College Counseling: Meet the Office

You may reach individual College Counseling staff members through e-mail by clicking their e-mail link below.

Bill Mason

Title: Director of College Counseling
Degree: Bowdoin College, BA (English/Economics)
Phone: (508) 786-6251
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Mr. Mason had a long and distinguished career in college admissions before coming to St. Mark’s in 1994 as Director of College Counseling. He has served as Assistant Director of Admissions at Yale University and Williams College, as well as Director of Admissions at Bowdoin College and College of the Holy Cross. He was also a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy for three years. Besides guiding St. Mark’s students through the college admissions process, Mr. Mason serves as a Weekend Administrator and basketball game timer. He and his wife Jen have a home in Brunswick, Maine where he enjoys recreational reading, gardening, cross country skiing and fly fishing.

Lee Prudden Wells

Title: Associate College Counselor
Degree: Wesleyan University, A.B.; Middlebury College, M.A.
Phone: (508) 786-6394
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Ms. Wells has been a presence at St. Mark’s School for more than twenty-five years. She presently teaches three sections of German and is Assistant College Counselor. In that capacity, she works directly with 16 students and is the coordinator of testing and tutoring for the entire student body. In addition to her teaching and college counseling duties, Lee is secretary of the Cum Laude Society. Before making St. Mark’s her home, Ms. Wells worked for a book distributing company and spent a year assistant teaching in Germany on a grant from the PAD-Fulbright Hays. She and her husband Ken (the “crazy physics teacher”) and their kids Katrina and Chris spend their summers and the occasional free weekend at their old farmhouse in New Hampshire. Lee’s hobby is baking bread.