Trustees and Administration

Board of Trustees

Carolyn P. Booth

Godfrey, Illinois

Todd Boyman

St. Louis, Missouri

Elizabeth Crow

Vinita, Oklahoma

Steve DeWindt

Vice Chair

Laguna Niguel, California

Ian Forber-Pratt

St. Louis, Missouri

Janna L. Hernholm

San Diego, California

Kristin Jamerson

Executive Committee Member-at-large

Mercer Island, Washington

Inez Maubane Jones

Bainbridge Island, Washington

Allan W. Marquardt

St. Louis, Missouri

Terry McNabb

St. Louis, Missouri

Patricia Sarkisian

Secretary

Valparaiso, Indiana

Scott L. Schneberger, PhD

Chair

Austin, Texas

David Walters

Treasurer

St. Louis, Missouri

Administration, The Principia

Barbara Blackwell

Chief Executive

Daniel Norton

President, Principia College

Merry Sorrells

Head, Principia School

Lee W. Barron

General Counsel

Hans Fredrikson

Chief Investment Officer

Tom Nickell

Chief Operations Officer / Chief Financial Officer

Sarah N. Rand

Chief Advancement, Marketing, and Communications Officer

Jen Silver

Senior Director, Human Resources

Laurel S. Walters

Executive Director of Communications

College Cabinet

Daniel Norton

President

Meggan L. Madden

Dean of Academics (On Leave 2023-2024) 

Brian D. Roberts

Interim Dean of Academics

Erin Rainwater

Dean of Students

Ann Pierson

Athletics Director

Joy Turnbaugh

Chief Operations Officer

Peter van Lidth de Jeude

Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Services

Rosalind S. Hibbs

Institutional Research Officer

David Njau

Director of International Student Programming and Services Office

Rachael Stock

Interim Dean of Admissions and Recruiting, Financial Aid Director

Beth Trevino

Human Resources Director

Administration of the Academic Program

Meggan L. Madden

Dean of Academics (On Leave 2023-2024)

Brian D. Roberts

Interim Dean of Academics

Crystal Allen Gunasekera

Interim Associate Dean of Academic Assessment and Curriculum

Peter van Lidth de Jeude

Interim Assistant Dean of Academic Services

Winifred A. Needham

Director of Faculty Development

Becky Barthelmess

Registrar

Leah R. Gallant-McFall

Creative Arts and

Communication Division Head

Gretchen Starr-LeBeau

Humanities Division Head

Karen L. Eckert

Mathematics and
Natural Sciences Division Head

Sally A. Steindorf

Social Sciences Division Head

Carrie Silver-Stock

Academic Staff Liaison