Cindy Trask, Head of School
Cindy Trask returned to St. Catherine's in July 2021 as the School's 12th Head of School. She served as the Head of Upper School at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta (2016-2021), where she led approximately 850 students and more than 130 faculty and staff.
In this role, she oversaw all aspects of the Upper School’s academic programs, student life and operations. Cindy was responsible for recruiting, motivating, hiring and supervising faculty and staff, played a leadership role in admissions and actively participated in fundraising campaigns.
Cindy began her career in education at St. Johnsbury Academy in Vermont teaching AP Biology and Chemistry and was promoted to Science Department Chair, during which time she designed and implemented an Upper School STEM curriculum and a Middle School Forensics program. She taught Biology and Chemistry at Collegiate School (Richmond) for two years before joining St. Catherine’s in 2008. At St. Catherine’s, Cindy was the Science Department Chair, Chair of the STEM Task Force, Chair of St. Catherine’s and St. Christopher’s Joint Department Chair Committee and a Digital Task Force Member. She left St. Catherine’s to assume a dual role of Director of the Middle School and Director of Academics at Columbus (OH) School for Girls. As Director of Academics, Cindy oversaw all aspects of the PreK-12 academic curriculum.
Her efforts have been recognized with many awards and appointments including St. Catherine’s Dillon Barnett Award, St. Catherine’s Allen W. Becker Faculty Award in recognition by her peers, Outstanding Service Award from St. Johnsbury Academy Trustees, AP consultant and workshop leader and a board member of Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.
She graduated with honors from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with a B.S. in Biology and Mathematics and earned a Bachelor of Education degree in Secondary Science from St. Mary’s University in Canada and a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Richmond.
Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, St. Catherine’s School is a private, all-girls pre-K, kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school. We provide a well-rounded educational experience for girls from communities across Richmond, Chesterfield, Henrico and all of central Virginia. St.Catherine’s all-girls educational experience is rooted in more than a century of history and tradition. From our revolutionary past to our dynamic present, St. Catherine’s has always focused on preparing students for a boundless future.
