Ann V. Klotz

Ms. Klotz began her tenure as Laurel’s tenth Head of School in 2004. She has worked in girls’ schools as a teacher and administrator for more than 40 years and is devoted to the academic, social and emotional development of girls.

At Laurel, Ms. Klotz often teaches English in the Upper School and drama in the Primary. Particularly interested in the public purpose of private school, Ms. Klotz is proud that both Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls and our Environmental Justice Semester, founded during her headship, uses the School’s resources on behalf of girls at Laurel and beyond.

Ms. Klotz has served on a number of boards including the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), the Ohio Association of Independent Schools, the International Coalition of Girls’ School.s She currently serves as Chair of The Heads Network and is a trustee for One Schoolhouse, the 1911 Group and the Agnes Irwin School. Deeply committed to mentoring women to independent school leadership, she has served on the faculty for the NAIS Institute for Aspiring School Heads and directed the Heads’ Network Women in Leadership Seminar for many years.
 
A graduate of Agnes Irwin School in Rosemont, PA, she was graduated from Yale College, where she earned her B.A. in English. Ms. Klotz's M.A. is in the individual study of drama from the Gallatin Division of New York University and she earned an M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Bay Path University.

Ms. Klotz is a founder and editor of Well-Schooled: the Site for Educator Story Telling. She writes frequently about the intersection of school leadership and motherhood.  Her blog and links to publications can be found at www.AnnVKlotz.com. Follow her on Instagram: @avkcle.