New Leadership Appointments

At the recent Board meeting, a number of new leadership appointments for July 2010 were made. Alumnus Abhrajit Bhattacharjee '92 was appointed as Director of Development. You can read more about this appointment here.

Of particular interest to parents is the appointment of Mr. Jeff Doerfler to the post of Director of Student Services. This is a new administrative position that has been highly endorsed by the staff and the Board of Directors. Mr. Doerfler's primary responsibility will be the health and welfare of students. He will have oversight of the dorms and the residential life of students in grades 7-12. Jeff has been at Woodstock for the last year working as a counsellor in Middle and Elementary School and he has taken a special interest in the life of the students in general since his arrival here this past August.

Another post we have waited 18 months to fill is that of Chaplain. The chaplain's role is to attend to the spiritual growth and life of the students in addition to carrying out general counseling and teaching religious education classes. We are very pleased to announce that Rev. Howard Wilkins will be joining us in August 2010. He comes highly recommended and currently serves as the Chaplain at Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia, a school that we have had a long association with through student and teacher exchanges. Howard and his wife Jill have worked at Woodstock before, and they are remembered with great affection by staff who knew them at the time. Their children are Woodstock alumni. We look forward to welcoming them back.

The final post filled is that of Human Resources Director. S. Suryanarayan comes to us from Thomas Cook, where he is General Manager, Human Resources (North Region). He has ten years' experience in this area of work. Mr. Suryanarayan comes with his wife and young child.