friends School from K-12. She is Clerk of Shepherdstown Friends Meeting, a former Clerk of the New London Friends Meeting in Connecticut, and has served on the Nominating Committee, Permanent Board, and Long Range Financial Planning Committee for New England Yearly Meeting. Along with a career in occupational therapy and mental health services, Virginia has been a volunteer with crisis services in the U.S. and in West Africa. In 2019 she returned to Liberia to lead Alternatives to Violence workshops and also volunteer at an orphanage and help women's groups start micro-financed businesses.  She is currently sponsoring a Liberian student at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University.  Virginia has a BA in psychology from Carleton College, a certificate in occupational therapy from Columbia University, and a Masters in Public Health from Yale University. Virginia has been married for 54 years to her husband, David. They have two children, five grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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  Brooke Carroll

  Brooke is a lifelong Quaker and is a member of Sandy Spring Monthly Meeting. She is the former head of an independent school and currently works as a consultant and coach supporting small independent schools in governance and leadership. Brooke is a graduate of Bates College in Maine and has a doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota.
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  Tamara Devieux-Adams

  Tamara Devieux-Adams joined the FCS community in 2016 and is a parent of two current FCS students. She and her husband, Earl Adams, Jr., are deeply committed to FCS’s mission and values, including ensuring that diverse families of varying economic backgrounds can attend. Tamara and Earl served as co-clerks of FCS’s $1.5 million Light the Way Endowment Campaign benefiting financial aid, teacher compensation and professional resources. After practicing law in the private and public sectors, she has worked in law school administration since 2006. Currently, Tamara is the Dean of Students at the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law. She earned her A.B. in psychology from Harvard University, a J.D. from Boston College Law School, and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from The George Washington University.
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  Cherokee Dunkley

  Cherokee joined the FCS community in 2015 and is a parent to one alumnus and one current student.  As an FCS parent, he has volunteered as the PA co-treasurer and served on a couple of board committees.  Cherokee is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Michigan. Cherokee serves as XX at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

  
  
  
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  Alex Jadin

  Alex is a parent to two current FCS students. He is a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Alex previously served on the board of School for Friends, taught at San Francisco Friends School and Brooklyn Friends School, and worked in the Baltimore Yearly Meeting camping program. He is a member of Friends of Meeting Washington, and is a member of the Corporation of Haverford College. Alex has a J.D. from U.C. Berkeley, an M.A. in philosophy from The New School for Social Research, and a B.A. from Haverford College.
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  Michael Levi

  Michael Levi is the parent of an FCS alum who graduated in 2010 and a member of Adelphi Friends Meeting. He has been on the FCS board since February 2018. Michael received a BA in Mathematics and Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College and a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School.  Back when he worked, Michael tried to make economic data accessible and intelligible. Now that he's retired, Michael spends more time cooking, playing bridge, and scuba diving.