Ben Hammond has served as Lawrenceville’s chief financial and administrative officer and secretary to the board of trustees since July 1, 2017.As Lawrenceville’s CFO, Hammond has primary responsibility for the school’s business operations, financial management, budget and financial planning, and endowment and other assets, including off-campus real estate. As the School’s chief administrative officer , he also oversees auxiliary services and summer programs, human resources, legal and risk management the Lawrenceville Summer Scholars program, and Lawrenceville’s Childcare Center.Previously he spent six years in Massachusetts serving as vice president for finance and administration and treasurer at Wellesley College (2013-17) and vice president for finance and administration and treasurer at Mount Holyoke College (2011-13). Between 2002-11, he served as a senior administrator at Princeton University. Earlier in his career, he was a management consultant at McKinsey. Hammond earned his MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and a bachelor’s degree in history and literature from Harvard College. He grew up on the campus of and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy.