The Academy Announces Next President

Mr. Alex Zequeira will begin on July 1, 2024

In recent months, the Academy’s Presidential Search Committee, with the assistance of a search firm, reviewed and interviewed a number of highly qualified candidates and are pleased to announce that Mr. Alex Zequeira has been selected and unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees as the Academy’s next President. 

Jesuit educated, Alex attended Belen Jesuit Preparatory School in Miami, Florida and College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Alex has been the Head of School at Saint John’s High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts since 2016. Prior to that role, he was President of the Nativity School of Worcester, a school very similar to the Academy, for five years and earlier in his educational career was the founding Principal of that school. We believe his many years of experience in Jesuit and Catholic schools as a teacher, administrator and leader will help advance the school’s long-standing mission into the future.

Alex will officially start in his new role on July 1, 2024. Until then, Interim President Jennifer Summers will continue to oversee the Academy’s day-to-day operations as she has so ably since this summer. The Board feels very fortunate and blessed to have such a capable and committed group of senior leaders at the Academy during this time of transition.

Alex will relocate to the Baltimore area with his wife Jessika and their three children Zakary, Kassidy, and Oskar. We hope you will join us in welcoming Alex to the St. Ignatius Loyola Academy community.

Sincerely,

Brian Graney
Board Chair

"I am profoundly humbled, honored, and excited to join the St. Ignatius Loyola Academy community as its next President. My heartfelt gratitude goes out to the search committee, the Board of Trustees, and the entire Academy community for the warm welcome I received and the inspiring work I witnessed during my visit. In the coming months, I am eager to engage and immerse myself in a community that is clearly animated by the spirit and vision of St. Ignatius and the Jesuits. This propels our shared mission to transform the lives of our boys as we work together to take this incredible school to new heights and continue to foster a future filled with educational excellence and boundless opportunities." - Alex Zequeira

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