Meet Our Leaders

Browse last summer's leaders by program:

Throughout the winter we will be finalizing leadership teams for the upcoming season. Putney prides itself in hiring exceptional leaders and in typical years more than 60% of our staff are returning leaders.

University of Pennsylvania, M.F.A., Photo and Video University of Illinois at Chicago, B.F.A., Graphic Design and Moving Image

University of Oxford, M.Phil., Social Anthropology; University of Belize, B.A., English Studies

College of William and Mary, B.B.A., Business Administration, Hispanic Studies

Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, B.A., Business Management, minor in arts

Lucknow University (India), Post Graduate, Advertising and Public Relations; Lucknow Christian College (India), Bachelors in Commerce

Brown University, B.A., Education Studies, B.A., Transnational Indigenous Memory Studies

Wageningen University, M.A., Forestry and Nature Conservation; Skidmore College, B.A., International Affairs, Environmental Studies

Colorado State University, M.Sc., Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; Colorado State University, B.Sc., Biology, minor in Jazz Piano

Chatham University, M.F.A., Poetry & Publishing; Chatham University, B.F.A., Creative Writing & Philosophy

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Italy), University of Innsbruck (Austria), International M.Sc., Environmental Management of Mountain Areas Universidad Pablo de Olavide of Seville, M.Sc., Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, B.Sc., Biology

Harvard Graduate School of Education, M. Ed., History Education & Curriculum Design; Cedarville University, B.A., International Studies

Harvard University, Ed.M., Human Development and Education; Colgate University, B.A., French, Psychological Sciences

Dickinson College, B.A., French and Francophone Studies, Educational Studies; University of Pennsylvania, M.S.Ed., Independent School Teaching Residency

St. Olaf College, B.A.

University at Albany, B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies in Globalization, International Studies in Social and Cultural Area

University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Anthropology and Public Policy

Harvard University, B.A., Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Arabic Literature

University of Edinburgh, M.A., French and History

The London School of Economics and Political Science, Master of Public Administration; Columbia University/University of Florida, B.A., Political Science

Georgetown University, B.S., Russian Language and Psychology; University of Hartford, M.Ed., Special Education

University College Utrecht, B.A., Liberal Arts and Sciences Wageningen University, M.Sc., International Development

Bocconi University, M.Sc.,Data Science and Business Analytics (in progress); McGill University, Bachelor of Commerce

Western New England University, M.F.A., Creative Writing; Louisiana State University, B.A., English, Creative Writing

University of Georgia, B.A., Spanish

Royal Roads University, M.Sc., Environmental Practice University of Saskatchewan, B.A./B.Sc., Environmental Studies

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Ph.D., Applied Linguistics (in progress); Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, M.A., Applied Linguistics; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, B.A., English

University of Saskatchewan, M.A., French Studies; University of Cape Coast, B.A., French, English & Religious Studies

University of São Paulo, M.A., History; University of São Paulo, B.A., History

University of Texas at Arlington, B.A., University Studies, minor in Women's Studies

Lee University, B.A., Secondary Spanish Education, TESOL minor

The University of Rhode Island, University of Alaska Southeast, University of Alabama, B.S., Marine Biology, B.A., Film Theory

Wheaton College, M.A., Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership; Azusa Pacific University, B.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Johns Hopkins University, M.S., Educational Studies, Certificate in Urban Education; Middlebury College, B.A., French and Political Science

Universidad Alcalá de Henares, M.S., Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language; Skidmore College, B.S., Health and Exercise Science

Kansas State University, B.S., Secondary Education in Spanish & ESL

University of California, Santa Cruz, B.A., Anthropology

Sarah Lawrence College, B.A., French

University of Central Missouri, M.S., College Student Personnel Admin; University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, B.B.A., Supply Chain Management

Pace/Gilder Lehrman, M.A., American History; Haverford College, B.A., History

West Virginia University, M.A., Formal Linguistics; Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira, B.A., English Philology

Cambridge University, M.A., M.Sci., Natural Sciences

Portland State University, B.A., International Development

Chico State University, B.A., Journalism; Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, M.A., International Education

Wesleyan University, B.A., Science in Society and Hispanic Literatures & Cultures

Tufts University, M.A.T., Arts Education Massachusetts College of Art and Design, B.F.A., Photography and Art History

University of Houston, Ph.D., Literature and Creative Writing; University of Iowa Writers Workshop, M.F.A., Poetry; Cornell University, B.A., English

