Charlotte Rea
President
Formerly Head of School at The Williams School in New London, Charlotte was an English Teacher for many years at the Dalton School and Head of the Upper School at the Brearley School, both in Manhattan. She served as Academic Dean at Northfield Mt. Hermon School in Massachusetts and Assistant Head at the Westlake School for Girls in Los Angeles. After serving as a search consultant to independent schools, Charlotte retired and lives in Hamden. A graduate of Lake Erie College, a women’s college in Ohio, Charlotte received a Master’s Degree in Dramatic Literature, Criticism, and Theory from NYU, then completed all courses and exams for the doctoral program. She later received an M.Ed. from Columbia University. Long interested in historic preservation and the aesthetics of the built environment, Charlotte was a Board member of the Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association in California before joining the Trust.
