Breaking The Brand Free of Silos

Dr. Andrew T. Weller is the Dean of Enrollment and Strategic Marketing at St. Stephens & St. Agnes School in Alexandria Virginia. Previously he was the Director of Admissions for Avenues: The World School, the Executive Director of Advancement at Ridley College (Canada) and the Director of Admissions at Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia. Andrew was a board member of the East Bay School for Boys, served on the inaugural Admissions Leadership Council, served four years on the planning committee of the TABS/NAIS Global Symposium, and now serves as an advisor to the Admission Directors Institute of the Enrollment Management Association. Andrew has B.S. from Alfred University (NY), M.S. from Marymount University (VA), and an doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania. Jonathan Downs is the seventh headmaster of Millbrook School, a role for which he began preparing while he was a student at Millbrook. After graduating in 1998, Jon went on to earn undergraduate and advanced degrees from Middlebury College, the Bread Loaf School at Middlebury, and Harvard University. For the past 20 years, he has been immersed in teaching and leadership roles in independent schools including Northfield Mount Hermon, Newark Academy, and Providence Day School. Jon returned to Millbrook in 2010 as director of admission before adding development and communications responsibilities in his new role as assistant head of school in 2017. He served on the board of trustees of two local schools—Dutchess Day School and Millbrook Early Childhood Education Center—and he currently serves on the board of Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut.