About Our Head Of School Transition

In its 42-year history, Mounds Park Academy has benefited from extraordinary leadership shaping and guiding its mission, values, and growth. This has certainly been true since Dr. Bill Hudson assumed the role of head of school in July 2013.

In February 2024, Dr. Hudson announced his retirement from Mounds Park Academy planned for the end of the 2024-25 school year. A search began in February and concluded in May with the announcement of MPA's fifth head of school in its history, Dr. Lori-Anne S. Brogdon.

About MPA's Head of School, Dr. Bill Hudson

"I’m truly honored to serve as Head of School. MPA is a remarkable place, with an incredible mission. While we may share many characteristics of other independent schools, we have a unique mission that lives deep within each teacher and staff member and manifests itself in the lives our students and successful alumni. They truly do dream big and do right, and that makes me so very proud."

More About Dr. Hudson:

• Brought more than 20 years of teaching and educational administration experience to MPA.
• Earned his doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of St. Thomas in addition to his post-master's degree in Educational Administration.
• Held leadership positions in several area schools including serving as the president of Totino-Grace High School.
• Is known throughout the Twin Cities as visionary educational leader and proven business executive.

We invite you to read what Dr. Hudson is thinking about as well as his approach to guiding this exceptional school in each week's Head's Message.

About MPA's Incoming Head of School, Dr. Lori-Anne S. Brogdon

"The moment my husband and I pulled into MPA’s parking lot and stepped foot into the building, we turned to each other and smiled. Simply put, walking into the building instantly evoked a feeling of home within me, and he knew it.

As a science and math teacher at heart, curiosity and creation drive my daily interactions with those around me. From this point forward, I eagerly aswait the day I join Mounds Park Academy in July 2025. Until then, I look forward to the opportunities to connect and establish relationships before my arrival. My parents raised me to dream big, work hard, and do what is right. Knowing that I am joining a school where everyone is encouraged to dream big and do right, it is hard not to feel that love and excitement!" Read more from Dr. Brogdon in her letter to the community and get to know her on a more personal level.

More About Dr. Brogdon:

• With 25 years of leading and teaching in schools, Dr. Brogdon comes to MPA after five years as head of school at Catherine Cook School in Chicago. Prior to her time there, she served as assistant head of school and academic dean at Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York.
• Dr. Brogdon earned her doctorate at Columbia University.
• Dr. Brogdon is known as a collaborative yet decisive leader with high integrity who is relentless in building relationships and putting what's best for students at the center of her decision-making.

Look for opportunities to get to know Dr. Brogdon throughout the 2024-25 school year.