Faculty & Staff

Elaine White comes to Westminster School from The Governor’s Academy, an independent boarding school in Byfield, Mass., where she has been a teacher, coach, advisor and dorm parent. She also served in a variety of significant leadership positions at The Governor’s Academy including Chair of the English Department, Academic Dean, Interim Director of Advancement and Assistant Head of School, with some of these responsibilities overlapping.

 

In addition to managing multiple offices, she was the first female department chair in the school’s history, cultivated and stewarded donors for the school’s capital campaign, led a task force to design and implement a hybrid learning platform for the 2020-2021 academic year, facilitated creation of a Learning Center, managed development and operation of the school’s advisory program and helped design a summer internship program for rising seniors.

 

Elaine earned a B.A. in English at Bates College and an M.A. in English literature from Middlebury College. She and her husband, Chris, are the parents of three daughters: Emily, Maya and Dani.

After earning a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA at Fairfield University, Kelly coached Division I collegiate soccer. Most recently, she served two years as an assistant coach for Princeton University’s women’s soccer, where she was responsible for recruiting, managing summer camps and program operations. For three years prior to that, she was an assistant coach for Fairfield University women’s soccer.

Before beginning her coaching career, Kelly was a four-year starting goalkeeper and two-time captain at Fairfield University, where she holds the program records in shutouts, saves and goals against average. She was a 2023 inductee into the Fairfield Athletics Hall of Fame. Before Fairfield, she attended Farmington High School, where she lettered in soccer and basketball. Kelly has also coached for the Olympic Development Programs in New Jersey and Connecticut, and currently coaches for Connecticut Football Club. She holds a USSF D License and an NSCAA National Diploma.

At Westminster, Tyler creates video content for the school’s website and social media accounts, coordinates livestreaming of selected school events, manages the school’s presence on social media and web-based platforms, and posts athletic scores and highlights. He is also head coach of Varsity Baseball. He previously worked in the communications office at The Hotchkiss School for seven years as the videographer and digital media specialist and served as head coach of the varsity baseball program for five seasons. During his time at Hotchkiss, he recruited baseball players nationally, and his team climbed in the standings each year. In his time as head coach at Westminster, he has guided the team to a 40-21 record. Westminster has made the Founders League playoffs in two of the three seasons it has existed. He has sent players to Columbia, Army-West Point, Pitt, Williams, The University of Chicago, Trinity, Middlebury, Hamilton, Colby, and coached the 2019 NESCAC Pitcher of the Year (RJ Hall - Tufts). Currently, players in the program are committed to Vanderbilt, Boston College, Brown, and College of Charleston. Additionally, Tyler holds a Mental Performance Mastery Coaching Certification from Brian Cain, Peak Performance.

Before joining Hotchkiss, Tyler was a three-year starter on the baseball team at Fairfield University, where he earned a B.A. in English. As co-captain in 2012, he hit .301 to help Fairfield to the then-record of most wins in school history. He played two summers in the NCAA-sanctioned Northwoods League and was named Northwoods League Gold Glove Winner at first base in 2011 and a top-50 Position Player in the league. He also was a contributing writer and assistant sports editor of the Fairfield University student newspaper.

Prior to playing at Fairfield, Tyler was an All-State selection at East Hampton High School, where he helped the Bellringers to a Shoreline Conference Championship as a senior captain. He was named the Shoreline Conference Player of the Year in 2008, as well as earning All-State, All-Conference, All-Area, CHSCA Senior All-Star, New Haven Register All-State and Scholar-Athlete accolades.