Overfield’s Board of Trustees exists to provide leadership, make strategic decisions, and take appropriate actions to safeguard the continuing viability of the school’s mission for current and future generations of young children.

This committee-driven body, with members in professions including education, law, business, non-profit work, and medicine, is comprised of community members, some of whom are current or past Overfield parents, who live in Troy and surrounding communities. The Board, dedicated to the school’s well-being, offers insight and guidance about the fiduciary and strategic plans aspects of Overfield.

Julia Hobart
Founder, Trustee Emerita Since 1960

Julia Hobart

Education: B.S. Tufts University, University of Dayton
Occupation: Retired Educator
Children: 6 children attended Overfield

 

Karol McCarthy
Trustee Emerita Since 1983

Karol McCarthy

Education: A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University; M Ed., Xavier University; Post Graduate, The Ohio State University
Occupation: Retired Educator

 

Trustee Since 2014

Julie Biddle

Education: B.S. Elementary Education; M.S. Early Childhood Education, Ph.D. Educational Leadership
Occupation: Professor and Program Director, Antioch University New England

Trustee Since 2017

Jennifer Walters

Education: B.S. English, University of Dayton; J.D., University of Akron
Occupation: Attorney at Law, Huffman, Landis, Weaks & Walters, Co, LPA
Children: 2 children attended Overfield

Annie Lawson
Trustee Since 2026

Annie Lawson

Education: BA in Communications & Culture and Political Science from Indiana University; MSE in Adolescent Young Adult Education from The University of Dayton 
Occupation: English Instructor at the Miami Valley Career Technology Center 
Children: 1 current Overfield student 

Tyler Benedict
Trustee Since 2023

Tyler Benedict

Education: B.A., Columbia University
Occupation: Director of Marketing, Miami Valley School
Overfield Alumni

Trustee Since 2025

Melanie Patton

Education: B.S. in Airway Science (pilot certifications) at Ohio University; Master’s in Aeronautics and Safety Systems from Embry-Riddle
Occupation: Auditor
Children: 3 children attended Overfield

Trustee Since 2025

Eric Williams

Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Wright State University
Occupation: Senior Product Engineering Supervisor at Inteva Products LLC
Children: 1 child attended, 1 child currently attending, and 1 future Overfield student

Evan Beach
Trustee Since 2025

Evan Beach

Education: B.S. in Accounting and an M.B.A. from Franklin University
Occupation: CPA and Controller for Morris Bean & Company
Children: 2 children attended Overfield

Overfield Troy Ohio
Trustee

Lydia Hobart Mason

Overfield Alumni

“Childhood is the most glorious time in life.”

– Julia Hobart, Founder of The Overfield School

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