Greenwich Academy

Greenwich Academy

Greenwich Academy opened in 1827 as a college-preparatory day school for girls in Greenwich, Connecticut, and now enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school operates across three properties: the main campus at 200 North Maple Avenue, the Molly H. King Campus on Ridgeview Avenue, and a land parcel on Glenville Road. The institution's endowment deploys capital across a broad mandate, touching early-stage ventures, expansion-stage companies, fund commitments, and direct co-investments. Governance sits with a board whose finance committee is chaired by Craig Packer, co-founder of Blue Owl Capital. David Stemerman, founder of Conatus Capital, serves as vice chair, while trustees include Alexander Captain of Cat Rock Capital and Steven Rodgers of Morgan Stanley Capital Partners. The school also maintains a structured academic and social partnership with the nearby Brunswick School. Greenwich Academy founded the GAINS (Girls Advancing in STEM) Network, extending its operational footprint beyond the classroom into a national professional ecosystem. Endowment assets are estimated at roughly $139M (Altss estimate). The board's composition—anchored by senior figures from Blue Owl, Cat Rock, Conatus Capital, and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners—suggests an investment committee unusually fluent in private markets. No separate investment office is publicly disclosed, implying the board and finance committee serve as the direct allocator. The school belongs to the National Association of Independent Schools and fields athletics through the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council. Most school endowments outsource allocation to consultants or standard OCIO providers. Greenwich Academy appears to run decisions through a board whose members collectively manage or have managed tens of billions in private equity, credit, and hedge fund vehicles. That in-house density of alternatives expertise is a genuine structural differentiator for a sub-$150M pool.