Our Team
BRCPS SY20-21 Staff Roster in PDF: Renaissance Staff Roster SY2021
| Staff Name | Position(s) | Room # | Extension Number |
| Alexandra Buckmire | Head of School | A100M | 1175 |
| Kendra Lueken | Director of Lower School (K1-2) | B100A | 3100 |
| Farah Assiraj | Director of Upper School (3-6) | B300A | 5300 |
| Stacia Copeland | Director of Unified Student Services | B200A | 4200 |
| Dwayne Veale | Director of Facilities Operations | A100I | 1364 |
| Evelyn Lee | Director of Visual & Performing Arts | A100K | 1223 |
| Allie Emery | Chief Financial & Business Operations Officer | A100G | 1212 |
| Nerlande Mintor | Human Resources Director | A100C | 1106 |
| Jack Moynihan | Director of Development | A100F | 1145 |
| Franklin Shearer | Development and Communications Coordinator | A100D | 1367 |
| Dorothy Warwick | Executive Assistant to the Head of School | 1135 | |
| Courtney Donati | Assistant Director of Lower School (K1-2) | B100B | 3150 |
| Rachel Beck | Assistant Director of Upper School (3-6) | B201 | 4201 |
| Sarah O’Connor | Assistant Director of Unified Student Services | B200B | 5350 |
| Jessica Nicholas | Literacy Facilitator (3-6) | B308 | 5308 |
| Kate Fonseca | Literacy Facilitator (K1-2) | B308 | 5308 |
| David Bill | Science Facilitator (K1-6) | B220 | 5220 |
| Monica Linari | Math Facilitator (K1-6) | CR6 | |
| Christina Devonis | Social Emotional Learning Coach (K1-2) | B318 | 5318 |
| Erica Prince | Social Emotional Learning Coach (3-6) | B318 | 5318 |
| Christine Beckhusen | Data & Assessment Coordinator | A100J | 1122 |
| Tamairi Rivera | Family Engagement Coordinator | POD 2 | 1124 |
| Evan Schlossberg | Digital & Social Media Specialist | POD 3 | 1150 |
| Tammy Texeria | Payroll & Benefits Coordinator | B Street | 1107 |
| Monique Taylor | Partnerships Coordinator | A100B | 2201 |
| Kaia Richards | Registrar | A100A | 1125 |
| Academic Teams | |||
| K1 Team | |||
| Amy Carignan | Gen Ed Teacher – Lead | B128 | 3128 |
| Lisa Augustin | Paraprofessional | B128 | 3128 |
| Alexis Brown | Gen Ed Teacher | B129 | 3129 |
| Ingrid Tangui | Paraprofessional | B129 | 3129 |
| Lauren Turner | Gen Ed Teacher | B127 | 3127 |
| Denice Higley | Paraprofessional | B127 | 3127 |
| Kelsey Donovan | Gen Ed Teacher | B126 | 3126 |
| Lanette Johnson (Harriet Gay-Rose) | Paraprofessional | B126 | 3126 |
| Samantha Messick | Gen Ed Teacher | B125 | 3125 |
| Stacey Kershaw | Paraprofessional | B125 | 3125 |
| Laura Sargent | Gen Ed Teacher | B124 | 3124 |
| Carmen Kershaw | Paraprofessional | B124 | 3124 |
| K2 Team | |||
| Emily Barker | Gen Ed Teacher | B117 | 3117 |
| Rosinda Almeida | Paraprofessional | B117 | 3117 |
| Anita Sebastian | Gen Ed Teacher | B118 | 3118 |
| Marian Olden | Paraprofessional | B118 | 3118 |
| Lauren Foley | Gen Ed Teacher | B120 | 3120 |
| Ambar Luna | Paraprofessional | B120 | 3120 |
| MaryKate McCarthy | Gen Ed Teacher – Lead | B121 | 3121 |
| Gayle Spencer | Paraprofessional | B121 | 3121 |
| Kelly Smith | Gen Ed Teacher | B107 | 3107 |
| Kerri Finnegan | Paraprofessional | B107 | 3107 |
