Conference Schedule

Sunday, March 8th
  • 12:00 - 1:15pm Registration Opens Outside Parlor / Lunch in Dining Room
  • 1:45 - 2:00pm Welcome and Opening Remarks, Parlor
  • 2:00 - 4:00pm Keynote Martha Haakmat: "Building Equity from the Inside Out: Advancement’s Crucial Role in Strengthening Community" in the Parlor. Read more here.
  • 4:15 - 5:30pm Cohort Meetings: a great opportunity to compare notes with colleagues in your role
    • M/C in Parlor  |   AG in Parlor  |   MG in Sunset 1   DoD/A in Mountain View  |  Alumni in Sunset 2  |  Data in Suite 61  |   Events in Rock Reading Room
  • 5:30 - 6:30pm Free Time
  • 6:30 - 7:30pm Cocktails in Lake Lounge
  • 7:30 - 9:00pm Dinner, Main Dining Room
  • 9:00pm - whenever :) Afterparty / Parlor games, in the Laurel Lounge (temporary hotel bar, off the Lake Lounge)
Monday, March 9th: Peer Breakout Sessions
  • 8:00 - 9:00am Breakfast, Dining Room
  • 9:15 - 10:15am Peer Breakout Sessions, Locations TBA
  • 10:30 - 11:30am Peer Breakout Sessions, Locations TBA
  • 11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch, Table Talk, and Brag & Swag Board! In the Dining Room. To expand the number of colleagues sharing knowledge beyond our breakout session series, we ask all conference attendees to share your favorite professional "win" - big or small, or your proudest publication, along with your contact info, so fellow conference goers can connect with you about it! Email us in advance, or add your "brag" to the board at the conference!
  • 1:15 - 2:15pm Peer Breakout Sessions, Locations TBA
  • 2:30 - 3:30pm Peer Breakout Sessions, Locations TBA
  • 3:30 - 4:30pm NEW! Choose your own minds-on adventure:
    • Debrief and make an action plan with your school's team
    • Host or join a walk-and-talk discussion about a topic of your choice
    • Get a "speed-therapy" strategy session about your most pressing with an expert from Generation branding and communications or Little Foxes digital marketing. Sign up for your time slot here. In the Parlor.
  • 4:30 - 6:00pm Free Time
  • 6:00 - 7:30pm Exhibitors Cocktail Hour: join us in the Lake Lounge for cocktails, conversation, and informational booths from vendors curated just for our group. (And bring your business cards to drop in for the many vendor-provided prize raffles!)
  • 7:30 - 9:00pm Dinner, Dining Room
  • 9:00pm - whenever :) Afterparty / Parlor games, in the Laurel Lounge (temporary hotel bar, off the Lake Lounge)
Tuesday, March 10th
  • 7:45 - 8:30am Breakfast, Main Dining Room
  • 8:54 - 9:45am Peer Breakout Sessions, Locations TBA
  • 10:00am - 12:00pm Kathy Pearson: "Managing Uncertainty:  The Need for Strategic Agility in the Advancement Office" in the Parlor. Read more here.
  • 12:00 - 12:05pm Closing Remarks, Parlor
  • 1:00pm Mohonk Checkout

Travel Info

  • Bus service to the New Paltz Bus Station from NYC, Albany, NJ and Long Island on Trailways: https://trailways.com/. You can grab a cab from the station at New Paltz or the hotel will even pick you up! Just contact them in advance at (845) 256-2016.
  • If you are driving, go all the way to the hotel entrance – there is free valet parking.
  • Carpool: if you can drive, or need a ride, check out our online carpool group board.
    • Drivers: please enter your address as your preferred pick-up / drop-off location, and please reach out to your passengers in advance of the trip.
  • More travel tips are on the Mohonk website. 

Who's attending?

Here is a list of registered attendees, which will also be included in the conference app, along with a presenters directory. Please, make changes to the list if you want to modify anything about your name or contact info. 

Featured Speakers

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​Martha Haakmat will be our keynote speaker on Sunday, March 8th. Martha is an educator and strategist who has spent her 32-year career in faculty and leadership positions, most recently as a Head of School, in a wide variety of NYSAIS school communities. As Head of School a Martha worked specifically on enrollment, marketing, and finance in a changing admissions landscape, and she developed strategic planning expertise including diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goal-setting and ongoing systemic work. Martha is now Executive Director of Haakmat Consulting, providing leadership coaching and support for DEI strategic planning for schools and other organizations. In addition to her experience as a teacher and leader in lower, middle, and upper school grade levels, Martha has served as an independent school trustee and as a member of various committees for NAIS, NYSAIS, the Independent School Admission Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY), and New York City Guild of Independent School Heads. She was also the founder and director of Educators for Growth and Empowerment (EDGE), a diversity consulting team with regional and national recognition. Martha currently serves on the Board of Trustees for NYSAIS and Early Steps. She is also a faculty member for the NAIS Institute for New Heads and is a credentialed Montessori administrator.
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Kathy Pearson, Ph.D. will be our closing speaker on Tuesday, March 10th. Kathy is a strategist, Systems Thinking expert, and authority in decision making. She is President and Founder of ELS, a firm focused on executive development and learning across industries. Kathy is also a Senior Fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and has served as an adjunct Associate Professor in the Operations and Information Management Department at The Wharton School, both at the University of Pennsylvania. In this academic capacity, Kathy taught operations management courses in the MBA program and Executive Masters of Technology Management programs as well as Probability and Statistics, Simulation Modeling, and other courses for the department and the University. An award-winning educator, Kathy works extensively with mid- to senior-level executives, where she teaches on a variety of topics including Executive Decision Making, Strategic Agility, Change Managing, and Execution.

Conference Fees:

Register by February 7th to save $40.00 and be entered to win a $100 Mohonk Spa Gift Certificate!
  • NYSAIS Members - $430.00
  • Non-members - $470.00
Late fee of $40.00 will apply within 2 days of the event.

Mohonk Room Rates (meals included) Tax Exempt Rate:
  • 1 Night Single Occ $312.81 per person
  • 2 Night Single Occ $625.62 per person
  • 1 Night Double Occ $281.76 per person
  • 2 Night Double Occ $563.52 per person
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