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Christopher "Tote" Smith has been teaching, coaching and managing boys' dorms at boarding schools for 20 years, following a twelve-year career in corporate finance at Alex. Brown and its successor firms. Before moving to Brooks in 2016, Smith led the math department and rowing team at Salisbury School in Connecticut. At Brooks, his work in the math department aims to extend student interest and engagement at the intersection of mathematics, data science and economics. Smith's afternoons are spent on Lake Cochichewick, where he is the director of rowing and boys 1st crew coach. His Winter Term courses have focused on the mechanics of Wall Street, the dangers of manipulation by statistics, and most recently the ancient pottery form of Raku. Smith lives on campus in Thorne House with his wife Kathy Palmer Smith '88 and their two labradoodles. Their three children, Nate Smith '18, Tobey Smith '20 and Laura Smith '22 are all recent graduates of Brooks.

Jiamu (also known as Amy) Wang was born and grew up in Beijing, China. She completed her undergraduate degree in political science from Peking University and her graduate degree in Education from Beijing Normal University. She has taught for seventeen years both in China (Beijing) and the U.S. (Maine, Massachusetts and New York). Wang has organized international education exchange programs for students and teachers, run study abroad programs and managed dual-degree diploma partnerships. She has been involved in diversity, inclusion and equality committees and has run programs that promote intercultural understanding. A Zumba and BollyX enthusiast, the certified fitness instructor also loves traveling, competing as a Dragon Boat rower in the PKU Alumni Team, and dancing. Wang lives in Marblehead with her husband and twin boys.