FOUNDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Nat Damon is an educator, nonprofit executive, and board leader dedicated to relationship-centered learning and the healthy development of young people.

 

Nat is the Founding Executive Director of Reach Academy for Young Men, a Los Angeles–based 501(c)(3) summer institute serving boys in grades 7–12 through leadership development, academic exploration, and community-building. The organization is concurrently exploring the launch of a new independent boys’ middle school, projected to open in Fall 2027 or 2028. Nat is also the founder of Reach Academics, LLC, which partners with K–12 schools in the U.S. and U.K. to strengthen school culture, student engagement, and adult collaboration. Nat hosts the Reach. Teach. Talk. podcast focused on relational pedagogy and educational leadership.

 

Previously, Nat served as Middle School Director at The Archer School for Girls, Assistant Head of School and Upper School Director at The John Thomas Dye School, and Founding Academic Dean at Sierra Canyon School. He began his career as an English teacher at schools including Harvard‑Westlake, The Park School, and Derby Academy.

 

Nat currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Connecticut College, where he is Chair of the Committee on Academic Affairs, Vice-Chair of the Trustee–Faculty Liaison Committee, and a member of the Executive Committee. He also serves on the Board of Governors at Soho Parish Primary School in London, the board of the Relation-Centered Educators Network, and on the Vestry of All Saints Episcopal Church, Beverly Hills. His prior board service includes the Episcopal School of Los Angeles, Beacon School for Boys, and Valley Charter Schools, where he served as Board Chair.

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Nat is the author of Time to Teach: Time to Reach and True Colors in My Ordinary World. He holds a B.A. from Connecticut College and an M.A. in English Literature from Middlebury College.

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