Carl J. Lovejoy, BA

Carl is thrilled to be back at Mountain Valley in a consulting role, after moving from Mountain Valley into a Development role with Moosilauke Visions in 2022. Carl previously served Mountain Valley as Executive Director, Director of Communications and Development, Director of Operations, and Director of External Affairs.

Involved in independent school education for more than three decades, Carl is a veteran educator, administrator and fundraiser. He joined the Mountain Valley staff in 2011 from the Oliverian School, an alternative boarding school for students who have struggled in traditional academic environments, where he served as Director of External Affairs and as a member of the School’s Board of Trustees. Over the course of his career, he has been recognized for his work by such organizations as the Educational Testing Service, The Boys’ Club of New York, the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs and the Junior Boarding Schools Association, of which he is a co-founder. Prior to Oliverian, Carl worked as a teacher, coach, dormitory parent and administrator at Kimball Union Academy, Cardigan Mountain School, Tabor Academy and St. Paul’s School. He is a graduate of St. Paul’s School and Colby College, as well as the Stanley H. King Counseling Institute. He was named to the Board of the IECA Foundation in 2014 and is a member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Association of Independent School Admission Professionals.

As a co-founder and member of Mountain Valley’s original leadership team, Carl’s passion for the Mountain Valley mission is palpable. Carl has always loved working with kids – he actually prefers to be around kids significantly more than he does adults! When given the opportunity in 2011 to start the Mountain Valley Treatment Center, he jumped. After 30 years of working with students who, for the most part, did not need any sort of therapeutic support, he was able to team with a talented group of professionals to establish Mountain Valley, and feels fortunate to have been involved with Mountain Valley’s steady growth over the past eleven years, and to have an impact on some of the most amazing adolescents and young adults he has have ever met.

Carl and his wife, Cari, live on Mascoma Lake in nearby Enfield, NH. The Lovejoys have three married sons (and five granddaughters and a grandson!): Ben is a Dartmouth College graduate and a retired National Hockey League player (and Stanley Cup champion!), Matt is a graduate of both the University of Virginia and the Curry School of Education at UVA and is Managing Director at Mariner Platform Solutions and is based in Los Angeles, and Nick, a Dartmouth graduate, is a Vice President for Barclays Capital in New York City. Carl loves spending time coaching youth hockey, riding his bike or Peloton, and spending time with Cari and their family.