DCDS Leadership

Our Senior Leadership Team guides DCDS in developing a thriving community that fosters each student's growth, allowing them to discover their talents, strengths, and skills and reach their full potential.

RichARD K. dempsey

Head of School

Teneka Singleton

Assistant Head of School

SHANNA
SEELYE

Chief Financial and Operations Officer

Kathy Schulte

Katherine Schulte

Chief Advancement Officer

Imad Zahr

Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid

Kerry Birmingham

Director of Communications & Strategic Marketing

John Corrigan

Upper School Director

PETER GORDON

Middle School Director

Jennifer Pitcher

Lower School Director

Faculty/Staff

Our experienced and highly trained faculty members challenge and support each student in all areas of academics, as well as in their social, emotional, and physical growth. Faculty members provide a safe and nurturing environment, working with parents to optimize the education of every student. Caring collaborative relationships connect students, teachers, and parents - one of the many advantages of a Detroit Country Day School education.

Many members of our faculty regularly present at national conferences and contribute articles to national publications. Yearly, our faculty receive awards and recognition in their respective disciplines. Approximately 68% of our faculty hold advanced degrees.

Board Of Trustees

Composed of prominent business and community leaders, Detroit Country Day School's Board of Trustees brings strategic oversight to the school's operations and vision.

Jonathan S. Aaron
Principal
The Velvel Group, LLC
Southfield, MI
(first elected in 2013)

Terrence Barr '86
President
Terrence Barr Sales, LLC
Southfield, MI
(first elected in 2012)

Derek Batts
Senior Vice President
and Managing Director
The Union Heritage Group
at Morgan Stanley
Bloomfield Hills, MI
(first elected in 2017)

Amit Doshi '96
Founder/Managing Partner
Harbor Spring Capital, LLC
New York, NY
(first elected 2025)

Calvin Ford
Vice President, PWM & Family Office Partnerships
Aviation Portfolios
Birmingham, MI
(first elected in 2024)

Dr. Darienne Hudson
President & CEO
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Detroit, MI
(first elected in 2024)

Jason Jarjosa
Managing Partner
Bloomfield Capital
Detroit, MI
(first elected in 2024)

Steven Kalkanis MD '89 - Chair
CEO, Henry Ford Medical Group
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
(first elected 2020)

Danialle Karmanos
West Bloomfield, MI
(first elected 2017)

Robert Parker '91
Head of Sell-Side M & A Cowen
Birmingham, MI
(first elected in 2016)

Martin Rawls-Meehan '97
Chief Executive Officer
Reverie
Bloomfield Hills, MI
(first elected 2020)

Andrea Siudara
Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Dana, Inc.
(first elected in 2018)

Sabrina I. Smith-Campbell, Ph.D.
Clinical Instructional Coach and Adjunct Faculty
Wayne State University
Teacher Education Division, College of Education
Detroit, MI
(first elected 2020)

Anne Weiner
Bloomfield Hills, MI
(first elected in 2013)

Thank you to all our current and former trustees or their time and dedication to Detroit Country Day School.

Former Trustees

The leadership and guidance trustees has played a critical role in delivering remarkable educational opportunities and developing generations of students into global leaders.

Mr. Terence E. Adderley
Mr. James A. Aliber
Mr. Jay A. Alix
Mr. William Bagley, III '54
Mr. Steven A. Ballmer '73
Mr. John Bamberger
Mrs. Mary Barra
Mr. Oscar L. Bard
Mr. James E. Barlett
Mr. Jonathan Boos
Mr. William M. Borgman, Jr.
Mr. Paul Borman
Mr. Eugene Bosart, III
Mr. Basil M. Briggs
Mr. Walter O. Briggs, Jr.
Mr. G. Cameron Buchanan
Mr. Anthony C. Buesser, Sr. '48
Mr. Frederick G. Buesser, Jr. '33
Mr. William R. Buesser, Sr. '62
Mr. Richard W. Burgis '28
Mr. Edward Cherney
Mr. Paul J. Conway
Mrs. Susan E. Cooper ♦
Dr. George R. Cooke
Mr. Thomas W. Cunnington ♦
Dr. Keith L. Curtis
Mr. Roger E. Davis '46
Mr. Don B. Dean
Mr. Charles Donnelly
Mr. Joe Dumars
Mr. George C. Edwards
Reverend Richard S. Emrich
Mr. L. Stanford Evans '49
Dr. Riad N. Farah
Mr. Charles T. Fisher, Jr.
Mr. Phillip Wm. Fisher '69
Mrs. Frederick B. Fisk
Mr. A.P. Fontaine
Mr. Randolph J. Friedman '66
Mr. James K. Fulks
Dr. L.J. Gariepy
Mr. Edwin O. George
Mr. William Gershenson
Dr. Gary G. Gilyard '76
Mr. Joseph E. Godfrey
Mr. Irving Goldberg
Mr. Tom Goldberg '70
Mr. Daniel Goodenough
Mr. Luman Goodenough
Dr. Clayton H. Gordon ♦
Mr. F. Q. Goudie
Mr. John C. Grant
Mrs. Leslie H. Green
Mr. Robert M. Green '35
Mr. H. Samuel Greenawalt
Mr. Edgar A. Guest, Jr. '29
Mrs. Fawzia Guindi

