Meet our Admission Team

List of 7 members.

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  David Flynn 96

  Director of Admission

  (603) 779-5262

  dflynn@holderness.org
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  Erin Colon 

  Associate Director of International Admission

  (603) 779-5235

  ecolon@holderness.org

  Bio

  Associate Director for International Admission
  Erin brings an extra eye for detail and a keen sense of humor to the Admission team. Prior to Holderness, Erin was an associate director of admission at the Salter School and an admissions manager at Strayer University, as well as an advertising account executive at the Orlando Sentinel. She holds a B.B.A from Strayer University. Erin lives with her family on Stinson Lake in Rumney and is an avid mountain biker and windsurfer. In her spare time Erin also teaches stand–up paddleboard yoga—a sport which, she claims, is easy to master.
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  Nancy Dalley 

  (603) 779-5230

  ndalley@holderness.org

  Bio

  Admission Administrator
  Nancy has been working at the school since 1984, and in addition to her work in admission and financial aid, Nancy recently co–led a group of Holderness students on a trip to Guatemala. Nancy enjoys playing golf, road biking, snowshoeing, fitness training, walking, and working on her yoga and meditation practices. She also has seven grandchildren with whom she enjoys spending time.
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  Woody Kampmann 

  Senior Associate Director of Admission

  (603) 779-5261

  wkampmann@holderness.org

  Bio

  Senior Associate Director of Admission
  After nine years of coaching and recruiting at the collegiate level, Woody joined the admission team and took over as the head boys’ basketball coach in 2014. Woody is a boarding school native; he attended Blair Academy in New Jersey where his parents were both faculty members. Woody is also an avid golfer and runner and is enthusiastic about the Holderness community where he has found a healthy work–life balance with his young family.
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  Alan Thompson 04

  Associate Director of Admission and Financial Aid

  (603) 779-5233

  althompson@holderness.org

  Bio

  Associate Director of Admission and Financial Aid
  Alan, a 2004 Holderness alumnus, graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2009 with a B.S. in Recreation Management and Policy. While there, he played on the men’s hockey team from 2005-09. After college, Alan worked for the Great Bay Kids Company in Exeter, NH running after school programs for the Lincoln Street Elementary School; he was also a director of hockey performance at Athletic Republic Norwood. Prior to returning to Holderness in 2014, Alan also worked for one year at Brewster Academy substitute teaching and coaching their Advanced Strength program, the boys’ varsity hockey team, and the JV baseball team. In addition to working in the Admission office, Alan is the head coach for the boys’ varsity hockey program. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and tennis, hiking, and spending time on Lake Winnipesaukee.
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  Nicole Bartlett 

  Assistant Director of Admission

  (603) 779-5236

  nbartlett@holderness.org

  Bio

  While a New Englander, Nicole spent the last four years in the United Kingdom working as an assistant director at an ESL language school where, along with the director, she managed budgets, curriculum, marketing, and recruitment and taught English to children from China, Japan, Italy, Spain, France, and Poland. She’s been a camp counselor, has traveled broadly and enjoys volunteer work. She has a Sociology major with an Anthropology minor and played Division 1 ice hockey while at Union College. 
  
  Nicole will be living in Holderness but likes to spend her time with family on Winnisquam Lake in the summer. She still loves to play street hockey or ice hockey whenever she can and also enjoys watersports (water skiing, wakeboarding.) Nicole recently picked up a love for skiing while she was in Italy.
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  Lily Ford 12

  Assistant Director of Admission

  (603) 779-5231

  liford@holderness.org