Meet Our Team
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Christopher F. Herman, M.Ed (2020)
Senior Leadership Team
Brad Battaglia
Upper Division Head & Director of College Counseling (2017)
Mary Maisano
Director of Finance (1992)
Kat Sullivan
Director of Enrollment Management & Marketing (2020)
William Vogel
Lower Division Head (1977)
Broad Leadership Team
Phil D’Anna
Dean of Grades 4-6 (2013)
Flance Dervishi
Director of Athletics (2008)
John Hale
Technology, Robotics & Schedule Coordinator (1997)
Paula James
Dean of Grades 1-3 (2009)
Sarah O’Sullivan
Dean of Grades 7-8 (1999)
Eileen Reyes
Dean of Grades N-K (1986)
John Tocco
Director of Facilities (1997)
Maria Victora
Director of Pre-K for All Program (2014)
Administration
Christine Haddad
Senior Accountant (2013)
Matthew Helsing
Development & Communications Associate (2017)
Mary Petruso
Executive Assistant to the Head of School (2004)
Lisa Sohmer
College Counseling Associate (1996)
Elena Sokolova
School Nurse (2020)
Faculty & Staff
Sylvia Alvarez
Pre-K for All Teacher (2019)
Diamanto Andreopoulou
Pre-K for All Assistant Teacher (2021)
Raymond Arias
Bus Driver
Monica Bonilla
Bus Driver
Michelle Bruzzese
Mathematics & Science Teacher (2016)
Jennifer Cabrera
Pre-K for All Teacher (2021)
Jessica Caicedo-Marino
Kindergarten Teacher (2021)
Cesar Carvajal
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher (2018)
Herbert Carvajal
Maintenance (2011)
Robert Daley
Staff
Ryan Daley
Pre-K for All Assistant Teacher (2013)
Marlene Dapice
Chair of the Science Department & Academic Advisor for Grade 9 (1989)
Maureen DeGaetano
Pre-K for All Teacher (2016)
Rory Duncan
Staff (2021)
Euridice Eleftheriou
Pre-K for All Teacher (2014)
Amira Esposito
English Teacher (2016)
Daniel Feldman
Science Teacher (2021)
Michelle Ferreira
Physical Education Teacher (2017)
Laura Ganley
Pre-K for All Teacher (2012)
Angelica Gomez
Pre-K for All Assistant Teacher (2014)
Gabriel Gomis
French Teacher (2005)
Rui Guimaraes
English Teacher (2021)
Davina Hardyal
Pre-K for All Teacher (2019)
Kimberly Hayes
Pre-K Assistant Teacher & Afterschool Coordinator
Thomas Heineman
Music Teacher (2008)
Mosammat Khalid
Pre-K for All Teacher (2015)
Maya Kohinoor Khabir
Pre-K for All Assistant Teacher (2021)
Richard Kruczek
Co-Chair of the History Department & Academic Advisor for Grade 11 (2002)
Lauren Little
Mathematics Teacher (2017)
Michael Malone
Maintenance (1995)
Kristen “Ms. A” Manson
First Grade Teacher (1995)
Andrea Matute
Pre-K for All Teacher (2019)
Agustin Melara
Chair of the Foreign Languages Department (2000)
Karina Mendoza
Pre-K for All Teacher (2016)
Ana Mesias
Head Chef (2000)
Catherine Mesias
Pre-K for All Teacher (2014)
John Paul Mesias
Maintenance (2012)
Joseph Mesias
Maintenance (2015)
Lauren Murray
Pre-K for All Teacher (2016)
Brenda Nitti
Pre-K for All Teacher (2016)
Edward Orlowski
Fine Arts Teacher (2020)
Darien Ortiz
Science Teacher (2021)
Yaritza Perdomo
Pre-K for All Teacher (2021)
Johnny Quizphi
Social Studies Teacher & Classroom Assistant (2020)
Jaclyn Ramirez
Pre-K for All Teacher (2021)
Jacquelyn Renner
Social Studies Teacher (2001)
Jorge Rodriguez
Bus Driver (2020)
Cheyenne Romero
Staff (2020)
Mariela Romero
Pre-K for All Assistant Teacher (2021)
Anthony Greig Roselli
Chair of the English Department (2016)
Joanne Simeone-Vogel
Nursery Teacher (2014)
Will Steinberger
Visual & Performing Arts Teacher (2021)
Selina Sultana
Pre-K for All Teacher (2014)
Vanessa Trujillo
Pre-K for All Teacher (2019)
Rachel Vidal
Third Grade Teacher (2017)
Calogera Volpe
Nursery Assistant Teacher (2004)
Lauren Yandow
Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Jie Yang
Mandarin Teacher (2011)
Owen Zach
Mathematics Teacher (2020)
Garden School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, religion, ethnicity, age, national origin, gender, or sexual orientation in its hiring and promotion of administrators, faculty and staff, and in its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.