Vinita Ahuja

Vinita is the Director of Strategic Programs at Georgetown Day School. On the Auxiliary and Extended Learning Program side of her work, Vinita leads the team responsible for the GDS 360 extended day program (including enrichment classes), GDS Summer Studies and Break Camps, classes for adults, rentals and after-hours space use, along with several smaller programs. Vinita’s oversight of strategic projects includes directing the school’s enterprise risk management program, coordinating the transportation demand management initiative (meeting the school’s ambitious goal to reduce vehicular traffic by half in the next two years to meet zoning requirements), serving as incident intake coordinator for allegations of student-on-student sexual misconduct, and, most recently, leading the coronavirus response and reopening efforts and taskforce. Vinita joined GDS in 2007 following several years of working with youth-serving nonprofit organizations in Washington, DC. She has a Masters in School Leadership with a focus on School Development from Harvard’s Graduate School of Education and a BA in French and Government with a minor in Spanish from Georgetown University. Vinita also serves as vice-chair of the Rosemount Center board, a non-profit early childhood and Early Head Start program in Washington, DC and is founder of a nationwide Independent School Auxiliary Programs and Summer Directors listserv with over 300 active members. When she’s not at school, Vinita enjoys spending time with her wife and 3-year old at their house in Silver Spring, MD, practicing tai chi, improving her chickens’ living area, reading, and spending time outside.