Ann V. Klotz

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

At Laurel, Ms. Klotz often taught English in the Upper School and drama in Primary and Middle. Particularly interested in the public purpose of private school, Ms. Klotz is proud that both the North Star Collaborative and Laurel’s Center for Research on Girls, founded during her headship, used the School’s resources on behalf of girls at Laurel and beyond.

Deeply committed to anti-racist education and social justice, Ms. Klotz served during Summer, 2020 as a facilitator for nine listening circles for Heads of School about race in girls’ schools for the International Coalition of Girls Schools (ICGS). She served on a number of boards including the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS), ICGS and Lawrence School. Ms. Klotz was a charter member of the E-Prep and One Schoolhouse (formerly Online School for Girls of which Laurel is a founding partner) boards, and she served on the boards of the Headmistresses of the East, The Heads Network, and One Schoolhouse.  Deeply committed to mentoring women to independent school leadership, she served on the faculty for the NAIS Institute for Aspiring School Heads and directed the Heads’ Network Women in Leadership Seminar. 

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 her MFA is in Creative Non-fiction.

Her blog and list of publications can be found at www.AnnVKlotz.com.