Meet Our Faculty & Staff

Head of School: Mr. Christopher Seeley

A life-long Episcopalian and native of the Bronx, New York, Chris is a 2007 graduate of Teachers College, Klingenstein Institute, where he earned a master’s degree in education with a concentration in private school leadership. He has served in academic settings throughout his career, including faculty and leadership positions at Groton School in Massachusetts, Trevor Day School in Manhattan, and Church Farm School in Pennsylvania, where he was the assistant head of school and director of academics. Chris’s varied experiences across boarding and day schools have deepened his belief in the power of residential learning communities, which value relationships between children and educators during. He is a member of the executive committee of The Association of Boarding Schools, a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference Steering Committee of The National Association of Episcopal Schools, and a recipient of the NAIS Aspiring Heads Fellowship. An avid New York Yankees fan, Chris regales family and friends with vivid, but arcane tidbits of the club’s past and present.

Organist & Director of Music: Dr. Jeremy Filsell

As both a U.S. Citizen and a British Citizen, Jeremy Filsell is uniquely placed to lead the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, which owes much of its existence to the great English choral tradition. He is hailed as a virtuoso organist and pianist of international acclaim, with a discography of more than 35 solo recordings. Jeremy is deeply steeped in the Anglican choir school tradition, having been raised a chorister in Coventry, England, and taken the helm of a choir of men and boys while still in high school. He read for a first degree as Organ Scholar of Keble College, Oxford University before completing graduate studies in piano at the Royal College of Music in London and a Ph.D. in Musicology at Birmingham Conservatoire/Birmingham City University. He has taught at universities, summer schools, and conventions in both the UK and USA and has served on international competition juries in England and Switzerland. Jeremy’s résumé includes positions at Ely Cathedral and the Royal Academy of Music in London, among others. Learn more about Jeremy at his website, www.jeremyfilsell.com.

  • Mr. Maks Adach

    Associate for Musical Studies
    Assistant Organist

    M.St., Oxford University
    M.A., Oxford University

  • Mr. Nicholas Berry

    Third and Fourth Grade Faculty

    M.S., Bank Street College of Education
    B.A., Vassar College

  • Mr. Jonathan Bolena ('20)

    Organ Scholar

  • Mme Veronique Buelens

    French Faculty

    B.A., Haute École Libre de Bruxelles Ilya Prigogine

  • Mr. Hunter Doucette

    Mathematics Faculty

    B.A., Oklahoma Baptist University

  • Dr. Jeremy Filsell

    Organist and Director of Music

    Ph.D., Birmingham City University
    M.Perf., Royal College of Music
    M.A., Oxford University

  • Mrs. Claire Griffin

    School Nurse
    Houseparent

    B.S.N., Appalachian State University

  • Mr. Nicolas Haigh

    Associate Organist

    M.A., Cambridge University

  • Ms. Maggie Holland

    Art Faculty

    B.A., Baylor University

  • Mrs. Rebecca Kellerman-Filsell

    Music Associate

    M.M., Shenandoah University
    B.M., Shenandoah University

  • Mr. Noel Patterson ('13)

    Director of Athletics
    Residential Life Fellow

    B.M., St. Olaf College

  • Mr. Kip Perkins

    Science Faculty

    M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
    B.S., Bennington College

  • Ms. Katelin Roberts

    School Counselor

    M.S.W., Boston University
    B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

  • Mrs. Heyden Rostow

    Classics Faculty

    M.A., Cambridge University
    A.B., Harvard University

  • Mr. Christopher Seeley

    Head of School

    M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University
    A.B., Bowdoin College

  • Mr. Giuseppe Spoletini

    Vocal Music Faculty

    M.M., Manhattan School of Music
    B.M., University of Manitoba

  • Mo. Alison Turner

    School Chaplain
    Theology Faculty

    S.T.M., General Theological Seminary
    M.A., University of Surrey
    B.A., University of Surrey

  • Mr. Nolan Turner

    English Faculty

    M.A.T., Boise State University
    M.F.A, Boise State University
    B.A., University of California, Irvine

  • Mr. Calvin Wentling (’10)

    History Faculty

    A.B., Princeton University

  • Mrs. Karen Wentling

    Houseparent

    B.S., Hunter College

  • Ms. Margaret White

    Interim Director of Outreach and Enrollment
    Classics Faculty

    M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
    M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Arts
    A.B., Princeton University

  • Dr. Regina Yung

    Instrumental Music Faculty

    D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music
    M.M., Manhattan School of Music
    B.A., Oberlin College