Faculty & Staff

Head of the School Stephanie J. Hull, Ph.D.
Senior Administration
Academic Dean and Dean of the Faculty Heyden White Rostow ’67
Business Manager William Bardel
College Advisor Melanie Choukrane
Director of Development Lewise H. Lucaire
Director of Lower School Admission Winifred M. Mabley
Director of Middle and Upper School Admission and Financial Assistance Joan Kaplan
Interim Head of the Lower School (K-IV) Maria-Anna Zimmermann
Head of the Middle School (V-VIII) Tasha Elsbach
Head of the Upper School (IX-XII) Evelyn Segal
Department Heads
Art Elizabeth Stainton ’77
Classics James Mulkin, Jr.
Computer Education Katherine Hallissy Ayala
Drama Robert Duke
English Susan Sagor
History Gail Sussman Marcus
Learning Skills Linda Boldt ’64
Library Patricia Aakre
Mathematics Martha Newport (fall)
Edith Starr (spring)
Modern Languages Robin Cantone
Music Joan Krause
Physical Education Tammy Zazuri
Science Laurie Seminara

STEPHANIE J. HULL
HEAD OF THE SCHOOL
B.A., Wellesley College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

PATRICIA AAKRE
HEAD LIBRARIAN
B.A., University of Iowa; M.S., Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science

LUCIE AIDINOFF ’76
ENGLISH; ADVISORCLASS VIII
B.A., Harvard-Radcliffe; M.A., Columbia University

MATTHEW AIKEN
PERCUSSION
B.Mus., University of Oregon; M.Mus., Eastman School of Music

***FUNKE AKINOLA
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS II
B.A., Hunter College; Certificate, Wesley Teachers Training College, Ghana

JALEH AMOUZEGAR
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., George Washington University; M.Ed., Lesley College

CAROL R. ANGELL
LEARNING SKILLS
B.A., Bucknell University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

KATHERINE HALLISSY AYALA
HEAD OF THE COMPUTER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

ANNA MARIA BAEZA
CLARINET
B.Mus., M.Mus., University of Southern California; D.M.A., SUNY Stony Brook; Charles Neidich, David Shifrin, Mitchell Lurie, Guy Deplus

KAREN BALLIETT
ROOM TEACHER, CLASSI
B.A., Brown University; M.S., Bank Street College of Education

DINA D. BARKER
PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ADVISOR, CLASS VI
B.S., SUNY New Paltz; Athletic Trainer Certification

JENNIFER M. BARTOLI
GRAPHIC DESIGN AND COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR
B.A., East Stroudsburg University

ANNA BIALOBRODA
ART
B.F.A., M.F.A, Otis Art Institute; Independent Study Program, Whitney Museum of American Art

MARIAN R. BICKS
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A.T., Harvard University

††SHERI L. BLAU
MATHEMATICS
B.S., University of Michigan; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

LINDA BOLDT ’64
HEAD OF THE LEARNING SKILLS DEPARTMENT
B.A., Bard College; M.Ed., Tufts University School of Education;
M.S., Bank Street College of Education

SUSAN S. BORBAY
REGISTRAR; VIOLIN
Elementary School Teaching Certificate, Kantonales Oberseminar, Zürich; lic. iur., University of Zürich

LOUISE M. BOZORTH ’61
COMPUTER EDUCATION, WEBMASTER
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., New York University

MARTHA BREISCH
ASSISTANT TO THE BUSINESS MANAGER
B.A., Hunter College

KATHERINE BRENNAN ’92
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A.T., Boston University

AMANDA BROWN
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Muhlenberg College

ORY BROWN
VOICE
B. Mus., M.M., Westminster Choir College; Christopher Arneson, Will Crutchfield

TIM BROWNELL
DRAMA; ROOM TEACHER, CLASSVIII
B.A., Middlebury College

GABRIELLE BRUSSEL
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., Hunter College; J.D., Brooklyn Law School; M.I.A., Columbia University

MARTIN BURMAN
GUITAR
B.A., Bard College; M.A., Wesleyan University

ANNIE SPADER BYERLY
ROOM TEACHER, KINDERGARTEN
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Hunter College

PAUL J. BYRNES
SCIENCE; ROOM TEACHER, CLASSXII
B.S., State University College at Buffalo; M.S., Pace University

