Timothy J. Seeley began in his role as North Cross School's headmaster on July 1, 2008. Formerly the School’s assistant headmaster and upper school director, Seeley was appointed following an extensive nationwide search that took more than three months. He was offered the position with unanimous approval from the Board of Trustees, and at the recommendation of the School’s nine member search committee.

“Through his words and his actions, he has lived the School’s mission vigorously, modeling his love of learning, strong character, sense of personal integrity and responsibility, and a commitment to the good of the community and all within it,” Board of Trustees Chair Anne Lee Stevens SA. “His passion for knowledge, devotion to students, commitment to excellence, and unbridled enthusiasm for his life’s work, will purposely and effectively serve the entire North Cross School community.”

“I am extremely excited and humbled to be honored with the leadership of this great School,” said Seeley. “Our students and our families represent the very best of the Roanoke Valley and I look forward to working with them and my friends and colleagues on our outstanding faculty as we all help North Cross School develop into a truly exceptional school in every way.”

At NCS, he has served the School faithfully and admirably in many roles: as a teacher, coach, counselor, advisor, mentor, administrator, and consummate leader. Seeley’s accomplishments at NCS include successfully leading the School through its 10-year accreditation process with the Virginia Association of Independent Schools, creating programs to effectively serve students with learning differences, developing an academic schedule that allows students to more fully participate in the arts, science labs, athletics, cultural offerings and community-building programs. In his role as the dean of faculty, Seeley has been responsible for hiring and orienting new faculty members, professional development for full faculty, and curriculum development for grades JK-12, including core courses, the AP and honors programs, and electives. He has also worked closely with the entire Senior Staff on school-wide initiatives, such as enrollment, marketing, and crisis management.

Seeley is an experienced educational leader who first came to NCS in 2001 after four years as the director of the humanities program at Northfield Mount Hermon School (Northfield, MA). At that time, he and his wife Susie, along with their three children, relocated to Roanoke. Their son Jeremy, who is now a junior at Wake Forest University, graduated from NCS in 2006. During this time at NCS, Seeley has also served as an assistant coach to the varsity football team.

From 1990 – 1997, Seeley worked as a Religious Studies teacher and the chair of the religion department at The Lawrenceville School (Lawrenceville, NJ). He has also taught at Phillips Andover School (Andover, MA) and Portsmouth Abbey School (Portsmouth, RI).

The search committee, led by Stephen W. Lemon ’80, conducted the search process with the assistance of George Conway of The Education Group in Dallas. The search was narrowed to four highly qualified candidates, each of whom completed an on-campus interview process that included meetings with search committee members, board members, and advisory groups representing the School’s administration, faculty, parents students, and alumni.

Seeley replaced outgoing Headmaster Paul J. Stellato who is now the headmaster at Princeton Day School (Princeton, NJ).