Department Chairs

Below are the names of The Hill School faculty members who serve as the Academic Department Chairs for the 2025-26 school year.

Chair of the Arts Department | Ms. Yoon Soo Lim P'17 '18

Chair of the Classics Department | Dr. Melissa Toomey

Interim Chair of the Engineering & Computer Science Department | Mr. Jay Spencer '84, P ’13 ’14 ’18 ’23

Chair of the English Department | Mrs. Courtney Neese '00 P'27 '28

Chair of the History & Social Sciences Department | Mr. Kevin Tkachuk

Chair of the Humanities Department | Dr. Mark Pearson '78 P'20 '24

Chair of the Mathematics Department | Mr. Ernest Higginbotham

Chair of the Religious Studies & Philosophy Department | Dr. Matthew Rinkevich

Chair of the Science Department | Mr. William Yinger '95 P'28

Chair of the World Languages Department | Ms. Elena Dauphinais