University of Montana, B.A., Journalism

Politecnico GranColombiano, B.A., Marketing and Advertising

Deakin University, B.A., Spanish, Children’s Literature, Master of Teaching (English and TESOL)

EAFIT University, B.S., International Business

Durham University, B.A., Modern Languages (French) and History

University of Texas, Arlington, B.A., Language and Cultural Studies

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, B.S., Industrial Design

University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, M.Ed., Educational Foundations; University of Puget Sound, B.A., Comparative Sociology

Ohio University, M.Ed., Cultural Studies; Ohio University, B.A., Spanish Education K-12

University of Oxford, M.Sc., Migration Studies; Davidson College, B.A., High Honors Sociology

JFK High School, Guam

Allegheny College, B.A., Environmental Studies & Spanish

Colorado College, B.A., Asian Studies

Arizona State University, M.S, Law and Business; Arizona State University, B.A., Sports Business, Business Sustainability, Business Law

Cornell University, Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology (candidate); Cornell University, M.A., Anthropology; University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Ho Chi Minh City, B.A., Sociology

University of Utah, B.A., English Literature; Temple University, M.J., Journalism

Middlebury College, M.A., French; The College of William and Mary, B.A., French and Theatre

Relay Graduate School of Education, M.A., Teaching; University of Virginia, B.A., South Asian Studies

Syracuse University, B.A., International Relations

Harvard University, M.P.P. St. Olaf College, B.A., Spanish

UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, M.B.A. Wesleyan University, B.A., East Asian Studies, B.A., Government & International Relations

University of Florida, M.Sc., Interdisciplinary Ecology; Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Ecology; Westmont College, B.S., Biology

Virginia Tech, M.S., Career and Technical Education; Virginia Tech, B.S., Marketing Management

University of Manchester, Central European University, Lund University, M.Sc., Environmental Science, Policy and Management Universidad Veracruzana, B.Sc., Biology

University of Rochester, M.S., Childhood Education; Carleton College, B.A., Psychology

William Paterson University, B.A., Communications/Media Production

University of North Carolina at Wilmington, B.S., Marine Biology, minor in Chemistry

Zhejiang University, M.A., China Studies; Berlin School of Economics and Law, B.A., Business Administration

National University of Costa Rica, B.A., Sustainable Tourism

Savannah College of Art and Design, M.F.A., Photography; Trinity College, B.A., English

Hunter College, M.F.A., Fiction; Ursinus College, B.A., English and Fine Arts

Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, B.S., Industrial Design

Colorado State University, M.Ed., Educational Leadership, Renewal, and Change; University of Colorado, B.A., Spanish Language and Literature

Indiana University Bloomington, B.S., Kinesiology, Sport Communication Broadcast

Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., International Management

Florida Atlantic University, B.A., Communications, B.A., Psychology

St. Lawrence University, B.A., Estudios Hispanicos and Psychology Universidad de Alcalá IF, M.Ed., Bilingual and Multicultural Education Universidad de Alcalá IF, M.Ed., Aprendizaje y Enseñanza de Español como Lengua Extranjera

University of Colorado, B.A., Social Studies Education and Community Leadership

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, B.S., Earth, Society, and Environmental Sustainability, Geography & GIS; Universidad Camilo José Cela, M.A., International Education and Bilingualism

Brown University, B.A., English, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Cornell University, B.S., Environment and Sustainability

University of California, Berkeley, M.A., Journalism and Documentary Filmmaking; Boston University, B.A., English Literature

Hofstra University, B.A., Psychology, concentration in Pre-Medicine

The University of Melbourne, Victorian College of the Arts, B.F.A., Acting & Theater Practice

Drexel University, B.A., International Area Studies, concentration in Justice and Human Rights

Western University, B.Sc., Food Sciences

University of Chicago, B.A., English Language and Literature, Comparative Human Development

Universidad de los Andes Colombia, B.A., Fine Arts; Universidad de Nebrija España, M.A., Cultural Management

Institut Superieur d' Agriculture Rhones-Alpes-Norwegian University of Life Science, International M.Sc., Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems; San Francisco State University, B.S., Environmental Science (Natural Resource Management and Conservation), B.A., Geography

Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz and University of London, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Biology; Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Fiocruz, M.S., Cellular and Molecular Biology; Juiz de Fora University, B.S., Biology, Science Education

Casper Libero Foundation, B.A., Journalism and Social Communications

Brandman University, M.A., Teaching; Western Washington University, B.A., Spanish, Communication

