Carol Katrana

For two decades, Carol helped create fun, loving learning environments for thousands of children while her preschool programs routinely received top ratings and yearly commendations. Carol was the former Director of St. Martin's Children's Center in Houston, TX and currently serves at the Lay Minister for Early Childhood Education for St. Martin's Episcopal Church. In addition to being a conference speaker and early childhood consultant, she has written and teaches four-week 10-hour classes to parents of young children throughout the year. Her book, The ABCS of Parenting Pre-schoolers provides teachers, parents and administrators a simple, poignant source of inspiration and she offers quick, easy-to-remember reminders of how truly valuable adults are to little learners. Carol is a mother, a "Mema" and former pre-school administrator. She graduated from The University of Tennessee and is a Paul Harris Fellow.

Susan Schotz

Susan Schotz has been in education as both a teacher and administrator since 1966. Recently, she was Head of Upper School at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, TX, and previously, The Rivers School in Weston , MA. For most of her professional life, she has been both an English and History teacher in public and independent schools such as Weston High School in Weston, MA, and Shady Side Academy in Pittsburg, PA. In addition, she was a Co-Director of the Women's History Institute, a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers at Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she was also a guest lecturer. She is currently working with the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin, TX. Susan was awarded her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and her M.A. from the University of Alaska. Her study of Women's History led her to work with a student on an award-winning documentary, "Women in the Wings: Pittsburgh's World War II Workers." She has won numerous teaching awards, including the William College Olmsted Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Clark University Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Susan Kirkpatrick

Susan Kirkpatrick attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia and earned a B.A. from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a M.A.T. from Colgate University in Hamilton, NY. She began her independent school career as a teacher, coach, advisor, and dorm parent at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh. She was awarded a Benedum Fellowship for Teaching Excellence and a Benedum Fellowship to study artificial intelligence at the Turing Institute and Edinburg University in Scotland and to teach at Fettes College in Edinburg. She has published computer software and articles on how technology can be integrated into curriculum, and she has presented numerous workshops at regional, state, and national conferences. During her eighteen year tenure as the Director of the Middle School at The Ellis School in Pittsburg, Sue carved out a unique identity for the Middle School, broadening and strengthening its programs and creating a school that is poised to wrestle with 21st Century challenges. Sue served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Private Academic Schools and on the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools Commission for Accreditation. She currently resides in Austin with her husband Robert, who is Head of School at St. Stephen's Episcopal School. In addition to being a member of the SAES team of consultants, Sue is a partner in S² Consultants, a firm serving schools and other non-profits. Most recently, she has been working with the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders in Austin, TX.

Jane Hill

Jane's Hills career in Episcopal schools began as a teacher, at one time or another, at every level between kindergarten and fifth grade. Her teaching career was followed by her position as a head of school, at St. Matthew's Episcopal School, and early childhood program in Austin. She later became the founding head of Trinity Episcopal School, also in Austin, and led the school through the process of adding grades year by year until a full K-8 program was in place. During her last two years at Trinity, Jane served on the SAES Board of Trustees, and participated in numerous SAES events and activities, including the association's accreditation process. Following her retirement from Trinity in 2006, Jane has enjoyed being the wife of a busy physician, mother and grandmother. Last year, she was named as a Woman of Distinction in Central Texas, and currently serves on the advisory board of Texas Capital Bank in Austin. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, with concentrations in English and math, from the University of Texas at Austin.