Mr. Radhakrishnan Gurusamy
Mrs. Dannielle C. Hamilton

Mr. John D. Hegarty, Jr
Mr. James A. Heller '82
Mr. Clifford H. Higgins, Sr.
Dr. Edward J. Hill
Mr. William E. Hoglund
Dr. Willard S. Holt
Mr. Oscar Hull
Mr. Srikant Inampudi
Dr. Joseph M. Jacobson
Mrs. Darlene Jackson
Mr. Frank Joyce
Mr. John S. Judd
Mrs. Joan Keller
Mr. A.B. Knight
Mr. Theodore F. Knight '40
Mr. C. Michael Kojaian
Mr. Stanley S. Kresge
Dr. George M. Laning
Mr. Sylvester F. Leahy
Mr. Ronald W. Lech
Mrs. Charles E. Letts
Mr. Nelson Liebold '33
Dr. Oliver P. Marcotte
Mr. William A. Mayberry
Mr. H. A. McDonald, Jr. '38
Mr. Shrikant C. Mehta
Mr. Richard W. Moore '32
Mr. Lester J. Morris
Mrs. Barbara Mrkonic
Mrs. Susan M. Murphy
Mr. Don Nystrom '88
Mr. Richard D. O'Connor
Mr. George A. Odien
Reverend Herman Page
Mr. Thomas T. Restrick, Sr. '41
Mr. Michael J. Sappington
Dr. Richard A. Schlegel
Mrs. Nancy S. Sellers
Mr. H.H. Serris
Mrs. Cynthia H. Shannon '78
Mr. F. Alden Shaw
Mr. Ronald M. Shmyr '77
Mr. Robert J. Skandalaris
Dr. John H. Smith, Sr.
Mr. Kurt Smith
Mr. Don Stebbins
Mr. Robert C. Stempel
Mr. Howard Stephens '30
Mr. Paul Stern
Mr. James M. Tenney
Dr. D. Eugene Thompson
Mr. John B. Thorson
Mr. David Trott
Mr. Robert C. Vanderkloot '31
Mr. Rajendra B. Vattikuti
Mr. G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Mr. Jervis C. Webb '33
Mr. Kenneth Whipple ♦
Mr. Kirby B. White
Mrs. Joan Winston
Mr. James O. Wright

♦ Trustee Emeritus

Students

Throughout Detroit Country Day School, students learn in an atmosphere that promotes self-confidence and self-esteem, allowing them to become independent learners and thinkers, well prepared for college. Our goal is to develop and nurture the entire child.

The Portrait of the Detroit Country Day School Student is a reflections of the attributes we strive to develop in each of our students starting from the time they start in the Lower School to the day they graduate from the Upper School.

Alumni

For over 100 years, the Detroit Country Day School has transformed students into leaders of character who go on to admirable and honorable accomplishments. Our alumni, more than 7,000 strong, live across the country and around the world and are leaders in the fields of industry, medicine, government, and non-profits for humanitarian causes. They carry the lessons they learn at Detroit Country Day School into adulthood and often look back on their years here as among the most rewarding of their lives.

Our alumni stay connected and get involved through our Alumni Association and various student events. As graduates, our alumni are not only a proud example of our successful legacy, but also a role model for future generations of graduates.