Columbia University, M.A., Psychology University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, B.A., Creative Writing University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, B.A., Psychology

Butler University, B.A. Columbia University, Ed.M. University of California Berkeley, Ph.D. student

University of Colorado (Boulder) M.A., Bilingual Education; Oregon State University, B.A., Sociology

Dartmouth College, B.A., Classical Studies College of Charleston, M.B.A., Finance

Tufts University, B.A., International Relations and Spanish Literature

Brown University, Sc.M., Global Health; Connecticut College, B.A., Hispanic Studies, Biological Sciences

Vanderbilt University, B.S., Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, minor in French

Iowa State University, B.A., Liberal Studies

Oxford University, M.Sc., Biodiversity and Conservation; New York University, B.A., Environmental Anthropology

Trent University, B.A., English Literature; Queen's University, B.Ed., Education

Rutgers University, B.A., Spanish, minor in Sociology

New York University, M.A., Journalism; Elon University, B.A., English, B.A., International Relations

University of Texas, B.A., Psychology

Colorado College, B.A., English

University of Minnesota Twin Cities, M.S., Linguistics, minor in Cognitive Science (In Progress); University of Wisconsin Green Bay, B.S., Human Biology, minor in Psychology and Humanities

Loyola Marymount University, B.A., Psychology; M.A., Educational Studies

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, B.A., History

Canisius College, M.S., Education; Canisius College, B.A., International Relations and European Studies

Mills College, M.Ed.; Western Washington University, B.A., Psychology

University of Kentucky, M.A., Diplomacy and International Commerce; Georgetown College, B.A., English and Cultural Studies

Keene State College, B.A., French, Teacher's Certification

AAA School of Advertising, B.A., Marketing Communications

Western Governors University, M.A., Learning Design; Missouri State University, B.A., French Education

Indiana State University, M.S., Sports and Recreation Management; University of Evansville, B.A., Theology, Philosophy, History

Georgetown University, M.S., Biohazardous Threat Agents and Emerging Infectious Diseases; University of Virginia, B.A., Biology; B.A., Global Security and Justice

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, B.Eng, Civil Engineering

Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, M.A., Socioeconomic Planning; Universitat de Lleida, Spain, M.A., Tourism Intelligence and International Management; Universidad de Costa Rica, B.S., Geography and Territorial Planning

University of Montana, B.A., Spanish, Certificate in Global Leadership with Environmental Studies Emphasis

Brown University, B.A., Archaeology

London School of Economics, M.S., Political Economy of Late Development; Chapman University, B.A., Economics and Peace Studies, minor in Spanish

Boston Teacher Residency/UMass-Boston, M.Ed., Secondary English Education University of Southern California, B.A., Journalism, B.A., Political Science

University of Helsinki, M.A., Education Doshisha University, B.A., English

STP AMPTA Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Bachelor of Tourism; University of Lampung, Indonesia, Diploma, English for Profession

Tufts University, B.A., International Relations and Spanish, minor in Art History

University of Melbourne, Master of International Relations; RMIT University Melbourne, Graduate Diploma in Art in Public Space; University of Technology Sydney, B.Des., Design in Architecture

College of the Atlantic, B.A., Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Experimental Education

University of Northern Colorado, Ph.D., Student in Biological Education; SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Master of Professional Studies in Conservation Biology; Miami University, B.A., Zoology, minors in Botany and Plant Biotechnology

Brigham Young University, M.A., Anthropology; University of Vermont, B.A., Anthropology and Spanish

St. Thomas University, M.Ed., Educational Leadership; The Ohio State University, B.A., Sociology & Criminology

University of Arizona, B.A., Art History and Studio Art; University of Edinburgh, M.Sc., Modern Art: History, Curating and Criticism; IE University, M.Sc., International Development

UC Santa Barbara, M.A., Ph.D., Geography, Climate Science & Environmental Justice/Policy; UCLA, B.A., Communications, Geography/Environmental Studies

Yale University, M.A., African Studies; Vassar College, B.A., Africana Studies

University of the Sunshine Coast, Graduate Diploma of Education (Secondary); Brock University, B.A., Human Geography

Los Angeles Valley College, A.A., Latin American Language and Culture

University of Helsinki, M.A., Changing Education (in progress); Duke University, B.A., Public Policy and Education

University of Southern California, B.A., Fine Arts

Columbia College, B.F.A.

Universidad de Alcalá Henares, M.A., Bilingual & Multicultural Education; University of New York at Oneonta, B.S., Early Childhood & Childhood Education; Spanish