Jamie Williamson is the founder and CEO of The Fernbrook Group, a newly launched firm focused on leadership development, strategic board advisory, and organizational alignment for schools and mission-driven organizations. Drawing on more than two decades leading schools and advising boards, Mr. Williamson founded Fernbrook to help organizations grow and support the leaders they need to cultivate talent, align culture, and govern more effectively.

Prior to founding Fernbrook, Mr. Williamson served for seven years as head of school at The Windward School and as executive director of the Windward Institute, leading the school across its Westchester and Manhattan campuses. He joined Windward in July 2019 with 18 years of experience supporting families and children with learning disabilities. Throughout his career, he has been a standard-bearer within schools for partnership and collaboration that seeks to empower students, families, faculty, and staff, and he has hired, developed, and reported directly to boards on questions of leadership, culture, and institutional direction. Mr. Williamson frequently presents at local, regional, and national conferences and events on topics including dyslexia, ADHD, parenting, assessment, resilience, vocabulary instruction in math, leadership, and hiring for culture.

Earlier in his career, he served as head of school at Marburn Academy, a 1-12 day school program for students with learning differences in Columbus, Ohio, and as principal at the Springer School and Center in Cincinnati, a 1-8 day school program for students with language-based learning disabilities. Mr. Williamson is a graduate of Western Kentucky University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (1994-1998). He also holds a Master of Science and an Education Specialist degree in School Psychology from Miami University (2000-2004). A licensed school psychologist, Mr. Williamson spent five years prior to his tenure at Springer working in this capacity in public school.

Mr. Williamson previously served as president of the Southwest Ohio School Psychology Association and on the board of the Ohio Association of Independent Schools.