Whitney Ransome

Whitney Ransome is Co-Executive Director of the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS), a position she has held since the founding of the Coalition in 1991. An educator her entire professional life, Ms. Ransome was Director of Admissions and Financial Aid at Dana Hall in Wellesley, Massachusetts and Ransom-Everglades School in Florida. She has served as a trustee, marketing consultant, and capital campaign coordinator for a host of schools nationwide.

Ms. Ransome has written extensively on the subject of girls, math, science, technology, and financial literacy. Her most recent piece, Why Girls Schools?, appeared in the Fordham Law Journal and can be found on the NCGS Web site. She has been quoted in The New York Times, Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, and the Boston Globe, and has appeared on ABC, CNN, NBC, and NPR.