SE Connecticut News

New England Science & Sailing Foundation, Inc (NESS) is  pleased to announce the election of two new members to its Board of  Directors: S. Carter Gowrie and Dr. Steven Adamowski. NESS Board Chair  Jane Leipold stated: “We are very excited to have Carter and Steven join  the NESS Board. Each will bring unique experience and perspective to  NESS as we continue to expand our reach and deliver our accredited  educational model focused on advancing K-12 academic outcomes through  experiential learning.”  

 

Carter Gowrie is well known as the founding partner of the Gowrie Group,  which he started in 1974. He quickly grew Gowrie Group to become one of  the Top 50 insurance agencies and top marine insurance agencies in the  nation. Carter was also the architect of the highly successful “Burgee  Program” which is Gowrie’s specialty insurance for yacht clubs and  sailing organizations and today they insure more than 1,000 clubs  nationally.

 

Dr. Steven Adamowski is a career education leader who has a long record  for creating equity, increasing opportunity, and closing achievement  gaps for all students at scale. Steven is presently an Adjunct Faculty  member of the Executive Leadership Program at The University of  Connecticut, Neag School of Education. Over a distinguished career,  Steven has served as Superintendent of Schools in both Hartford and  Norwalk and he was the State of Connecticut’s Special Master for low  performing school districts. He also served as Superintendent of Schools  in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a Senior Fellow at the American  Institutes for Research.

 

In addition to adding Carter and Steven as NESS Directors, the Board of  Directors recently appointed Dr. Eric Isselhardt as Chief Executive  Officer, succeeding Spike Lobdell. Concurrently, the Board named Spike  Lobdell as Chair-elect to assume the role of Board Chair when Jane  Leipold concludes her term at the end of the year.

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