Head of School
802.422.5671 x. 211
tsmith@killingtonmountainschool.org

Tao's concern for students' success academically and athletically is unparalleled and exemplifies the mission of Killington Mountain School. In 2001, Tao left a faculty position at Gould Academy to take up running the Killington Mountain School; he has been singularly devoted to the success and growth of the school ever since.

Tao grew up racing at Suicide Six before attending Gould Academy and then the University of Vermont, where he was on two national championship teams (1992 and 1994). He is the current president of VARA—the Vermont Alpine Racing Association—and a member of the USSA Eastern Alpine Competition Committee.

In his free time Tao enjoys riding his bike, fishing and playing in the Vermont hills and on the coastal beaches of Long Island with his wife, Dawn, and their six children.