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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