Kathy Barry
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Kathy is the Assistant Director of Admissions. She was the Manager of the Pennsylvania and Delaware Branch of the International Dyslexia Association prior to joining DVFS. Before working in the non-profit field, Kathy worked for many years in the investment management field. She has a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College. |
Chris Bedard
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Chris is DVFS's school nurse. She is an R.N. who graduated from Lankenau Hospital's School of Nursing in 1988. She has been a nurse on oncology and surgical-medical units and also has experience as a private duty nurse. |
Ron Beeler
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Ron is Assistant to the Director of Facilities. Ron worked as a Journeyman Carpenter at United Distilleries in Louisville, Kentucky for several years and more recently as Head Carpenter/Facilities Technician at Vanguard in Malvern, PA. |
Laura Brown
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Laura, our Alumni & Community Relations Coordinator. Laura has a background in theater, having worked at the Arden Theater and People's Light, and holds a MA in Theater Arts from Villanova University. |
Dave Brubaker
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Dave is the Academic Systems Director holding degrees from Elizabethtown College (BA in History, and Religion & Philosophy), Union Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity) and Columbia University (Certificate in Teaching and Learning with Technology, and a MA in Instructional Technology and Education). |
Barbara Cahill
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Barbara is the Math Department Chair and teaches upper school mathematics. She spent eight years teaching at the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia before coming to DVFS. Barbara earned her B.S. in Mathematics at Fairfield University in Connecticut and her M.A.T. at Connecticut College. |
David Calamaro
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David is Assistant Head/Academic Dean and a 15-year veteran of DVFS. He received an undergraduate degree in the field of Sociology at the University of Delaware, and a Master's degree in education at the University of Pennsylvania |
Hallie
Ciarlone
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Hallie is our Director of College Counseling. She holds a B.A. in
sociology and public policy from Franklin & Marshall College, and an M.Ed.
in School Counseling from Loyola University Maryland. Before joining DVFS,
Hallie was the Director of College Counseling at The Shoshana S. Cardin School
in Baltimore, MD.
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Linda Claiborne
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Linda teaches math at DVFS. Before coming to Delaware Valley Friends, she was at Hill top Preparatory School for eighteen years – predominantly teaching math and economics. Linda has a B.S. degree from the University of Pittsburgh. |
Sandy Clayton
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Sandy teaches upper school science. Prior to coming to DVFS, Sandy was Chairman of the Science Department and Director of the Transitional College Program at Hill Top Preparatory School in Rosemont where he taught since 1977. He has a B.S. in Secondary Education in Biology and Environmental Science from West Chester University and an M.A. in Health Education from Beaver College. |
Steve Cooney
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Steve teaches physics and mathematics. His first 14 years had him teaching only math, from middle school math through calculus. For the last 6 years he has taught mostly physics, with some math and MS science. He holds a BS from Drexel's College of Arts and Sciences and an MS from Drexel's School of Education. |
| Julie Corisdeo |
Julie, our Grant Writer, comes to DVFS from Alvernia University, where she ran the Annual Fund. She brings to us a strong background in grant writing and arts management, having worked at the GoggleWorks Museum in Reading and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Julie received her MA in Art History from Temple University. |
Sharon Crawford
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Sharon is beginning her 14th year as DVFS’ bookkeeper. She is experienced as an accountant, office and human resource manager. Sharon has a B.S. degree in accounting from Spring Garden College. |
Emma D’Alessandro
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Emma teaches Spanish at DVFS. She graduated from the University of Delaware and spent the summer of 2006-07 studying and teaching English as a foreign Language in Cadiz, Spain and a year in Madrid teaching English to pre-school aged children. |
Aisha Dawe
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Aisha teaches upper school social studies and language arts. In addition to teaching in schools, she had an eight-year tenure at People's Light and Theatre where she was an education/artistic associate. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College with a major in theatre. She has many years of experience with community service organizations. |
Bill Dawe
