Jon Wimbish
Jon Wimbish is the Head of the Middle School at Harvard-Westlake and has more than 25 years’ experience as an educator in independent schools.
A native Southern Californian, Jon holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Princeton University and a Master of Arts degree in English from Middlebury College. Jon began his career at Cardigan Mountain School in Canaan, New Hampshire, returning later to California to take a job at Harvard-Westlake, where he taught English and public speaking and served as both a middle school dean and an upper school dean before assuming his current role.
Jon has had a lengthy parallel career in athletics. At Princeton, he played football and volleyball. Between Cardigan and Harvard-Westlake, Jon has coached teams in football, volleyball, basketball, baseball and golf.
As a Curtis parent and board member, Jon served on both the Advancement, Planning, and Building and Grounds committees of the board.
In addition to his service on the Board of Trustees, Jon was a member of Curtis's "Envision Our Future" Strategic Planning Committee, 2017-2019.
Jon has previously served on the Bel Air Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council and as a board member with Children Mending Hearts, a non-profit designed to teach empathy through art.programs.
Jon and his wife, Amanda, who teaches English and Creative Writing in Harvard-Westlake’s Middle School, are the proud parents of two Curtis alumni, Franklin (’19) and Lila (’20).
