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2020
September 2020
- The Board of Trustees of Nutley Family Service Bureau welcomed Katherine Carmichael as its new Executive Director.
August 2020
- Mary Hillman, GSE ’17, authored a children’s book titled But How Will I Say Hello? to support young students as they return to school this fall with new routines around physical distancing. Mary launched a Kickstarter campaign for the project to help fund the printing and fulfillment expenses.
- Marissa Thornton-Samih, GSE ’12, has received the high honor of being recognized as a 2020 Big Apple Teaching Fellow from the New York City Department of Education. Marissa is the first person to ever receive this honor from District 23 in Brooklyn.
July 2020
- Tashon McKeithan, GSE ’99, has been named as the new executive director of The Child Educational Center.
- Naomi Danis, GSE ’74, published a picture book, My Best Friend, Sometimes, (Pow Kids Books, 2020) illustrated by Cinta Arribas, who also illustrated Danis’s 2018 book, I Hate Everyone.
- Natalie Bernstein, GSE ’91, has taught young children ages 2-5 for more than 30 years.
- Claire Schloss, GSE ’94, is a dedicated itinerant teacher (SEIT and SEITS/ABA) who provides services to her students while using Telehealth.
June 2020
- Jacquelyn Florsheim, GSE ’83, retired kindergarten teacher and diversity coordinator from Packer Collegiate Institute, recently published “White Anti-racist Heroes” work with Brooklyn For Peace
- Rebecca Camera, GSE ’02, will pursue teacher coaching as a math specialist on Long Island after 17 years in the classroom.
- Christina Ruiz, GSE ’13, who previously worked as a museum educator and director as well as a Montessori School teacher, now works as a Webinar Coordinator for WePassed.com and is expecting her first child.
May 2020
- BSCAA Vice President Margaret Ryan Evangelista, GSE ’01, of Harlem Link Charter School, has raised over $25,000 to provide laptops for Harlem Link students who share devices for virtual learning with siblings at home.
- Farid Johnson, GSE ’10, has been appointed as the next principal of Siwanoy School, part of Pelham Public Schools.
- Kisha Brown, GSE ’92, has worked for 12 years at Lakelands Park Middle School in Maryland and co-sponsors an extracurricular course entitled: Girls Who STEM.
- Dan Forstner, GSE ’91, and his students were featured in a Washington Post article titled, “For locked-down high-schoolers, reading ‘The Plague’ is daunting, and then comforting.“
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Tracy Birkhahn, GSE ’99, is Director of Learning Resources at the 92nd Street Y Nursery School.
- Amina Alquhaar, GSE ’83, has retired.
April 2020
- The Association of Child Life Professionals featured Hilary Woodward, GSE ’11, in an interview about her work as an emergency room child life specialist in New York City during COVID-19.
- Ben Tupper, GSE ’18, Music Director and Pre-K teacher at Little Missionary’s Day Nursery in New York City, has created Music with Ben at Home, a free singalong series on YouTube that is perfect for children ages 3-5 in our days of social distancing.
- Stephanie Ehrlich, GSE ’91, has been named the first executive director of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance.
- Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, GSE ’06, has been named the new president and CEO of The Miami Foundation.
- Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum, GSE ’91, has published Boats Will Float (Sleeping Bear Press) about the types of watercraft navigating different bodies of water.
March 2020
- The Early Learning Center has named Kelly Bird, GSE ’99, as its next director.
February 2020
- Aléwa Cooper, GSE ’01, was appointed as The Foote School’s next Head of School.
- Meghan Fitzgerald, GSE ’06, celebrates reaching over 200,000 kids through Tinkergarten, an organization that offers classes for children and adults who learn together through well-designed, outdoor play-based activities.
January 2020
- Mario R. Rossero, GSE ’04, was appointed as the new Executive Director of the National Art Education Association.
- Stephanie Kandel, GSE ’02, was named Teacher of the Year 2020 at Moss School in Metuchen, NJ. She teaches Kindergarten.
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2019
December 2019
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Allison Klein, GSE ’15, founder of Rose & Rex, was named to the Forbes 2020 30 Under 30 list.
- Maimuna Mohammed, GSE ’19, Equity Specialist, Center on Culture, Race & Equity, led a workshop at All Our Kin’s 14th annual Family Child Care Conference, “D is for Development: How Our Work Helps Children Grow.”
- Sara Badler, GSE ’94, has been named Chief Compliance Officer at New York Life.
- The Springfield Museum of Art has named Jessimi Jones, GSE ’12, as its new executive director.
- Davida Hirsch, GSE ’71, passed away at the age of 92 on December 9, 2019.
November 2019
- Susan Kleinsinger, GSE ’72, is proud to have sold her first painting.
- Dana Keiser, GSE ’04, received her PhD at the Child Development Erikson Institute.
- Stephanie Mercurio-Doran, GSE ’03, is an EdD candidate at the University of Florida in Curriculum/Instruction.
