Lower School Parent Coffee with Mr. Davda, Incoming Head of School

The CBA Head of School Transition Committee is delighted to share that Mr. Krishna Rasik Davda, CBA’s incoming Head of School, will be visiting campus the week of March 16th. The goal of this visit is for Mr. Davda to further engage with parents, the administration team, and the school’s community partners.

Lower School Parents are invited to join Mr. Davda and their division director for coffee and conversation on Tuesday, March 17th at 8:15am.

Thank you all for your confidence as the Transition Committee works to ensure a successful and seamless transition in leadership for the CBA community. As always, please reach out with any questions to Elizabeth Waranch, director of institutional advancement, at ewaranch@cba-va.org. 

Krishna Rasik Davda, M.Sc., will join Chesapeake Bay Academy as Head of School beginning July 1, 2026. With over two decades of leadership in schools serving students with Learning Differences (LD), Krishna has served as Head of Student Experience at The Overlake School (WA), Head of Middle School at Perkiomen School (PA), and Program Director at Franklin Academy (CT). He is co-author of the upcoming U.S. State Department publication Getting Down to Business: A Playbook for Expanding and Enhancing Sustainable Student Support Services in International Schools, and holds an M.Sc. in Public Policy & Management from the University of London and a B.A. in Medical Ethics from New York University.

Current Role: Head of Student Experience at The Overlake School (WA). In this role, Krishna has provided leadership across Student Support programs, Experiential Education, Advising, Scheduling, Athletics, Academic Teams, Hiring, and Accreditation. He also contributed to the Wellbeing pillar of Overlake’s most recent Strategic Plan by introducing a team of educators to RULER, the evidence-based approach to social-emotional learning developed by Yale’s Child Study Center.

Previous Leadership: Head of Middle School at Perkiomen School (PA); fourteen years at Franklin Academy (CT), a boarding and day school serving students with LD in grades 8–12 and postgraduate. Rising from classroom teacher to Program Director, Krishna helped guide Franklin through critical growth years, establishing its reputation as a recognized model for neurodiverse learners.

Thought Leadership & Global Work: Co-author of the upcoming publication Getting Down to Business: A Playbook for Expanding and Enhancing Sustainable Student Support Services in International Schools (U.S. State Department), which provides frameworks for sustainable design of student support services worldwide. He has presented nationally and internationally on executive function, differentiated instruction, inclusion, student wellbeing, and skills-based teaching.

Education:
M.Sc. in Public Policy & Management, University of London, Centre for Financial and Management Studies
B.A. in Medical Ethics, New York University, Gallatin School