Ari M. Betof Ed.D. School Committee Member, Newtown Friends School, Newtown, PA Board nurture subcommittee, marketing subcommittee

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1 PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Collaborative educational leader with demonstrated strengths in: Organizational stewardship and financial sustainability Fundraising, enrollment management, marketing, and branding Strategic planning Nonprofit governance practices Curriculum development, instructional improvement, and teaching Change leadership EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, TEACHING, AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Head of School, New Garden Friends School, Greensboro, NC Institutional initiatives and accomplishments: Created and executed a change process to understand, address, and resolve a multi-year financial deficit Directed physical reorganization, including middle school move to upper school campus Expanded preschool, pre-kindergarten, and transitional kindergarten programs Enhanced academic rigor and vertical alignment of curriculum Realigned staff to create an integrated institutional advancement function Introduced updated branding and inclusive tuition structure Established new endowment fundraising initiatives for professional development and arts Strengthened strategic partnership with Guilford College o Launched reciprocal tuition relationship (2014) o Co-hosted Quaker Educational Leadership Symposium (2013) 2013-present GOVERNANCE Board of Directors, Friends Council on Education, Philadelphia, PA Development committee, Friends Education Fund and National Endowment for Quaker Children working groups; Membership Renewal Process visiting team member (Brooklyn Friends School) 2009-present School Committee Member, Newtown Friends School, Newtown, PA Board nurture subcommittee, marketing subcommittee Financial Oversight Committee, Newtown Friends Meeting, Newtown, PA FUNDRAISING, ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, AND MARKETING Director of Institutional Advancement, George School, Newtown, PA Director of Enrollment Management and Strategic Planning Director of Enrollment Management and Strategic Marketing Assistant Director of Admission and Strategic Marketing Project Manager Oversight of the school s fundraising, admission, marketing, and communications functions Affordability committee clerk, admission committee co-clerk, financial aid committee member Guilford College Alumni Admission Volunteer, Guilford College, Greensboro, NC Fundraising Volunteer IELFS Endowment Campaign, Friends Council on Education Admissions Committee Member, Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA Our Time in History Capital Campaign Volunteer, Guilford College FISCAL MANAGEMENT Financial & Organizational Sustainability Research, University of Pennsylvania, GSE, Philadelphia, PA Faculty Finance Committee Member, Northfield Mount Hermon School Special Assistant to the CFO, Northfield Mount Hermon School 2005 Collaborated with CFO on approaches to model NMH s consolidation to one campus

2 ACADEMICS & TEACHING Lecturer, Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, University of Pennsylvania, GSE 2013-present Co-teaching school finance course with topics including alignment of organizational capacity and mission, multi-year budget projections, and resource allocation Faculty Member, School Leadership Institute, National Assoc. of Independent Schools, Washington, DC 2014-present Teacher, George School Taught a mathematics course ( ), mathematics and physics substitute teacher ( ) Faculty Member, Northfield Mount Hermon School Parents Council Academic Chair, awarded for outstanding teaching ( ) Proposed, designed, and taught Historical Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence senior seminar Taught a variety of courses including algebra I/conceptual physics, geometry, precalculus, calculus, and historical mathematics and artificial intelligence Mathematics and Physics Tutor Curriculum Development Consultant, Harvard University, GSE, Cambridge, MA 2006 Collaborated with Dr. Jerome T. Murphy, Ed.D., Harold Howe II Professor of Education and Dean Emeritus, designing graduate level leadership development courses and published works Faculty Search Committee, University of Pennsylvania, GSE 2006 Member of Independent Evaluation Teams, The School at Columbia University, New York, NY Bridge researcher for two Columbia University commissioned evaluation studies: instructional program and fiscal structures Doctoral Assistant to the Vice-Dean, University of Pennsylvania, GSE Developed programs and partnerships with for-profit, government, and nonprofit organizations Managing Editor, Journal of Undergraduate Research in Physics Teaching Assistant, Guilford College STUDENT LIFE Student Advisor, George School Northfield Mount Hermon School Faculty Dorm Resident, George School Northfield Mount Hermon School Pre-Orientation Chair & Orientation Co-Chair, Guilford College ATHLETICS Varsity and Junior Varsity Coach, Northfield Mount Hermon School Girls Varsity Soccer Head Coach; Boys Varsity Tennis Head Coach; Junior Varsity Wrestling Coach Boys Varsity Soccer Assistant Coach, George School Co-Director, East Coast Soccer Camp 2007 National Diploma Course, National Soccer Coaches Association of America 2003 On-Site Director, Real Tennis, Inc Varsity Tennis Team, Guilford College Varsity Soccer Team, Guilford College 1998

