About

J.P. WATSON

Managing Director

Having grown up in a family of teachers and doctors and spending summers at his family’s day camp, J.P. Watson has been involved directly and indirectly with teaching; coaching; program leadership; wellness; leadership development; school, small business and non-profit management since his early teen years.

As a former Biology teacher, coach and program leader, Department Head, Division Head, Accreditation Team Leader, Associate and Assistant Head, as well as Head of School, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to each engagement with schools, businesses and non-profits. Drawing on the wisdom of those who have shaped his career, J.P. approaches challenges as opportunities for organizational growth and development.

Passionate about mission and vision alignment, he has helped school after school strengthen its path toward alignment and becoming the best manifestation of its mission. Working with iconic leaders within the independent school world for the last 20 years, J.P. has built a network of experiences and people with whom he has consulted to develop unique and individualized approaches to common challenges faced by schools, businesses and non-profits. 

J.P. earned his AB in Biology with a concentration in World Literature from Middlebury College and a MS of Biomedical Science from University of South Carolina School of Medicine. J.P. was also a Peabody Fellow at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody Professional Institute for Independent School Leadership.