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Patrick Forrest joined Brooks in 2022 to serve as a dean of students, teach a Self in Community class and coach boy’s lacrosse. Previously, Forrest served for 20 years as an officer in the Marine Corps, where his primary job was to fly and instruct fellow aircrew on the AH-1W/Z attack helicopters. Additionally, he served as a joint terminal attack controller and trainer focusing on close air support. This has taken him on multiple deployments around the world. After six cross-country moves, the Governor's Academy graduate, who grew up in Topsfield, is excited to be home on the North Shore. Forrest graduated from Union College with an interdepartmental major in political science and economics and a minor in history and served as captain of the lacrosse team. He and his family love anything that will get them close to the ocean, including spending time in the southern outer banks of North Carolina, Miami and San Diego. Forrest lives on campus in Peabody House with his wife Liz, their three sons Owen, Henry and Callum, and dog Duncan.

Chris Slaby (he/him/his) joined Brooks in the fall of 2022. He’s originally from New Jersey but has since lived in western upstate New York; rural Japan; coastal Connecticut; suburban Boston; Madison, Wisconsin and most recently Williamsburg, Virginia. He did his undergraduate work at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, has an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and is currently finishing his Ph.D. from William & Mary. Slaby lives off campus with his wife and daughter.