Dr. Jeffrey Pratt Beedy joined the St. Martin's family as Headmaster in July of 2007. A native of the New England area, Dr. Beedy brings a new and respectful leadership style to the St. Martin's community.

Born and raised in Maine, Dr. Beedy received his undergraduate degree from the University of Maine in 1976 and began working as a psychology teacher and coach at Kents Hill School in Kents Hill, Maine. He received a masters degree from Harvard in 1984 and a Ph.D. in education from there in 1988. From 1984- 1992, Dr. Beedy was a teacher, Dean of Freshmen and Admissions Dean at Milton Academy in Milton, Massachusetts. It was at Milton where he established a program designed to combine academic striving with moral education using sports as an integrating theme. In 1992 he was appointed Headmaster of the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. In conjunction with his research at Harvard, Dr. Beedy developed the "total human development model," which helped earn New Hampton the National Schools of Character award in 2002. Dr. Beedy left New Hampshire in 2004, and worked as an independent researcher with Harvard University examining the value of sports in developing children's character.