Carrie Burr is a past CHS parent. Carrie began her career at CHS in 2009 volunteering at the annual Spring Fling. In the years since, Carrie has acted as co-chair of the Spring Fling and Carnival as well as assisted as a volunteer in support of other CHS events. She is also a former member of the CHS Family Association Executive Board. Beyond the CHS community Carrie is a board member of her alma mater, Bay Path University, Longmeadow, MA. Extending beyond the education field, Carrie is an active member of her church, Trinity Episcopal Church, Newton Centre. There she has acted a warden, vestry secretary, and co-chair of the annual stewardship drive. She also established a new Sunday school curriculum and continues to co-chair the program. Carrie’s success as a community service leader is founded on 16 years of domestic and international marketing and sales experience in the industries of technology, consumer research, and non-profit associations.

Hassan Chowdhry (President)is a parent at the Chestnut Hill School.  Hassan is a portfolio manager in the Focused Equity group of Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo LLC (GMO).  Prior to GMO, Hassan has worked in the investment banking divisions of Credit Suisse and Putnam Lovell.  Hassan has received a BSc from the University of Pennsylvania.  He also received an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.  His son, Husain, is in Grade 2 at CHS.  His wife, Saarah Arshad, has served as a co-Chair of the Family Association’s COI Committee. 

Emil and his wife, Emilie, have two boys. The family has been a part of the CHS community since 2011. Emil currently works at Tudor Investment Corp where he manages assets with a focus on Event Driven Investing.  He received a BS from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1991, and then went to Harvard, where he earned an MA in 1994 and a PhD in 1996, both in Economics. Emil has previously served on the Beacon Hill Nursery School Board as well as the Board of the 77 Park Avenue Condominium Association.

Michael Douvadjian is a CHS grandparent.  He is a Senior Vice President at UBS Financial Services. He has worked in finance for 30 years and has a CFP. He also has professional experience as a US Air Force Captain. He is the Co-Founder of Edvestors, Chair the Investment Committee of the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund, and serves on the Investment Committees of Squashbusters and Boston Arts Academy. He currently serves on the Board of UMass Amherst Foundation, Inversant (formerly FUEL Education), Homebase, and the Francis Ouimet Scholarship Fund. Michael received a BS from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from the University of Maine.

Susan and her late husband, Alan, joined the CHS community in 2011 when their daughter entered Pre-K. Susan received her Bachelors degree from Tufts University and earned graduate degrees from Christie's London and the Gemological Institute of America. Her professional career includes a stint as senior vice president of Christie's Fine Art Auctioneers, and expertise in appraising, marketing and advisory services. As a result of Susan's extensive CHS involvement, Susan was awarded Volunteer of the Year in 2016. She also serves on the Boards of the University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation, Hebrew Senior Life, and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston.

Mike originally hails from sunny Los Angeles, California but moved east for college and has been in New England for 15 years.  After completing a B.S. in Neuroscience from Brown University, Mike thought he’d take a year off to teach before heading to medical school and landed a teaching fellowship at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham.  During that year, Mike fell in love with being an educator.  So much so, that he earned a M.Ed in 2015 from the Harvard Graduate School of Education where he had two specific focuses: ways to apply neuroscience research in the classroom with particular attention to adolescent brain development, and all things related to educational nonprofit leadership.  For the past eleven years, Mike has had numerous roles at Nobles including teaching upper school science, coaching (football, basketball, baseball, and golf), advising, writing curriculum, working as the Assistant Director of Residential Life in the boarding community, serving on various committees, and most recently, serving as Director of Academic Support to help students and families at Nobles strategize and find ways to thrive academically.  He also served as the NEASC Self-Study Coordinator for the re-accreditation process for Nobles.  Mike and his wife, Chrystal, had their daughter, Eliana, at CHS for Pre-K and K.  However, Mike recently took a position in California at his alma mater as the Director of Studies where he will be responsible for the implementation, documentation, supervision, and evaluation of the School’s academic program, services, and resources.  Though he will be in California, Mike and his family believe so much in CHS that he has enthusiastically agreed to serve on the Board of Trustees remotely as his way of giving back to the CHS community for all it has done in two short years for him and his family.

Christopher Johnson is a current CHS parent. Chris is the President of Cranebridge Investment Partners.  Chris began his career as an attorney and then joined Lehman Brothers Investment Bank in New York. Following the acquisition of Lehman Brothers by Barclays Bank, Chris stayed on to lead its Wealth Advisory and Strategic Solutions Divisions. Chris was born in Trinidad and raised in Canada. He received an LLB from York University in Toronto, a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Oxford University in England and a Master of Laws (LLM) from Harvard Law School.  

Samia Kirmani is a current CHS parent. Samia grew up in the Boston area and joined the TCHS community when (not too long ago) she attended the school as a Kindergartener and first grader. Samia practices employment law as a Principal in the Boston office of Jackson Lewis PC, a national workplace law firm. She is Co-Chair of the firm’s Management Training Practice Group and concentrates her practice in training, advice and counseling, policy development, and litigation relating to various issues that arise in the workplace, such as disability management; discrimination and harassment; whistleblower claims; and other employee relations matters. Prior to joining the TCHS Board, Samia served on the Board of Directors for the Beacon Hill Nursery School. Samia is a member of the Boston Bar Association, South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston, and various South Asian and other family, community, charitable, and business organizations.

Jill lives in Brookline with husband, Shawn, and their three children. Jill is CEO of JRK Advisors, a boutique consulting firm, which brings business owners and their senior executives data-driven, practical, strategic and operational assistance. Raised in Canada, Jill holds a BS (Honors) in Biology from Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Jill recently completed a 9-year term as Director on the Foundation Board of the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

T. J. and his wife, Jody, have two children at CHS. T.J. is a Principal at ABRY Partners, a private equity firm, where he focuses on healthcare investments. Prior to joining ABRY Partners, he worked at Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company. T.J. graduated with High Honors in Civil Engineering from Florida A&M University. He earned his MBA from Harvard University. T.J. also sits on the Board of Overseers for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Jen Williams is a past CHS parent. She works as an independent tutor with elementary aged students, mostly focusing on extra reinforcement of language arts skills taught in the classroom. She taught Fourth Grade at CHS from 2001-2008. Prior to that, she taught Kindergarten at Southfield School following a teaching internship program at the Park School. Jen has a BA from Kenyon College and received a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College. She is a class agent for Noble and Greenough School and a member of Dedham Country Day’s Alumni Association. She has volunteered at CHS on the Family Association Executive Committee as Director of Class Representatives for the past three years. Her other volunteering positions at CHS include co-chairing the Rummage Sale from 2009-2013 and volunteering at other CHS events, such as the Carnival and Grandparents and Special Friends Day.