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
Marlene Dapice
Chair of the Science Department & Academic Advisor for Grade 9 (1989)
Flance Dervishi
Director of Athletics (2008)
Michele Ferreira
Assistant Director of Athletics and Student Life Coordinator (2016)
John Hale
Technology, Robotics & Schedule Coordinator (1997)
Kim Hayes
Paula James
Dean of Grades 1-3 (2009)
Richard Kruczek
Dean of Grades 9-10 (2002)
M.A. French Literature, Queens College (CUNY)
Languages Spoken:
English, Spanish, French
Agustin Melara
Ana Mesias
Lauren Murray
Sarah O’Sullivan
Dean of Grades 7-8 (1999)
Jacquelyn Renner
Dean of Grades 4,5,6 (2001)
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 Staff
Reshma Baig
Christine Haddad
Controller (2013)
Mary Petruso
Executive Assistant to the Head of School (2004)
Lisa Sohmer
College Counseling Associate (1996)
Elena Sokolova
School Nurse (2020)
Zachary Simpson
Development & Communications Associate (2022)
Faculty & Staff
Raymond Arias
Driver and Dining Staff (2021)
Monica Bonilla
Driver and Dining Staff (2021)
Jessica Caicedo-Marino
Dual Language Teacher (2021)
Herbert Carvajal
Maintenance (2011)
Ogier Castedo
After School Staff (2022)
Xin Yi Chen
Math Teacher and 8th Grade Advisor (2022)
Robert Daley
After School Staff (2020)
Ryan Daley
Classroom Assistant (2013)
Maureen DeGaetano
Classroom Assistant (2016)
Christine Drayer
Rory Duncan
Classroom Assistant and Driver (2021)
Euridice Eleftheriou
Classroom Assistant (2014)
Daniel Feldman
Science Teacher (2021)
Laura Ganley
Pre-K Teacher (2012)
Angelica Gomez
Classroom Assistant (2014)
Gabriel Gomis
French Teacher and 12th Grade Advisor (2005)
Rui Guimaraes
English Teacher (2021)
MaryRose Haddad
Davina Hardyal
Pre-K Teacher (2019)
Thomas Heineman
Music Teacher (2008)
Lenny Herrera
Math Teacher (2022)
Carl Holder
Diana Jaramillo
Pre-K Teacher (2022)
Tierison Karathanasis
Pre-K Teacher (2022)
Maya Kohinoor Khabir
Classroom Assistant (2021)
Mosammat Khalid
Pre-K Teacher (2015)
Claudia Lopez
Dual Language Teacher (2022)
Michael Malone
Maintenance (1995)
Kristen “Ms. A” Manson
First Grade Teacher (1995)
Christian McCarthy
Karina Mendoza
Pre-K Teacher (2016)
Catherine Mesias
Pre-K Teacher (2014)
Joseph Mesias
Classroom Assistant (2015)
Langauges Spoken:
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Omar Maldanado
Campus Security and Maintenance (2016)
Brenda Nitti
Classroom Assistant (2016)
Edward Orlowski
Fine Arts Teacher (2020)
Darien Ortiz
Science Teacher (2021)
Yaritza Perdomo
Pre-K Teacher (2021)
Hristina Petrova
Johnny Quizphi
Classroom Assistant (2020)
Jaclyn Ramirez
Pre-K Teacher (2021)
Stefany Guzman-Reynoso
Dining Staff (2021)
Jorge Rodriguez
Driver (2020)
Cheyenne Romero
Classroom Assistant (2022)
Jeremy Romero
After School Staff (2022)
Mariela Romero
Classroom Assistant (2021)
Anthony Greig Roselli
Chair of the English Department (2016)
Camari Sabal
After School Staff (2022)
Joanne Simeone-Vogel
Nursery Teacher (2014)
Selina Sultana
Classroom Assistant (2014)
Andrea Matute Vargas
Classroom Assistant (2019)
Rachel Vidal
Third Grade Teacher (2017)
Calogera Volpe
Nursery Assistant Teacher (2004)
Jalin Weaver
French and Spanish Teacher (2022)
Faith Wong
After School Staff (2022)
Lauren Yandow
Kindergarten Teacher (2014)
Jie Yang
Mandarin Teacher (2011)
Evelyn Zamora
Pre-K Teacher (2022)
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.