Meet Mr. John Munro - Head of School Select

• Christine Standish, Chair, Trustee, Past Parent '11
• Tammy Baker, Trustee
• Charlie Brown, Director of College Advising, Math Faculty
• Doug Cotter '87, Director of Admissions, Alumni, Alumni Parent '19 and Current Parent '23
• Mary Ann Coulson, Trustee, Past Parent '04
• Emlyn Flanigan, Parent Association President, Current Parent '24
• Karen Kopp, Trustee, Past Parent '22
• John Munro, 7th Head of School
• Bob Warner '64, Trustee
• Skip Wilday, Chair Board of Trustees, Past Parent '17, '21, '21
• Julie Wysocki, Administrative Assistant to the Headmaster

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we are pleased to inform you that after a thorough, eight-month search and recruitment process, our board voted unanimously to appoint John R. Munro Jr. as Gow’s seventh head of school, starting in July 2023.

Mr. Munro is the former Head of School at Fairfield Country Day School, a K-9 day school for boys in Fairfield, CT, where he served from 2010-2019. Most recently, Mr. Munro helped lead Adam J. Lewis Academy in Bridgeport, CT, where he serves as Assistant Head of School and on the school’s Board of Trustees. The school’s mission is to provide access to high-quality education for underserved pre-K through eighth-grade children in Bridgeport, CT, much as Buffalo Prep does in Western New York.

To read the full statement from Skip Wilday, Board of Trustees, Chair, and Mary Ann Coulson, Search Committee Chair, please click here. 

• Position Statement, Head of School Search, The Gow School

• Letter from Headmaster, Mr. Rogers - September 15, 2021
• Board Chair, Skip Wilday, Response - September 17, 2021
• Board Chair, Skip Wilday, Mary Ann Coulson, Chair Search Committee Update - November 12, 2021
• John Farber, Search Consultant, Survey Link - November 12, 2021. Link has expired. If you would like to share your thoughts, please reach out to John Farber directly at jfarber@rg175.com
• Board Chair, Skip Wilday, Mary Ann Coulson, Chair Search Committee Update - April 5, 2022

John Farber from RG175 has been contracted by our Board of Trustees to manage the search for the 7th Headmaster of The Gow School. John joined RG175 in 2017 and has nearly 40 years of independent school experience (both day and boarding) with more than 20 years as a head of school. He is well-known to the independent school community for his skills in board governance, strategic thinking, fundraising and personnel management. 

 RG175 consultants are former long-service successful heads of schools from independent and international schools. As such, they know how to help identity their critical strengths, challenges and opportunities. RG 175 is dedicated to understanding the unique mission of each of our independent and international school clients and to leveraging our many years of meaningful leadership experience to deliver excellence in school leadership, governance for schools, and other non-profit organizations.

As the search process moves forward, our constituents will be invited to share their thoughts and feedback regarding Gow’s next Head of School.  Be on the lookout.  If you have questions please contact John Farber at jfarber@rg175.com

• Mary Ann Coulson, Chair, Trustee, Past Parent ’04
• Al Chircop, Trustee, Past Parent ’06
• Emlyn Flanigan, President Parent’s Association, Current Parent ’24
• Ted Knight ’70, Trustee
• Chris Massey ’01, Trustee
• Dan Reininga, Trustee, Community Member
• Christine Standish, Trustee, Past Parent ’11
• Skip Wilday, Chair Board of Trustees, Past Parent ’17, ’21, ’21
• Chip Wilkinson’87, President Alumni Association