Service Award: Alumni Parent Paul Lloyd

Paul Lloyd was honored with the Alumni Association’s Service Award at the Dinner Among Friends on Alumni Weekend. Paul and his late wife Kathleen Hanley Lloyd (who passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2019) are parents of School Committee member Chris Lloyd ’05, who began at MFS in Kindergarten in 1992.

Paul is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and had a long career studying banks in the U.S. and around the world, including the markets of Singapore, Thailand, China, and Indonesia. At Dupont Capital Management, he was a Portfolio Manager and Senior Securities Analyst. Prior to that, he was a Senior Vice President and Principal at Schneider Capital Management; served as a Senior Securities Analyst for DuPont Capital Management; and also held senior analyst roles at Corestates Investment Advisers, Fitch Investors, Butcher & Singer, Drexel Burnham Lambert, and Value Line. Paul holds a B.S. from Villanova University, and an M.B.A. from Lehigh University.

After graduating from MFS, Chris went to Hamilton College, where Adirondack chairs are a major feature of the campus grounds. In appreciation for the College Counseling Office’s guidance in helping Chris in his path to Hamilton, the family made a special gift shortly after Hartman Hall was opened in 2012 to place four white Adirondack Chairs on the entrance porch of Harman Hall. The chairs continue to be in use nearly every day by students and faculty.

Paul joined the Assets Committee (the finance and investment subcommittee of the School Committee) in 2010, and has now served on that subcommittee for a period of time longer than Chris was a student at MFS. He has offered important guidance and a conservative perspective on the numerous topics the committee addresses, including the school’s operating Fall 2024 budget, tuition, investments, audit, insurance, and more. “As a long-term member of the Committee, Paul has an important voice in our work,” said Director of Finance and Operations Lisa Carbone Warren. “He is thoughtful, cares deeply about stewardship and the long-term health of the school, and brings a valuable perspective to our discussions.”

Kathleen Hanley Lloyd was a graduate of Holy Family College. After a successful career in insurance during which she obtained a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation, she stayed home for a period of time to raise Chris. She then went on to get a Masters degree and returned to work as a school psychologist in the Philadelphia School District. She passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2019.

While Chris was a student, Paul and Kathleen served as class parents, attended auctions, and consistently made the school a philanthropic priority. They were regular attenders of the Annual Fund Dinner over the years in recognition of their generous support. They have also supported the Voluntary 5% Faculty Retirement Fund; the Class of 2005 Endowment fund which was launched upon the graduation of Chris’s class; the George Thomas Endowment for Faculty Salaries; the Thomas V. Sedlacek Endowment; and the Great Classrooms for Great Kids Campaign. Paul served as a Career Day Speaker when Chris was a senior.

Paul and Chris continue to provide philanthropic leadership for the school by supporting the Annual Fund, and investing in the success of the school’s capital campaigns.

In accepting the award, Paul reflected on the decision he and Kathleen made to send Chris to MFS:

“MFS has so much to offer – so many great people, great faculty and staff, wonderful parents, students,” he said. “When we were looking at the school, trying to figure out where to send our little troublemaker, we evaluated all of that. The thing that put us over the top was the pre- and post-school day care – particularly Sandi Federici, ’Mrs. Fed.’ And she was an example of the day in, day out caring at every level of the school that makes this institution what it is. I’ve had the opportunity to meet a lot of wonderful people and play a small role in some of the things going on here at the school.”