Meet Our Board of Trustees

VICE PRESIDENT: Abby Stern Bennett ’99 is an alum and current Harley parent. She has experience in corporate and non-profit settings, including finance, investing, and philanthropy. Abby holds both a BA and MA in Economics.

Jeffrey Alexis, P ’20, P ’23, P ’27 is a cardiologist who cares for patients with heart failure, as well as patients who have received heart transplants, artificial hearts, and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). His research on LVADs is aimed at improving outcomes for patients with mechanical circulatory assist devices. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, and Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.

Dr. Alexis earned his M.D. from Harvard University in 1992. He was an intern and resident from 1992-1995 at the Massachusetts General Hospital and completed his cardiology fellowship in 1998 at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He served on the faculty of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine from 1998-2003 and joined the faculty of the University of Rochester in 2003 as Assistant Professor of Medicine. 

Jeffrey has been very active as a parent at Harley, taking a leadership role in the planning and execution of Harley’s MLK “Day On” and serving on the Horizons advisory board. His wife, Dr. Christine Hay, who specializes in infectious diseases at Strong Memorial Hospital, is a member of Harley’s Health Advisory Board and has volunteered for Harley’s test-to-return mass Covid-19 testing days. Jeffrey and Christine are parents of Harley alumnus Andrew Alexis ’20 and current Harley students, Catherine Alexis ’23, and Sarah Alexis  ’27.

Matt Budd ’96 is an administrator and the Director of Community Action at The Berkeley Carroll School. Matt attended Harley through Middle School (gr.8) and later came back to teach grade 4. While teaching at Harley, Matt earned his Master’s in Social Work from University at Buffalo.  After Harley, Matt moved to Brooklyn, NY, and taught grade 5 at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS), a world-class progressive prep school with 1,700 students. Matt found himself excited about helping his students explore the concepts of community action and social justice. ECFS created a service-learning coordinator position for him, and he was drawn to Berkeley Carroll’s new cross-divisional role, in which he has had the opportunity to work with students, faculty, and families to foster healthy, equitable, and sustainable community partnerships through the lens of community engagement. Matt lives in Brooklyn with his wife Kim Sahler Budd ’97 and their three children. He rides his bike to work every morning.

Libbie DiMarco P ’33, P ’35 is an intellectual property attorney that focuses on complex patent litigation in Federal District Court throughout the U.S. and before the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, DC.  Libbie primarily works with electrical and computer technologies including semiconductors, electrical connectors, data storage devices and systems, and various software applications.  Libbie started her career as a law clerk for the New Hampshire Supreme Court before joining the intellectual property law firm Wolf Greenfield in Boston, MA.  Libbie is now a litigation partner at Wolf Greenfield and co-chairs the firm’s Washington, DC office.  She has been recognized by numerous “Best Lawyers” publications and is ranked among the top 5% of most active patent litigators out of 17,052 attorneys representing defendants accused of patent infringement.  Libbie grew up in Victor, NY, received her B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Rochester (2008), and obtained her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law (2011).  Libbie and her husband, Trevor, returned to the Rochester area in 2016 and live in Farmington, NY.  Libbie and Trevor are parents to Harley students Dominic ’33 and Alvirda ’35.  Libbie and Trevor are active lower school parent, volunteering as classroom representatives, drivers, field trip chaperones, and “buddy” families to new student families joining Harley.

Eva Galka, M.D. P ’31, P ’32 is a Surgical Oncologist at the University of Rochester who cares for patients with cancer in the liver, pancreas, GI tract as well as skin and soft tissue malignancies. She serves as a Director of Informatics. She is Board Certified in General Surgery and Clinical Informatics. Dr. Galka earned her BS in Ceramic and Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and her MD from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University. She underwent fellowship in Surgical Oncology at University of Chicago and has worked at the University of Rochester for 15 years. She is active in several University wide committees and sponsors high school, college, and medical students for shadowing and one on one mentoring. 

She has been an active Harley parent for several years participating in school events and acting as the Parent Council Class Parent in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grades. Her husband is Dr. David Holub a Family Medicine physician in the University of Rochester and current Residency Director. Dr. Galka has two children at Harley currently, Ryan Galka-Holub ’31 a rising 6th grader and Alexandra Galka-Holub ’32 a rising 5th grader. She looks forward to continuing her activities with the Parent Council in the Middle School. Her hobbies include cooking, hiking, rafting and skiing and spending time with her husband, children, and dogs outdoors.