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Bill is in his seventh year of teaching at DVFS. He currently teaches English and Language Arts and leads the afterschool theater program. Prior to full-time teaching, Bill worked professionally as an arts educator, writer, and actor at the People's Light & Theatre Company. A graduate of Haverford College (2000), he received his teaching certification and an M.A. in Educational Leadership from Immaculata University (2008). |
Pritch Garrett
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Pritch is the Head of School and has served as Dean of Students, Assistant Head of School and Interim Head of School. Prior to coming to DVFS, he worked for sixteen years at the Carroll School, a school for children with learning differences. Pritch was head of the Middle School there for eleven years. He has also taught reading and language skills. Pritch has a B.A. from the University of Denver and is a trained Orton-Gillingham teacher. |
Nicky Garvan
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Nicky teaches social studies. Prior to DVFS, she worked at Radnor High School in special education. She has a B.A. in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania, a M.S.S. degree from Bryn Mawr School of Social Work, and a degree in reading from Cabrini College. Nicky is the student government co-advisor. |
Tom Gillern
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Tom teaches video, photography and art. He has 20 years of experience as a freelancer in the world of commercial photography and videography. He holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Edinboro University in Pennsylvania. |
Gray Goodman
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Gray is the Social Studies Department Chair and has been teaching upper school social studies for more than 20 years. He is a graduate of Haverford College with an M.S.Ed. from the University of PA and an M.A. in World History from Villanova University. |
Leslie Gonze
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Leslie teaches Spanish at DVFS. She graduated from Messiah College in
2010 and taught Spanish and English as a Second Language at a public
school near Harrisburg, PA during the 2010-11 school year. During
college, Leslie spent a semester abroad in Ecuador where she lived with a
native host family in the capital city of Quito. There, she attended la
Universidad San Francisco de Quito with other native and international
students. |
Norma Gottlieb
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Norma is Department Chair of the Art Department and teaches, upper & lower school art and culinary arts. Norma has a B.F.A. in printmaking from the Philadelphia College of Art. She was a cooking instructor at the Renfrew center in Philadelphia, a co-owner and executive chef of Gottlieb & Stern Catering Company in Connecticut and chef and manager of Jill's Vorspeise at the Reading Terminal Market. She was the co-editor of the Philadelphia Zagat Restaurant Survey and is a founding member of the Philadelphia Women's Culinary Guild.
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Beth Gray
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Beth is our school counselor. A graduate of Mount Saint Mary's
College and Immaculata College, she has worked in the counseling field
for 14 years. Prior to arriving at DVFS, she served as Director of
Guidance for 11 years at CFS, The School at Church Farm.
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Kathy Halligan
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Kathy joins DVFS as a teacher in the Language Arts department. She previously taught at The Crossroads School for 10 years. She holds a degree from University of Millersville in Special Education. Kathy trained at Teacher's College with Judith Birsh in Orton Gillingham Program. She is also trained in The Wilson Reading System, Just Words, Fundations, and Read Naturally Fluency Program. |
Glenn Heck
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Glenn is a founding teacher at DVFS. He teaches robotics, computer aided design, astronomy, and evolutionary biology and is chair of the science department. He holds a B.S. in Science Education from Westfield State College, Westfield, MA, with graduate work in computer education at Penn State University, and in environmental education at Beaver College. |
Treacy Henry
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Treacy is our Director of Development and oversees fundraising, special events, alumni and community relations for DVFS. She has more than 20 years experience working for non-profit organizations ranging from public television, to higher education, to a private school for children with special needs. An Emmy Award winning producer, Treacy has served as a volunteer on a number of non-profit boards, and is a faculty mentor for the Greater Philadelphia Chapter of AFP. Treacy holds a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Kay Herreshoff
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Kay is our afternoon receptionist and transportation coordinator and has more than thirty-five years of experience in busy offices, including 15 years at DVFS. Prior to that she served as receptionist and admissions coordinator at Pendle Hill, a Quaker and conference center. Kay studied liberal arts at the University of Michigan, as well as German at the University of Innsbruck Summer School. |
Roxanne Hewitt
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Roxanne teaches Middle School Language Arts. A graduate of both Elmira College and the State University of New York at Albany, Roxanne is also trained in the Orton-Gillingham technique for teaching remedial reading skills. |
