Sister Tribe

Stay tuned for 2026-27 information!
2025-26 SISTER TRIBE


Join a roundtable of female Heads of Schools for a meaningful professional learning experience
2 In-Person Gatherings and 7 Virtual Gatherings during the school year

IN-PERSON:
 • Thursday, August 7 Dinner & Friday, August 8 Morning, The Janus School, Lancaster, PA
 • December 4, 2025, 3-5pm, Hershey Hotel, Hershey, PA (the day before the Heads Retreat)
VIRTUAL:
 • October 6, 2025, 12-1pm
 • November 19, 2025, 12-1pm
 • January 21, 2026, 12-1pm
 • February 18, 2026, 12-1pm
 • March 11, 2026, 12-1pm
 • April 2026, date TBD
 • May 13, 2026, 12-1pm

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:
A professional learning cohort program that provides an opportunity for female Heads of School to participate in a monthly facilitated roundtable experience, to confidentially share leadership experiences, and discuss curated leadership topics.

OBJECTIVES INCLUDE:
 • Create a nurturing professional environment to safely share the challenges, opportunities, and achievements of leading
 • Provide a network to collaborate, learn, and share best practices with experienced colleagues
 • Offer a curated agenda and materials to promote engagement and learning

COST:
The cost of this program is tiered based on a school’s enrollment:
 • $920 for schools with less than 100 students
 • $1,220 for school between 101-400 students
 • $1,820 for schools with more than 400 students

AUDIENCE:
PAIS Female-Identifying Heads of School in all stages of their leadership journey. Spaces are limited to 15.

MEET THE FACILITATOR: LUKIE WELLS
Lucretia has a keen capacity to bring stakeholders together for positive discourse to preserve a sense of mission and vision as an organization builds its value proposition and the capacity to be self-sustaining. After a 35-year career working in independent schools, Lucretia joined Design Group International to pursue her passion of supporting Heads of School and Executive Directors, Senior Leadership teams and Boards of Trustees.

Whether working in a coaching relationship or in partnerships, teams or large organizations, clients will identify their strengths to build capacity for improving efficiencies and functions within their organization. As a practitioner, Lucretia has led organizations through succession planning, strategic planning, crisis management and community engagement efforts. Individuals and teams have benefited from her deep experience and expertise during times of change or the recognition of needing to improve a system or team dynamics.

Having served as a Head of School, Director of Accreditation, and Board Member, during her 35-year career, Lucretia is familiar with the systems of non-profits and the complexities of pulling together constituencies. Through individual coaching, team dynamic work and organizational consulting, Lucretia creates an atmosphere for safe discourse, productive engagement and accountability design that is woven into the organization’s culture and operations.

Most recently, Lucretia served as the Director of Accreditation for the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools for five years and worked with numerous Heads of Schools and Boards as they navigated the process of addressing today’s challenges of sustaining a nonprofit in complex times.