Our Team

The needs of the world are too pressing—and the world is changing too quickly—for us not to develop passion in students from a young age.

Head of School, Board of Trustee & Board Advisor

Raymond Chang

CO-FOUNDER & HEAD OF SCHOOL

Jean Jones

Co-Founder, Chair & Trustee

Jane Du

Co-Founder, Vice-Chair & Trustee

Joel Getz

Trustee

Amir Reza

Board Advisor

Academics Team

Chuck Claus

DEAN OF ACADEMICS & MATH TEACHER

Adrianna Loback

MATH TEACHER & MATH DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Ihab Ismail

SCIENCE TEACHER & SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Dejai Barnes

HUMANITIES TEACHER & HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Li Xie

MANDARIN TEACHER & WORLD LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT CHAIR

Suzanne Ashun

ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNER (ELL) TEACHER & ELL CURRICULUM LEAD

Anna Trunina

Math Teacher

Kimi Nguyen

MATH TEACHER

Josephus Dossen

SCIENCE & ROBOTICS TEACHER

Hillary Magier

SCIENCE TEACHER

Caolan Madden

HUMANITIES TEACHER

Maxwell Steinbrick

HUMANITIES TEACHER

Maria Camacho

SPANISH TEACHER

Belinda (Xu) Luo

MANDARIN TEACHER

IDEA Team

Greg Mertz

DEAN OF IDEA PROGRAM

Allie Silber

DIRECTOR OF CURRICULUM & INTERDISCIPLINARY PROGRAM & TEACHER

Prachi Shah

INNOVATION STUDIO TEACHER & IDEA DIRECTOR

Erin Grocki

VISUAL ARTS TEACHER, ARTS DEPARTMENT CHAIR & IDEA DIRECTOR

Baldev Rawat

ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHER & IDEA DIRECTOR

Rucha Kale

Innovation Studio Teacher & Designer in Residence

Dina Gjertsen

MATERIALS AND METHODS SPECIALIST

Pietro Valastro

ENTREPRENEURSHIP TEACHER

Allison Taaffe

THEATER ARTS TEACHER

Susan Snoonian

VISUAL ARTS & DIGITAL STORYTELLING TEACHER

John Nolan

MUSIC TEACHER

William Chi

MUSIC & PERFORMING ARTS TEACHER

Student Success Team

Jenni Franklin

DEAN OF STUDENT SUCCESS & HEAD OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

Cynthia Bushey

DIRECTOR OF LEARNING ENGAGEMENT

Jeremy Rosenholtz

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE COUNSELING

Amanda Gagne

Registrar & Student Information System Administrator

Lara Kay

SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Nikki Glick

SCHOOL COUNSELOR

Student Life Team

JGo Gordon

DEAN OF STUDENT LIFE & HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL

Frankie Beyer

DIRECTOR OF RESIDENTIAL LIFE

Angel Jackson

Director of Leadership, Culture & Professional Growth

Brogan Ulf

NURSE MANAGER

Tian Robinson

ATHLETICS & EXPLORATIONS COORDINATOR

Jennifer Callei

COMMUNITY LIFE COORDINATOR

Admissions Team

JD Rogers

HEAD OF ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT

Kevin Bisson

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

Kathy Song

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS

Kaitlin McCarthy

ADMISSIONS COUNSELOR & OFFICE MANAGER

Operations Team

Tiffany Chang

VP OF ADVANCEMENT & HEAD OF OPERATIONS

Steve Trask

DIRECTOR OF SAFETY & SECURITY

Dana Mackenzie

FACILITIES MANAGER

Michael Fried

CHEF MANAGER

Hanna Qiu

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Jiefu Tan

OPERATIONS COORDINATOR

Business Team

Jillian McCarthy

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Maggy Godfroy

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Daniel Dade

BUSINESS OFFICE MANAGER

Ryan Kim

IT HELP DESK TECHNICIAN

Marketing & Communications Team

Ellie Han

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS

Di Lyu

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER

Sasha Cohen

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR

Erickson Adon Suero

SOCIAL MEDIA & DIGITAL MARKETING SPECIALIST