Administration & Staff
Name Hired Title Degree(s)
David Holmes
2011 Head of School
B.A. MIddlebury College, M.A. Columbia University, Ph.D. Universtiy of Denver
Phil Huss
2000
Upper School Head B.A. Amherst College, M.A. Boston College
Ben Pettit
2009
Middle School Head
B.A. University of Denver, M.A. University of Northern Colorado
Bob Brock 1984 College Counselor B.A. Amherst, M.A.T. Harvard
Tana Dean
2008 Business Office Assistant
LPN, Upper Bucks County College
Melissa Elkins 2006 Director of Alumni Relations B.S. University of Utah
Janell Goddard 1994 Business Manager B.A. Central Washington University
Jan Hayes 1993 Librarian B.A. California State University
Keith Keim 2007 Facilities Manager Rogue Community College
Melanie Kragerud
2007 Business Office Assistant
Orange Coast Community College
Rob Landis
1999
Outdoor Program Director
B.S. Boise State University
Jill Perkins 1989 Director, Learning Specialist Program B.S. University of Wisconsin
Katie Robins 2000 Director of Admissions B.A. University of California, Berkeley
Gabby Rafford
2008
Educational Technology
B.S. University of New Hampshire, M.Ed. University of New Hampshire
Lisa Stelck
2010
Director of Development
B.A. University of California, Los Angeles, M.B.A. Stanford University
 Nicole Campbell     
 2011

Communications
Manager

 B.A. Colorado State University
Elementary School
Name Hired Title Degree(s)
Suzanne Buchanan
2010
ECC Teacher
B.A. Gonazaga University
Lisa Dirksmeier
2010
ECC Teacher
B.A. Boston College
Maria Goepfert-Maguire
2011 Spanish Teacher
B.A. Western Washington University, M.P.H. Boston University
Kathy Gibson 1988 Third Grade Teacher
B.S. University of Utah, M.S. Ohio State University
Cindy Hulbert 1988 Teaching Assistant
Elgin Community College
Gretchen Thoreen 2007 Kindergarten Teacher B.A. Washington State University, M Ed. Walden University
Beverly McNeal 1990 Fifth Grade Teacher
B.A. Longwood College
Tom Nash 2006 Drama Teacher
B.A.University of Denver
Hilarie Neely 1992 Dance Teacher
B.F.A. Southern Methodist University
Zoey Pierce 2006 Art Teacher (ES and MS) B.F.A Boise State University, M.A. Southwestern College
Bob Polk 2003 Science Teacher
B.A. Washington College, M.A.T. Lewis and Clark College
Janet Salvoni 2005 Fourth Grade Teacher
B.A. University of Massachusetts -Amherst, M.A. Cambridge College
Robin Seitz 2005 Administrative Assistant B.A. Edinboro University, Pennsylvania, M. Counseling Idaho State University
Mike Shane 2004 Second Grade Teacher
B.S. West Virginia University
Stacey Straley 1992 PE Teacher, Teaching Assistant
B.S. University of Wyoming
Lindsey Thomas            2011 First Grade Teaching Assistant
B.A. University of Utah, M.A. Naropa Univeristy
Katharine Weekes
2010
ECC Teacher
B.A. Hobart & William Smith College
Hannah Young
2010
First Grade Teacher
B.A. New York University, M.A.T. Lewis and Clark College
Middle School
Name Hired Title Degree(s)
Erika Connelly
2008
PE Teacher
B.S. Denver University, B.A. Denver University
Toni Coleman
2010 Sixth Grade Team
B.A Hampshire College, M.A. Columbia University
Yvonne Inman 1999 Administrative Assistant
Santa Rosa Junior College
Elliot Jacobs
2009
Sixth Grade Team
B.A. Bowdoin College, M.A. University of Montana
Nancy Parsons-Brown 1994 Sixth Grade Team,
French Teacher
B.A. University of Colorado, Boulder, M.Ed. Graceland University
Scott Runkel 1993 Eighth Grade Team
B.S. Cornell University

Naomi Goldberg

2007 Eighth Grade Team B.A. Duke University
Travis Vandenburgh
2008

Seventh Grade Team

B.S. Montana State University, M.S. Montana State University
Joel Vilinsky 2000 Seventh Grade Team
B.A. University of Albany, B.S. University of Albany, M.Ed. Tufts University, EVWP Fellow, College of William and Mary
Peter Webb
2010
Sixth Grade Team, Spanish Teacher
B.A. Middlebury College, M.A. Middlebury College
Upper School
Name Hired Title Degree(s)
Anne Aganon
2008 Art
B.A. Wesleyan Univ., B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute
R. Gary Brendel
2009
History
B.A. Union College, M.A. University of Denver, Ed.D. University of Denver
Willy Felton 2005 Math B.A. Willamette University, M.Ed. Western Governors University
Veronique Forgeat 1998 French, Spanish
M.A. University of Lyons
Mary Hall 2002 Administrative Assistant
B.A. University of Washington
Paul Hartl 1996 Science
B.A. Western Washington University,B.S. University of Washington,M.S. University of California, Davis,Ph.D. Scripps Inst. of Oceanography
Brad Hershey
2007 Music
B.M. University of Idaho
Phil Huss 2000 Upper School Head, English
B.A. Amherst College, M.A. Boston College
Jenny Kroncke
2010
History
B.A. Duke University
Pilar Lindahl 1988 Spanish
B.A. University of Madrid, M.A. University of Santa Barbara
Chauncy Pogue 2004 French, English
B.A. Colgate University,M.A. New York University
Tim Price
2010
English, History
B.A. University of Denver, M.A. University of Denver
Hannes Thum
2009 Science, Math
B.A. Dartmouth University
Mike Wade 1983

Math, Computer Science, Summer School Director

B.S. Carnegie Mellon University
M.B.A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kate Ristow
2011 English
B.A. Emerson College, M.F.A. University of Montana