The Board of Directors is composed of dedicated volunteers who adhere to the principles and values of The Tidewater School. They are committed to the financial sovereignty and educational goals outlined in the Strategic Plan.
President: Dorothy Rader
Secretary/Head of School: Laura Amin
Treasurer: Paul Quicker
Members:
Michael Bojokles
Randi AlBanna
Kirk McAlexander
John Wiland
Dorothy Rader
Professionally, Dorothy Rader is currently the Director of Federal Security Management with Deloitte LLP where, as a member of Deloitte Federal's risk management team, she manages the various disciplines of their federal industrial security program. She has twenty five years of experience working both in the Federal Government (predominantly the Department of Defense) and private industry in the areas of national security program management and policy, organizational change, communication and leadership training, and program, project and integration management.
Personally, Dorothy and her husband, Dennis, live in Huntingtown, Maryland, and have five children. The youngest, Emma, graduated from the Tidewater school in 2010 after seven years as a student in their academic program.
Randi AlBanna
Randi has devoted her entire life to care giving, first to her siblings for many years and then as a nurse, mother, grandmother and now as a care giver for her mother. She grew up in New England where she attended school and graduated from College with a B.S. degree in Nursing. After moving to Maryland to practice, she worked at Prince George’s General Hospital in ICU and CCU. Then she went on to Graduate school where she majored in Child Psychiatric Nursing. After accomplishing a Master of Science in Nursing, she worked at University Hospital in Baltimore on the Residential Treatment Unit for Emotionally Handicapped Children. In 1973, Randi moved with her husband to Calvert County to begin a family and support her husband’s medical practice as a surgeon and general practitioner. Two of her children attended Tidewater School when its doors opened and she has been devoted to its philosophy ever since. She has been proud to be a part of its growth and development through its 25 years in Calvert County and instrumental in its many phases of change.
Laura Amin
Laura Amin is the staff representative on Tidewater’s Board of Directors and Interim Head of School. She is a native of western Pennsylvania where she was fortunate to grow up in an idyllic small town in the Allegheny mountains. That experience left her with a passion for nature and outdoor activities which she likes to share with her Pre-K students at Tidewater. Prior to receiving her Montessori training at the primary level, Laura attended the University of Pittsburgh where she received dual degrees in Chinese and history. She attended the University of Durham in England on a Rotary International scholarship and received a Master’s degree in East Asian Studies. She worked at the Brookings Institution and American University before joining Tidewater in 2001. Both her son and daughter have attended Tidewater since Pre-K and she is a true believer in the lifelong benefits of alternative education.
Michael Bojokles
Former Mayor of North Beach where he managed more than $6 million in annual budgets.
Kirk McAlexander
Kirk has over 30 years’ experience leading advancement work at Johns Hopkins University, the National Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the Menninger Foundation, the National Federation of Independent Business, and the U.S. Naval Institute. His consulting practice, the McAlexander Group, helps institutions plan and implement capital campaigns, corporate partnerships, and major individual gifts programs. He has considerable experience orienting and training volunteer leadership, mentoring staff, and strengthening brands.
Paul Quicker
Paul is the Chief Architect for Chesapeake Strategy, Inc. He is responsible for designing and implementing technical solutions for CSI's clients. Mr. Quicker received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, with graduate studies in Computer Science and Management at the University of Maryland at College Park. He and his wife live in Dunkirk, Maryland with their three sons, two cats and a dog. He has been a proud Tidewater parent since 2005.
John Wiland
John is married and the father of two young children. He works as a Certified Public Accountant with Mullen, Sondberg, Wimbish, & Stone, P.A. in Annapolis, Maryland.