Leadership

Dedicated professionals and committed volunteers, working together.

At the center of a Wellington education are the faculty and administrators who encourage, inspire, and celebrate the discoveries our students make every day. Our Board of Trustees provides invaluable guidance, oversight, and vision.

Lead Faculty & Administrators

  • Eliza McLaren
    Head of School

    Barnard College – BA

    Teachers College, Columbia University - MA

    Klingenstein Center, Teachers College, Columbia University - MEd

    614-457-7883

    mclaren@wellington.org

  • Rishi Raghunathan
    Head of Upper School

    University of Cincinnati – BS

    614-324-8891

    raghunathan@wellington.org

  • Louis Frank
    Head of Middle School

    University of Pennsylvania - BA

    Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English - MA

    Boston College - M Ed.

    614-324-1654

    frank@wellington.org

  • Shelley Brown
    Assistant Head of School for Academics and Head of Early Childhood and Lower School

    Miami University – BS

    DePaul University – MS

    614-457-7883

    brown@wellington.org 

  • Lindsey Smith
    Chief Operating Officer and Director of Athletics

    DePaul University – BS

    Capital University – MBA 

    614-324-1649

    smith2@wellington.org

Wellington School 2024-25 Board of Trustees

  • James Croft
    Chair

    Senior Managing Director, Lument Capital

  • Theodore K. Manley
    Past Chair

    Principal, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC

  • Matt Scantland
    Vice Chair

    Founder & CEO, AndHealth

    Principal, Twofold Ventures

    Co-Founder & Former CEO, CoverMyMeds

  • Andrew Thomas, MD, MBA
    Treasurer

    Wolfe Foundation Chief Clinical Officer

    Senior Associate Vice President for Health Sciences

    Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine

    The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

  • Shari Hicks-Graham
    Secretary

    President, Downtown Dermatology

    CEO, LivSo

  • Mary Amos Augsburger, Esq.
    CEO, Ohio State Bar Association

  • Tucker Böhm '98
    Vice President, The Daimler Group

  • Gerri Brand
    Community/School Volunteer

  • Lisa Edwards
    Community/School Volunteer

  • Wendy Anandajeya Kirkland, MD '02
    Partner, Arena Eye Surgeons, LLC

  • Stanley Lan
    Founder, President & CEO,
    Bluestone Brothers U. S. Inc.

  • Varsey Laurelle
    Founder and Owner of Varsey Laurelle, LLC - Cultural Strategy Firm

  • Jim Mermis 
    Founder and Managing Partner, The Junto Company, Ltd.

  • Sophia Mohr '91
    Chief Innovation & Technology Officer, COTA

  • Idin Pirasteh '97
    COO, Academica Ohio

  • Jacob Robinson '10
    Program Officer for Workforce Programs, The Greater New Orleans Foundation

  • Michelle Scantland
    Community/School Volunteer

  • Melissa Shivers, PhD
    Senior Vice President Student Life,
    The Ohio State University

  • Joanne Strasser
    Principal Consultant, sas Advisory

  • Benjamin H. Thompson
    Owner, Primary Aim LLC

  • Tracy J. Wholf '99
    Senior Producer, CBS News