Presenter Bios
Rachel Anderson has been teaching and advising at Carolina Friend School since 2001. Presently, Rachel's teaching focus is on health education and developing healthy interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships. She wrote and is teaching the comprehensive sex education and healthy relationship curricula for both the middle and upper school. Rachel is involved with the community as well as training students, staff, and parents in the prevention of child sexual abuse. She is a certified trainer through Prevent Child Abuse Vermont. As a peace educator, Rachel has taught the middle school classes Conflict Resolution and Inquiry into Identity, and she is a facilitator for Peaceful Schools NC. Rachel is a founding member of the board of directors for the nonprofit MyHealthEd which provides sexuality education for adolescents through the app, Real Talk. Rachel has also presented conference workshops on the local, state and national levels. Presently, she working on a book for teachers entitled, Life Talks: Lessons on Sexuality Through Conversations, Activities, and Storytelling.
Linda Nelson is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools (NCAIS). In her 9 years at NCAIS, the Association has experienced significant growth in both programs and revenues. Under her leadership, NCAIS established a multi-state consortium, VISnet, offering digital content, online courses, professional development, and consulting to assist schools in transitioning to 21st century learning models. Prior to joining NCAIS in 2007, Linda enjoyed 20+ years in independent education administration, both in K-12 and in higher education. Her areas of expertise include middle and upper school academics, strategic planning and program development, 21st century education, admissions, marketing, enrollment management, college counseling, and career counseling. Linda received both a B.A. and an M.A.Ed. from Wake Forest University. Linda has two children, Stowe and Holley, both independent school graduates. Linda and her husband, Tom Jackson, reside in Charlotte.
Ken Rogers, a trained counselor, is a former faculty member of The Association of Independent Maryland Schools Fellows Program for New Teachers and is currently on the faculty for the ISACS New Teacher Institute and the ISACS Academy for New Division Heads. With independent school experience as a teacher, dean, and head of middle school, he is a frequent ISACS and SAIS presenter and consultant to independent schools. Ken is the middle school principal and English teacher at Charlotte Christian School (NC) and is a board member of the Teaching Fellows Institute. Ken and his wife Sandra, along with sixth grade daughter Sierra, have lived in Charlotte for four years.
Tim Tinnesz has been the Head of School at St. Timothy's School in Raleigh since 2012, after previously serving as the Head of Middle and Upper Schools at Gaston Day School in Gastonia. Tim has over a decade of independent school teaching and administrative experience and has been an active participant on Southern Association of Independent Schools/AdvancEd reaccrediting teams for independent schools in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama. He currently serves on the Board of the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools.
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