3 EDUCATION EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Ed.D., Educational Leadership, University of Pennsylvania, GSE 2011 Dissertation awarded with distinction Leading in the Light: A Study of Financial and Organizational Sustainability of Friends Schools Areas of focus for academic study and research inquiry: o Independent school leadership and governance with Dr. Peter J. Kuriloff, Ed.D. o Education/nonprofit leadership and management with Dr. Jerome T. Murphy, Ed.D. o Stewardship and board composition of Friends schools with Irene McHenry, Ph.D. o Organizational dynamics and interpersonal effectiveness with Dr. Rod Napier, Ph.D. Ira and Diana Riklis Endowed Scholar ( ) B.S., Honors Physics and Mathematics, Guilford College 2002 Concentration in Psychology Honors thesis Digging Deeper: Extending Understanding of the Upper Mantle through Numerical Modeling and the Geoid Presidential Honors Scholarship; Dana Scholarship; Jeglinski and Winslow Womack Research Awards; All Academic Team, Old Dominion Athletic Conference; Member, National Physics Honors Society High School Diploma, George School 1998 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Institute for Engaging Leadership in Friends Schools, Friends Council on Education (FCE) Additional Professional Development: Facilitating Quaker Decision-Making in a Friends School: A Workshop on Clerking, FCE 2008 Advanced Leadership Development Program, Becton, Dickinson and Company, Franklin Lakes, NJ 2007 Governance Matters! Workshop, FCE 2007 NAIS Summer Leadership Institute, National Association of Independent Schools 2006 Group Leadership Intensive, Change Works, Pottstown, PA 2006 Foundations of Leadership Program, The Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC 2004 Leadership Development Program, Becton, Dickinson and Company 2004 SELECTED PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION CASE Circle of Excellence Grand Gold Award, Student Recruitment Publications Category (2012) Advisor to the editor; George School was the only independent school and one of nineteen institutions to receive the top prize in the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awards CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award, Complete Institutional Website Category (2009) Project manager; George School won the first international CASE gold medal for complete website redesign awarded to a college, university, or independent school in three years Web Marketing Association's Standard of Excellence WebAward, School Website Category (2009) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Married to Shauna Anne Betof; father of Anya Anne Betof and Kayla Grace Betof Member of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Newtown Friends Meeting, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting; currently attending Friendship Friends Meeting in Greensboro, NC Diligent early morning runner and swimmer; lifelong athlete

4 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Betof, A. M. (2014). Sustainability of Friends Schools. Leading in the Light: Celebrating 325 Years of Quaker Education in America. Philadelphia, PA. Betof, A. M. (2013 Winter). Reflections from a New Head. SSATB s The Yield. Betof, A. M. (2011). Leading in the Light: A Study of Financial and Organizational Sustainability of Friends Schools. Doctoral Dissertation. University of Pennsylvania, Betof, A. M. (2007). A Friends Council on Education Action Research Report. Independent School Magazine, Lynch, D., Sugrue, B., Rivera, R., & Betof, A. (2007) Learning Executive Profile. Alexandria, VA: American Society for Training & Development. Betof, A. M. (2002). Digging Deeper: Extending Understanding of the Upper Mantle through Numerical Modeling and the Geoid. Honors Thesis. Guilford College, SELECTED PRESENTATIONS Betof, Donovan, Davis, LeFever, (2014). Collaboratively Advancing Our Institutions, Exploring Right Relationships A Joint Conference of Friends Council on Education and Friends Association for Higher Education, Haverford, PA. Betof, A. M. (2014). Leading in the Light: Sustainability of Friends Schools and Colleges, Exploring Right Relationships A Joint Conference of Friends Council on Education and Friends Association for Higher Education, Haverford, PA. Betof, A. M. (2012). Dynamic Systems Modeling for Financial Sustainability, ADVIS Admission Directors Retreat, Malvern, PA. Betof, A. M. (2011). Get Agile! Agility and Organizational Capacity in a Turbulent Environment, NAIS Annual Conference, National Harbor, MD. Betof, A. M. (2011). Academic Innovation and Organizational Sustainability of Friends Schools in the 21st Century, Pennswood Village Speaker Series, Newtown, PA. Betof, A. M. (2010). Stewarding Friends Schools for the Future, FCE Heads of Friends Elementary, Nursery & K-8 Schools Spring Gathering, Chestnut Hill, PA. Betof, A. M. (2010). Stewarding Friends Schools for the Future, FCE Heads of Friends Schools with Secondary Divisions Spring Gathering, Sandy Spring, MD. Betof, A. M. (2010). Using Dynamic Systems Modeling in Support of Financial Sustainability, NAIS Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. DiMichele, P., Betof, A. (2010). The Emperor s New Clothes, CASE District I Conference, Boston. MA. Betof, A. M. (2009). A Case Study of Strategic Innovation, Faith in One Another: Quaker Fundraising Gathering, Lancaster, PA. Betof, A. M. (2009). Both Sides of the Board Room: Admission and Enrollment Reporting, SSAT Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. Betof, A. M. (2008). 21 st Century Stewardship: Overlaying Leadership, Governance & Philanthropic Support, NAIS Annual Conference, New York, NY. Betof, A. M. (2007) Stewardship at the Intersection of Leadership, Governance, and Philanthropic Support in Friends Schools: An Action Research Study, Friends Council on Education Annual Meeting.

5 BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY Ari Betof, Ed.D. began serving as head of New Garden Friends School (Greensboro, NC) in July He has been on the Board of Directors of the Friends Council on Education since 2009 and has been a trustee of Newtown Friends School (Newtown, PA). Ari was previously Director of Institutional Advancement at George School (Newtown, PA) where he had oversight of the school s admission, communications and marketing, and fundraising functions. He began his teaching career at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Northfield, MA) where he taught physics and math, coached varsity soccer and tennis, and was a dorm parent. Ari earned his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a B.S. in physics and mathematics from the Guilford College honors program. His doctoral dissertation, Leading in the Light: A Study of Financial and Organizational Sustainability of Friends Schools, was awarded in 2011 with distinction. He is a lecturer in University of Pennsylvania s Mid Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and a faculty member in the National Association of Independent School s School Leadership Institute. Ari is frequently asked to speak on financial sustainability and leadership of independent schools. Ari is married with two young daughters and lives in Greensboro, NC.