PENELOPE CAKE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION, DANCE
B.A., Bennington College; Graduate Study, Bank Street College of Education

WYNNE CAMPBELL
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Lafayette College

ROBIN CANTONE
HEAD OF THE MODERN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT; SPANISH
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., New York University

ADRIANA CASAS
ASSISTANT HEAD OF THE LOWER SCHOOL; CO-SUPERVISOR OF ASSOCIATE TEACHERS; MATHEMATICS
B.A., Universidad de Los Andes; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

FAYE CHAPMAN
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES
B.S., New York Institute of Technology

ANGELA CHEUNG
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Colgate University

ANNIE CHEUNG
SCIENCE
B.A., Colgate University

MELANIE CHOUKRANE
COLLEGE ADVISOR; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

SHERRY CHOW
VIOLIN; VIOLA
B.A., Barnard College joint program with Manhattan School of Music; Ariana Bronne

MARY K. CHRISTIANSEN
ART
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

REBECCA CHYNSKY
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS II
B.A., Ithaca College; M.A., Hunter College

LUIGI CICALA
ART
B.A., Colorado College; M.F.A., The New York Academy of Art

JOSEPH CIVITA
FOOD SERVICE CONSULTANT
New York Community College

DEBBIE CLEMETSON
EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL
B.A., Temple University

JENNIFER COLLINS ’77
MATHEMATICS
B.A., M.A., Columbia University

JOHN COOGAN
SECURITY SUPERVISOR

KENNETH M. CRONIN, JR.
BUILDING SUPERINTENDENT

JOSEPHINE B. DAVID ’61
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
B.A., Wellesley College; Graduate Study, Oxford University; M.A., New York University

CYNTHIA DIAZ
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS I
B.A., Wellesley College

JILL DiJOSEPH
RECEPTIONIST
Fordham University, New School for Social Research, Hunter College

KIMA DOBSON
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
B.S., Winthrop University; M.B.A., University of North Carolina; Parsons School of Design

JENELLE DOUGLAS-DEODATH
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE REGISTRAR
B.S., M.S., New York Institute of Technology

NANCY M. DRAGO
SCHOOL COUNSELOR; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.A., Southern Connecticut State University; M.S., Millersville State University of Pennsylvania

ROBERT D. DUKE, JR.
HEAD OF THE DRAMA DEPARTMENT
B.A., Williams College

WILHELMINA MARTIN EAKEN ’64
ALUMNAE DIRECTOR
B.A., Bard College

DANIEL EGAN
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.M., St. Olaf College; M.A., Eastman School of Music; M.Phil., Yale University

TASHA ELSBACH
HEAD OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL; HISTORY
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

DALE EMMART
ART
B.F.A., Cooper Union School of Art; M.F.A., The Rhode Island School of Design

PIETRO ENNIS
COMPUTER EDUCATION; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VII
B.F.A., New York Institute of Technology; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

GRACIELA ESPANA
SPANISH
PhLic., M.S., Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile; M.A., Middlebury College

JOAN FAUGHNAN
CONTROLLER
B.A., Queens College

CAROLE R. FISCHER
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT
Ohio State University

LIZ FISHMAN
ASSOCIATE, CLASS V
B.A., Williams College

PAUL FOGLINO
MATHEMATICS; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
B.A., B.S., Columbia University

SABRINA FOWLER
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
COPY CENTER

SARAH W. FOY
FRENCH; ADVISOR, CLASS X
Baccalauréat, Lycée Français de New York; B.A., Mills College; M.A., Hunter College; M.Phil., Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center

ROBERTA D. FRANK
PIANO
B.Mus., M.Mus., Manhattan School of Music

DARCY FRYER
HISTORY; ADVISOR, CLASS XI
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

MIREILLE GARNAULT-KUMAR
FRENCH
B.A., M.A., Université de Poitiers, France; M.A., New York University

JESSICA GAYNOR
DANCE
B.A., Brown University; M.F.A, California Institute of the Arts

ANDREA M. GILROY
MATHEMATICS; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VI
B.A., Hartwick College; M.A., SUNY Stony Brook

DEBRA EVE GLICK
MATHEMATICS; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.A., Hunter College; M.A., New York University

KATHERINE GOLD
SCIENCE
B.A., Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; M.S., Ohio University

