Board of Trustees

Meet Our Board of Trustees

The WCS Board of Trustees works behind the scenes, providing guidance to maintain the school’s mission and vision, business operations, advancement and development, facilities, long-range planning, academic quality and student life.

The Board works through a network of committees with responsibility for all areas of the school’s operation, including:  Executive; Finance/Audit; Nominating; Advancement; Student Life; Facilities; Academic Affairs; Technology.  These committees include Board members and non-board members.

The Board meets monthly, and each Trustee also has monthly committee responsibilities.  Members of the WCS Corporation are always welcome to inquire about committee or Board membership.

William F. Stevens, Jr. (Headmaster):

Bill completed a decade of service to WCS in 2010.  He serves as Chair of the Board and reports to a five-member Executive Committee.  Along with heading up WCS, Bill serves as President of the Delaware Association of Independent Schools and he is active in the Association of Christian Schools International and other professional groups.  Earlier in his career Bill served as Headmaster of Schenectady (NY) Christian School, after which he spent three years in Hungary and Eastern Europe helping to support and establish Christian schools. Bill and Roberta have been married for 39 years, and have been blessed with two children and three grandchildren. They reside in North East, Maryland.

Carol Allston-Stiles (Secretary):

Carol Allston-Stiles joined the Board in 2004. She serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Student Life Committee. A WCS graduate, Carol is a graphic designer and the owner of Pike Creek Coffee Roasterie, LLC, which markets coffee and related products locally and nationally. She and her family reside in Pike Creek, DE and worship at Hockessin Baptist Church.

Frank Alteri (Treasurer):

Frank joined the Board in 2008. He serves as a member of the Executive Committee, is Chair of the Finance Committee, and is a member of the Advancement Committee. Frank is a Branch Manager and Senior Vice President of a major investment firm.  Frank and his wife Angie, and two children (WCS graduate 2010 and one currently a freshman) reside in Wilmington, DE. They worship at Avondale Presbyterian Church in Avondale, PA.

Thomas Bauer:

Tom joined the Board in 2010; he serves as the Chair of the Facilities Committee.  Tom is Chief of Thoracic Surgery for Christiana Care and serves as an Associate Professor of Surgery at Jefferson Medical College and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware.    Tom, his wife Lydia, son Tommy (WCS 2016) and daughter Katie (WCS 2018) reside in Greenville, DE.  They worship at The Outreach of God’s Word in Newark, DE.

Jill Cohen:

Jill joined the Board in 2010; she serves as a member of the Advancement Committee. Jill is Director of Homeland Security Programs for DuPont, focusing on business relationships with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other related agencies in Washington, DC.  Jill, her husband Jim and daughter (1^st grader at WCS) live in Elkton, Maryland. They worship at Haven Community Church in North East, MD.

David Kelley:

Dave has been a member of the Board since 2007. He’s also a WCS alumnus and school parent. Dave and his wife Robin (Davis) graduated from WCS in 1982 and were married in 1987. They now have four children at WCS, in grades 10, 7, 4 and 1. Dave works for the Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell law firm in Wilmington as a Senior Litigation Technology Coordinator.  The Kelley family attends Brandywine Valley Baptist Church in Wilmington.

Debra Maguire:

Debbie served on the Board from 1998 to 2007 and rejoined in 2009.  She has held a variety of positions on the Board and she currently serves as the Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee.  Debbie is the Assistant Head at Centreville School, a private school serving children with learning differences.  She and her husband Bruce are the parents of two WCS graduates (2003 and 2006) all residing in Newark.  Debbie is the organist and choir director at Marshallton United Methodist Church, in Marshallton, Delaware.

Douglas MacGray:

Doug joined the Board in 2003.  He serves on the Executive Committee and is Chair of the Advancement Committee.  Doug is an owner of Compass Ion Advisors, LLC in Conshohocken, PA, providing holistic financial and investment advisory services. He is also a licensed attorney and practiced law in Delaware for over a dozen years prior to becoming a financial advisor. Doug and his wife Deb live with their three children (two are WCS graduates, one is currently a junior at WCS) in North Wilmington, DE.  They have worshipped for over twenty years at Concordia Lutheran Church on Silverside Road in North Wilmington.

Corbin McNeill:

Corbin joined the Board in 2006; he serves as a member of Finance and Facilities committees. Corbin is an Energy Manager for the Veterans Administration. Corbin, his wife Colleen, and their three children live in Kennett Square, PA. They worship at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Kemblesville, PA.

David Tideman:

Dave joined the Board in 2005; he serves as a member of the Executive Committee and Chair of the Nominations Committee.  Dave is Counsel in the Corporate Law Department of State Farm Insurance Companies with offices in Chadds Ford, PA, specializing in regulatory and government relations law.    Dave, his wife Linnea and family (two graduates of WCS and one in sixth grade) live in Landenberg, PA.  They worship at Willowdale Chapel in Kennett Square, PA.

Mark Wagner (Vice-Chair):

Mark joined the Board in 2008.  Mark and his wife Christine have two daughters who attend WCS. They attend and are very active at Willowdale Chapel in Kennett Square, PA. Mark currently serves as a Global Business Director for DuPont and manages the Americas region of the Performance Coatings Business Unit. Mark graduated from the University of Michigan and holds degrees in Chemistry and an MBA.