Kim Wargo

Kim Wargo serves as head of School of The Lab School of Washington. Prior to her headship at Lab, Kim has been head of three independent schools around the country, and has also had other senior leadership roles. Kim served as head of School at the Katherine Delmar Burke School in San Francisco, as Eugene McDermott Headmistress at The Hockaday School in Dallas, and as head of school at GEMS World Academy in Chicago. Kim has also served as associate head of school at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans and as head of the Upper School at the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans. She began her career in education at the Hill School of Ft. Worth, a school for students with learning differences, where she taught 2nd through 8th grade students and was named Teacher of the Year. Kim has also served as director of College Counseling, History Department chair, and Middle and Upper School History and Government teacher.