F. Robertson Hershey
Headmaster
M.Ed. University of Virginia
B.A. Williams College
As Episcopal High School’s 11th Headmaster, Rob Hershey brings vision, energy, strong leadership, and outstanding experience to EHS. He began his independent school career in 1970 as a history and economics teacher and varsity basketball coach at Woodberry Forest School, where he also served as director of student life, director of admissions, assistant headmaster, and associate headmaster. In 1978, Rob was appointed headmaster of Durham Academy in Durham, N.C. In 1988, he accepted the headmaster/president position at Collegiate School in Richmond, Va., and in 1998, he came to Episcopal as headmaster.
Rob serves as vice chair of the board of The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) and as president of the Virginia Association of Independent Schools (VAIS). He formerly served on the board of the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington (AISGW), the Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB), the Virginia Secondary Commission of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and the North Carolina Association of Independent Schools. He lives on campus with his wife, Kathleen; they have three children, Will, Kate, and Christopher.