Meet the 2025-2026 Alumni Council

The Alumni Council serves as the governing body for the Alumni Association. Members can be nominated by any member of the alumni community, and nominations are reviewed by a committee comprised of administrators, faculty, and alumni. Council members serve a two-year term with the option to renew at their term's conclusion. Read more about this year's Alumni Council members below.


Emily Williams '02
President

Alumni Council Vice President Emily Williams is currently the Director of Alumni Engagement and Lifelong Career Development at Harvard University Graduate School of Education. She has served as a St. Andrew’s class agent for over 10 years. She lives in Boston.


Alisa Kaswell '05
Vice President

Alisa lives in New York City where she has worked in marketing for over 10 years, from financial services to food and technology. Currently, she is the Project Marketing Consultant at What’s App. She has served on the Alumni Council since 2016 and has been a Lions Fund volunteer for over 10 years.


Brad Bennett '86

Brad currently lives in Montgomery, Alabama where he is a Director at Southern Poverty Law Center as well as an adjunct professor at Auburn University. He is an award-winning writer and editor with over 30 years of experience in journalism and corporate communications. Brad was an advisor to the Black Alumni Collective’s leadership team during their formation.

Ted Cage '85

Ted is the Principle Architect at Theodore A. Cage RA Architect and currently lives in Bethesda. Ted has served on the St. Andrew’s Board of Trustees, on the Master Planning Task Force, and as a Lions Fund volunteer.


Katie Chaires '13

Katie lives in Lawrence, Kansas and works in the International Division at the Kansas Department of Commerce covering foreign direct investment projects. She received her BA from Sewanee, the University of the South, and her MA from Johns Hopkins University. 
Paige Cooper '93

Paige received her BA from Rollins College in Florida where she now resides. She is an active volunteer in her community, having recently served as President of the PTA for her son’s school and as Chairwoman of the Easter Seals' Annual Charity Luncheon.

Michael DiPaula-Coyle '98

Michael is a graduate of the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and King’s College, London. He has served in senior roles in international trade for IBM, the US Department of Commerce, and the US-India Business Council. Having returned from a posting in Singapore, he now lives in Chevy Chase. He received the St. Andrew’s Thomas Shaw Award for Service at the 2018 Reunion.
Alex Facciobene '10

Alex works for Curbio as a Home Improvement Consultant Manager and lives in the Washington, D.C. area. In addition to being a current council member, he has also previously served as a past alumni council member and as a class agent.



Julian Haas '22

Julian joins us as our first college-aged council member. He is currently studying Economics, Mathematics and Applied Data Science at Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He works at the university as a teaching assistant, researcher, and tutor.



Hannah Harlan '08

Hannah lives in Bethesda and works at the Boston Consulting Group as the Director of Global Consumer Products Sector. She is an active member of the St. Andrew’s community as a parent of two current student Lions, as well as three younger children.
Graham Johnston '90

Graham currently works as a Consulting Director at NIIT. He is the parent of two current Upper School students and has been an active member of St. Andrew’s alumni community since his graduation. He lives in Silver Spring.

Jared Kassoff '13

Jared serves as the Chief Operating Officer at Resolution Capital Management. He also serves on the St. Andrew’s Board Finance Committee and lives in the Washington, D.C. area.


Allie Kendall '01

Allie has a Masters Degree in Special Education from American University and currently works as the Special Educator at Parkmont School in Washington, D.C. Since graduating, she has stayed connected to St. Andrew’s by volunteering for Reunion events and serving as a class agent.


Larissa Levine '06

Larissa is Vice President for Revenue Operations at FranConnect in Washington, D.C. She holds a BA from Colby College and an MBA from Georgetown University. In addition to having served as the Alumni Council President, Larissa has served as a member of the St. Andrew's Board of Trustees. She received St. Andrew’s Thomas Shaw Award for Service at the 2021 Reunion.
Madeline O'Brien '05

Madeline O'Brien recently moved back to the Washington, D.C. area, joining the St. Andrew’s Events Office as a Special Events Coordinator. She previously worked as St. Andrew’s Director of Special Events and Director of Alumni Affairs. She continues to be an active alumni volunteer.


Chris Quintero '14

Chris lives in New York City where he works as an Equity Research Analyst covering the software sector at Morgan Stanley. Chris graduated from Dartmouth College in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government. He graduated from St. Andrew’s in 2014 and has served on the school’s Diversity Council. 

Drew Singleton '14

After graduating from St. Andrew's, Drew received his BA from Ohio Wesleyan University. He is now in his 8th year of teaching, including 5 years at St. Andrew’s. He is currently pursuing his graduate degree in Education Leadership.



Alex Smith '17

Alex Smith is an analyst in the Investment Banking division at Goldman Sachs, specializing in Leveraged Finance. He earned a BA and MS from the University of Maryland. He continues to compete in the Premier Lacrosse League as a midfielder for the Denver Outlaws. Alex was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in 2022 and joined the Alumni Council in 2025.
Jamee Williams '12

Jamee received her MA of Health Science, Physician Assistant at the University of Maryland and currently works in Washington, D.C. as the Physician Assistant for Bread for the City. She is also a member of the Black Alumni Collective (BAC) Leadership Team.
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School is a private, coeducational college preparatory day school for students in preschool (Age 2) through grade 12, located in Potomac, Maryland.