MARSHA GOMEZ
FOOD SERVICE MANAGER

ANNABEL GORDON
CELLO; ADVISOR, CLASS VII
B.Mus., Mannes College of Music; Timothy Eddy, Jerry Grossman, Isaac Stern, Leonard Rose

NATASHA GRAY
HISTORY; ADVISOR, CLASS VIII
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

JIAN GU
MANDARIN CHINESE
B.A., East China Normal University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

YONGSOO HA
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
B.S., Cornell University; Graduate Study, Syracuse University, New School/Institute of Audio Research

BELINDA HAAS
LEARNING SKILLS
B.A., Leicester Polytechnic, England; M.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

HOWARD HALL
COORDINATOR, ADMINISTRATIVE COMPUTING; VIOLIN
B.Mus., Mannes College of Music; Graduate Study, SUNY Stony Brook; Teachers College, Columbia University; Violin: Paul Zukofsky, Joyce Robbins

THOMAS L. HARRISON
HISTORY
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.Phil., Columbia University; Graduate Study, University of Washington

MARILYN HEINEMAN
LEARNING SKILLS
B.A., Thiel College; M.A., M.Ed., Teachers College, Columbia University

RUTH K. HELMAN ’69
HISTORY; ADVISOR, CLASS XI
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

KATHERINE A. HENDERSON
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.S., SUNY Cortland; M.S., University of New Hampshire

NANCY KELLERMAN HOUGH
CELLO
B.A., Lehman College, CUNY; M.Mus., Manhattan School of Music; Evangeline Benedetti, Timothy Eddy, Lotte Bamberger, Julius Shaier

JACQUES F. HOUIS
FRENCH; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
B.A., Temple University; M.A., New York University

DAPHNE M. HURFORD
LEARNING SKILLS
B.A., New York University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

MARINA JACKSON
COMPUTER EDUCATION; ADVISOR, CLASS IX
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

DAVID JAMES
CHORUS ACCOMPANIST; PIANO
B.M., Auckland University; M.M., Peabody Conservatory; Janetta McStay, Lillian Freundlich, Leon Fleisher

KATE JAVENS
ART; ADVISOR, CLASS VI
C.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts

JOYCE E. JERDEN
RECEPTIONIST
University of Missouri; Johns Hopkins University

KARYN JOAQUINO
MUSIC, PIANO; ADVISOR, CLASS VIII
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

JOAN KAPLAN
DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.A., SUNY Buffalo; M.A., New School for Social Research

JAMES KARB
SCIENCE
Sc.B., M.A., Brown University

KAREN KARLSRUD
VIOLIN; VIOLA
B.A., Oberlin College; Frances Magnus, Rachmael Weinstock, Richard Young

JESSICA J. KENNEDY
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
Associate’s Degree, La Guardia College

GRACE HAEUN KIM
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Smith College

JU YEON KIM
ROOM TEACHER, KINDERGARTEN
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

MI WON KIM
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., New York University; Graduate Study, Bank Street College of Education

JEE LEONG KOH
ENGLISH
B.A., Oxford University; M.A., Sarah Lawrence College; Postgraduate Diploma in Education, National Institute of Education, Singapore

JOAN KRAUSE
HEAD OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT, VOICE
B.Mus.Ed., Northwestern University; M.Mus., Hartt School of Music; Artist’s Diploma, Cleveland Institute of Music; Maria Farnworth, Benton Hess, George Vassos

CHRISTOPHER LA MORTE
GYMNASTICS
The University of New Mexico; B.S., Hunter College

JACQUELINE LECLAIR
OBOE
B.Mus., Eastman School of Music; M.Mus. and Graduate Study, SUNY Stony Brook; Richard Killmer, Ronald Roseman

*KEMLLEN LEE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.S., Hunter College

MIA LEONARD-SOLIS
CO-TEACHER, CLASS V
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

CLAUDINE LESPES
FRENCH; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
Baccalauréat, Université du Québec; M.P.S., Manhattanville College

DOUGLAS LEVINE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ADVISOR, CLASS XI
B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., University of New Mexico

LEWISE H. LUCAIRE
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
B.A., Southern Methodist University

MAURA LYONS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.S., SUNY Cortland

