School Leadership
Dr. Susie Tanchel, Head of School
Rabbi Joel A. Alter, Rav Beit HaSefer and Assistant Head of School
Terri Hootstein Grogan, Assistant Head of School for Development and Communications
Sue Stibel, Director of the Lower School; Coordinator of General Studies and Curricular Integration, K-8
Dorit Zmiri, Director of the Middle School; Coordinator of Jewish Studies and Curricular Integration, K-8
Sharona Givol, Director of the Hebrew Language Program
Roxanne Pappenheimer, Director of the Learning Center
Orna Siegel, Director of Admissions and Community Outreach
Ed Black, Business Manager; Director of Operations

Lower School Faculty
The first teacher listed for each class is the Hebrew-speaking teacher, and the second is the English-speaking teacher.
Gan Nitzan (Kindergarten): Karin Gavish; Emily Beck; Rachel Davenport (assistant teacher)
First Grade (Oren): Yaffah Korinow; Brenda Dolan; Joanne Camann (DeLeT Intern)
Second Grade (Arava): Michal Baruch (Hebrew/Judaics); Andrea Silton (Judaics/Hebrew); Chavah Levine Goldman; Tamar Rotstein (DeLeT Intern)
Third Grade (Erez): Michal Baruch (Hebrew/Judaics); Meg Lederman (Judaics/Hebrew); Jocelyn Segal
Fourth Grade (Alon): Ayelet Lipton; Deborah Barolsky
Resource: Debbie Kintish; Peter Sperber; Karen Schlissel-Elkabets

Middle School Faculty
Hebrew: Maayan Lipiner; Vered Singer; Shiri Katz-Gershon
Humanities (5-6): Samara Hendin (5); Kathy Parnes (6)
Humanities (7-8): Joanne Baker (English); Jared Matas (History)
Mathematics: Irina Kader-Braginsky; Samara Hendin; Steven Goldman
Resource: Ilene Weiner
Science: Stephen Lechener; Mimi Gammon
Tanakh: Joel Alter; Andrea Silton; Dorit Zmiri
Toshba: Claudia Marbach; Joel Alter

Specialists
After School: Gary Alpert, Director; Emily Kalina, Assistant
Art: Vered Singer
Dance: Alla Shimron
Music: Marina Gorny
Physical Education: Steve McDonough

Administration
Joanne Baker, Staff Writer
Chris Battista, Staff Accountant
Diana Burns, Development Associate
Claire Caine, Director of IT Operations and Education
Kristin Kretschmer, Associate Director of Communications
Kathy Parnes, Middle School Coordinator
Sarah Perron, Receptionist
Arkady Potashinsky, Maintenance
Aliza VosLevitz, Assistant to Head of School; Office Manager