
TEACHING EXCELLENCE
Our school’s most important resources are our teachers: highly-qualified, caring individuals who make each child their top priority. Our teachers’ long-term dedication to school and students translates into a stable learning environment.
Access to these talented people, at the center of a child’s education, is essential. Congressional encourages and facilitates parent-teacher interaction whenever and wherever possible.
FACULTY AND STAFF DIRECTORY
Adara Greer
Extended Hours Counselor: Preschool
Adrianna Jimenez
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 3
Akrem “AK” Idris
Extended Hours Counselor: Big School
Alek Dlacic
Facilities Manager
Alex Morris
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 5
Ali Sheibani
Director of Technology
Alla Stellakis
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Allison Watson
Junior Kindergarten Lead Teacher
Aly Daly
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 1
Alyce Penn
Director of Strategic Marketing and Communications
Amanda Luna
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 3
Amanda MacIver
Preschool Teaching Assistant
Anika Metcalf
Communications and Multimedia Associate
Anna Castro
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Dragonflies)
Ashley Spalletta
Music Teacher
Bianca Galarza
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 5
Brenna Ponting
Grade 1 Teacher
Brent Hinrichs
Associate Head of School, Director of Lower and Middle School
Brian Krauss
Director of Athletics and Physical Education
Caitlin Gibson
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Butterflies)
Caitlin McKearney
School Nurse
Cameron Yassine
Middle School English Teacher
Carlos Hernandez
Middle School Science Teacher
Cecilia Hernandez-Berrios
Administrative Assistant: Little School
Cecilia Mejia
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Grasshoppers)
Cheray Diggs-Parker
Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Ladybugs)
Cindy Dillon
Extended Hours Faculty: Preschool
Clara Ackerman-Echeverria
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 4
Claudia Cordova
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Busy Bees)
Courtney Press
Middle School Math Teacher
Cristelia Velasquez
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Dragonflies)
Cristina Torres
Little School Coordinator
Dan O’Neil
Director of Auxiliary Programs
Deborah Everson
Senior Accountant
Derek Bowley
Middle School Speech and Drama Teacher
Desmond McGlone
Middle School Math Teacher
Dessi Gad
Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Butterflies)
Diana Ochoa
Spanish Teacher
Dylan Reynolds
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Ladybugs)
Dylan Van Balen
Extended Hours Counselor: Grades 7 and 8
Edwin Gordon
Head of School
Eliana Rivas
Extended Hours Counselor: Big School Parent Pick-Up
Ellen Broetzmann
Registrar
Emilee House
Extended Hours Counselor: Preschool
Emily Manes
Grade 4 Teacher
Evie Hinrichs
Second Grade Teacher
Farhana Chowdhury
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Fireflies)
Frida Medina
Extended Hours Counselor: Junior Kindergarten
Gene Giammittorio
Assistant Director of Auxiliary Programs and Project Manager, Pool Renovation
Georgie Silva
Extended Hours Counselor: Big School Parent Pick-Up
Giuliana Haseler
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Gladys Popovics
Early Childhood Lead Teacher
(Busy Bees)
Gretchen Herbst
Director of Enrollment Management and Financial Aid
Haelah Shammas
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Dragonflies)
Heather Thompson
Librarian and Technology Specialist
Heeyong Lee
Maintenance Staff
Heidy Herrera
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Fireflies)
Holly Keimig
Middle School English Teacher
Ian Turkington
Auxiliary Programs Assistant
Isabelle Rovinsky
Middle School French Teacher
Jamie Xian
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Busy Bees)
Janet Turk
Kindergarten Teacher
Jennifer Cerna
Accountant
Jessica Orndorff
Director of Advancement and External Affairs
Jessie Madden
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Ladybugs)
Jill Penhale
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Grasshoppers)
Joe Kaht
Extended Hours Counselor: Preschool
John Cavanaugh
Middle School History & Latin Teacher
Johnny Suria
Extended Hours Counselor: Jr. Kindergarten
Jordan Merkel
Extended Hours Counselor: Grades 7 and 8
Jordana Rochkind
Middle School Art
Jose Ojeda
STEM Educator
Joyci Lopez
Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Grasshoppers)
Julio Cordova
Maintenance Staff
Julio Lopez Martinez
Auxiliary Program Coordinator and Spanish Teacher
Justin Muskett
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 6
Kathryn Gearhart
Physical Education Teacher and Athletic Coach
Kathy Giammittorio
Administrative Assistant: Little School
Kay Lauren Miller
Associate Director of Learning and Center for Teaching, Learning and Innovation
Kerry Ploetz
Grade 3 Teacher
Kim O’Neil
Assistant Head of School, Director of Early Childhood and Primary School
Kimberly Hernandez Berrios
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Butterflies)
Komi Komlan
Primary and Lower School French Teacher
Kristian Gutual
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 1
Laura Collins
Preschool Assistant Teacher
Leah Webster
Director of Learning and Center for Teaching, Learning and Innovation
Levi Herrera
Auxiliary Associate
Lisa Bicksel
Music Teacher
Lisa Harkins
Equine Director
Lisa Singleton
CFO and COO
Lisia Bailey
Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Dragonflies)
Lorenzo Proano
Extended Hours Counselor: Junior Kindergarten
Lucie Lytle
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 2
Mariam Hassan
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Mariana Pavon
Middle School Science
Maryam Razi
Junior Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
Maura Rice
Junior Kindergarten Teacher
Megan Gada
Physical Education Teacher and Athletic Coach
Michelle Fry
First Grade Teacher
Michelle Pacifico
Middle School Math Teacher, Primary and Lower School Math Specialist
Mihail Belicev
Physical Education Teacher and Athletic Coach
Mirella Gaines
Preschool Teacher
Mirtha Caycho
Early Childhood Lead Teacher (Fireflies)
My Chau Ha
Early Childhood Float
Rachel Binsky
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Ladybugs)
Rachel Douglass
Admission Associate
Rebecca Ginnetti
School Counselor
Richard Pagulayan
Maintenance Staff
Rosario Hodges
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Busy Bees)
Sam Mom
Administrative Assistant: Big School
Sara King
Assistant to the Head of School
Sara Krauss
Middle School Social Studies Teacher
Sarah Philip
Art Teacher
Sarah Smythe
Middle School Math Teacher
Sergio Jimenez
Extended Hours Counselor: Grade 1
Sofia Faloni
Extended Hours Counselor: Kindergarten
Sophia Gong
Grade 1 Teacher
Stefania Gomez
Spanish Teacher (Primary and Lower School)
Stephanie Hecker
Early Childhood Coordinator
Stephanie Phillips
Kindergarten Teacher
Susan Klein
Grade 3 Teacher
Susie Welty
Preschool Teacher
Tabitha DeMaio
Grade 2 Teacher
Terrence Pasley
Extended Hours Counselor: Preschool
Thuy Nguyen
Early Childhood Teaching Assistant (Butterflies)
Tim Smith
Fourth Grade Teacher
Todd Friedman
Third Grade Teacher
Tony Souphida
Technology Support Specialist
Trudy Parker
Junior Kindergarten Teaching Assistant
Waleska McGlone
Grade 2 Teacher