Nancy has worked in manufacturing for 25 years. She became the Director of Business Systems at Shaw Development in 2006 after holding leadership positions in Sales and Customer Service, Production Planning, Purchasing, and Manufacturing. Nancy holds a Six Sigma Black Belt certification. She has a B.A. in Modern Languages from Villanova University. Nancy is an active member of committees including the Fisher School of Technology Advisory Committee at Hodges University, and the local National Center for Women and Technology scholarship program. On our Board, she is the Mission and Program Committee Chair. She has also served as the Family Life and Education Board Chair at Faith Lutheran Church as well as the secretary of the church council. Nancy's two children, Sam '14 and Abigail '16, are graduates of Seacrest.

A mother to three Seacrest children, Nicole has been a parent at Seacrest since 2010 when she and her family moved from Boston, Mass. She has been involved on campus volunteering her time as Room Parent, a co-chair for three years on the Seacrest Parent Association, a member of the Board marketing committee and, most recently, as a Board member. In 2016, Nicole began chairing the Advancement Committee of the Board. Nicole has 20 years experience working in product development and various marketing roles working with consumer brands. Some of the highlights include developing and launching the premiere Venus Williams' signature apparel line with Reebok International, creating the grass roots and public relations-driven promotional launch of the new Beetle for Volkswagen, that included a mobile tour to more than 20 college campuses across the country.

Kyla is a proud Seacrest parent to three children in the Lower School. The de Asla family joined Seacrest in 2016 when her youngest started PreSchool. She has been involved with the school serving as a Room Parent for 4 years, Auction Chair, member of the Advisory Board and now serves as Secretary on the Board of Trustees.

Kyla is a former business consultant with experience covering 5 different industries, 7 different organizational areas, 5 multi-billion dollar organizational structures, 2 countries and 1 small business environment. Her career centered on helping businesses succeed through strategic planning and implementation. Kyla holds a BA from Duke University.

In addition to Seacrest, Kyla has served multiple educational and arts organizations including, Boston Lyric Opera (Advisory Board), Dallas Lyric Opera (Women’s Board), Summit Montessori (Development Committee), Wayland Parent and Children’s Association (Board) and Pioneer Institute (New Leader Member). She currently sits on the Gulfshore Playhouse Education Committee.

Debra Larsen Huber grew up in Boise, Idaho, the third of ten children. She graduated cum laude from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in English.

Debra and her husband, David, have five children and nine grandchildren. Their youngest child, Jamison, was graduated in 2016 from Seacrest where he served as student body president. He started Seacrest in third grade and had a remarkable educational experience.

Debra is co-chair of the David and Debra Larsen Huber Family Foundation that focuses on education. David received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He founded two telecommunications companies, Ciena Corporation and Corvis Corporation.

Debra currently serves on the National Advisory Board of the Sydney Kimmel Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and on the Board of Trustees at Southern Virginia University.

A former science teacher for 20 years in public, independent, and international schools in the U.S. and in France, Dan Menelly is presently Chief Executive Officer of The DoSeum, a museum of hands-on and experiential learning in San Antonio, Texas. Formerly, Mr. Menelly led the strategic direction of program and exhibition content as President and Chief Science Officer at The Rochester Museum & Science Center, The Strasenburgh Planetarium and the 900-acre Cumming Nature Center and preserve in Western New York from 2015 to 2018. Between 2012 and 2015, Mr. Menelly served as Vice President for STEM education at Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, where he oversaw education program content for all audiences onsite, offsite, and online. Mr. Menelly served as an Einstein Fellow at the National Science Foundation in 2010, where he specialized in technology and learning and coproduced an early STEM mobile application for learning that was downloaded by more than one million end-users in over 100 countries. Mr. Menelly is currently an expert adviser for science and learning to the European Commission Research Executive Agency, and has advised STEM media content produced for PBS, Nickelodeon Television, The Sundance Channel and several other outlets. He lives in San Antonio, Texas and in New York City. A member of Seacrest Country Day School’s science faculty in 2004 during a professional service leave from The UN School in New York, Mr. Menelly has tracked the progression of Seacrest since his time in Naples, and he is excited to re-affiliate with the school through Board participation.

