Mr. Greg Jacobs.  Mr. Greg Jacobs was born in Ohio and raised in the Cincinnati area.  He received his BS (1995) in Physics from Haverford College and his MS (1996) in Mechanical Engineering from Northwestern University.  Since 1996, he has taught in independent schools; he arrived at Woodberry Forest School, a boys' boarding school in central Virginia , in 2000.  Mr. Jacobs was appointed to the Board of Directors of the USAYPT in 2005 and has been a juror at the last two USAYPT International Team Selection Tournaments.  In 2007 he was appointed as the USAYPT Tournament Director. In February 2007 he supervised both the International Team Selection Tournament and the National Young Physicists Tournament. He has authored two books: 5 Steps to a 5: AP Physics and The Everything Kids Baseball Book. At Woodberry, Mr. Jacobs is the quarterbacks coach for the varsity football team, and the voice of Woodberry Forest baseball over the Internet.  He writes the weekly "Nachoman's Baseball" column during the major league season. In May 2008 Greg was elected as the Vice-President of the USAYPT in addition to his duties at Tournament Director. In May 2009, Greg was elected as the President of the USAYPT, passing his duties as Tournament Director on to Tengiz.

 

Mr. Jacobs is an AP Reader in Physics and a consultant for the College Board, leading several Advanced Placement Summer Institutes each year.