Margaret Holloway-Price
Board Chair · Executive
Managing Partner, Holloway Price Capital (private equity)
Governance
Board of Trustees
Twelve trustees, drawn from current parents, alumni, and community members, are the legal and strategic guardians of BPD Academy. The Board holds the mission, approves the budget, sets tuition, oversees long-range planning, and hires (and if necessary, releases) the Head of School.
Trustees are elected by the Board itself to staggered three-year terms. The Board meets five times a year; committee work runs year-round. A faculty-elected trustee sits (non-voting) at every meeting so faculty perspective is always in the room.
The 2026-27 Board
Twelve Trustees.
Officers are elected annually from among the sitting trustees.
Desmond Okonkwo
Vice Chair · Governance Chair
EVP, Corporate Strategy at Lincoln Financial Group
Ana-Lucia Ferreira
Secretary · Governance
Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius (education law)
Whitney Caldwell
Treasurer · Finance Chair
CFO, Stonebridge Ventures
Dr. Samuel Tran
Trustee · Education Chair
Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Pennsylvania
Catherine Delacroix
Trustee · Advancement Chair
Executive Director, The Piedmont Foundation
Rev. Jonas Akintola
Trustee · Advancement
Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeway; chair, interfaith council
Marisol Navarro, M.D.
Trustee · Facilities Chair
Chief of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Jeremy Pak
Trustee · Finance
Managing Director, Vanguard (fixed income)
Elizabeth "Betsy" Craig-Whitford
Trustee · Education
Author and former journalist; emerita professor at Bryn Mawr College
Kwame Thompson
Trustee · Governance
Founder & CEO, Trident Cyber Labs (information security)
Hannah Ziegler
Faculty-elected Trustee · Education
Elected annually by full faculty; represents faculty voice on the Board
Meetings
Five meetings a year.
Full-board meetings are held in the Heritage Hall Boardroom at 6:30 PM, preceded at 5:00 PM by committee meetings. The calendar follows the academic year: one meeting each fall, annual, mid-year, strategic-review, and spring.
Draft minutes are circulated to trustees within ten business days and are archived on BoardEffect. Current families may request a meeting summary through the Head of School’s office.
Upcoming Meetings
16
SEP
Fall Trustees Meeting · 2026
6:30 PM · Heritage Hall Boardroom · Annual goals + Head of School report
13
NOV
Annual Meeting · 2026
6:30 PM · Heritage Hall Boardroom · Trustee elections; committee appointments
20
JAN
Mid-Year Meeting · 2027
6:30 PM · Heritage Hall Boardroom · Budget review + tuition vote
17
MAR
Strategic Plan Review · 2027
6:30 PM · Heritage Hall Boardroom · Progress on 2024–2029 plan milestones
Service
Interested in trustee service?
The Governance Committee reviews prospective trustees on a rolling basis. We recruit for specific skill sets each year (legal, financial, educational, advancement, and community representation) as seats rotate. Current parents, alumni, and community members who believe they can contribute are invited to share a letter of interest and a CV with the Committee Chair.