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Directory & Addresses

Package and US Mail Deliveries

Packages are to be addressed to: 
898 Woodberry Forest Road, Woodberry Forest, VA 22989


When mailing to specific departments please use:

Admission Office                     
241 Woodberry Station

Alumni and Development Office  

402 Woodberry Station

Athletic Office
378 Woodberry Station 

Business Office                         
10 Woodberry Station

College Counseling                  
148 Woodberry Station

Dean of Students                     
334 Woodberry Station

Financial Aid                              
30 Woodberry Station

Headmaster                               
48 Woodberry Station

Sports Camp                             
378 Woodberry Station

Directory

  • Photo of Cate Seymour
    Cate Seymour
    Foreign Language
    2025
    Bio
     
     
    Cate Seymour is a Kenan-Lewis Fellow in the foreign language department.  She graduated this past May from Washington and Lee University with bachelor's degrees in cognitive and behavioral science and Spanish. Cate previously attended Frederica Academy, an independent school on St. Simon’s Island, GA, from which she graduated as salutatorian. She served in a variety of leadership roles at W&L, including as vice president of finance for the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, president and communications chair of the Behavioral Health Club, and president of CABS, a student society for cognitive and behavioral science majors. Cate lives and serve as a dorm parent on Dowd-Finch, residing in the Finch Pod. 
  • Photo of David Swenson
    David Swenson
    Foreign Language
    2024
    Bio
     
    A 2019 magna cum laude of Dickinson College in international relations, Spanish, and music, David also holds a M.A. in international relations from the University of Syracuse. David spent a year as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain after college and has worked at the US Army War College and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He comes to Woodberry most recently from the faculty at the Webb School in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, where he taught Spanish from 2022-2024. At Woodberry, David teaches Spanish and lives on B dorm.
  • Photo of Raphael Sydnor
    Sr. Raphael Sydnor '97
    Foreign Language
    2006
    (540) 672-3900 Ext 8630
    Hampden Sydney College - BA
    Brown University - MAT
    Middlebury College - MA
    Middlebury College - MA
    Bio
     
    Raphael Sydnor '97 teaches Spanish and co-directs the Central American Study Abroad (CASA) summer program. He works with the WFS Outdoors and spring skeet teams. A member of the faculty since 2006, he earned a BA from Hampden-Sydney College, an MAT from Brown University, and an MA from Middlebury College. Mr. Sydnor and his wife, Sarah, Woodberry’s special events manager, live in the Duplex West with their three children. 
    • 2025-2026 New Faculty Members

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