WINIFRED M. MABLEY
DIRECTOR OF LOWER SCHOOL ADMISSION
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Graduate Study, Bank Street College of Education

AIMEE C. MacLAGGER
LOWER SCHOOL LIBRARIAN
B.F.A., SUNY Brockport; M.A., Cleveland State University; M.S., Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science

GINA MALIN
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., College of New Rochelle; M.P.A., New York University

MARGARET MALUF
MATHEMATICS; ADVISOR, CLASS IX
A.B., Vassar College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

SYLVIA MARCH
CERAMICS
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.F.A., Kyoto City College of Fine Arts

THOMAS M. MARCH
ENGLISH
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University

GAIL SUSSMAN MARCUS
HEAD OF THE HISTORY DEPARTMENT; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VII
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., M.Phil., Yale University

ELLEN MARES
SPANISH; ADVISOR, CLASS IX (SPRING)
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Middlebury College

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE COLLEGE ADVISOR

OLIVIA MARTINEZ
VIOLIN; VIOLA
B.M., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.M., Mannes College of Music

GABRIELA MASTRANGELO
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Stonehill College

MARIA D. G. MAYORGA
SPANISH
B.A., M.A., Seville University; Graduate Study, Seville University, Menéndez Pelayo International University, Santander, and CUNY

**JAMES McDONALD
ENGLISH, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS V
B.A., Dickinson College; M.Ed., Rutgers University

SIRKKA L. McMENAMIN
PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ADVISOR, CLASS VII
B.S., Helsinki University, Finland; M.A., Brigham Young University

SALLY LEWIS MEISNER
MATH SPECIALIST
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Bank Street College of Education

VALERIE MENDELSON ’75
ART HISTORY
B.A., Harvard University; M.F.A., Brooklyn College; Ph.D., CUNY

OLIVIA METZGER
COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR
B.A., Yale University

PAIGE ANDERSON MORLEY
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS II
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

JAMES MULKIN, JR.
HEAD OF THE CLASSICS DEPARTMENT; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS XI
B.A., University of the South; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University;
M.A., Ph.D., CUNY

MOMOKO MURAMATSU
PIANO
B.Mus., New England Conservatory; Diplôme Supérieur, Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles; Professional Studies, Conservatoire Nationale de Paris

MARI NAKACHI
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., Harvard University; J.D., University of Virginia School of Law

KAREN A. NEDBAL
SCIENCE
B.A., Vassar College; M.Ed., Harvard University; Graduate Study, Teachers College, Columbia University

PATRICIA ANN NEELY
DOUBLE BASS
B.A., Vassar College; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College

MARTHA NEWPORT
MATHEMATICS; ACTING HEAD OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT (FALL); ADVISOR, CLASS XI
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., University of Texas; Graduate Study, Rice University

AMY NICHOLS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTORS OF ADMISSION AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
B.A., SUNY Binghamton

SARAH OEHM
SCIENCE; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS X
B.S., Stanford University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

REBECCA OSBORNE
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.A., Ohio Wesleyan University

GABRIELLE LONDON PALITZ ’76
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
A.B., Smith College; M.Arch., Columbia University

KARL PARANYA
MATHEMATICS; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VIII
B.S., Haverford College

DANIA PERMESLY
ASSISTANT TO THE ACADEMIC DEAN AND DEAN OF THE FACULTY
B.A., Eckerd College

MIKE PIENCIAK
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Eugene Lang College; Graduate Study, Hunter College

JOY PLAISTED
HARP
B.M., University of Minnesota; M.M., The Juilliard School; Graduate Study, Conservatoire de Music, Genève; Nancy Allen, Catherine Meyer-Eisenhoffer, Frances G. Miller

MATTHEW D. PLUNKETT
PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS IX; HEAD OF CLASS IX (SPRING)
A.B., Lafayette College

LISA A. POLLACK
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE UPPER SCHOOL
B.A., Beloit College

FREDI POMERANCE
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., New York University

NAOMI PRESS
ADMISSIONS ASSISTANT
B.S., Cornell University; M.P.P.M., Yale University

OMAR QURESHI
HISTORY
B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

EILEEN RACANELLI
B.S.N., R.N., SCHOOL NURSE
B.S.N., C.W. Post College, Long Island University; Diploma, Queens Hospital Center School of Nursing

