Gulf Stream School is a nonprofit institution governed by a volunteer Board of Trustees.
J.D. Dickenson
President
J.D. Dickenson graduated from Gulf Stream School in 1987, and has been a Board of Trustees member since 2015. J.D. chairs the Legal/Risk Management Committee, and the Development Committee, and serves on the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Committee on Trustees.
J.D. is an attorney and shareholder at Cozen O’Connor, and has practiced law in South Florida for nearly 20 years. An avid outdoorsman and conservationist, J.D. was State Chairman of the Coastal Conservation Association Florida, founder of its South Palm Beach Chapter, and a founder of its Statewide Habitat Restoration Committee.
J.D. and his wife, Maggie, have two children: Sophia (Gulf Stream School class of 2018) and Henry (class of 2022).
Pat Donovan
VP
Patrick Donovan has been a Board of Trustee member since 2018 and currently chairs the Finance Committee and serves on the Executive Committee, DEIB Committee, and Committee on Trustees.
Patrick is the founder and managing partner of Lokahi Capital, a private equity firm out of Delray Beach, FL.
Patrick has been in the financial industry in the US and Europe over the past 22 years. He also serves on the Board of the Delray Beach Boys and Girls Club and the Board of the Delray Beach Youth Tennis Foundation.
Patrick and his wife, Abi, have three children: Leilani (Gulf Stream School class of 2021), Nathaniel (class of 2024), and Parker (class of 2026).
Anna Shannon
Secretary
Anna Shannon has been a Board member since 2017. Anna has served on the Executive Committee, Marketing Committee, Committee on Trustees, and the Strategic Planning Committee.
Anna worked for an entertainment company as Vice President of Communications & Product Development that developed and produced entertainment products for the mass retail market. She currently volunteers at her local hospital.
Anna and her late husband Bill have five children: William (Gulf Stream School class of 2010), Chris (class of 2013), Nick (class of 2015), Charlie (class of 2017), and Finn (class of 2025).
TJ Glanfield
Treasurer
TJ Glanfield has been on the Board of Trustees since 2020. He serves on the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, and Development Committee.
TJ is a founding partner and portfolio manager at Quantix Commodities, an asset management firm. Previously, TJ was a Managing Director at Goldman Sachs in both New York and London. For the past 6 years, TJ has also served on the board for Lwala Community Alliance, an NGO in Western Kenya, and was previously the Board Chair.
TJ and his wife, Seran, live in Delray Beach and have three young children.
Dr. Gray Smith
Head of School
Growing up outside of Baltimore, Maryland, I first learned about Gulf Stream School because my cousins were among its students. Once, during a family visit to Delray Beach, we drove by the campus and my mom said, “If we lived here, that’s where you’d go to school.” St. Paul’s in Baltimore was great, but going to school across the street from the beach made me wish for a family relocation.
I later moved to Florida and worked at Pine Crest School as an English teacher and varsity lacrosse coach. I visited Gulf Stream School and got to know it better during those years and, at the time, began thinking, “This is where I want to be.” I am very grateful and feel extremely fortunate and honored for the opportunity to fulfill that dream as both Gulf Stream School’s eighth Head of School, and also as a parent of two GSS students.