Hill School names new head of school

Zachary Gimbel Lehman, an administrator at a boarding school in Maine, will become the head of the Hill School in Pottstown in July.

Trustees of the boarding and day school announced Monday that Lehman would succeed David R. Dougherty, who is retiring in June after 19 years.

Lehman, the assistant head of school for advancement at Gould Academy in Bethel, Maine, for six years, was selected through a comprehensive search after Dougherty told Hill trustees in April that he planned to retire.

"I am inspired by the extraordinary opportunity to live, learn, and lead at the Hill School," Lehman said in a statement.

In addition to serving as an assistant head at Gould, Lehman teaches filmmaking and is the head coach of the boys' varsity lacrosse team. He also has served as an academic student adviser and worked in the dormitories.

He holds an undergraduate degree in geology from Dartmouth College and a law degree from Harvard Law School. He played varsity lacrosse and football at Dartmouth, and as a senior fellow he produced an animated film that won a Student Academy Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

He is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, a day and boarding school in Exeter, N.H.

A former lawyer with Ropes & Gray, a global law firm, Lehman from 2000 to 2006 was the founding executive director of MetroLacrosse, a nonprofit community organization that combines lacrosse and character education for youth.

He and his wife, Amy Cassidy Lehman, have three children ages 8 to 13.

Lehman's mother, Pamela Gimbel, is a member of the family that operated department stores for many years in Philadelphia and other cities.

Founded in 1851 as the Family Boarding School, Hill provides a college-prep education for 500 students in ninth through 12th grades and offers a postgraduate year. The school enrolls students from the region, across the country, and abroad. This year's annual tuition is $47,500 for boarding students who live on the school's 200-acre campus and $32,800 for day students.