Board of Trustees
Burroughs is governed by a board of trustees which manages the school’s finances and facilities, oversees the policies and general direction of the school and identifies areas for consideration and possible action.
The John Burroughs School Board of Trustees consists of current parents and alumni. The presidents of the Parents Council and Alumni Association, as well as the chair of the Investment Committee, automatically serve as ex officio members.
The Board's main duties are to protect the overall mission and philosophy of the school, to support the head of school to implement this mission, to ensure the long-term financial stability of the school and to set the policies within which it functions.
Trustees meet as a whole seven times a year. During those meetings, the trustees are briefed on the status of key school issues—from the school budget to the admissions outlook to the status of college applications. They are kept abreast of student and faculty developments, achievements and concerns. Faculty presentations, drawing from all aspects of school life, are a common agenda item.
The Board uses a committee structure. Subject to full Board approval, the Board president and head of school assign all trustees to a minimum of two committees and propose an agenda for each committee. Some committees invite non-board members, including faculty, to serve. Current committees are Building & Grounds, Campaign (aka Development), Diversity & Education, Executive, Finance, Investment and Tuition Aid.
One of the distinguishing strengths of Burroughs is that a vast majority of the trustees have children enrolled in the school. Through day-to-day contact with their children and their children's friends and regular exchanges with faculty members, the trustees have an excellent means for hearing the concerns of the students and faculty, which help guide their deliberations and actions on behalf of the school.
2021-2022 Board of Trustees
| President | Mark Schnuck '74 |
| 1st Vice President | Juan Moore |
| 2nd Vice President | Ted Samuels '73 |
| Treasurer | Gonzalo Fernandez |
| Secretary | Eriko Pope |
| Barry Albrecht '96 | Julie Baur '90 |
| Steven Busch '95 | Kirsten Dietrich |
| Haliday Douglas '01 | Jim Edwards '90 |
| John Inazu | Kerrigan Kaplan |
| David Kaslow | Kim Kuehner '71 |
| David Lemkemeier '88 | Carol Lister '85 |
| Avani Nayak | Asim Raza '86 |
| Nancy Reynolds | Sabrine Rhodes |
| Linda Roby | Alison Sheehan '90 |
| Kelly Steinkamp '87 | Asma Usmani |
| Robyn Huhn, ex officio | |
| Ben Kline '03, ex officio | |
| Ken Lester, ex officio | |
| Russ Willey, ex officio, Immediate Past President | |