Jan Abernathy

Jan Abernathy is currently a board member at Grace Church School. Jan has over fifteen years of experience in marketing and communications, working with both independent schools and businesses. Prior to their current position, Jan served as the Director of Marketing and Communications at The Elisabeth Morrow School for August 2013 to June 2019. There, they were responsible for strategic external and internal marketing and communications for an independent school with 420 students from three years old to eighth grade.

Before The Elisabeth Morrow School, Jan was with Ethical Culture Fieldston School from May 2013 to July 2013 as an Independent Writing Consultant. There, they wrote extensive website content as part of a relaunch of the school's website. In 2009, they worked as a freelance Communications Professional with The Delve Group for two months, creating brochure copy for a top Boston architectural firm. From 2012 to 2013, Jan was a writer for 201 Family, writing on a variety of family-oriented topics for the lifestyle magazine.

In addition to their work in marketing and communications, Jan has also worked as an education columnist and a contributing editor. Jan was an education columnist for The Parent Paper from January 2006 to January 2012 and a contributing editor for Perspective Real Estate Media Group from June 2004 to August 2013.

Jan Abernathy has a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Northwestern University.