Outstanding Leadership

Outstanding Leaders

We select Putney leaders from a highly competitive pool of diverse and qualified candidates. They bring to each program a depth of experience in teaching, foreign language, international living, and world travel. As graduates of the nation’s top colleges and universities and veterans of prestigious organizations like the Peace Corps, Teach for America, and The Fulbright Program, our leaders distinguish themselves in the fields of teaching, arts, athletics, journalism, law, medicine, and international development.

Leaders attend an intensive training that features hands-on workshops, discussions, and activities focused on safety, group dynamics, program logistics, and leadership. They share a commitment to safety, a passion for exploration, and an enthusiasm for facilitating positive group dynamics. Putney leaders are not only advisors, guides, and mentors to their students, but also role models and friends during the summer and beyond. Meet our leaders and read full bios at goputney.com/leaders.

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More than half of our 2019 leaders also led for Putney in the previous summer.

100% of our leaders have bachelor’s degrees, with many pursuing or holding master’s or doctoral degrees. Collectively, our leaders speak over 16 languages including Mandarin, Swahili, Thai, Hindi, Hebrew, and Arabic.

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The leaders were terrific! Highly qualified, organized, kind, and fun! They helped the students stretch and grow and realize their potential in many areas. I felt confident in their abilities and care.

— Sandra & Lew Hassell, Hillsborough, NC

Sarah Ingraham

Columbia University, M.A., Int'l. Education Development Skidmore College, B.A., Psychology While at Columbia University, Sarah studied international education development. Sarah has traveled extensively in Central and South America, including a gap year before college, followed by a semester in Panama studying conservation and development. Currently, she is pursuing a Ph.D. Sarah is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French. While attending UW Madison, Jarell spent six months living with a host family and taking classes in Aix-enProvence, France, while also traveling throughout Europe. After college, Jarell taught high school English in the West African country of Benin and then worked at an education nonprofit in Minneapolis. Currently, Jarell is pursuing his master’s in higher education.

Jarell Skinner Roy

University of Michigan, M.A., Higher Ed. (candidate) University of Wisconsin Madison, B.A., French, Legal Studies

Jack Schrupp

Williams College, B.A., French, B.A., History While at Williams College, Jack studied abroad in Grenoble, France, and wrote a French Honors Thesis on language maintenance and decline. He teaches French at Phillips Academy Andover, where he is an in-house counselor in a boys’ dorm and also coaches rowing and skiing. Jack is fluent in French. As an undergraduate, Jessamine studied Romance languages before going abroad to work and travel throughout Central America, Mexico, and France. At NYU, Jessamine studied second language acquisition and taught high schoolers in both Paris and New York. Jessamine now works as a lecturer in French at NYU. Jessamine is fluent in French, English, and Spanish, and proficient in Italian.

Jessamine Irwin

New York University, Dual Certificate M.A., TFFL/TESOL University of Maine, B.A., French, minor in Spanish

Julianna Beveridge

University of Virginia, M.A., Spanish Sewanee: University of the South, B.A., Spanish In college, Julianna studied Spanish literature and art and lived with host families in Segovia, Zaragoza, and Madrid, Spain. After graduation, Julianna began her master’s program at the University of Virginia, where she discovered her passion for teaching. Julianna is fluent in Spanish, and proficient in Italian and French. She teaches as a Spanish lecturer at UVA. During college, Chris studied abroad in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic, where he focused on health, environmental, and educational issues, and helped establish medical clinics in Honduras and Nicaragua. Currently, Chris lives in Quito, Ecuador, where he works as a Physical Education teacher at Alliance Academy International. He is proficient in Spanish, American Sign Language, and Braille.

Chris Wimer

Virginia Tech, B.A., Spanish, B.S., Human Development