Three New Trustees at Moorestown Friends School

Moorestown Friends School has appointed three new trustees, the school announced this week.

The trustees are Emily Lustig Orel, Andrew Searle Pang and Elizabeth Whitney “Whitty” Ransome.

Orel is the mother of two MFS alumnae. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and worked in marketing and public relations for the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan, prior to relocating to Moorestown in 1997. She has participated in a number of volunteer roles at MFS over the years, including serving as a member of the Vision/Program Committee for the 2003-04 Strategic Plan Committee, and the 21st Century Skills Committee for the 2010-11 Strategic Plan. She has been a parent solicitor for the Annual Fund, hosted Annual Fund kickoff dinners, and served as an Ad Hoc member of the Development Committee. She has also chaired committees for the school’s biennial auctions. Since 2013, she has been a member of the Vanderbilt University Parent Welcome Committee. She and her husband, Howard Orel, M.D., live in Moorestown.

Pang has worked in development for educational and not-for-profit institutions since 1988 and has been the principal of Andrew Searle Fund Raising Counsel in Groton, MA since 1996. He has worked as Director of Development at Wilmington Friends School and Lawrence Academy, Associate Director of Development of Watkinson School, and Assistant Director, Regional Capital Campaigns at Smith College. He has a B.A. from Haverford College and resides in Lincoln, MA with his husband Samuel Pang. He and Samuel have two boys. He has previously served on the board of GLAD, Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, and the Board of Managers of Investments and Permanent Funds for New England Yearly Meeting. Andrew has been an active alumnus, serving on the Alumni Board of Visitors, assisting as class representative, coordinating class reunions, and attending alumni events in Moorestown and Boston.

Ransome is the Founding Director of the James Center for Public Purpose at Garrison Forest School. She has been a life-long educator and was Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools from 1991-2008. “Whitty” holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina Greensboro and an M.A. from the University of Miami in American Studies. She has served as author and frequent presenter on numerous topics related to girls’ education, including financial literacy, math, and science. She was the recipient of the MFS Alumni Association Alice Stokes Paul Merit Award in 2008 in recognition of her dedication to educational equity for girls and women. She is a founding member of the Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle and has experience in enrollment management and fundraising for a number of schools. She is a founding member of the Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women since 2008. She is on the Advisory Council of Jhpiego, an international girls’ and women’s health organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. She received a 2014 Legacy Award from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is a co-founder of the Floss Brudon Endowment for Coaching at MFS and co-chaired the Class of 1963 50th Reunion endowment gift campaign in 2013. Whitty has served on the MFS Head’s Council since 2008. “Whitty” and her husband, Tom Wilcox, live in Baltimore, and they have two children.

The attached images of Emily Lustig Orel, Andrew Searle Pang and Elizabeth Whitney “Whitty” Ransome were provided by Moorestown Friends School