Westridge Head of School Announces Retirement

11/30/20—Elizabeth McGregor, a member of the NCGS Board of Trustees and Head of Westridge School, announced she will retire at the end of June 2022. Herself a graduate of a girls’ school, McGregor will have served at Westridge for 13 years at the time of her retirement.

During her tenure, McGregor focused on building community and trust, expanded and inaugurated signature programs, and celebrated the school’s Centennial. McGregor expressed, “I wanted to be at a school where I could park my heart as well as my mind, and one that was forward-thinking. Even in the most challenging of times, through a recession, the pandemic, and the reckoning that has come with racial and social unrest, I have seen how our school can lean into discomfort and challenge itself to grow and thrive for the sake of its students.”

“Liz’s passion for all-girls education and strong conviction in the Westridge mission and its power to develop female leaders of the future made her a tireless advocate for our school whose contributions will shape Westridge for generations to come,” stated Westridge’s Board Chair Richard C. Fung.