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Four alumni appointed to board of trustees
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Four alumni have been elected to the St. Andrew’s School board of
trustees. The selection of Amy Barto ’86, Viviana Davila ’85, Carolyn
Matthews ’77 and Tomas Puky ’89 was announced by Board President J.
Kent Sweezey ’70 and Headmaster Tad Roach after the May trustee meeting
on St. Andrew’s campus. Puky’s is an ex officio appointment following
his election as the new president of St. Andrew’s Alumni Corporation
Board. The ACB president holds a permanent seat on St. Andrew’s board
of trustees. Barto's appointment is as an alumni term trustee. (Alumni
term trustees hold a three-year appointment and are selected jointly by
the alumni corporation and board of trustees.)
“These appointments reflect the strength and depth of St. Andrew’s
alumni body and the commitment of the School’s alumni to serve the
School of today,” said Roach. “I am particularly pleased to be able to
welcome such a talented group to our board as we begin a long-range
strategic planning process next year. The talent, expertise and
excellence embodied in these four individuals will be a great asset to
the School in the coming years.”
Amy Barto ’86 lives in Phoenixville, Pa., with her beloved dog. Amy is
the co-owner and general manager of Barto Pool & Spa, a family
owned business in Phoenix, Pennsylvania. Last year Amy was named one of
the top 50 women in business in Pennsylvania by Governor Rendell. She
is a member of the board at The Phoenixville Community Health
Foundation, Great Valley Nature Center (secretary), Phoenixville
Healthcare Access Foundation, Phoenixville Area YMCA, West End Fire
Company Public Safety Board (treasurer.) She also serves her community
as a volunteer firefighter, where she is a Fire Lieutenant as well as a
Dive Lieutenant. In addition to her duties at the fire department Amy
also volunteers as an EMT and rescue diver. Her hobbies include
fishing, quilting, gardening, cooking, reading, and renovating houses
in the remainder of her free time. Although she belongs to
University Barge Club on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia she hasn’t been
on the river in years. She holds a B.A. from Yale University.
Viviana Rodriguez Davila ’85 is a member of the faculty since 1994 at
Episcopal High School (EHS) in Alexandria, Va., where she teaches
Spanish language classes, coaches field hockey, lacrosse,
cross-country, and track (always meeting the school’s needs when it
comes to sports). She is the department coordinator for the Spanish
Department. She also does Spanish translations for the employees of
Episcopal's food service. Vivi holds a B. A. from Middlebury
College and an M. A. in Spanish literature from George Mason
University. She plans to pursue her doctorate in
Linguistics. She and her husband Derrick and their daughters
Nina, Elisa and Alani live on campus at EHS.
Dr. Carolyn Matthews ’77 grew up as an army brat, moving regularly but
spending more time in Virginia than anywhere else. She graduated magna
cum laude from Williams College where she received the Class of 1925
Scholar Athlete award in 1981 after having been co-captain of the
varsity crew during her junior and senior years. After attending the
Medical School of Virginia, she moved to Texas to start her fellowship
in gynecologic oncology at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 1989. Since
1991 Carolyn has been significantly involved in teaching at Baylor
University Medical Center, where she was residency program director
until having her second child. In addition to her responsibilities at
Baylor, Carolyn also works part-time as clinical associate professor at
the Texas Tech Health Sciences Center. Her clinical practice involves
surgery and chemotherapy for women with gynecologic cancers, and she is
particularly interested in nutrition and its role in health. She has
two children, Church, 10, and Marion, 6. She and her husband, Curtis H.
Humphreys, and family live in Dallas, where they enjoy traveling and
have been working together on their organic garden and taking care of
their German shepherd and Welsh Corgi.
Tomas holds a B.S. in management from Syracuse University and an M.B.A.
from Texas Christian University. Tomas came to St. Andrew's as a student
from Venezuela and has lived and traveled extensively in Europe, and
Latin America. He speaks Spanish, English, German and some French. Recently Tomas
completed his first marathon and is now making the cross over to sprint
triathlons. He is the commercial director at VA TECH Hydro, an Austrian
company (recently acquired by Siemens) in the hydroelectric power generation
business,whose American headquarters are in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tomas
has served St. Andrew's on the Alumni Corporation Board since 1999 and will
become the ACB president in the fall.
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