Standing Committees

Committee on Trustees

Committee on Trustees recruits new members for School Committee and all standing committees. Committee on Trustees also provides support to the School Committee and standing committees, ensuring that FSMN’s governance structure is functioning well.

Committee on Trustees 2022-2023:

• Eric Salverda
• Jenni Bratulich
• Julie Eddington
• Kate Ellis
• Kristin Small
• Mary Lilly
• Shalini Gupta

Buildings and Grounds Committee

The purpose of the Building and Grounds Committee is to further the school’s stated mission to prepare children to embrace life, learning, and community with hope, skill, understanding and creativity through oversight of maintenance and improvement projects to the building and grounds at FSMN. It is the intent of the Building and Grounds Committee that all projects that are determined to have a lasting impact on the building and grounds of the school be subject to an appropriate review to ensure that the school’s values and goals are addressed and met.

Building and Grounds Committee 2022-2023:

• Steve Moe, Clerk
• Aaron Bergad
• Eryn Trimmer
• Garth Morrissette
• Gerold Ronning
• Kathy Wallace

Development Committee

The Development Committee is the primary fundraising arm of the school. The Development Committee establishes and operates programs that nurture the FSMN community, providing substantial financial and non-financial support to FSMN’s operations, capital improvements and maintenance and FSMN’s endowment. 

Development Committee 2022-23:

• Kim Zack, Co-Clerk
• Khamara Pettus, Co-Clerk
• Dawn Einwalter, Development Director
• Henry Moyers
• Jim Crist
• Kate Vickery
• Kerri Rivers
• Morgan Hopp

Equity and Justice Committee

The Equity and Justice Committee works with staff, SC and parents to ensure FSMN is welcoming to all members of the school community. E&J also acts as a resource to students and teachers on equity and justice issues, organizes events for the school community that focus attention on equity and justice issues, and develops and recommends policy on equity and justice aspects of school governance, admissions, and personnel.

Equity and Justice Committee 2022-2023:

• Andrea Cyr, Co-Clerk 
• Cari Gillen-O’Neel, Co-Clerk
• Andrea Hasan 
• Gita Ghei
• Graham Ojala-Barbour
• Mattie Weiss
• Shane Zack 
• Sherine Onukwuwe 

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee (EC) establishes the agenda for monthly School Committee meetings, ensures School Committee decisions are implemented, approves expenditures if the SC is not able to convene and act in a timely manner; and conducts the annual performance review of the head-of-school.

The Executive Committee is comprised of the School Committee Clerk, Assistant Clerk, Treasurer, Recording Clerk, and one at-large member.

Executive Committee 2022-2023:

• Chuck Gillen O’Neel, Clerk
• Jenni Bratulich, Assistant Clerk
• Becky Dahlberg, Recording Clerk
• David Bael, Treasurer
• Khamara Pettus, At-Large Member

Finance Committee

The Finance Committee is responsible for the financial oversight of the school. The Finance Committee’s primary responsibility is recommending annual operating and capital budgets to the School Committee for review and action. The school’s operating budget involves the balancing of several factors, including estimates of enrollment, tuition levels, and expenditures.

Finance Committee 2022-2023:

• David Bael, Clerk
• Aaron Bergad
• Daniel Vickery
• Eleni Andre-Wolking, Bookkeeper
• Elizabeth Lukanen
• Lauri Salverda
• Joe Mueller, Head of School

Quaker Life Committee

The Quaker Life Committee is focused on the manner in which the core Quaker values of FSMN are put into practice, primarily with an eye to governance, parent outreach, and staff support and development. The QLC seeks to help deepen and enrich the FSMN community’s understanding of the school’s Quaker roots and philosophies. 

Quaker Life Committee 2022-2023:

• Andrew Rutledge
• Joann Esser
• Linda Coffin