Lisa Howell
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Lisa is Director of Marketing. Prior to DVFS, she worked for 10 years as a marketing and strategy consultant for various businesses and non-profits. She is a graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and has a master's degree in history from Villanova University. |
Shawn Jordan
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Shawn is the Director of Facilities. His work experience includes 20 years as the Facilities Director at Lockheed-Martin and Project Manager at Astra Zeneca. |
Kathy Justi
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Kathy teaches part time in the language arts department. She is a long-time DVFS faculty member. She has given workshops to college students, teachers and other professionals about learning differences and brain function. She has a bachelors degree from Rosemont College and a M.Ed. from Temple University. |
Bill Keeney
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Bill is the English Dept. Chair and has taught English at DVFS for over a decade. Bill has a strong interest in educational research and pedagogy, serves on the PBIDA boards, and he was the PBIDA Annual Co-Chair in 2008 and the Chair in 2009. He has published poetry, plays, and scholarly articles in American literature, and presents on reading at national conferences such as the IDA. He was awarded the West Chester Public Library's Literacy Hero Award in 2007. Bill earned his B.A. at Columbia University and his M.A. and Ph.D. at Boston University, where he studied with Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. |
Tom Kienhle
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Tom serves as the primary source of technical support to DVFS students, faculty and staff. Tom joined Edu-Tech at DVFS in the summer of 2007, after several years of service in a consulting capacity for other schools, including Kutztown University, Albright College and Pine Forge Academy. Tom has earned several hardware certifications for the service of desktops, laptops, printers and servers, as well as certification in supporting Microsoft Windows and Apple OSX. |
Kathleen Koehler
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Kathleen serves as a language arts tutor at DVFS Summer School for the past two years, and is joining the English Department as Teacher this year. Kathleen earned a BA from Oberlin College in 2006, and completed her Master's Degree at Rutgers University, Camden in May 2010.
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Elizabeth Kriynovich
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Elizabeth is in her sixth year at DVFS. She teaches in the English and language arts departments. She has a BA from The College of Wooster and an MA in English from the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College. |
Tom Lees
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Tom is a member of the Social Studies Department. He has taught at Episcopal Academy, at Waldron Academy (now Waldron Mercy Academy), and in the Philadelphia School District before coming to DVFS in 2003. Tom earned an A.B. in English with a Social Studies minor from Saint Joseph's University and a master's from Villanova. |
Deb Madonna
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Deb teaches middle and upper school language arts. She comes to DVFS from The Crossroads School where she taught for 20 years. With a B.S. Ed. from Cabrini College, Deb is dually certified in elementary and special education. |
John Maglio
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John assists the athletic department and is the boys' varsity basketball coach. He played college basketball at North Carolina State University where he earned his B.S. in Education. Two years ago, he was inducted into the Haverford High School Sports Hall of Fame. |
Helen Mannion
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Helen officially joins Delaware Valley Friends School this year as a full-time language arts teacher and an instructor of teacher training. Helen received her BA from Bucknell University and her M.ED. from Benedictine University in reading and literacy. She is a Certified Academic Language Therapist. Helen joined fellow DVFS teachers to study morphology and methods of teaching word structure to support spelling and reading with Melvyn Ramsden this summer in France. |
Susan Mayes
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Susan teaches language arts, and is the department chair. A native of Louisiana, she earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Louisiana Tech University. In the last twenty-five years, she has developed curricula and taught in public schools as well as at Eastern University. Susan represented the school in Japan as part of the Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Program and this past summer, traveled to Europe with the People to People Student Ambassador Program. |
Amy Miller
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Amy is a part-time teacher in the art department. She teaches drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics. She attended the Minneapolis College of Art and Design where she received her BFA in Furniture Design. She is a prolific artist and frequently shows work in the Philadelphia area. |
Bob Mueller
