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Faculty and Administration

Faculty

Early Childhood Center

ECC-Brimmer

Cris Bringas
Lesley University, M.Ed.
University of Asia and the Pacific, B.A.

Marya Outterson
West Virginia University, M.A.
University of Cambridge
Loyola University, M.S.W.
Northwestern University, B.A.

ECC-Charles

Marissa Clark
Tufts University, M.A.T.
College of the Holy Cross, B.A.

Kelly Sullivan
University of Colorado at Denver, M.Ed.
University of New Hampshire, B.A.

Kindergarten

K-Brimmer

Karen First
Wheelock College, M.A.
Indiana University, B.A.

Polly Pfau
Lesley University, M.Ed.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A.

K-Charles

Denise Bogosian
Wheelock College, M.S.
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, B.A.

Yvonne Liu-Constant
Tufts University, Ph.D.
Tufts University, M.A.
National Taiwan University, B.S.

First Grade

First Grade – Brimmer

Lucy Dubon
Harvard University, M.Ed.
University of Notre Dame, B.A.

Debra Knosp
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Colorado Women’s College, B.A.

First Grade – Charles

Jenine Almahdi
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Wesleyan University, B.A.

Michelle Bissanti
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Albion College, B.A.

Second Grade

Gabrielle Kyriakides
George Washington University, M.Ed., B.A.

Sarah Strasenburgh
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Tulane University, B.A.

Third Grade

Annalee Harris
Smith College, B.A.

Erika Roderick
Boston University, B.A.

Fourth Grade

Sarah Maxwell
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Harvard College, B.A.

Christine Valenti
Fordham University, M.S. Ed.
University of Colorado, Boulder B.A., B.S.

Fifth Grade

Neil Taylor
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Tufts University, B.A.

Alexandra Zodhiates
Brown University, B.A.

Sixth Grade

Amanda Golden
Tufts University, M.A.
Bates College, B.A.

Assistant Teacher

Uma Shanmugham
Tufts University, B.A.

Learning Specialists

Sarah Mulrooney
Harvard University, M.T.S.
Smith College, B.A.

Claire White Price
University of Vermont, B.A.

Art

George Anastos
Butera School of Art, Certificate

Librarian

Amanda Bock
Simmons College, M.A.
Smith College, B.A.

Music

Rebecca Fiarman
Simmons College, M.S.
University of Hartford, Hartt School of Music, B.M.
New York University, Kodaly Method Training, Three-Year Certificate

Physical Education

Lori Towle
United States Sports Academy, M.S.S.
University of Southern Maine, B.A.

Carl Geneus
Boston University, B.S.

Science

Susan Coolidge
Lesley University, M.Ed.
Antioch University New England, M.S.
Goucher College, B.A.

Tooey Rogers
Lesley University, M.Ed.
University of New Hampshire, M.S.
Harvard University, B.A.

Maria Aliberti Lubertazzi
University of Rhode Island, Ph.D.
Antioch University New England, M.Sc.
Middlebury College, B.A.

Spanish

Maria Acuna
University of Massachusetts, Boston, M.Ed.
Universidad Nacional Abierta, Venezuela, B.A.

Administration

Head of School

Nancy Harris Frohlich
Tufts University, M.Ed.
Beaver College, B.A.

Assistant Head of School

Arati Pandit
University of Nebraska, M.S.
SNDT University, India; B.S., B.Ed., M.Ed.

Director of Admission

Elizabeth Parfit
Dartmouth College, B.A.

Director of Operations

Jeff Morgan
University of Maine, B.S.

Director of Afterschool & Summer Programs

Natalie Brubaker
Emory University, B.S.

Director of Development & Communications

Suzanna Schell
University of Pennsylvania, B.F.A.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Diploma

Development Associate

Stephen Lampert
Bowdoin College, B.A.

Assistant to the Head of School

Stephanie Ellington
Denison University, B.A.

Executive Assistant

Robin Wilson
Katherine Gibbs, Executive Secretarial Program

Consulting Nurse

Mary Lou Kelleher
Regis College, B.S., M.S.

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