Patrick J. Phillips began his tenure as the 12th head of school for Hawai‘i Preparatory Academy on July 1, 2019. His career in education spans many roles and countries, including the Canterbury School in Fort Myers, Florida, The Potomac School in Washington, D.C., The American School in Switzerland (TASIS), Westchester Academy and Charlotte Country Day School in North Carolina, Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and TASIS England. Phillips comes to HPA most recently from Breck School in Golden Valley, Minnesota, a day school just outside Minneapolis for 1,100 students from preschool to grade 12, where he was assistant head of school. He holds a B.A. in environmental studies from Middlebury College and an Ed.M. in school leadership from Harvard University.
Among other strategic priorities, Phillips will focus on implementation of an ambitious sustainability plan designed to empower environmental champions and place HPA among the greenest of schools. Throughout his career, he has strengthened environmental education and sustainability efforts. At Canterbury School and Westchester Academy, he initiated Outward Bound trips, leading students into the Ten Thousand Islands in southwest Florida and the Linville Gorge of North Carolina. At The Potomac School, he designed three different electives centered on environmental studies and science. He led Charlotte Country Day School to be one of the earliest members of the Green Schools Alliance and a leading proponent of the Green Cup Challenge. Adventurous by nature, he has been a restoration ecologist based in Manhattan and also a horse wrangler working in the Colorado Rockies. He and his wife, Ainslie (also an educator, as well as a painter), have four children, Taylor, Grayson ’20, Cooper ’24, and Riley ’27.
Administration
Hannah Candelario ’01; P’30
director of advancement
Glenn Chickering ’P29
Middle School principal
Josh Clark P’30
director of external relations
Amy Cole
director of studies
Michelle Ferron-Guppy P’18, ’20
director of human resources
Hamilton Ford ’05
director of residential life
Catherine Grant P’03
Lower School principal
Mollie Hustace P’03, ’07
director of the Isaacs Art Center
Terrence Kalaniopio ’94; P’21, ’23
director of facilities
Andrew Kelsey P’31
director of college counseling
Gregory McKenna
sustainability resource director
Chapin Miller P’20
Upper School principal
Erin Morgan
chief financial officer
Mark Noetzel P’18
dean of campus life
Stephen Perry P’16, ’18, ’20, ’22
director of athletics
Tiare Police ’86; P’13, ’15, ’21
director of admissions
Marc Rice P’88, ’91
director of technology services; director of Sea Turtle Research Program
Sarah Schorn ’98; P’30
director of student affairs
Patricia Walker
director of auxiliary programs
Fred Wawner P’22, ’23, ’25, ’27
assistant head of school for student life
William Wiecking P’22
Energy Lab director
Board of Trustees
Laurie T. Ainslie P’12, ’15, chair
community leader and philanthropist
Robert R. Budway ’76, vice chair
president, Can Manufacturers Institute
Michael J. Chun
retired president and headmaster, Kamehameha Schools, Kapālama
Warren Doi P’22
mentor, Hawaii Technology Development Corporation
Taylor Easley ’91
owner and president, Easley Associates
Allison Holt Gendreau P’08
community leader and philanthropist
Nona Hasegawa ’78
vice president/investments, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc.
Ana Yarawamai Hiyane ’00
vice president of administration, Resort Management Group, LLC
Cindy McMackin P’16, ’17, ’21, ’23, ’26
president, Pan-Pacific Mechanical
Paul I. Nakayama
retired founder, owner, and CEO, Jason Associates Corporation
Samuel Pratt ’84
director/vice president, Niu Pia Land Company Ltd.
William D. Pratt ’86
director/vice president, Niu Pia Land Company Ltd.
Michael S. Spalding ’66
president, Michael Spalding Realty
Peter M. Vitousek ’67
professor, Stanford University
Taffi Wise P’12, ’15, ’17
executive director, Kanu o ka ‘Aina Learning Ohana