Speakman and Nowland join Tower Hill’s Board of Trustees

Isabella Speakman Timon ‘92 is a trustee of Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts, a co-educational secondary day and boarding school. She was until recently a director of the Speakman Company, a plumbing manufacturing business based in Wilmington, Delaware. She is the president of the Curran Foundation, which aims to positively impact the lives of children and young adults in the Delaware Valley. Previously Timon worked for Lavinia Lemon Interiors in Washington, D.C., before starting her own design business in the Philadelphia area. She also worked for six years on various political campaigns and lobbying projects before returning to school for her master’s degree in interior design from the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design in Washington, D.C.  She began her career in New York City’s publishing and marketing industry after graduating from Trinity College with a B.A. in history in 1996. Timon currently resides in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Philip, two children and four step-children, four of whom attend Tower Hill currently: Peter Timon ‘20, Catherine Timon ‘21, Isabella Johnson ‘24 and Jasper Johnson ‘26.

David Nowland ‘85 is the head of media for Latin America for Kimberly-Clark, a global Fortune 500 company that manufactures personal care products. Nowland worked at The Coca-Cola Company from 1999 to 2013, promoted through various advertising and media planning roles culminating in integrated marketing communications director for the South Latin Business Unit. He served as international media manager at McCann Erickson from 1995 to 1999. Nowland graduated from William & Mary in 1989 with a degree in economics and earned an M.B.A. from IESE Business School – University of Navarra in 1995. He lives in Atlanta with his wife, Cathleen. Nowland’s family had numerous ties to Tower Hill: His late sister, Blair, graduated in 1984; his late brother, Philip C. Nowland, graduated in 1982 and worked in the Middle School from 1992-2001; his late father, Philip J. Nowland, graduated in 1948; and his grandfather, Paul J. Nowland, was a Tower Hill trustee from 1936-1970.