List of 2 members.

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  Emily Johns 

  Assistant Head of School for Student Life

  540.687.4351

  emily.johns@foxcroft.org

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  Emily grew up in Idaho Falls, ID, not far from the Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. She graduated with a B.A. in American Studies from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and earned a master’s from Middlebury College’s Bread Loaf School of English. After college, Emily spent seven years at her undergraduate alma mater, working in admissions and then as coordinator of the American Cultures Program, while also coaching volleyball and serving as a dorm head at Virginia Episcopal School.

  
  In 2005, Emily became Director of Summer Academic Adventures and Assistant Director of Admission at the Asheville (NC) School, and two years later she began her career in girls’ boarding schools. She taught English, coached volleyball and served as Director of Residential Life at Saint Mary’s School in Raleigh, NC, for five years, during which time she restructured the orientation and prefect programs, energized weekend activity offerings and raised the boarding student retention significantly.

  
  For the past four years, Emily has served as Dean of Students at Chatham Hall, a small girls boarding school in Chatham, VA. During her tenure, she designed and implemented a student life/wellness curriculum, developed formal prefect and leadership programs, and collaborated with colleagues, counselors and the school’s chaplain to create a more holistic approach to supporting and mentoring girls, among many other accomplishments. Emily also taught Senior Ethics and served on the school's Strategic Plan Steering Committee.
  
  

  A guest blogger for The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS), Emily has presented at national conferences on effective discipline for girls, wellness, and integrating residential and spiritual life.
  
  

  Emily and her husband, Chet, are proud parents of Maddie. Their family pets include a dog named Higgins, a cat named Mouse, and a turtle named Strawberry. In her spare time, Emily likes to read, garden, travel, cook (and eat) and explore the outdoors, often on family walks and picnics.
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  Josie Ross 

  Assistant to the Office of Student Life, Lead Dorm Parent

  540.687.4352

  josie.ross@foxcroft.org

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  In 2016, Josie Ross joined the Foxcroft family as the Assistant to the Dean of Student Life and as a Lead Dorm Parent in Dillon. As Assistant to the Office of Student Life, Josie closely advises the student-led Activities Committee, which plans on and off campus activities for the student body. She coordinates the weekend duty team, handles weekend and weekday permissions for students, and assists the Student Life team in leadership development and wellness programming. Josie also manages the on-campus low ropes course and, during the winter months, dedicates her after-school hours as head coach to the Foxcroft competitive climbing team.
  
  

  Josie earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Western Michigan University with minors in political science, holistic health, and interdisciplinary health. Since graduation, she has worked in a variety of roles involving outdoor leadership, and experiential and service learning. These include serving as a Team Leader for AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps, a role in which she trained and led diverse teams of young adults doing service learning projects in communities across the United States. As an experiential educator for Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake in Michigan, Josie managed overnight multi-day programs for student and adult groups, including low and high ropes challenge courses and rock climbing walls.
  
  

  Josie and her husband, Ronnie, an English teacher at Highland School, live on campus in Dillon with their son.