Our staff

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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

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Colleen Quernemoen

ECC and Elementary Principal

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Justin Crull

Principal of Teaching and Learning

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Julio Morales

Secondary Principal

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Nini Hao

Assistant to the Head of School

June Sun

ECC + Elementary Principals' Assistant

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Jane Wu

Secondary Principals' Assistant

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Early Childhood teaching team

Chuck Birkenstock

ECC Teacher

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Michelle Bishop

ECC Teacher

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Goodwill Riggins

ECC Teacher

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Susan Yu

ECC Teaching Assistant

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Phoebe Dong

ECC Teacher Assistant

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Anthea Chen

ECC Teacher Assistant

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Elementary teaching team

Leah Shin

Elementary Teacher

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Nancy Wangling

Elementary Co-Teacher

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Heather Brown

Elementary Teacher

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Edison Zhao

ECC Teacher Assistant

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Dee Mofokeng

Elementary Teacher

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Doris Zhao

Elementary Teaching Assistant

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Bernadette Rautenbach

Elementary Teacher

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Esther Han

Elementary Co-Teacher

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Jo Anna Kolbe

Elementary Teacher

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Vivian An

Elementary Co-Teacher

Erica Mack

Elementary Teacher

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Elim Zhang

Elementary Co-Teacher

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Phoebe Zhuang

Learning Support Assistant

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Secondary teaching team

Kevin Bates

Secondary Philosophy Teacher

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Daniel Cassel

Secondary English + Technology Teacher

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Judy Guo

Secondary Character + Ethics and Leadership Teacher

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Anna Igumnova

Secondary Teacher + ELS Teacher

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Ann Liu

Secondary Physics + Math Teacher

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Betty Zhou

Secondary Math Teacher

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Seina Kang

Secondary Math Teacher

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Shine Shi

Secondary Science + Biology + Chemistry Teacher

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Dr. John Usher

Secondary History + Economics + Psychology Teacher

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Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher

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Megan Lee

College and Career Counselor

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Tara Guiffredo

Secondary English Teacher

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Dr. James Riggins

Secondary Social Studies Teacher

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Byron Lenehan

Secondary Drama + PE Teacher

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Jacob Huang

Secondary Specialist Teaching Assistant

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Margaret Turauskene

Secondary English + Science Teacher

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Ilia Mazurin

Secondary English + Journalism + ELS Teacher

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Mar Muniz

Secondary Physics + Robotics Teacher

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Fine Arts team

Amber Fu

ECC + Elementary Art teacher + Co-Teacher

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Kevin Yu

Secondary Visual Arts Substitute Teacher

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Elise Prater

Music Teacher

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Mia Liu

Specialist Teaching Assistant-Music

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Dori Linscott

Music Teacher

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Byron Lenehan

Secondary Drama + PE Teacher

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Physical Education + Athletics

Eric Kang

PE Teacher

Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher

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Chinese Language department

Liza Wang

Chinese Teacher

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Amy Qi

Chinese Teacher

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Catherine Sun

Chinese Teacher

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Hope Yang

Chinese Teacher

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Esther Zhang

Chinese Teacher

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English Language Support team

Diana Wu

ELS Teacher

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Rosaline Lee

ELS Teacher

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Ilia Mazurin

Secondary English + Journalism + ELS Teacher

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Sarah Hu

ELS Teacher

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Janine Rye

ELS Teacher

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Anna Igumnova

Secondary Teacher + ELS Teacher

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Student Well-being

Melody Lee

Learning Support Coordinator

Hannah Li

Nurse

Nancy WangSijie

ECC + Elementary Well-being Counselor

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Sandy Qu

Learning Support Co-Teacher

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Marketing, Admissions and Communications team

Wesley Bishop

Marketing, Admissions and Communications Director

Jenny Min

Korean Admissions and Academic Advisor

Nancy Duan

Registrar and Marketing, Admissions and Communications Liaison

John Kim

Marketing, Admissions and Communications Assistant

Support staff

Ben Bowser

Team Director

Abi Roy

LifePlus Director of School Trip + Event Safety

Karen Anderson

LifePlus Director of Adult Learning

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Melanie Wang

HR Director

Lisa Liu

Manager of FMH

Nancy Usher

Finance Manager

Esther Sun

Transportation Manager

Carol Tan

Public Relations + Cafeteria Manager

John Wu

IT Manager

Sarah Zhou

LifePlus Director of Adult Learning for National Staff

Qiao Hongqi

Chef

Laura Ruan

HR Assistant

Angel Luan

Librarian

Maggie Li

CLTC Teacher

Jessica Qiu

Cashier

Cherry Zhang

Accountant

Amanda Yuan

LifePlus Teaching and Learning Assistant

David Cui

Maintenance Technician

Peter Cui

Janitor

Diao PeiGang

Janitor

Zang JianJun

Janitor

Tian Xingjun

Chef

David Hu

Operations Manager

Clarie Xu

IT Support

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