Our staff
Receive the highest-quality education from world-class teachers using the latest and leading standards, practices and innovations.
Principal leadership team and assistants
Gabe Lee
Head of School
Colleen Quernemoen
Principal of Student Well-being
Justin Crull
Principal of Teaching and Learning
Nini Hao
Assistant to the Head of School
June Sun
ECC + Elementary Principals' Assistant
Jane Wu
Secondary Principals' Assistant
Early Childhood teaching team
Goodwill Riggins
ECC Teacher
Phoebe Zhuang
ECC Teaching Assistant
Michelle Bishop
ECC Teacher
Susan Yu
ECC Teaching Assistant
Chuck Birkenstock
ECC Teacher
Joy Cassel
ECC Teaching Assistant
Elementary teaching team
Leah Shin
Elementary Teacher
Nancy Wangling
Elementary Co-Teacher
Heather Brown
Elementary Teacher
Bernadette Rautenbach
Elementary Teacher
Dee Mofokeng
Elementary Teacher
Elim Zhang
Elementary Co-Teacher
Doris Zhao
Elementary Teaching Assistant
Phoebe Dong
Elementary Teaching Assistant
Taylor Parman
Elementary Teacher
Vivian An
Elementary Co-Teacher
Jo Anna Kolbe
Instructional Coach
Esther Han
Elementary Co-Teacher
Jasmine Huang
Elementary Teaching Assistant
Erica Mack
Elementary Teacher
Secondary teaching team
Kevin Bates
Secondary Philosophy Teacher
Daniel Cassel
Secondary English + Drama Teacher
Judy Guo
Secondary Philosophy Teacher
Anna Igumnova
Culture and Communications Teacher
Ann Liu
Secondary Math Teacher + Math HOD
Mary Wang
Secondary Math Teacher + Co-Teacher
Betty Zhou
Secondary Math + ELS Teacher
Seina Kang
Secondary Math Teacher
Shine Shi
Secondary Science Teacher
Julio Morales
Secondary Science Teacher
John Usher
Secondary Social Studies Teacher
Adrian Thompson
Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher + Robotics Teacher
Megan Lee
College and Career Counselor
Tara Guiffredo
Secondary English + Drama Teacher
James Riggins
Secondary Social Studies Teacher
Fine Arts team
Amber Fu
ECC + Elementary Art teacher + Co-Teacher
Alexa Manascero
Secondary Art Teacher
Kevin Yu
Secondary Visual Arts Teaching Assistant
Davina Miaw
Music Teacher + Fine Arts HOD
Elise Prater
Music Teacher
Mia Liu
Specialist Teaching Assistant-Music
Daniel Cassel
Secondary English + Drama Teacher
Tara Guiffredo
Secondary English + Drama Teacher
Physical Education + Athletics
Gloria Oh
PE Teacher + PE HOD
Eric Kang
PE Teacher
Adrian Thompson
Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher + Robotics Teacher
Andy Li
General Teaching Assistant-PE
Chinese Language department
Liza Wang
Chinese Teacher + Chinese HOD
Amy Qi
Chinese Teacher
Catherine Sun
Chinese Teacher
Hope Yang
Chinese Teacher
Esther Zhang
Chinese Teacher
English Language Support team
Diana Wu
ELS Teacher
Rosaline Lee
ELS Teacher
Ilia Mazurin
ELS Teacher
Margaret Turauskene
ELS Teacher
Rachel Zhao
ELS Teacher
Sarah Hu
ELS Teacher + ELS HOD
Betty Zhou
Secondary Math + ELS Teacher
Janine Rye
ELS Teacher
Student Well-being
Melissa Hosek
Learning Support Coordinator
Hannah Li
Nurse
Yvonne Ng
Secondary Well-being Counselor
Nancy WangSijie
ECC + Elementary Well-being Counselor + Learning Support Co-Teacher
Connie Li
Learning Support Assistant
Sandy Qu
Learning Support Co-Teacher
Marketing, Admissions and Communications team
Wesley Bishop
Marketing, Admissions and Communications Director
Jenny Min
Korean Liaison
David Hu
Brand and Media Specialist
Nancy Duan
Registrar and Marketing, Admissions and Communications Liaison
John Kim
Marketing, Admissions and Communications Assistant
Support staff
Ben Bowser
Team Director
Karen Anderson
LifePlus Director of Adult Learning
Melanie Wang
HR Director
Lisa Liu
Manager of FMH
Nancy Usher
Finance Manager
Esther Sun
Transportation Manager
Carol Tan
Public Relations Director
John Wu
IT Director
Rose Xu
Cafeteria Manager + Security and Purchasing Manager
Sarah Zhou
LifePlus Director of Adult Learning for National Staff
Qiao Hongqi
Chef + Cafeteria Manager
Laura Ruan
HR Assistant
Angel Luan
Librarian
Maggie Li
CLTC Teacher
Emily Xu
IT Support
Jessica Qiu
Cashier
Cherry Zhang
Accountant
Amanda Yuan
LifePlus Teaching and Learning Assistant
Fan Zhao
PowerSchool Engineer
David Cui
Maintenance Technician
Peter Cui
Janitor
Diao PeiGang
Janitor
Zang JianJun
Janitor
Tian Xingjun
Chef
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