Joining Trustees

Posted on Nov 6, 2014

Ted Wendell ’58

Edward “Ted” Wendell Jr. ’58 was elected to the board during the summer of 2013. Ted is a founding partner and principal of Northern Cross, LLC. During the 1960s, Ted served as a math teacher, head of admissions, and dean of students at Marlboro College, in Marlboro, Vermont. He graduated from Harvard College and earned a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Washington. Ted served as a Milton trustee from 1974 to 1986 and has been active on reunion committees. Ted and his wife, Mary, have been generous and supportive to many Milton students, particularly to classmates of their children, Liddy ’94, Ellie ’98 and Macky ’01.

Ka-Kay (Kevin) Yip ’83

In February 2014, Milton trustees elected Kevin Yip ’83 to join the board. Kevin is a devoted Milton volunteer and president of the Milton Association in Hong Kong, which plans events and supports admission and development work. Kevin has more than 23 years of investment banking and equity investment experience in the Asia Pacific region. He is vice chairman and managing partner of NewMargin, which focuses on growth private equity investing in Greater China in the consumer, financial services, resources and clean-tech sectors. He is also a member of General Oriental’s global investment committee and sits on the main board of GO’s holding company. Kevin’s son, Cameron, is in Class II and lives in Goodwin House. Kevin himself lived in Forbes House; he is a graduate of Harvard University, where he was named a John Harvard Scholar.

Randall Dunn ’83 

Randall Dunn ’83 was elected to the board of trustees this spring. He is head of school at the Latin School of Chicago and previously served as head of the Roeper School in Michigan. Randall returned to campus in January 2013 as the Martin Luther King assembly speaker; he talked with students about how Dr. King’s talent as a facilitator made him an effective leader and agent of change.

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Randall came to Milton through A Better Chance program. At Milton he was a co-head monitor, participated in community service, and was a three-season athlete, setting several track and field records. Randall is co-chair of the National Advisory Board of the Principals’ Center at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Brown University and a master’s degree in education from Harvard University. He and his wife, Elizabeth Hopkins Dunn ’83, live with their two children (Chase and Hunter) in Chicago.