Thomas Cangiano's Biography

Thomas (Tom) Cangiano has been the President of ACS since July 2021. All told, he has over 35 years of experience at prestigious private institutions in both the US and abroad. A Head of School since 2007, Tom possesses the educational knowledge, administrative skills, and temperament needed to navigate complex environments and to implement impactful changes to improve educational outcomes. He has led strategic planning initiatives; overseen the development of new facilities across science, innovation, and athletics; and has raised over $50 million for educational institutions under his stewardship.

Prior to ACS, Tom was Head of GEMS World Academy in Chicago, President of Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh, and President of the American College of Sofia, in Bulgaria, the oldest American educational institution outside the US. In addition, Tom Cangiano has been a teacher, housemaster, and coach at schools such as the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey (ranked in the top ten schools in the US), Trevor Day School in New York City, and the American International School, Budapest, Hungary.

Tom serves on the Board of Trustees of the Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools [NESA] and with the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [MSA] as a member of the Advisory Committee for International Schools.

Tom holds degrees from Middlebury College (B.A. Literature), Tufts University (M.A.T. in English), and Columbia University (M.A. and M.Phil. in History). Tom Cangiano and his wife Linda have three grown children, George (27), Grace (25), and Celia (23), a senior at Boston University.