A Small Island With a Global Vision

Will’s two oldest daughters, Maddie (Spring 2015) and Lilly (Fall 2001), are Island School alumni, and he and his wife, Suzanne, experienced the rare two-family weekends in the same year. He has served as a Class Gift agent and Parent Fund volunteer. He is a litigation attorney and the founder of his own law firm, Nystrom, Beckman, and Paris.

Dominique attended The Island School in Spring 2007 and has stayed connected to the Cape Eleuthera Foundation and Cape Eleuthera Island School community since, first returning for her brother’s Family Weekend when he attended The Island School in Fall 2008. 

Dominique’s professional work focuses on climate and investing for impact. She has spent most of her career so far in renewable energy infrastructure investment, previously working on community solar mergers and acquisitions at NRG in San Francisco, where she helped establish this new business unit for the company. Dominique also worked in the Power & Renewables investment banking coverage group at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York, and more recently has worked with venture firm Harlem Capital and Closed Loop Partners’ private equity fund, which focuses on the circular economy. Dominique holds a B.A. in Biology from Barnard College and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Christopher “Kit” Norris attended The Island School during the spring of 2008 and later returned to serve as an Alumni Mentor during the summer of 2011. Kit attended Colgate University, where he graduated in 2013 with a degree in Environmental Biology. Since then, Kit has worked in investment banking – first at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and currently at Evercore, where he focuses on special situation private capital raising. Kit helps organize alumni functions for Island Schoolers in the greater New York City area and is an active member of City Squash, an academic and athletic after-school enrichment program in the Bronx and Brooklyn. Kit and his wife, Susanna, live in New York City with their dog, Chester.

Bill is an Island School parent of Charlie (Spring 2017). He serves as President of Oak Hill Advisors, a global alternative investment firm with headquarters in New York City, where he has been a member of the senior team since 1993. Bill’s other current foundation work includes serving on the board of trustees of the Darien Land Trust. He lives in Darien, Connecticut, with his three children, including the youngest, Lucie, who attended a week-long middle school summer Island School program.

Georgianna ‘Gigi’ Anderson attended The Island School Semester in Spring 2011 where she was elected by her peers as the S11 semester cacique. She graduated from Dartmouth College in 2016 with a B.A. in English and Environmental Studies. Gigi is currently living in San Francisco and working with Headspace Health, an accessible mental healthcare platform, as a Senior Customer Experience and Advocacy Manager. Gigi previously worked in marketing communications at Acquia, a technology provider specializing in open source and cloud solutions. Gigi has served as a reunion and fundraising committee member for the Noble and Greenough School, in addition to serving as a founding member of The Tide, The New England Aquarium’s community of young professionals. She joined the Cape Eleuthera Foundation Board of Directors as an Alumni Director in 2018 and ended her term in 2020. The Island School continues to be a beloved institution for Gigi’s entire family, including her sister, Noelle S13. 

Carter Brown is currently the Assistant Director of Principal and Major Gifts at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. Before this, he worked in development at the Clean Air Council. He is a former student (Spring 2009), CEI intern (2013-2014), and faculty member (2015-2016) of The Island School. Carter graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in 2015 with a BA in Environmental Studies. From 2015 to 2021, he served as a Trustee of The HBE Foundation Irrevocable Trust, founded by his father, Bruce Brown, and in December of 2022, he was recruited into the Dana-Farber Division of Philanthropy’s ID&E Council.

Bill has had a long and rewarding career in the financial services industry. He is a 1982 graduate of Bates College and had the privilege of serving on its Board of Trustees for ten years. His wife Scarlett, their three children, and daughter-in-law also attended Bates. In addition, Bill is the proud Island School parent of Charlie (Fall 2006), Maggie (Spring 2008), and Lilly (Fall 2013). Bill and Scarlett reside in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and Kennebunk, Maine.

Ande is an Island School alumni parent of Chelsey (Spring 2009), Read (Spring 2013), and James (Fall 2014), and has been an active member in our community throughout the years. She lives in Narragansett, Rhode Island, with her family and also serves as the Vice President of the Board of Trustees at the Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

Andrew Harris is the Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Director for Finance and Budget Administration at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. He is a senior-level financial and operational leader with 30 years of experience in the higher education, nonprofit, and government sectors. Before joining the museum, Andrew served as Vice President for Finance and Administration at Roosevelt University in Chicago, where he helped to strengthen the university’s financial position, upgrade the bond outlook, return the university to profitability, and double the school’s endowment fund to over $160 million. As Chief Financial Officer of the University of North Texas and the UNT System, he was named CFO of the Year for the public sector by the Dallas Business Journal. Andrew joined The Island School team in 2018 as interim-CFO before hiring Kele Isaacs.

Ben graduated from the University of Miami with a degree in Political Science and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Fine Arts from SVA MFA Products of Design. He formerly worked as the Director of Client Services at IPG Media Lab in New York, as well as an Equity Specialist at Merrill Lynch, and most recently as the Marketing Manager at Climate Now. Ben is an Island School Spring 2004 alumnus, which influences his views on leadership, community, and the environment. He is the father of a four-year-old girl, an avid outdoor enthusiast, including scuba diving and skiing, and is interested in fine arts like sculpting and woodworking as well as graphic design in his free time. 

Brian Sanghee Lee attended the Fall 2008 semester at The Island School and was honored as the Cacique of his class. Brian is passionate about empowering students to access a global education. Previously, he has conducted education research in rural China under a Fulbright-Hays grant. After graduating from Swarthmore College with a BA in Psychology, he went on to complete his MA in China Studies at Zhejiang University. Brian then joined Whittle School & Studios, helping to launch their global boarding programs in Shenzhen and Washington, D.C. In addition to advising startups on global strategy, he now directs an online life coaching program designed to develop self-awareness and teach cross-cultural communication to students. He was named a 2014 Project Pengyou Leadership Fellow and speaks English, Korean, Mandarin, and Japanese.

Amy Richardson is a consultant, most recently to Bloomberg Philanthropies, exploring the unmet needs of military-connected children, and to Room to Read, a nonprofit organization that works to improve literacy and gender equality in education in the developing world. Previously, Amy was a policy researcher at the RAND Corporation for ten years, where she conducted research in healthcare and education, particularly for the Army. Amy has four daughters who have attended The Island School: Lilah (Fall 2016), Tess (Fall 2018), Ava (Fall 2021), and Elise (Fall 2022) McCormick. 

David is an Island School parent of Krissy (Spring 2009), Sarah (Spring 2013), and Haley (Spring 2015).  He is the President of IBS Capital LLC, a private investment company based in Boston, Massachusetts, which he founded in 1990. Before founding IBS Capital LLC, he spent ten years working in corporate finance with Drexel Burnham Lambert, Winthrop Financial, and Merrill Lynch. He is a graduate of Amherst College and the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College.

George is the Chief Advancement Officer at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, where he has been for the last 23 years. George attended Juniata College (PA) and then received his Master’s Degree from LaSalle University in Business Communications.  Since 2008, George has led all advancement efforts at Nobles, including an 8-year campaign raising a total of $137M. At Nobles, George has also coached varsity football and looks after his seven advisees in all areas of school life. Before Nobles, George worked at the Peddie School (NJ) as the Annual Fund Director and Director of Major Gifts, and he also coached wrestling, track, and football. George’s oldest daughter, Quinn, attended the Fall 2023 semester, and his middle daughter, Payton, attended in Fall 2025.