KAREN READY
SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE SCHOOL
B.A., M.A., SUNY Binghamton; Graduate Study, University of Tübingen

JUDITH REIBEL
EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

JEAN RENFIELD-MILLER ’70
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSION
B.A., Connecticut College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; Ed.M., Harvard University

DAVID RENTZ
MUSIC; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VII
B. Mus., Washington University in St. Louis; M.M., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.M.A., Yale University

ELLY DWYER RICE
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS III
B.S., Yale University; M.S.Ed., Bank Street College of Education

MARY RICHTER
CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR
B.A., Bates College

JOANNA RIOS
DIRECTOR OF ACTIVITIES; ASSISTANT REGISTRAR
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., University of Virginia; Graduate Study, CUNY

DARSHANIE RISHUDEO
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES

KERRY ROEDER
LIBRARY ASSISTANT
B.A., St. Joseph’s College; Graduate Study, Queens College School of Library and Information Studies

BARBARA ROSEN
ROOM TEACHER AND HEAD OF CLASS VIII
B.A., Michigan State University; M.S., The City College of New York

LIZA ROSEN
CAMPAIGN ASSOCIATE
B.S., Cornell University; M.P.S., SUNY-ESF

HEYDEN WHITE ROSTOW ’67
ACADEMIC DEAN; DEAN OF THE FACULTY; ENGLISH; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge University; Graduate Study, Columbia University

ALISON RUBIN
DIRECTOR OF CLUBHOUSE
B.S., Tulane University; M.Ed., Bank Street College of Education

SEAN M. RYAN
FIELD HOUSE MANAGER; PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.S., St. John’s University

†TARA NEELAKANTAPPA SAFRONOFF
ENGLISH
A.B., Amherst College; M.A., Graduate Study, Columbia University

SUSAN SAGOR
HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT; ADVISOR, CLASS XI
Mount Holyoke College; B.A., Hunter College; M.A., M.Phil., CUNY

JULIE SAMARA
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Middlebury College

JESSICA L. SAMET
ASSISTANT TO COUNSELING SERVICES AND TO THE HEADS OF CLASSES VIII AND IX
B.A., University of Michigan

YESENIA SANTANA
ROOM TEACHER ,KINDERGARTEN
B.A., Brown University; M.S., Bank Street College of Education

COLEEN SCALESI
SCIENCE LAB ASSISTANT

KIMBERLY SCHER
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., SUNY Binghamton

LAURA SCHMIDT
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS I
B.A., MacMurray College; Graduate Study, Teachers College, Columbia University

FRANCESCA SCHWARTZ
PSYCHOLOGIST
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research

ANIKA SCHWARZWALD
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Brown University

EVELYN SEGAL
HEAD OF THE UPPER SCHOOL; MATHEMATICS; ADVISOR, CLASS XII (FALL)
Sc.B., Brown University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

JUDITH SEIDEL
COMPUTER EDUCATION
B.A., Yale University; M.S., Bank Street College of Education

LAURIE SEMINARA
HEAD OF THE SCIENCE DEPARTMENT; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS IX
B.S., Barnard College; M.A., Ed.D., Columbia University

SUSAN SEUFERT
PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
B.S., M.Ed., University of North Carolina at Greensboro

**PANKTI SEVAK
SCIENCE; ROOM TEACHER AND HEAD OF CLASS IX (FALL)
B.S., M.A., Cornell University

PENELOPE SHARROCK
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS IV
B.A., Vassar College

CHRISTINE SHERIDAN
ANNUAL FUND COORDINATOR
B.A., Hofstra University

MIHO KAWAGOE SIEGEL
PIANO
B.Mus., M.Mus., Juilliard School; Beveridge Webster, John Perry, Peter Serkin

ROBIN C. SLUCHAN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
New York University

HELAINE L. SMITH
ENGLISH; ADVISOR, CLASS VI
A.B., Boston University; M.A., Hunter College

LESLIE E. SMITH
DIRECTOR OF MAJOR GIFTS
B.A., Mt. Holyoke College; M.A., George Washington University

**LORRE SNYDER
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
B.S., SUNY Brockport; Graduate Study, Teachers College, Columbia University

CLAYTON SQUIRE
SCIENCE; ADVISOR, CLASS XII
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., San Francisco State University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

