Carolyn Chandler

A graduate of Vanderbilt University, with an MA in secondary education/mathematics from UTC, Carolyn Chandler taught English and French at Lookout Valley Middle/High School before retiring to full-time motherhood when sons Dan and Richard came along. Later, she returned to the workforce to teach Upper School mathematics at GPS for 19 years, working in administration for the last five years of her tenure. She left GPS to assume the position of Assistant Head of School at Metairie Park Country Day School in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2003, where she later became Head of School before retiring in 2017. Carolyn has served on the boards of two New Orleans charter schools, ISAS, NAIS, and The Heads’ Network faculty and board, plus she served as a field instructor for the Klingenstein Center at Columbia University. She presently serves on the Center’s Advisory Committee and on the board of Madison Country Day School, Madison, Wisconsin. Carolyn is a partner in Strategic School Leadership LLC, a consultancy serving boards and heads of school.