Peggy Procter began at Echo Horizon School in 2017 as Head of School. She has 35 years of experience as an educator and school leader, having worked in schools internationally and in the United States. Prior to Echo Horizon, she served as Director of Upper School and Global Studies Teacher at Windward School. At Windward, she spearheaded the Global Education, Writing and Rhetoric Across the Curriculum, Academic Integrity, and Challenge Success initiatives. Peggy is passionate about student well-being, purpose-driven learning, mentoring educational leaders, and girls' and women's empowerment, and serves as an educational leader on boards and as a facilitator delivering professional development for educators. Outside of work, Peggy is an avid reader, traveler, athlete, chocoholic, and nature lover. She loves nothing more than traveling with her family and watching her daughter Sidney (Echo Horizon Class of 2020 and Windward Class of 2026!) on the stage and on the volleyball court. Peggy was born in Chicago, spent most of her childhood and adolescence in New England, and has called California home for the past 25+ years. She holds her BA from Dartmouth College in Spanish and Government and an MA in Spanish from Middlebury College in Madrid.