Head of School Search

The Search Committee will review candidate resumes, interview promising candidates, speak to references, select finalists, and recommend the next Head of School for the Board to hire.

In following NAIS Principles of Good Practice for Head of School Searches, the Search Committee will conduct the process in a manner that ensures complete confidentiality in the early stages, and the finalist stage be handled with great care, sensitivity, and consideration of each candidate’s wishes so as not to cause major disruption at their current school.

Trustees Jenny Brokaw and Marie Kayal are leading the Search Committee.

Overseeing the search process and advising the committee are Jerry Katz and Bodie Brizendine from RG175, a nationally recognized consulting firm for independent schools and proven leader in Head of School searches. They bring decades of school head experience to the search and have a deep understanding of the Bay Area independent school landscape.

The Head of School is responsible for managing the academic program, curriculum, admissions and enrollment, employees, facilities, financial health, fundraising, community relations, and the day-to-day operations of Phillips Brooks School. The Head of School partners with the Board of Trustees to set the school’s long-term strategic plan and ensures the Mission is fulfilled.

The Board of Trustees expects to announce the hiring of the next Head of School by Fall 2024. The next Head of School will start effective July 1, 2025.

March 2024 — RG175 conducted interviews and surveys community members 

Spring-Summer 2024 — Candidate recruitment, and the Head of School Search Committee conducted interviews 

Fall 2024 — Finalists interviews and campus visits

Fall 2024 — Announce Head of School selection

July 1, 2025 — New Head of School assumes responsibility

The Search Committee communicates with community members throughout the process via email, and posts those updates on the Head of School search webpage on the PBS website.

The search process includes opportunities for the community to have a voice. RG175 gathered input from all constituents about the school and the characteristics the community hopes to find in the next Head of School. Community members will be invited to meet with finalists on campus at a date to be communicated to the community. The community can provide feedback on the finalists to the Search Committee.