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

Colleen Quernemoen

ECC and Elementary Principal

Justin Crull

Principal of Teaching and Learning

Julio Morales

Secondary Principal

Nini Hao

Assistant to the Head of School

June Sun

ECC + Elementary Principals' Assistant

Jane Wu

Secondary Principals' Assistant

Early Childhood teaching team

Chuck Birkenstock

ECC Teacher

Michelle Bishop

ECC Teacher

Goodwill Riggins

ECC Teacher

Susan Yu

ECC Teaching Assistant

Phoebe Dong

ECC Teacher Assistant

Anthea Chen

ECC Teacher Assistant

Elementary teaching team

Leah Shin

Elementary Teacher

Nancy Wangling

Elementary Co-Teacher

Heather Brown

Elementary Teacher

Edison Zhao

ECC Teacher Assistant

Dee Mofokeng

Elementary Teacher

Doris Zhao

Elementary Teaching Assistant

Bernadette Rautenbach

Elementary Teacher

Esther Han

Elementary Co-Teacher

Jo Anna Kolbe

Elementary Teacher

Vivian An

Elementary Co-Teacher

Erica Mack

Elementary Teacher

Elim Zhang

Elementary Co-Teacher

Phoebe Zhuang

Learning Support Assistant

Secondary teaching team

Kevin Bates

Secondary Philosophy Teacher

Daniel Cassel

Secondary English + Technology Teacher

Judy Guo

Secondary Character + Ethics and Leadership Teacher

Anna Igumnova

Secondary Teacher + ELS Teacher

Ann Liu

Secondary Physics + Math Teacher

Betty Zhou

Secondary Math Teacher

Seina Kang

Secondary Math Teacher

Shine Shi

Secondary Science + Biology + Chemistry Teacher

Dr. John Usher

Secondary History + Economics + Psychology Teacher

Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher

Megan Lee

College and Career Counselor

Tara Guiffredo

Secondary English Teacher

Dr. James Riggins

Secondary Social Studies Teacher

Byron Lenehan

Secondary Drama + PE Teacher

Jacob Huang

Secondary Lab Assistant

Margaret Turauskene

Secondary English + Science Teacher

Ilia Mazurin

Secondary English + Journalism + ELS Teacher

Mar Muniz

Secondary Physics + Robotics Teacher

Fine Arts team

Amber Fu

ECC + Elementary Art teacher + Co-Teacher

Kevin Yu

Secondary Visual Arts Substitute Teacher

Elise Prater

Music Teacher

Mia Liu

Specialist Teaching Assistant-Music

Dori Linscott

Music Teacher

Byron Lenehan

Secondary Drama + PE Teacher

Physical Education + Athletics

Eric Kang

PE Teacher

Adrian Thompson

Athletic Director, Secondary Technology Teacher

Chinese Language department

Liza Wang

Chinese Teacher

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

Secondary English + Journalism + ELS Teacher

Sarah Hu

ELS Teacher

Janine Rye

ELS Teacher

Anna Igumnova

Secondary Teacher + ELS Teacher

Student Well-being

Melody Lee

Learning Support Coordinator

Hannah Li

Nurse

Nancy WangSijie

ECC + Elementary Well-being Counselor

Sandy Qu

Learning Support Co-Teacher

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

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

Emily Xu

IT Support

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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