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

: 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

: Katie McAllister (She/Her, Ms.)
Special Services Coordinator

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

: Kabian Rendel (She/Her, Ms.)
Head of School

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

: Emily Szczech (She/Her, Ms.)
Development Manager

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

Birth to Three

: Aina de Lapparent Alvarez (She/Her)
Communication Coach in Training

: Pia Etchegoin, M.S., CCC (She/Her)
Communication Coach

: 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

: Tatiana Sarkhosh, PhD, MPH, RN, IMH-E® (She/Her)
Program Director

Preschool – Eighth Grade

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

: Cate Conlon (She/Her, Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Paige Fahr (She/Her/Hers, Ms.)
Special Education Resource Room Teacher

: Carmen Haber (She/Her/Hers, Mrs.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Gina Hemenway (She/Her, Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: Marissa Martian (She/Her, Ms.)
Teacher of the Deaf

: June Pen (She/Her, Ms.)
Paraeducator

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

: Sara Rodriguez (She/Her, Mrs.)
Paraeducator

: Lindsay Sharpe (She/Her, Miss)
Paraeducator

: Ashlee Tejada (She/They, Mx.)
Interpreter/Paraeducator

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

Specialized Services

: Kelsey Boone, M.S. CCC-SLP (She/Her/Hers, Ms.)
Speech Language Pathologist

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

: Catelyn Tweeten, Au.D., CCC-A (She/Her, Miss)
Audiologist

Board of Trustees

Kenneth Alhadeff – President Emeritus

Judy Ottren Callahan

Jean Collings – Board President

Doug Eickerman – Board Treasurer

Irene Karlsen Thompson

Merri McBride – Board Vice President

Daryl Reichstein

Leslie Rosen