Tom graduated from Barry University (Miami) in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree. During his sophomore year at college, he started Norbert’s Coney Dog, a restaurant in Mount Pleasant, Mich. He is currently owner of Retail Development, Inc., established in 1989. His most recent development projects include freestanding Walgreen stores in the Midwestern United States. Tom is very active in his church community, serving as an elder for the past 11 years at Grace Lutheran Church in Naples. Tom enjoys traveling and sailing. He has been a part of racing teams in the Fastnet Swan World Cup Race in Sardina, Italy (1984), British Virgin Islands (2002 and 2011) and the Chicago to Mackinac Race (2001). Tom serves as the Finance Committee Chair for Seacret's Board of Trustees. Tom and his wife, Susan (Chair of the Board), have three children, all of whom are graduates of Seacrest.

Michael O'Hara has had a lifelong interest in all aspects of engineering. For the past 28 years Michael has been working in the Engineering for the Shaw companies designing and testing fluid system components for aerospace and heavy duty ground vehicles. Currently he is the Chief Technologist for the Shaw Development in Bonita Springs, Florida. In this key role, he explores new technologies for design and development in the heavy-duty vehicle industry designing fluid transfer systems, emission reduction components, and other fluid systems. He mentors engineers in current best practices, guides the test lab in testing applications and troubleshoots product problems. Michael is active in the launching Shaw's new products. 

Prior to his current position, Michael was the Director of Engineering and the Proto and Test Manager at Shaw Aero Devices, Inc. Shaw Aero Devices was an aerospace company that specialized in systems and components in fuel, oil and wastewater. Michael is an expert in lightning-safe technology. Michael, along with various colleagues, is the inventor of two patents in the aerospace industry. One is for System and method for preventing incorrect aircraft fuel usage and the other is for System and Method for monitoring the performance of an Inert Gas Distribution System. 

Michael received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University in 1987. In 2000, Michael received his Master's in Business Administration from Florida Gulf Coast University. Michael has volunteered in the past at Seacrest Country Day School mentoring students in the First Robotics Competition. He is the father of alumni Sam '14 and Abby '16.

John Michael Paz was the owner/chief executive and motivator of a worldwide equipment sales, manufacturing and rental business: Godwin Pumps of America.  After graduating from Dickinson College, John Paz started from a single location in South Jersey as Godwin Pumps’ sole salesperson. An innovative sales and marketing strategist, he expanded the business growing a network of company owned branches and independent distributors offering pump rental, sales and service down the East Coast to the Midwest and eventually across the entire country. This growth was enabled by John creating and developing the “pump rental industry” in the USA. A market that was niche in 1978 grew to a multi-billion dollar industry by the year 2000.  In 2001, Godwin Pumps of America at its 25 year anniversary purchased its namesake manufacturer, Godwin Pumps Ltd UK.  With this acquisition John’s enterprise became vertically integrated and launched onto the worldwide platform as a manufacturer and integrated sales and rental company.

By 2010 the global company had grown from a rental fleet of 18 pumps to the largest pump rental fleet in the world comprised of 7,000 pumps worldwide, $300 million in revenue, with 26 company owned branches in the US, a UK manufacturing facility and more than 800 employees worldwide.  Godwin Pumps was sold to ITT Corporation in late 2010.

In early 2011, John gained control of another equipment rental business, Trico Lift, Inc. Trico was an aerial lift specialist renting equipment in the Mid-Atlantic region.  Over a four year period John took a 150 person entity with negative equity to an enterprising multi-location, $65 million business.  Trico Lift sold in 2015 for $145 million.

John is now operating Prime Legacy Management in business consulting and investing in, as well as managing a commercial real estate portfolio on two continents.  

John’s interests have turned to philanthropy and mentoring young business entrepreneurs. He is on the Board of Directors of the Gloucester County Boys and Girls Club and on the advisory Committee of MANNA in Philadelphia, PA.  He is active in many charitable and community affairs.

John has been awarded many industry and business accolades and is most proud of being the recipient of the 2006 “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Ernst and Young for the “Lifetime Achievement Award.