Our Wildwood, Volume 48

Colleen’s service to Wildwood, and thus her legacy, was touched by people like parent and trustee Mary Estrin who, when she set her mind to something for Wildwood, couldn’t be stopped. “Mary didn’t pay attention to the glass ceilings that were even more dominant in the 1980s, when she began her long tenure on our Board,” Colleen said. Guided by Mary’s example, Colleen felt trusted to do what was right for the school, even as she was surrounded by predominantly male board members. What she remembers of her time at Wildwood was a deep and abiding spirit of collaboration in service to a greater common good. Monique Marshall, who taught at Wildwood for more than 20 years before launching her own antiracism and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) consulting firm, thought immediately of Hope Boyd, Wildwood’s head of school from 1992 to 2007. “When I was looking to move to LA from New York City, I knew about Hope, this Black female powerhouse. She put 100 percent of her faith in me. She had expectations that I could be somebody at Wildwood School, so I felt really affirmed and supported from the get-go.” Monique continued, “It was a privilege to work in a place where people believed in me and where I wasn’t afraid to try new things. With Hope, there was trust in the

FEATURE A Legacy of Leadership: What I’ve Learned from the Women of Wildwood

WHERE IT COUNTS 80% Percentage of female Heads Leadership

Team members 54% Percentage of female Board of Trustees members 3 of 3 Female school division directors (elementary, middle, upper) 2 of 3

Female directors of the Institutes at Wildwood 5 of 7 Female Heads of School since Wildwood’s founding

SANDI CROZIER &

MONIQUE MARHSALL

MARCIA CAPPARELA

JEANNE FAUCI

LORI STRAUSS

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