Welcoming New Trustees

WELCOMING NEW

TRUSTEES

Outstanding Woman Lawyer in Public Service award from the National Bar Association’s Women’s Law Division. She is the proud mother of her son, Massawa, and dedicated daughter of her inspirational father, Ronald Dunlap.

DORSEY BARNETT

HOROWITZ (CTT

The North Country School and Camp Treetops Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome five new members. Each brings a diversity of experiences, voices, perspectives, and backgrounds, and all are deeply committed to the values and philosophies of Camp and School.

VERONICA N. DUNLAP (CTT parent 13–16, NCS parent 15–17) is deputy executive director of the ACLU of Maryland. Previously, she served as director of New York Justice Initiatives at Pro Bono Net, where she spearheaded LawHelpNY, TenantHelpNY, Crime Victims Legal Help Network, Pro Bono Net/ ny, LiveHelp, and related initiatives that empowered New Yorkers in need to resolve their legal problems and strengthened the work of advocates serving them. In addition, she volunteers with a project aimed at restoring the civil rights of people with criminal convictions. Prior to pursuing a career in law, Veronica performed on stages around the world as a classically trained dancer. She is a proud graduate of both George Washington University, where she received a B.A. in international affairs, cum laude, and Fordham University School of Law, where she received her J.D. & MBA in finance. Veronica has received the New York County Lawyer’s Association Pro Bono Honors Award for her outstanding work in public service, as well as the 82–84, CTT parent 14–16, 21, NCS parent 18–19) has a long history with Camp and School. Dorsey’s mother, Sarah Blunt Barnett, and aunt, Penny Blunt, attended Camp Treetops in the 1950s, alongside their cousins Joan and Bill Blunt. Sarah was also a trustee in the ‘90s. Dorsey’s brothers Charles and John Henry Barnett also attended Treetops and NCS in the ‘80s.

Dorsey is currently a managing director at MSCI, a global investment firm. Dorsey is a founding member of MSCI’s Black Leadership Network and is an active member of MSCI’s Women’s Leadership Forum. She is also the committee chair of membership for Women In ETFs (WE). Prior to MSCI, Dorsey worked at Russell Investments in New York and Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) in Boston and New York. Dorsey lives in New Canaan, Conn., with her husband, Andrew Redrup, her daughters Olivia (CTT 14–16, NCS 18–19) and Lucy (CTT 21), and stepchildren, Isabel, Alana, and Finn.

TORI HUNT was a camper at Treetops from 1976–79 after which she returned as a counselor twice: 1984–1985 and 2009–2012. Her second tour as a counselor was while her children, Gabriella and Benjamin Wan, were campers. Her husband, Tony Wan, served as an “honorary counselor” during the last summers. Away from Camp, Tori is the founding principal of Dos Puentes Elementary, a public school in Washington Heights in upper Manhattan. Tori has been a bilingual teacher and public school administrator for more than 30 years. She received her doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she also served as an instructor.

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1. Veronica Dunlap. 2. Dorsey Barnett Horowitz (far right). 3. Tori Hunt. 4. Allyson Shames. 5. Bill Waddington

ALLYSON SHAMES spent four years as a camper (82–85), four years as Camp riding staff (90–93), ten cumulative years as a camp parent, and many more years as “Erv’s daughter” during her father’s tenure on the NCS/CTT board. Allyson is a graduate of Carleton College, Northwestern University, and Macalester College’s teacher’s program. She is a former middle school and high school special education teacher with a specialty in learning differences; she is particularly interested in how diverse learners’ challenges can be reframed as strengths through intentional choices in environment and community. She lives in Charlottesville, Va., with her husband, Curt Argo; their three children, David (CTT 13–16), Aaron, and Kate (CTT 16–22); plus a bevy of dogs, cats, and horses. She currently serves on the board of Book Baskets, a local nonprofit literacy organization, and was the co-founder and past-chair of the parent organization of her children’s K-8 school. In her spare time, she enjoys swimming, knitting, gardening, and horseback riding.

BILL WADDINGTON was an NCS student in 1978 and 1979. NCS had a major impact on him. His two children, Cat and Nick, both attended camp and have been counselors. His son also attended NCS for three years and was a farm intern for one year. Bill went to high school in the Washington, D.C., area and attended Carnegie Mellon University for a B.S. in computer engineering. After working for a couple of years in Boston, Bill and his wife, Patty, moved to San Francisco, where Bill received an M.S. in computer science from Stanford. Bill worked at Oracle for 23 years and Snowflake for seven years. Bill and Patty live in Lake Tahoe.