Tyler Hodges

Tyler Hodges was named the School’s ninth President and Head of School on February 5, 2018 after serving as Bolles’ Associate Head of School since July 2015.

Hodges’ educational career includes more than 18 years as a teacher and administrator at some of the country’s top independent schools, including Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He has been a history and leadership instructor, class dean and coach. He has led accreditation visits, handled discipline matters as Dean of Students, and, prior to coming to Bolles, was the Director of Upper School Academics and Student Life at Laguna Blanca School in Santa Barbara, California.

Hodges possesses a wealth of professional development experience and, while in California, was invited to join a partnership with an orphanage in Haiti to offer aid and educational support. Following the devastating earthquake there, Hodges was asked to serve on the orphanage’s Educational Board for his counsel and curriculum guidance as they created a school, Maison de Lumiere, contiguous to the orphanage. He assisted in this servant leadership capacity for three years.

Hodges received his Ed.M. in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard University Graduate School of Education and a Master of Arts in Diplomatic and Military History from Temple University. He received a Bachelor of Arts in History with a minor in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.