Webb School of Knoxville’s Board of Trustees has announced the appointment of Dr. Ansel Sanders as Webb School’s ninth president, succeeding Michael McBrien, who announced that he will be retiring at the end of the 2022-2023 school year.
Sanders is currently assistant headmaster and dean of students at Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, a boarding school for boys in grades 9-12.
Sanders and his wife, Helen, have three daughters. He graduated magna cum laude from Washington and Lee University with a bachelor’s degree in English and was an NCAA men’s lacrosse All-American. He completed a master’s in teaching from Johns Hopkins University and a master’s in education with a concentration in school leadership from Furman University, in addition to earning his doctorate from Harvard.
In addition to his administrative duties at Woodbery, Sanders teaches a senior-level English class, serves as a lacrosse coach and student advisor, and oversees the school’s summer programs.