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Bob is the DVFS Business Officer. He has a B.A. in Biology from Swarthmore College. He is Chair of the Philadelphia Area Business Officers Association and Secretary of the National Business Officers Association. |
Esther Nyaga
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Esther is the Operations Manager in the Development Office. Esther holds a Bachelors degree in Education from Kenyatta University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration. |
Suzanne O'Neil
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Suzanne is the Director of Food/Beverage and Hospitality. With a BA in Organizational Management, she is completing graduate work at West Chester University in Entrepreneurial Education, and has a certification in food handling. In 2010 the 3EInstitute of West Chester University honored her as an Entrepreneurial Educator. |
Joy Paul
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Joy joins the middle school at DVFS this year teaching science. She has
been teaching science in independent schools for 17 years. Originally
from Chicago, she earned her BSED in Biology Education from West Chester
University and a Masters in Integrated Science Education from
University of Pennsylvania. She is certified in Biology and Middle
School Science. |
Blaise Perrone
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Blaise is the DVFS Service Learning Coordinator. He also coordinates the senior internships, teaches language arts and social studies, and is a founding member of the school's Wellness Committee. He holds a B.A. from Gordon College and an M.S. in Communications from Boston University. |
Nancy Piller
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Nancy serves in an advisory role to the school; she has been with DVFS for 13 years. Prior to moving to Pennsylvania, she was a social studies teacher and then public relations officer for a public school district in upstate New York. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at Buffalo. |
Jalal Rhamirich
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Jalal teaches physical education and is the Director of Athletics, he also heads our soccer program for both young men and young women. A graduate of Mohammed V University in Morocco, Jalal is a World Cup Indoor Soccer player who competed as the captain of the Moroccan National Team in Mexico and Bolivia. |
Jodi Rice
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Jodi is a member of the Art Department, teaching classes in ceramics, sculpture, drawing, painting and mosaics. Jodi studied art therapy at the University of the Arts and received her B.F.A. in sculpture. She has shown her artwork locally in Philadelphia and New York City as well as international exhibitions. |
Sara Rivers
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Sara is the Director of Teacher Education. She comes from Stratford Friends School where she was the Director of Teacher Training. Sara is Certified Academic Language Therapist (ALTA), and a Qualified Instructor. She is an instructor in Orton-Gillingham methodology courses leading to certification. |
Tina Rumsey
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Tina teaches Language Arts at DVFS. Before coming to Delaware Valley
Friends, she drafted construction contracts and was an SAT instructor.
Tina holds a B.A. in English and Spanish from Bryn Mawr College, J.D.
from Temple, and M.S.Ed from University of Pennsylvania. |
Bob Sager
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Bob is the President of Edu-Tech and serves as the Technology Services Director at DVFS. Bob holds a B.S. in Elementary Education/Early Childhood Development and a B.A. in Political Science/International Studies from The Ohio State University, as well as his M.Ed. in Instructional Technology from what is now Arcadia University. Bob has earned several hardware certifications for the service of Apple desktops, laptops and servers, as well as Apple OSX. |
Donna Santa Maria
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Donna is our morning receptionist, attendance coordinator, and assistant to the marketing department. She is a graduate of West Chester East High School and has 30 years of administrative experience. Before working here she was Administrative Assistant to the Head of School at Goshen Friends School. |
Cass Savage
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Cass will be teaching English in the middle school this year. She has taught middle and high school English and language arts. She has a BS from Edinboro University and a degree in Special Education from Penn State. Cass is also trained in Wilson, Orton-Gillingham, Project Read (language training, comprehension, written expression), and Lindamood Bell. |
Heather Schmerman
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Heather is our American Sign Language Teacher. She graduated from California State University, Northridge with a Communication Studies degree. She also teaches American Sign Language at Community College of Philadelphia, Main Line Night School, and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communication Center. Heather enjoys traveling, experiencing different cultures and food, theatre, arts, fitness and learning languages. |
Jason Seggern
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Jason is the middle school coordinator and science teacher. A graduate of Temple University, Jason taught science at Wyncote Academy for 4 years and has also worked in the field of fitness and rehabilitation therapy for several area healthcare facilities. |
