Kate Boyle Ramsdell joined the Nobles community as a teaching fellow in the Admissions and English departments in 1998 and began her work in the College Counseling Office two years later. Beyond her current role as director of college counseling, she has served as an advisor, dorm parent, English teacher, interim dean of students, coach and a Class I dean. During a portion of her sabbatical in 2010, Kate worked at African Leadership Academy in Johannesburg, South Africa. She also served on the Board of Trustees at the Meadowbrook School of Weston. An avid road-tripper, Kate aims to tour all 50 flagship state universities; so far, she has seen almost two dozen, and her 4 and 6 ½ -year old sons can say they’ve visited seven, though she does not advise starting the college process quite that early. A graduate of Williams College, Kate studied as a fellow at Columbia’s Klingenstein Summer Institute and earned her MA from Tufts University, where her thesis examined Nobles’ admission practices through various lenses.

At Nobles since 2005, Meghan is Associate Director of College Counseling and Associate Dean of Students. In addition to these roles, Meghan has also served as Class I Dean, taught history, coached the girls varsity soccer and lacrosse teams, worked as a dorm parent and sat on the upper school admission committee. Meghan received her undergraduate degree from Williams College and her Ed.M from Boston College’s Lynch School of Education. A graduate of Harvard’s Summer Institute on College Admissions and The New England Association for College Admission Counseling’s Summer Institute, Meghan also studied as a summer fellow at Columbia University’s Klingenstein Institute. Meghan is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Boston Independent School College Counselors Association (BISCCA).

Since arriving at Nobles in 1986, Tom has helped guide students, their parents/guardians, and his five children through the college process. During his tenure, he has also taught English, served as coordinator of the afternoon program, and worked as an assistant director of athletics, assistant dean of students, admission officer and a class dean. In addition to college counseling, Tom is the head coach of girls varsity hockey, and he has also coached boys varsity hockey, baseball, tennis and lacrosse throughout his career. Furthermore, he has had the privilege to work for and with Nobles’ four most recent heads of school: Cathy Hall, Bob Henderson, Dick Baker, and Ted Gleason. Tom is a graduate of Williams College and Harvard’s Summer Institute on College Admissions. He is a member of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC) and the Boston Independent School College Counselors Association (BISCCA). An avid traveler, he has visited forty-seven countries toward his initial goal of fifty-two.

Kimya joined the Nobles community in fall of 2010 as the assistant director of diversity initiatives and moved fully to the college office in 2012. In addition to counseling students, managing the day-to-day operations of the office, and coordinating PSAT and AP administration, Kimya coaches the girls varsity volleyball team, teaches Personal Development, reads for admission, and chaperones the biannual South Africa immersion and service trip for Classes VI, V, and IV. Prior to Nobles, Kimya worked in college admission at her alma mater, Amherst, and in educational access at The Steppingstone Foundation in Boston. Kimya earned an Ed.M. in human development and psychology from Harvard University, and an Ed.M. in school counseling from Boston University. She has participated in the New England Association for College Admission Counseling’s Summer Institute, and is a member of the Association of College Counselors in Independent Schools (ACCIS) and the Boston Independent Schools College Counselors Association (BISCCA).

After graduating from Bowdoin College, Nora started her career in education as a high school history teacher in public and private schools in the Washington, D.C. area. Her passion for creating pathways of opportunity for young people led her to enroll at the Harvard Graduate School of Education where she received a Master’s in Education.

While in graduate school she began her work in Boston Public Schools supporting under-resourced students. She more recently served at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester, MA as their Dean of College Advising and Alumni Support. In this role she supported college-bound students through every aspect of their college search, application and financial aid process. In that role, she earned the “Counselor Who Changes Lives Award” given by the national non-profit Colleges That Change Lives (CTCL), an organization dedicated to the advancement and support of a student-centered college search process.

Nora joined the Nobles community in 2013 as Executive Director of the Achieve program, an initiative of Nobles that supports motivated Boston Public School students from middle school through college. Nora is professionally committed to providing the mentoring and support that all students need to achieve their academic and personal goals and to become successful lifelong learners.

A graduate of the class of 2010, Chris returned to the Nobles community as a teaching fellow in the Mathematics department in 2015. From the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2019, Chris served as a mathematics teacher, admissions officer, assistant varsity soccer and ski coach, advisor, and trip leader. In the fall of 2019 Chris stepped away from Nobles to pursue a Masters degree at Wesleyan University while serving as their men’s soccer assistant coach. During his tenure at Wesleyan, Chris was responsible for coordinating Wesleyan’s recruiting strategies and creating a more streamlined process for our student athletes going through the admissions process. After earning a M.A.L.S. degree with a concentration in Social Sciences from Wesleyan in the spring of 2021, Chris has returned once again to the Nobles community. Chris has been able to take on a number of roles as he transitions back into the community including working again as mathematics teacher, assistant varsity soccer and skiing coach, and interim Class I dean. Chris’s teachers, mentors, and coaches from his time as a student at Nobles have instilled in him a desire to provide his own students with the same level of commitment and trust he received as they navigate life at Nobles and the college process.