Margaret Holloway-Price
Board Chair · Executive
Managing Partner, Holloway Price Capital (private equity)
Governance
Board of Trustees
Twelve trustees — 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
19
MAY
Spring Trustees Meeting · 2026
6:30 PM · Heritage Hall Boardroom · Year-end; chair transition as applicable
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
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.