Board of Directors and Staff
VOTING MEMBERS
Bruce Davis – President
Bruce Davis, WS '73, previously served two Board terms as Treasurer and also chaired the FWS Alumni Committee. His connections with Landour and Woodstock go back many years. He was born at Landour Community Hospital and attended Woodstock from grade 1 through grade 12. Mussoorie and Woodstock were his home until he graduated in 1973 and relocated to Chicago. Over the next 30 years Bruce visited Woodstock a half dozen times, continues to regularly visit the School, and is deeply engaged with Woodstock and many of his classmates. Mr. Davis also serves as a member of Woodstock’s General Body. Bruce majored in Asian Studies at the University of Chicago and received an M.A. from Tufts University’s Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. During an internship at the India Desk of the State Department, he helped plan a State visit by Prime Minister Morarji Desai.
Mr. Davis is a Partner at Appraisal Associates, a commercial real estate valuation and consulting firm in Chicago, Illinois. Prior to joining Appraisal Associates in 2009, he was a Vice President and commercial banker at JP Morgan Chase Bank in Chicago and provided debt financing and treasury management to municipalities, school districts and not for profit institutions in the Chicago region. Before joining Chase in 2005, he spent over twenty years in corporate finance and banking with Continental Illinois National Bank, National Australia Bank, and The Industrial Bank of Japan. In the mid-1980s, Mr. Davis spent four years as the India and South Asia Country Officer for Continental Bank.
Bruce and his wife, Susan Enright, are regularly seen at Annual Meeting and Reunions, participate in Alumni Enrichment activities, and often host alumni gatherings in the Chicago area or their home.
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![]() Ben Henderson, WS '09, is a product and strategy consultant in business IT and start-up ventures. His passion is people and understanding the way technology can impact lives. Ben has helped Fortune 100 companies in oil and gas, energy, retail, healthcare, and technology better understand their ecosystems and shape solutions around their unique needs. He is currently working with Ncontracts in Nashville as a Senior Product Manager and manages all products for the Enterprise Engagement line of business consisting of four web and mobile SaaS products with 100,000 users. He credits his origins at Woodstock School with igniting his passion for the global community and desire to create positive change. |
![]() Sharon Seto, WS ’79, grew up in Iran and attended Woodstock for her last two years of high school. She returned to Woodstock for ten years as Development and Alumni Director, teacher, and residential staff from 1998-2006. Her two children, Dorien,WS '06 and Robin, WS '17, attended Woodstock during this time. She was on the organizing committee for the FWS Reunion in Boston in 2017 and enjoys staying in touch with alumni around the globe. Sharon was also on the board of SAGE, Inc. for eight years and has served on numerous other local boards.
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Emeritus Board Members
![]() Glenn Conrad WS ’68 has been active in and a leader of Woodstock alumni affairs since 1983. A lawyer by profession, Glenn has worked in a variety of positions where, as a lawyer, his legal expertise has been put to good use. In addition to working on Capitol Hill as a staff member for a Representative to the US Congress, he has worked for the American Banking Association, as director of development at Woodstock and as the executive director of the Winterline Foundation. Glenn has served as president of WOSA/NA, was on the board of directors of KW International (KWI), and played a leading role in the transition of KWI from a largely mission representative board into an independent board of directors selected for their expertise and skills in non-profit board management. In 2006, when KWI devolved into two separate organizations, Glenn became a member of the FWS board of directors and in 2008 he became president of FWS, a position he held until the expiration of his term in 2012. In recognition of Glenn’s extraordinary commitment to the Woodstock Old Students Association of North America, KW International and Friends of Woodstock School, the Board of Directors of FWS in 2012 established the GLENN CONRAD VOLUNTEER SERVICE AWARD to be awarded for exemplary volunteer service to FWS or Woodstock School. Suggested nominees for the award should be submitted to dwheeler@fwsfoundation.org |
Staff
![]() Behind the nice voice that answers the telephone if you call the FWS office is also a very nice man who is committed to Woodstock. David joined the team in 2002 when FWS was KWI and we were gearing up for the Woodstock 150 Campaign. His wife, Connie, was already working at the KWI office and David joined to help with the 150 Campaign. Eventually Connie went on to another position and David became the administrative manager for KWI and then FWS. Over the past 20 years, David has been a steady, reliable, conscientious presence in the FWS office, managing to keep everyone on track and headed in the same direction. David and Connie live on Whidbey Island with numerous cats, a lovely garden and sailboat. |
![]() With a background in non-profits (four of them), city government, architectural and planning firms among many other interesting career paths, Connie returned to FWS in 2015 to join David in the office and brought her experience in donor relations and database management back with her. She worked with Jane Cummings as the office manager for the 150 Campaign and holds a deep fondness for FWS and all those involved with the Foundation through the years. Born in Cairo to TWA parents, moved to Paris, grew up in a Southern California beach community, attended California State University – Long Beach, Connie holds a BA in English from California State University – Northridge along with grad work in English and Education at Northridge. Her passions? A life-long ocean person who still loves to scuba, snorkel, windsurf and sail, Connie and David have logged 10,000 open ocean miles on their sailboat and lived in Mexico, French Polynesia (Tahiti and her isles), and Hawaii. The Wheeler’s classic 43-foot sloop is slipped in Port Townsend, WA. Connie’s ashore interests include anything “dance aerobic,” the Wheeler’s garden and Puget Sound cottage, the kitties, and life on Whidbey Island. |