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David Fisher came to St. Mark’s in 2016 as chair of the History and Social Sciences Department after a more than 25-year career on the international school circuit. Prior to coming here, he taught in Malaysia, Argentina, the Phillipines, Oman and Bangladesh. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University. Fisher, whose son Nathaniel graduated from here in 2023, has previously worked as an academic dean, department head and college counselor.

After playing football at Princeton University, Harry Flaherty spent brief stints with the New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys before moving to the University of Tennessee, where he earned a law degree while coaching football in a graduate assistant role for the Volunteers’ football program. Coming to St. Mark’s in 2021, he now serves as head football coach, Upper School history teacher and adviser in the 11th and 12th grade rotations. Before joining St. Mark’s, Flaherty spent six years at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, where he served as a history teacher, head varsity football coach, assistant dean of Admission and housemaster for all ninth grade boarding boys.