David A. Barrett

David is a Partner with Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, specializing in appellate, commercial and securities litigation, and international arbitration. He served on the Spence-Chapin Board of Directors from 2000-2016 and re-joined the Board in 2021. During his time on the Board, he has served as the Vice-Chair of the Board and Chair of the Legal […]
Katharine H. Welling

Kathy received a BA from Wells College and an MA from Columbia University, and has served on the board since 2011. She brings a wealth of experience in fund- raising and strategic planning. Ms. Welling worked for several years as a consultant with Raybin Associates in New York City. She was recently President of the Board of the Wilton Library and chaired its expansion project. She has been Senior Warden at St. Matthew’s Church and chaired its new facilities renovation. She currently is President of the Board of the Upper Valley […]
Christopher Stoeckle

Chris is a Partner at Inyarek Partners, a firm he co-founded to invest in industrial decarbonization and energy transition opportunities. Chris has 15 years of energy finance and private equity experience. At Inyarek, Chris shares responsibility for overall investment strategy and execution, asset management, and firm operations. Prior to forming Inyarek in 2023, Chris was […]
Ian V. Rowe

Ian is the Founder and CEO of Vertex Partnership Academies, a virtues-based, International Baccalaureate public charter high schools, that opened in the Bronx in 2022. Ian is also a Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he focuses on upward mobility, family formation, education and adoption. Ian recently fulfilled a ten-year tenure as the […]