The Board of Trustees of The School in Rose Valley Corporation is responsible for the long-term health and sustainability of the School, articulation and oversight of its mission, and managing its financial affairs. The Board’s principal functions include:
Trustees are elected by the membership of the Corporation (all current parents and staff, plus Trustees) for overlapping three-year terms. Officers are elected by the Trustees for two-year terms.
Board news is communicated to the membership (all current parents and staff) in annual letters, via Freep articles, and in meeting minutes. Members may bring a question or concern to the attention of the Board in several ways. You can talk to any Board member; address a letter to the Board Chair; or contact the Chair and ask to address the Board at a monthly meeting.
Trustees are not permitted to respond to comments or questions via public email or list serve. The Board gives careful consideration to each question and comment it receives.
Board President & Chair, Finance Committee
Narda is a professor of management at Villanova University. Her areas of research expertise include leadership, work groups and teams, and societal and organizational culture. Narda and her wife, Sarah Wahlberg, joined the SRV community in 2015 when their oldest daughter Nika was... Read more
Vice President, Executive Committee
Dani is an interior designer at Tartan & Toile, a boutique residential design firm in Swarthmore. Previously, she spent 10 years working in fundraising, community engagement, and event planning for non-profit organizations in the arts, culture, and higher education. Dani is a... Read more
Peggy joined the SRV community in 2001 when her youngest of 3 children, Robbie, first attended SRV’s summer camp, and then continued his SRV education from K-6 th , graduating in 2009. Peggy is a retired attorney, having spent half her career as a private practice commercial liti... Read more
Curt lives locally in Upper Providence Township on a quiet walkable wooded street. Curt started a landscape business after college and is now self employed in property management with two nearby private estates. He has brought his interest in design, creative problem solving and ... Read more
Chair, Campus Committee
Tony serves as the Director of the Office of Program Management and Project Oversight for the Philadelphia office of the Federal Transit Administration, an agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets public transit policy and provides funding and oversight for p... Read more
Chair, Committee on Trustees
Barb lives in Wallingford with her husband James Peterson and two of their three children, Eric and Dana, who attended SRV between 2007-2016. The household also includes a dog and 3 cats. Barb is a volunteer in several organizations and keeps busy maintaining her gardens, yard, a... Read more
Susan has deep roots in the SRV community. Her great-grandfather, “Mister,” was the first shop teacher. Later, her grandmother Margaret Rawson taught at the school and wrote books about the work she did with dyslexic boys there. Her father Ken and uncle Ed also went to SRV. Susan... Read more
Cory Long, Making a Change Group’s Executive Director, founded the organization and has been responsible for shepherding it from a single youth development program to a multi-service organization certified as a 501(c)(3). Cory graduated from Chester High School in 1993 and spent ... Read more
A passionate advocate for progressive education, Jason became involved with the SRV community as a parent. His daughters, Julia and Elena, attended SRV through 6th grade, graduating in 2009 and 2013, respectively. Following Julia’s graduation, Jason helped co-found Philly Free Sc... Read more
Carrie is an alum of SRV, a current parent, and a member of the school’s admin team. Carrie has a degree in Women’s Studies from Bates College, an M.S.Ed. from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Executive Leadership from Bryn Mawr College of Social Wor... Read more
Jennifer is a professor of Economics and Environmental Studies at Swarthmore College, where she has taught since 2014. Before moving to Swarthmore, Jennifer was a Research Affiliate at the Harvard Kennedy School and a Postdoctoral Research Associate at MIT. She and her family joi... Read more
Board Secretary
Shelley is a former parent at The School in Rose Valley. Her son, Patrick, and daughter, Ruthie, attended the school from 2013-2019. For the past 18 years, Shelley has worked as a Program Officer at Eisenhower Fellowships in Philadelphia. She lives in Ardmore with her husband, Jo... Read more
Chair, Advancement Committee
Haley is a registered yoga teacher and grief support practitioner currently working to become a grief counselor. Previously, she spent 15 years in corporate marketing supporting Fortune 500 clients including Comcast. Haley and JJ Purdy joined the SRV community in 2016 when their ... Read more
Brian is a current parent at SRV and has been a member of the community since 2018, when his firstborn entered the school. He is in his fourth year of board service for the school. In that time, he has worked on the Campus Committee, Head Support and Evaluation Committee, Strateg... Read more
Kimberli joined the SRV community in 2005, when her son Kai entered the 3-Day Preschool. Kai attended SRV from 2005-2011. A veteran teacher of 28 years, Kimberli currently teaches Kindergarten at Germantown Friends School. An Ohio girl at heart and a proud baseball mom, she roots... Read more
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