Directory & Addresses

Cronin Warmack ’89, who holds the Randall B. Terry Jr. ’53 Chair, serves as Woodberry’s director of technology. He earned a BA from Guilford College and an MA in educational technology from Michigan State University. He has been a faculty member since 1999. Mr. Warmack and his wife, Phoebe, director of the William H. White Library, live in the Ruffin House with their children, Avery ’19, Jackson ’19, Toby '25, and Sara.

Phoebe Warmack, holder of the William H. White Jr. 1900 Mastership, is director of the William H. White, Jr. Library and Instructional Technology. She earned her undergraduate degree from Guilford College and her MLIS from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. A member of Beta Phi Mu, the international honor society in library and information studies, Mrs. Warmack returned to Woodberry in 2007 after serving as Woodberry’s information services librarian and coordinator of academic technology from 1999 to 2001. She has served on the board of directors and remains active in both the Association of Independent School Librarians and the American Association of School Librarians, and is a member of the International Boys' Schools Coalition Librarian Network. She lives in Ruffin House with her husband, Cronin, Woodberry’s director of technology. They are the parents of Avery '19, Jackson '19, Toby '25, and Sara.

Ted Watson serves as the director of academic development in the Smoot Center for Academic Development. 

Originally from Baltimore, Ted holds a master’s degree in teaching, with a focus on STEM education, from Stevenson University. He also holds a certificate in learning differences and neurodiversity with a specialization in executive function and ADHD support from Landmark College, an institution designed for students who learn differently and the educators who support them.

He is an experienced outdoor educator and the head coach of the mountain biking team.

Catherine Wharton is Woodberry’s assistant headmaster for external affairs, overseeing all development operations. She joined the faculty in 2007.  A graduate of Roanoke College, she has worked in development at the University of Virginia, Hollins University, and Garrison Forest School. Ms. Wharton and her children, Talfourd ’15, Wyant ’17, and Emma, live in Charlottesville.

Gerry Wixted serves on the history faculty at Woodberry. Previously, he was teaching human geography and US history at Lawrence Academy, where he also coached soccer and varsity basketball. Gerry began his career as a Kenan-Lewis Fellow at WFS in 2015 and received a full-time appointment the following year; at WFS, he taught US History, an upper-class elective on the World Wars, and led the Woodberry-in-Oxford Program. Gerry holds a B.A. in history from Dickinson College and a M.Ed. from UVa. He also holds the William Stamps Farish Master in history, an honor which he was awarded in 2020. He serves as the dorm head of Hanes Hall and lives on Lower Hanes.

Sydney Woodward joined Woodberry in 2022 after earning a degree in marketing from the College of William & Mary. She currently serves as the associate director of enrollment for outreach in the admission office. In this role, Sydney leads admission events and communications, manages the annual application process, and oversees outreach to prospective families.