Meet the Office

Growing up in the Philadelphia area, Andy attended Christchurch School in Virginia, where he was a four-year starter on the football and baseball teams, a proctor and member of the honor council. After majoring in English at Wittenberg University in Ohio, Andy joined the Peace Corps, serving in Kazakhstan. He subsequently began an admissions career working for all sorts of schools: urban, rural, college, boarding, day, lower, middle, upper. Andy's first directorship came at Asheville School, where in five years the school grew 18 percent despite its increased level of selectivity. Andy and his wife, Ali, live on campus with their young son, Brody, and their two dogs, Gus and Norman.

Erica joined the faculty as an admission counselor in 2007, after serving as the director of admissions at both Suffield Academy and the Hoosac School. A graduate of Connecticut College, Erica earned her M.Ed. in counseling at the University of Hartford.

Rodney joined the Admission Department in June 2003 as an administrative assistant. Rodney and her husband live in Andover and have two children and two grandchildren.

Peggy Dodge, administrative assistant and all-around good person, has been welcoming candidates and families to the Admission Department since 1985. Peggy will greet you when you arrive and make sure you are comfortable during your Brooks visit. Peggy has three daughters and enjoys playing golf when she is not helping out with her five grandchildren.

Bini has been at Brooks since 1992, and is the associate director of admission and financial aid. She has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and an M.A. from Middlebury College. She lives in Andover with her husband and their two children, and in her free time likes sports, reading and doing crossword puzzles.

Rich joined Brooks in 2005, now serving as an Associate Director of Admission, after graduating from the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., with a degree in both psychology and studio art. Prior to his four years at Holy Cross, Rich attended Northfield-Mount Hermon for a post-graduate year after four years at Pomfret School. Rich, who coaches boys basketball in the winter, makes his on-campus home in Blake House. Rich enjoys fitness and strength conditioning (biking, running and lifting) and relaxes by oil painting and listening to jazz. He is the second oldest of 10 brothers and sisters.

Sarah C. Gurry arrived at Brooks in 1989. Sarah earned a B.S. at the University of Vermont and an M.Ed. at Harvard. She spends the summer in Kennebunkport, Maine, where she catches up with the many Brooks families who either live or spend the summer in the area. An avid golfer, Sarah often plays with her husband and four children.

John McVeigh joined the Brooks community in 2003 as a chemistry teacher after leaving the Intel Corporation to follow his heart into teaching and coaching. He currently serves as the associate director of college counseling, in addition to teaching chemistry and physics and serving as the head coach of the boys basketball team. A Presidential Scholar, Academic All-American, and captain of the basketball team at Merrimack College, where he earned a B.S. in Biology and Chemistry, John went on to earn an M.S. in environmental chemistry from Duke University in 2000. John lives on campus with his wife Candice, their son, Jack, and their daughter, Kelly.

After attending Brooks as a student, Jenelle returned to campus in 2003 and is now an Associate Director of Admission. Outside of the office, she is the head coach of the girls ice hockey team, coaches softball, and acts as the sixth form head. Jenelle earned a B.A. from Holy Cross, where she served as the captain of the girls hockey team, and a M.Ed. from the University of Massachusetts. She currently lives in PBA dormitory with her husband, Dave, who coaches the boys ice hockey team, and their daughter, Ellie.

Jaime Gilbert '04 is the girls' 1st soccer team head coach, as well as an assistant basketball coach and an intern with responsibilities in several areas. In the classroom, she co-teaches oratory with Alex Costello, while also assisting the admission office and the diversity and inclusivity director. Jaime earned her B.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in communications, and exercise and sports science. At UNC, she was a four-year letter-winner on the varsity women's soccer team, which won the NCAA division I national championship in 2006. She lives on the first floor of the Merriman dorm.