Merrilee Mardon is deputy head of school at Phillips Academy Andover. Among her proudest accomplishments, Mardon created the Walter Crain Fellowship, which promotes the development of underrepresented populations among independent school leadership. A graduate of Smith College, Mardon earned her Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts and taught economics and gender and women’s studies at Connecticut College before joining the Hotchkiss faculty in 2008. She was appointed associate dean of academic life in 2013 and dean of academic life in 2014.
