We

thrive.

Staff and Board

Faculty and Staff

Administration

: Amy Barrett (She/Her)
Bookkeeper

: Alfred “A.J” Blaisdell (He/Him/His, Mr.)
Director of Educational Programming

: Bahi’chi Castañeda (He/Him, Mr.)
School Office Assistant

: EC Caucci (They/Them, Mx.)
Special Education Compliance Manager

: Jim Collier (He/Him/His, Mr.)
Facilities Manager

: Samuel Dahlin (He/Him/His)
Accountant

: Idalis Herrera (She/Her, Ms.)
Executive Assistant

: James E. Kilpatrick, Jr., Ph.D. (He/Him/His)
Dean of Deaf Studies

: Noelle Nicholas (She/Her, Mrs.)
Project Manager

: Kabian Rendel (She/Her)
Head of School

: Sara Reyerson (She/Her, Ms.)
Chief Operating Officer

: Yoshiko Saheki (She/Her, Ms.)
Annual Giving Manager

: Andrea Vanni (She/Her, Ms. or Mrs.)
Communications Manager

Birth to Three

: Jill Y. Bargones, Ph.D., CCC-A (She/Her)
Program Lead

: Brandie Fisher, M.Ed.
Communication Coach

: Shyla Geck, M.S. (She/Her)
Communication Coach

: Amy McCall, M.S., CCC-A (She/Her)
Communication Coach

: Ninalynn McGruder, M.Ed. (She/Her)
Communication Coach

: Kim Pygott (She/Her)
Program Assistant

: Tatiana Sarkhosh, MPH (She/Her)
Program Director

Preschool – Eighth Grade

: Amy Ausdenmoore (She/Her)
Paraeducator

: Faithlyn Bass (She/Her, Mrs.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Emily Buettemeier (She/Her, Miss)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Ana Crow (She/Her, Ms.), M.S. SPED
Teacher of the Deaf

: Sheila Gowan (She/Her, Mrs.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Tracy Hubbell (She/Her, Ms.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Angela Laine (She/Her)
Paraeducator One-on-One

: Laura Lundy (She/Her, Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Sara Mayfield (She/Her, Miss)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Ciara Ontiveros (She/Her, Mrs.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Linda Penwell (She/Her, Ms.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Lilian Reynolds (She/Her, Miss or Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Lindsay Sharpe (She/Her, Miss)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Maddi Shinner (She/Her, Miss or Ms.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Maggie Vandermar-Poor (She/Her, Miss or Ms.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

: Anne Welch (She/Her, Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

Specialized Services

: Pia Etchegoin (She/Her, Ms.)
Speech Language Pathologist

: Alisa George (She/Her, Mrs.)
Coordinator of Sign Language Instruction

: Ailsa Stewart (She/Her, Ms.)
Audiologist

Board of Trustees

Kenneth Alhadeff – President Emeritus

April Atwood – Board President

Judy Ottren Callahan

Doug Eickerman – Board Treasurer

Frederic W. L. Harder – Board Vice President

Barbara Luetke

Daryl Reichstein

Leslie Rosen

Kenneth Teasley – Board Secretary

Gretchen Williams