Lovett Board of Trustees Updates

john o. knox ’88

LOVETT BOARD OF TRUSTEES CHAIR

The Lovett School welcomed alumnus John O. Knox, Jr. ’88 as the chair of the Board of Trustees on July 1. He succeeded R. Reid French, Jr. ’89, who concluded a fiveyear term at the end of this school year.

John O. and the Knox family have a long connection to the Lovett community. The son of two Lovett alums, Dorothy Smith Knox Hines ’69 and John O. Knox, Sr. ’69, John O. is also the grandson of former Lovett Board Chair Rankin M. Smith, Sr. Since 2010, he has served as a Lovett Trustee, chairing the Endowment Committee while also serving on the Executive, Audit, and Education & Student Life Committees. He currently co-chairs Lovett’s Strategic Planning Committee. He and his wife, Rae, are the parents of Mari Cole ’15, Harriet ’17, and current Lovett student John O. ’22.

John O. graduated from the University of Georgia and earned an MBA from Georgia State University. He serves as Principal of Peregrine Investment Advisors, a wealth management firm. In addition to his deep involvement at Lovett, John O. serves as Trustee Emeritus of the University of Georgia Foundation and as a Board Member of the John H. Carmical Foundation. The Knox family are also members of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church.

new board members

Justin jones ’97

Justin Jones ’97 is a graduate of Lovett and has been a Lovett parent since 2013. He is married to Jessica Allen Jones ’97, and they have four children, three of whom are current students at Lovett: Gunner ’26, Lennox, ’31, Bennett ’33, and Everett.

Justin and Jessica are the chairs of Lovett’s 2020-21 True Blue Campaign, and previously, Justin served as the Alumni Board Chair from 2011-12, on the Advancement Strategic Planning Committee; and the New Parent Campaign Committee. He has a BS in International Business from Georgetown University and is the CEO of Heritage Plastics.

megan apple stephenson ’93 Megan Apple Stephenson ’93 is a graduate of The Lovett School and The University of Virginia. She is married to John W. Stephenson, Jr. ’93, and is the daughter-in-law of John W. Stephenson, Executive Director of the J. Bulow Campbell Foundation. Her father is Dr. David Apple, an emeritus member of Lovett’s Board of Trustees.

Megan is an active member of the Lovett Alumni Association, serving as a committee member from 2013 through 2017 and as the Alumni Board President in 2015-16. She has two children, May ’25 and Jack ’27, who attend Lovett. Megan and John have been True Blue Annual Fund 1926 Society Members since 2016-17, and Megan is also active in the Lovett Parent Association. She has volunteered as Grandparents/Special Friends Day Chair, Lower School Vice President, and was co-president of the LPA.

CAMPUS NEWS

After a long postponement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lovett seniors and their families were finally able to celebrate a socially-distanced graduation at Kilpatrick Stadium on Thursday, July 30.