
Mr. Sean Padgett
Sean graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor's degree in music and a minor in comparative religion. While at Dartmouth he founded the Integrated Martial Arts Club as an affiliated training group of the Straight Blast Gym and served as the club’s lead facilitator. He earned a master’s in library and information science from Simmons College and was elected to Beta Phi Mu, the library science honor society. He joined Taft after five years at the Forman School (CT) where he served as the director of library services, educational technology facilitator, and a house parent, and coached soccer, wrestling, and rock climbing. Prior to Forman School, Sean worked as a genius admin for Apple and was head librarian at Applewild School in Massachusetts. He coaches wrestling, and has been honored as the New England Prep-School Wrestling Association assistant coach of the year. As Director of the Library at Taft, Sean holds The Library Science Chair. An avid golfer, Sean can often be found on the course or tinkering with clubs in his home workshop. Sean and his wife live in the Rockefeller Field House with their four cats, Xiao Hu (Hu Hu), Bridie, Kronk, and Meabh.