ELIZABETH STAINTON ’77
HEAD OF THE ART DEPARTMENT; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.A., Wesleyan University

*EDITH N. STARR
HEAD OF THE MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT; ADVISOR, CLASS XII (SPRING)
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

MIMI STAUBER
DRAMA
B.S., Northwestern University; M.A., New York University

SHARON G. STEARNS ’63
SENIOR DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE AND RECORDS MANAGER
B.A., Smith College

SARA STULL
ASSOCIATE, LOWER SCHOOL
B.A., Dickinson College

DHIMAS SUGIARTO
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIST
Music Business and Audio Engineering, Five Towns College; A+ Training and Certification, Thomson NET; Mac OS X Server Essentials, Apple Training

AKIYO SUZUKI
MUSIC, PIANO
B.A., Musashino College of Music, Tokyo; M.A., New York University; Kodály Certificate, New York University

KATHERINE SWETT ’78
ENGLISH; ADVISOR, CLASS XI
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

FRANCES P. THORNDIKE
ENGLISH, HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS V
B.A., Boston State College; M.S., Bank Street College of Education

SHARON THOMAS
LEARNING SPECIALIST
B.A., Georgetown University; M.S., University College London; M.S., Hunter College School of Education

RANDI TIMAN
CO-SUPERVISOR OF ASSOCIATE TEACHERS; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS III
B.A., SUNY Binghamton

SALLY TITTMANN
ART, CARPENTRY
B.A., Yale University; The New York Studio School

ELISABETH UMLANDT
PLAY AND CRAFTS PROGRAM
Kindergarten Teachers’ School Marienheim, Salzkotten/Westfalen, Germany

JEFFREY VENHO
TRUMPET; TROMBONE; FRENCH HORN
B.Mus., M.Mus., The Juilliard School; William Vacchiano, Raymond Crisara, Ted Weis

RENATE von HUETZ ’72
ENGLISH
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

MARY S. WADEMAN
ROOM TEACHER, CLASS IV
B.S., Skidmore College

PATRICIA WATERS
PIANO
B.M., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.M., SUNY Stony Brook; Gilbert Kalish

TISH WEBSTER
PHOTOGRAPHY; ADVISOR, CLASS IX
B.A., New College of the University of South Florida

E. JANVRIN WEEKES
MATHEMATICS
B.S., University of Puget Sound; M.S.T., University of New Hampshire

KARYN WEISS
DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES
B.F.A., Pratt Institute

FRANCES S. WHEELER
LEARNING SKILLS
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University

RICHARD T. WHITE
SCIENCE
B.A., Goddard College; M.S., University of Vermont

MICHELLE WHITNEY-MORRISON
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE HEAD OF THE LOWER SCHOOL

LAURIE WILLIAMS
CLASSICS; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.A., Wellesley College; Graduate Study, University of Pennsylvania

SHERRI WOLF
ENGLISH; ADVISOR, CLASS VII
B.A., Yale College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

JENNIFER SEGRETO WOLK
LIBRARIAN; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VI
B.A., Quinnipiac University; M.L.S., C.W. Post, Long Island University

KENNETH WOLLITZ
RECORDER
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Graduate Study, Amsterdam Conservatorium

TOM WRIGHT
CLASSICS
B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

HUI YIN
MANDARIN CHINESE
B.A., Beijing University; Graduate Study, Harvard University

REVA YOUNGSTEIN
FLUTE
B.Mus., Manhattan School of Music; M.Mus., Yale University School of Music; Julius Baker, Ransom Wilson, Michael Parloff, Nadine Asin

JANE E. ZAGAJESKI
SCIENCE; ROOM TEACHER, CLASS VI
B.A., Columbia University; M.S., Rutgers University

TAMMY ZAZURI
HEAD OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS; ADVISOR, CLASS X
B.S., University of Delaware

MARIA-ANNA ZIMMERMANN
INTERIM HEAD OF THE LOWER SCHOOL; MUSIC
Juilliard Pre-College; B.A., Barnard College; M.Mus., Manhattan School of Music; Violin: Louise Behrend, Hamao Fujiwara, Burton Kaplan, Isaac Zaslavsky

* Sabbatical Leave, first semester
** Sabbatical Leave, second semester
*** Sabbatical Leave, 2007–2008
Leave, 2007–2008
†† Leave, second semester