Head of School

Mr. Charles A. "Tony" McGeorge, Head of School

Mr. Charles A. "Tony" McGeorge returns to Phelps in 2026, having been Head of School from 2020 to 2023. Mr. McGeorge brought distinguished professional experience across the business, nonprofit, and academic sectors to Phelps. He was the co-founder and former president of Mustang Scholars’ Foundation, Inc., which provided college scholarships to underprivileged young men and women of promise. Currently, the Mustang Foundation focuses on bringing Ukrainian students from the war zone to U.S. boarding schools.

Before joining Phelps, Mr. McGeorge served as president of the Missouri Military Academy (MMA) in Mexico, Missouri, and of Valley Forge Military Academy and College (VFMAC) in Wayne, Pennsylvania. He is a former president of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States and served on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools. Mr. McGeorge was named among the National Association of Boarding Schools Initiative Top 100 school heads.

Mr. McGeorge began his business career at Johnson & Johnson. During his tenure there, he helped found two operating companies: McNeil Consumer Products Company (Tylenol) and Johnson & Johnson Health Management, Inc. He was selected as one of Johnson & Johnson's national spokespersons during the Tylenol poisoning crisis, which became a Harvard Business School case study and made business history.

His academic background includes a B.A. in Sino-Soviet History from Boston University and an M.S. in the Dynamics of Organizations from the University of Pennsylvania. He holds a certificate from the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Graduate School of Education in School Management and Leadership. He has also earned both the Advanced Management and Educational Leadership certificates from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business.

Mr. McGeorge taught in the Graduate School of Business at St. Joseph's University and was selected to develop the Capstone for the Pharmaceutical MBA. He also teaches Strategic Management and Organizational Theory at Eastern University and serves as a Guest Lecturer at Immaculata University, the University of the Sciences Philadelphia, and Ursinus College.

Mr. McGeorge, a poet and former member of the Board of Directors of the Iris N. Spencer Poetry Awards at the Westchester University Poetry Center, is a recipient of the McKesson Foundation’s Neil Harlan Award, PECO’s “Hometown Hero,” and the Ronald Reagan Gold Medal. He is also Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory Council and has been awarded the Order of St. George, Knight Commander, and the title of President Emeritus at the Missouri Military Academy.

Mr. Charles A. "Tony" McGeorge
tmcgeorge@thephelpsschool.org