Faculty & Staff

Jenn travels across the country to connect with members of the Westminster community, meet with members of the Thring Society and talk to individuals who are interested in supporting the priorities of Westminster School. She has extensive experience in annual giving and advancement operations after spending 10 years in the Institutional Advancement Office at the University of Hartford. In January 2021, Jenn was appointed to the board of directors of the Charitable Gift Planners of Connecticut. In 2022, she became a certified specialist in planned giving and in 2023 she was awarded the Rising Star Award from the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners.


Jenn lives in Canton, Conn., with her husband, Peter, and their children, Dylan, Sam and Avery. She enjoys cooking and taking care of her yard.

Katherine oversees the development and execution of annual giving programs. She designs and implements strategies for enhancing restricted and unrestricted giving for Westminster, while expanding the rate of alumni participation.

 

Katherine has held a number of roles in independent schools and higher education. She spent five years at Miss Porter’s School, where she taught Spanish, worked in admissions and coached soccer. She then spent two years as a development officer at Wesleyan University and one year at Westover School as their director of admission. 

 

Katherine holds a bachelor’s degree from Franklin & Marshall College as well as a master’s degree in Spanish from Middlebury College. She lives on the Avon Old Farms campus with her husband, Brian, and two sons, Cameron and Charlie.

After graduating from Westminster in 1996, Joe attended Loyola University in Baltimore, Md., where he was a four-year member of the lacrosse program as a long stick midfielder and defenseman. During his time at Loyola, Joe competed in the NCAA tournament all four years, reaching the Final Four in 1998. Joe also served as co-captain, earned the Unsung Hero Award and was named Honorable Mention All-American in 2000.

 

After graduating from Loyola in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in economics, Joe served on active duty in the U. S. Marine Corps from 2000 to 2004 and was deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. He joined the Selected Marine Corps Reserve in 2008, taking part in Shared Accord in 2010 and Operation Enduring Freedom in 2012. Joe currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves.

 

At Westminster, Joe was a three-sport varsity athlete playing soccer, ice hockey and lacrosse. In addition to earning Defensive Player of the Year and All-American honors for lacrosse in 1996, he served as captain for all three teams his senior year.

 

Prior to Westminster, Joe worked in employee benefits sales and client management, most recently with Elevance Health Inc. He has also served as the Scotch Plains Fanwood Lacrosse Club Middle School Boys’ Coach since 2011 and has been a member of the board since 2014.

 

In addition to his responsibilities as head coach of the Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse program, Joe will work in the advancement office as Director of Alumni Engagement and Giving. Joe is married to the former Bethany Noel Tracey ’96. They have four children, Catherine ’23, Luke ’27, Gabriel and Tess.