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
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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