- Princess Francois, GSE ’15, was presented with a Milken Educator Award by the Milken Family Foundation.
October 2019
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Jack Etter, GSE ’13, was named the new superintendent (pdf) at Gilboa-Conesville Central School.
September 2019
- Lauren Kibbe, GSE ’15, has joined Friends Select as a lower school assistant teacher.
- Stacy Fowle, GSE ’97, has been named Westport’s Teacher of the Year for 2020.
- Ann Fortescue, GSE ’89, is the new executive director of the International Museum of Art and Science in McAllen, TX.
August 2019
- Lauren Haggerty, GSE ’11, has joined New Canaan Schools as a Preschool Long Term Substitute.
- Tim Jones, GSE ’13, has joined Germantown Friends School as a 4th grade lead teacher.
- Alice Messinger, GSE ’94, is teaching a Linoleum Block Printing class in September at the Boulder Jewish Community Center in Colorado.
- Francesca Shin Davia, GSE ’14, has joined Rye Country Day School as a Kindergarten Lead Teacher.
- Jeffrey Nichols, GSE ’03, was selected as the new Executive Director at Georgetown Heritage.
- William Horning, GSE ’80, known for his geometric paintings and collages, will have his work featured at the Creative 360 Exhibit.
- Miriam (Cohen) Glickman, GSE ’69, authored “Teaching the Movement,” a paper on a social studies curriculum that she wrote as a graduate student at Bank Street College in 1967.
- Stacie E. Brennan, GSE ’12, joined Lehigh University Art Galleries as the inaugural curator of education.
- Alisa Martin, GSE ’95, has started her doctoral studies in the Educational Technology Leadership Program at New Jersey City University (NJCU). Alisa works as a therapist in Early Intervention in the Hudson County region in New Jersey. She is also as an Educational Specialist in New York City.
July 2019
- The White Plains School District appointed Jessica Torres, GSE ’07, as new school principal.
June 2019
- The Westport Country Playhouse elected Paige S. Couture, GSE ’07, to its Board of Trustees.
- IMAS names Ann Fortescue, GSE ’89, as its new President and CEO of the museum
May 2019
- Jennifer Shouffler, GSE ’00, is hired as a new Superintendent for the Tewksbury K-8 school district
- Aliza (Riemer) Strassman, GSE ’11, received the 2019 Northern New Jersey Grinspoon Award in Jewish Education
April 2019
- Dr. Heidi Paisner-Roffman, GSE ’00, became the new principal of Wellington Elementary in Belmont, Massachussetts
- Stony Brook University appointed Nicole Rossol, GSE ’05, as Chief Patient Experience Officer
- Andrew Goldin, GSE ’06, was named Executive Director of TLP Education
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2018
December 2018
- Emily Overlock Curry, GSE ’08, is a new board member for Greenwich Land Trust
- Araina Jewell, GSE ’01, has been appointed Academy at the Lakes’ Lower Division Director
October 2018
- Nicole Mangiere, GSE ’10, is the new Assistant Principal of Seven Bridges Middle School in the Chappaqua Central School District
- Edward Hopper House named Janine B. Napierkowski, GSE ‘17, as its new Director of Operations
- Preschool Advantage welcomed Bernardsville resident Lauren G. Diemar, GSE ‘17, to its Board of Directors
- Kindergarten teacher Jeffrey Dacales, GSE ’93, was recognized for his hard work by the University of Vermont
September 2018
- Rochester’s Museum & Science Center named Hillary Olson, GSE ’07, an Ogden native, as its new president
- New Canaan Country School in Connecticut welcomed Andrew Bevan, GSE ’14, as a grade 5 teacher in the Middle School.
- The American Campus Communities appointed Mary C. Egan, GSE ’94, to its Board of Directors
August 2018
- The Worchester Art Museum (WAM) appointed Marnie P. Weir, GSE ’05, as its new Director of Education and Experience
July 2018
- Alex Levine, GSE ’09, is the new principal of a k-8 school in Garrison, New York
- The Library of Congress has selected Shari Rosenstein Werb, GSE 00, as its Director of the Center for Learning, Literacy and Engagement.
May 2018
- Alice Miller, GSE ’65, will retire from her role as a Shaftsbury, Vermont representative after her 11th house term
- Hoboken Charter School named Joanna Weintraub, GSE ’98, as its new principal
- The Rotch-Jones-Duff House and Garden Museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts named Dawn E. Salerno, GSE ’05, as its executive director
January 2018
- At its January meeting, the Eastern Property Owners’ Association (EPOA) introduced Michael Cassaro, GSE ’13, as the East’s candidate for the position of School Board Trustee, who will serve a three-year term on the Board of Education beginning in July 2018.
- Moorestown Friends School in Moorestown, New Jersey named Jenel Giles, GSE ’07, as its new Lower School Director