Bridget Londay [above] has been named Health Department Head. For the past three years, she has worked as a health teacher at Packer. She began her career as an emergency room nurse and later spent several years working in health education and community outreach in the United Arab Emirates and Kenya. Bridget holds a BS in nursing from the University of Nebraska Medical Center and an MPH from New York University.

"This new role gives me the opportunity to use my background and training in public health to look at Packer's Health Education Department through a wider, community lens," said Bridget. "I love teaching, so being able to continue working with our team delivering high quality education to students in the classroom, while expanding our engagement with their families and Packer's faculty is a dream job."

Ian Rumsey has been appointed Head of the Mathematics Department. He has been an Upper School math teacher at Packer since 2015. He began his career in education as a history teacher at the Marianapolis Preparatory School in Connecticut and later taught math at The Potomac School and The Bullis School in Maryland. Ian has a BA from the University of Connecticut and an MALS in social science and math from Wesleyan University. He is currently pursuing an MEd in independent school leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.

"The Packer Math Department is staffed by an incredible team of teachers who care deeply about their students and about providing them the tools required for future success,” Ian said. “Working with such a talented group has challenged me to grow as they have consistently raised the bar for professionalism and instructional practice.

Kathryn Ulmer comes to Packer as the new World Languages Department Head. For the past ve years, Kathryn was a French teacher and chair of the world languages department at Milken Community Schools in California. Prior to that she was the assistant head of school and head of middle school at the San Diego French-American School. 

A native of New England, Kathryn spent what was intended to be a gap year in France but became a 13-year stay. At the Université de Nice, she earned a BA in linguistics and MEd degrees in French as a foreign language and English as a second language. Early in her career, she taught French at Loomis Cha ee in Connecticut and Harvard-Westlake in California and English in Cambodia and Haiti.

"[Packer's language teachers] feel the same way I do about helping others discover the world we live in," said Kathryn. “I can't wait to work with the language team and support them in their mission. I am looking forward to seeing all of the exciting things that will happen in the department in 2019-20!”