Tracy Seggern
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Tracy is the school registrar. She was born and educated in England, but has lived and worked in the U.S. for more than 20 years. |
| Judy Sheridan |
Judy is the Assistant to the Head of School. She spent many years working at a private school in Dublin, Ireland, where she was the Bursar and also coached field hockey and tennis. |
Meredith Shinners
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Meredith teaches Language Arts and Creative Writing, and is a recent graduate of Penn State with a degree in secondary education. She has taught in Central Pennsylvania and Inverness, Scotland, and is very excited to be teaching language arts at DVFS. |
Tim Simmons
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Tim teaches upper school English and music. Before coming to DV, Tim taught at Mercy Vocational High School in Philadelphia, Gwynedd Mercy Academy in Gwynedd Valley, and Saint Michael Indian School in Window Rock, Arizona. Tim received his undergraduate degree in English at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. |
Ken Sinapius
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Ken is the school's ABLE director. He has worked in experiential education for over 20 years. He worked as a program director for Outward Bound in the Chesapeake Bay area for ten years. He also worked for Outward Bound in various capacities in England, Malaysia, and Hurricane Island, Florida. Ken has traveled worldwide. He holds a B.S. in Outdoor Education from Unity College in Maine and a M.S. in Business from John Hopkins University. |
Jean Smith
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Jean came to the DVFS language arts department after ending a long career as an English teacher at Upper Darby. She holds an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College, a Masters in Teaching English from Duke University, certification in Secondary Guidance from Villanova University, and advanced training in counseling from the University of Pennsylvania. Jean has specialized in the development of hands-on grammar and essay writing materials for kinesthetic and visual learners. |
Sam Steinberg
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Sam teaches social studies in the Middle School. He is a native New Yorker who, before coming to DVFS from The Woodlynde School, taught at the The Windward School in New York. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he holds Masters degrees in both Education and Special Education from Manhattanville College. He is trained in the Preventing Academic Failure and Basic Writing Skills Programs. |
Caitlin Sullivan-Thompson
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Caitlin joins DVFS teaching middle school math. She has a bachelor's degree from Boston University in Math Education and a Masters from Rosemont College in School Counseling. She previously taught middle school math for two years in Massachusetts. She taught high school math in Philadelphia at Mastery Charter for a year. |
Kathleen Koehler
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Kathleen serves as a language arts tutor at DVFS Summer School for the past two years, and is joining the English Department as Teacher this year. Kathleen earned a BA from Oberlin College in 2006, and completed her Master's Degree at Rutgers University, Camden in May 2010. |
Mary Ellen Trent
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Mary Ellen Trent is our Director of Admissions. Before joining DVFS she was Coordinator of Educational Outreach and Admissions at Academy in Manayunk, Manager of the Pennsylvania and Delaware Branch of the International Dyslexia Association in Rosemont and a tutor at the Masonic Learning Center for Children in Pittsburgh. She has been trained in Orton-Gillingham, RAVE-O, and the Wilson Language System's Overview, Fundations, and Just Words. She has been a Human Resources Director, Recruiter, Union Representative, and Assistant Store Manager for Bloomingdale's and Macy's locations in New York, New Jersey and Maryland. Mary Ellen has a B.A. from Ohio Wesleyan University. |
Rosalind Turner
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Roz teaches math at DVFS. She spent 20 years teaching at the Hill Top Preparatory School, as well as several years in the Philadelphia School District. She has a B.A.S. degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a M.Ed. from Temple University. In addition she has studied math and special education at Rowan University. |
Claire Wanamaker
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Claire comes to DVFS from United Friends School in Quakertown, PA. She teaches mathematics and advises the Yearbook Staff. She has a B.S. from Ursinus College with a major in mathematics. She holds a Secondary Mathematics Instructional II Certificate and a Masters of Education from Chestnut Hill College. |
Bruce Williamson
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Bruce teaches upper school chemistry and is certified in math and physics as well. He holds a B.S. Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University, M.S. Chemical Engineering from Ohio State, and M.S. Education from Widener University Board of Directors.
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