Lee Gartley ’82 has over 25 years of professional experience leading technology and analytics companies that provide fundraising solutions to the non-profit sector.  He is currently an advisor and member of the leadership teams at ROI Solutions and Network for Good.  Previously, he served as President of Target Software and Target Analysis Group which were acquired by Blackbaud, where he subsequently served as President of its Analytics Division.  In addition, Lee is currently Chairman of the Board of Segterra, a healthcare analytics company based in Boston and previously worked as a management consultant with Boston Consulting Group.   Lee has a BA from Bowdoin College and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.  Lee has three children and lives in Sunapee, NH with his wife in a small neighborhood with a surprising number of Harley connections.

Ryan Kimmet Ed.D, ’95 is the Head of School at Elmwood Franklin School in Buffalo, NY. Ryan grew up on the Harley School campus as the son of former Lower School Head, Pam Kimmet. Ryan began his professional career at New Canaan Country School in Connecticut, where he taught fifth grade and was subsequently promoted into several administrative positions. Ryan served as Associate Head of School at Greene Street Friends School in Philadelphia for seven years before moving back to western New York. In all roles, Ryan has been actively involved in the Horizons Student Enrichment Program, which provides transformational summer enrichment programming for students from lower-income households. Ryan holds a B.A. in English from Skidmore College, an M.A. in the Teaching of English and M.Ed. in School Leadership from Columbia University’s Teachers College, and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Ryan enjoys playing guitar and spending his free time with his wife, Leah, and their children, Trainor and Posy.

Dena Levy, Ph.D., P’24 is an Associate Professor in Political Science at The College at Brockport, State University of New York. She writes on Congress, women and politics, minorities in Congress and electoral politics. She is the former Associate Dean of the College of The Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at SUNY Brockport. Dena served as the Department Chair of the Department of Political Science & International Studies for a total of 9 years. She is a former department faculty senator, and in that capacity served as Chair of the College Senate Curriculum Committee and was a member of the Senate Executive Committee. She is co-author of Hillary Clinton: A Biography and has published in a variety of journals in the discipline. Dena received her PhD from the University of Iowa, her MA in Public Policy from Georgetown University, and her B.A. in Government-Public Policy from Pomona College.

At Harley, Dena has been the chair of the Enrollment and Marketing Committee since 2020. Dena and her husband, Mark Goldstein, have one daughter Isabel ‘24 who has been at Harley since she was 3 years old

Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr., PhD P ’33 is the lead architect of Black Studies at the University of Rochester, where he serves as the Founding Chair of the Department of Black Studies. Dr. McCune is a scholar whose research and creative work engages racialized gender and sexuality–an ethnographer, theorist, poet, and playwright. He is the Frederick Douglass Professor of African American Literature and Culture at the University of Rochester. He is the former Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute for African & African-American Studies and is the author and editor of several books. He has written several articles and book chapters, alongside his critical public intellectual work. Dr. McCune has been featured on Left of Black, Sirius XM’s Joe Madison Show, HuffPost Live, Pitchfork, USA TODAY, TIME, and a guest expert on Bill Nye Saves the World. He is the proud father of Caleb McCune ’33, a 4th grader at Harley. Dr. McCune also serves as the lead facilitator of Parents of Black Children at Harley.

Helen Partridge P ’34 is the Chief Financial Officer for the International Federation of Accountants, an organization that supports more than 3 million accountants globally.  Prior to joining IFAC, Ms. Partridge was an accountant in practice, having spent 16 years in audit, advisory and audit systems design in the US and Asia Pacific. She has also served in the controllership function at a large multinational transportation company working with GAAP conversions, financial statement preparations and complex and significant transactions such as business combinations and tax planning. Ms. Partridge is a CPA licensed in multiple states in the United States.  Passionate about education, Ms. Partridge serves the boards of two other not-for-profits schools in the area.  Amongst other parent volunteer activities at Harley, Ms. Partridge presently serves the Harley Finance Committee as a non-board member and is parent to current Harley student, Emma Thaesler ’34.

Alan Winchester, P’25, P’27 is a partner with the Harris Beach, PLLC law firm and leads the firm’s cybersecurity and electronic discovery practice groups.  Alan is also the Chief Development Officer at Caetra.io, and is the creator of its CyMetric software.  This company is owned by his firm and offers automated compliance for various cybersecurity regulations and standards. Alan earned his BS degree in computer science and philosophy from Trinity College and his JD from Brooklyn Law School. 

Alan and his wife, Dr. Larissa Temple, Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at Strong Memorial Hospital, volunteered their time and talent this past year helping Harley plan, organize, and execute the large test-to-return Covid-19 testing days. They are active supporters of the Wilmot Cancer Center, Memorial Art Gallery, and the Rochester Boys & Girls Club. Alan and Larissa are parents of Henry Winchester ’27 and Katherine Winchester ’25.