September 1, 2025
Dear Suffield Academy Community,
We are pleased to share an update about the Head of School Search and the new academic year.
It was a momentous summer for Suffield as several new gifts to the Cahn Scholars Fund helped propel the endowment past $100 million. This has been a central area of focus of Head of School Charlie Cahn and our Board of Trustees as we work to ensure a bright long-term future for the school. The endowment fund has doubled in the past six years.
Planning is in excellent shape for the new academic year, and construction of the new tennis and golf center is complete. A second phase of a solar energy initiative has unfolded during the past four months, and seven talented new faculty members have joined our community.
Over the past few months we have been working closely with our Carney Sandoe consultants on the Head search. They initially informed thousands of educators about the Suffield opportunity and did subsequent outreach to administrators around the country with a special focus on boarding schools. All candidates nominated through the community survey process were contacted. Building on these efforts, they identified over 200 potential candidates they felt might have an interest and the qualifications to be considered. Through interviews, research, and consultations with colleagues, they focused primary efforts on a group of 50 candidates.
Along with the Carney Sandoe team and Charlie Cahn, we are now identifying semifinalist candidates to meet with the full Trustee Head of School search committee later this fall. We look forward to this next phase and will keep you updated as we move closer to selecting Suffield’s next head.
Sincerely,
Frederic B. Powers III ’83, P’14
President, Board of Trustees | Co-Chair Head of School Search
Daniel R. Tisch ’69, P’02
Trustee Emeritus | Co-Chair Head of School Search