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About The Authors

Jeremy McGeorge &
Jake Weld, M. Ed.

Longtime colleagues and friends, Jeremy McGeorge and Jake Weld have been in and around boarding schools for over 50 years between them, and both continue to spend extensive time visiting boarding schools as a part of their day jobs. 

The concept for Elevate was born out of a conversation highlighting their mutual recognition and admiration for innovative schools which are going above and beyond to create inclusive and meaningful environments which support whole-student development, and their desire to create a platform to highlight these amazing schools as model examples of what great education can look like in any school. 

Please also check out our Advisory Board, the dedicated professionals and educators who donated their time, experience, perspective, and connections to help make this project a reality. Without their guidance, and the thoughtful submissions by each of the schools, Elevate would never have made its way into the world.

About

Jeremy McGeorge​

Originally from Michigan, Jeremy began his work in the outdoors, working in direct student care for the outdoor behavioral health care industry. He has served as a member of the development teams for leading therapeutic programs and boarding schools in the Berkshires, northern Vermont, Utah, Arizona, and Costa Rica, and has worked in education, school leadership, and behavioral health care hospital administration at a national level. Jeremy has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Arizona and a B.S. in Biology from Northern Arizona University.  

Retired from work in schools, Jeremy now lives in Western Massachusetts, with his wife Laura (herself a School Nurse in a boarding school) and his two amazing kids – both of whom were day students at the school where their mom works.  Jeremy is a Partner in The Bertram Group, an educational consulting firm which supports searches for schools, colleges, and graduate schools, and also provides career and life coaching, as well as placement for therapeutic services.

About

Jake Weld, M. Ed.​

Born in upstate New York and raised in North Carolina, Jake has lived all over the US, working in a variety of educational support settings.  Seeing firsthand the power of community and youth development at summer camps and in outdoor experiential settings, Jake moved into education, serving as a classroom teacher (OR, CA), Dean of Academics (CA, NC), Assistant Head (VT), and Head of School (NC) in boarding schools. Jake is now primarily focused on supporting students to make successful transitions into college through his work as the Chief Strategy Officer with Mansfield Hall, Canopy College Coaching, and Tanglio.


Jake holds a Masters in Education, a high school social studies teaching credential, and has a BS in History. Jake lives with his partner, Molly, in Burlington, Vermont.

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