GREENWICH — Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich will shift to a twin management mannequin, the varsity’s board of trustees introduced, hiring again Michael F. Baber to function the varsity’s inaugural president alongside Meg Frazier, the present head of college.
The announcement was made in a letter to the Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich group Monday afternoon.
The function will probably be considerably acquainted to Baber, who labored at Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich from 2000 to 2015, together with greater than a decade spent as assistant head of college. He additionally served as interim head at Sacred Coronary heart in Grand Coteau, La., and as head of college on the community’s Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill College in St. Louis.
“Working with Meg Frazier to steer Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich is a chance of a lifetime,” Baber mentioned in a press release supplied by the varsity. “I’m past perception that this chance — one the place I can to return to a group that’s deeply in love with the mission of a Sacred Coronary heart College — has come to fruition. I’m excited to work with so many college students, dad and mom, alumnae, and school and workers whose generosity and dedication know no bounds.”
The letter mentioned that Baber has “devoted his profession to schooling and the final 20 years to Sacred Coronary heart schooling particularly.” And it famous his earlier expertise “in areas which might be important to our imaginative and prescient for the longer term, together with philanthropy, group and stakeholder engagement, admissions and monetary assist.”
Situated on a 110-acre campus, Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich is an all-girls Catholic, unbiased college-preparatory day college for college students of all ages.
Throughout his time in Greenwich, Baber led a capital marketing campaign that raised $21 million, chaired the Training to Mission and Curriculum Committees, established a variety committee, coached athletic groups and helped with the farming program throughout Summer season Outreach.
The varsity’s board of trustees additionally praised Frazier’s management over the previous 18 months. “We’re assured that, collectively, Meg and Michael will have the ability to create a shared sense of objective, unity, and pleasure as we construct institutional excellence and innovation at Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich,” the letter mentioned.
Frazier mentioned in a press release that she had labored underneath a dual-leadership mannequin for 15 years at Georgetown Prep.
“I welcome Michael again to Greenwich and stay up for collaborating in our subsequent chapter right here on King Avenue,” her assertion mentioned.
The board of trustees mentioned Baber was chosen from greater than 40 candidates via a search by Companions in Mission College Management Options, a agency that makes a speciality of Catholic college administration searches.
Baber’s spouse is an alum of Sacred Coronary heart Greenwich, the board famous. He’ll start his time period on July 1, 2022. Alternatives for the varsity group to satisfy him “are forthcoming,” the board mentioned.
The Board concluded through the 2019 Head of College search course of {that a} shift to a twin management mannequin would greatest serve the long-term wants of the Sacred Coronary heart group. The collaborative mannequin aligns senior govt features round institutional management underneath the president and tutorial management underneath the pinnacle of college.