| Jillian Beaule | Gen Ed Teacher | B110 | 3110 |
| Kaila Clancy | Paraprofessional | B110 | 3110 |
| First Grade Team | |||
| Janine Mullaney | Gen Ed Teacher | B221 | 3221 |
| Kelly Durkin | Gen Ed Teacher | B222 | 3222 |
| VACANT | Special Ed Teacher | B222 | 3222 |
| Eugene Florendo | Gen Ed Teacher | B223 | 3223 |
| Kaitlin O’Keeffe | Special Ed Teacher- Lead | B223 | 3223 |
| Nancia Kavaltzis | Gen Ed Teacher | B105 | 3105 |
| Melissa Suckow | Gen Ed Teacher | B104 | 3104 |
| Jennifer Menge | Gen Ed Teacher | B102 | 3102 |
| Elizabeth Cox | Teacher Assistant | B104 | 3104 |
| Second Grade Team | |||
| Christine Smith | Gen Ed Teacher – Lead | B303 | 5303 |
| Elizabeth Cox | Teacher Assistant | B303 | 5303 |
| Corinne McCarthy | Gen Ed Teacher | B302 | 5302 |
| Ashley Zimmerman | Special Ed Teacher | B302 | 5302 |
| Aurora Kelly | Gen Ed Teacher | B304 | 5304 |
| Mikayla Morse | Gen Ed Teacher | B321 | 5321 |
| Hanna Stuart-Shor | Special Ed Teacher | B321 | 5321 |
| Casey McGregor | Gen Ed Teacher | B310 | 5310 |
| Anthony Nitolo | Gen Ed Teacher | B315 | 5315 |
| Third Grade Team | |||
| Carrie Ulich | Gen Ed Teacher | B202 | 4202 |
| Alison Fountain | Gen Ed Teacher-Lead | B204 | 4204 |
| Tiffany Flanagan | Special Ed Teacher | B204 | 4204 |
| Pricilla Paul | Special Ed Teacher | B205 | 4205 |
| Erin McElhinney | Gen Ed Teacher | B205 | 4205 |
| Gwenyth Mahoney | Gen Ed Teacher | B206 | 4202 |
| Cassie DiCenso | Gen Ed Teacher | B207 | 4207 |
| Judy Kim | Gen Ed Teacher | B208 | 4205 |
| Xavier Romdial | Teaching Assistant | B208 | 4208 |
| Fourth Grade Team | |||
| Kasey Hart | Gen Ed Teacher | B320 | 5320 |
| KD MacDonald | Gen Ed Teacher – Lead | B322 | 5322 |
| Meghan Lewis | Special Ed Teacher | B322 | 5322 |
| Ally Little | Gen Ed Teacher | B323 | 5323 |
| Faith Martin | Gen Ed Teacher | B324 | 5324 |
| VACANT | Gen Ed Teacher – | B325 | 5325 |
| Kaitlin Carter | Special Ed Teacher | B325 | 5325 |
| Fifth Grade Team | |||
| Jalissa Latson | Social Studies / Humanities Teacher | CR2 | 5502 |
| Jesse Abrams | ELA Teacher | CR3 | 5503 |
| Michaela Ayres | ELA/SS Special Education Teacher | CR3 | 5503 |
| Greg Simkins | Science Teacher – Lead | CR4 | 5504 |
| Troy Sargent | Math Teacher | CR5 | 5505 |
| Elizabeth Gogoi | Math/Science Special Ed Teacher | CR5 | 5505 |
| Sixth Grade Team | |||
| Aaron Kesler | ELA/SS Special Ed Teacher – Lead | B226 | 4226 |
| Alison Spade | ELA Teacher | B226 | 4226 |
| Karen Silva | Math Teacher / Upper School Math Lead | B225 | 4225 |
| Betty Fenelon | Science Teacher | B224 | 4224 |
| Kim Kostas | Social Studies / Humanities Teacher | B224 | 4224 |
| Departments & Teams | |||
| Reading Specialists | |||
| Ashleigh Buckley | Kinder | B209 | 4209 |
| Debra Crossman | First Grade | B309 | 5309 |
| Susan DuPont | Second Grade | B309 | 5309 |
| Cathy Schumer | Second Grade | B309 | 5309 |
| Jaclyn Everson | Third Grade | B309 | 5309 |
| Julia Miller | Fourth Grade | B309 | 5309 |
| Math Specialists | |||
| Nishat Khan | First Grade | B307 | 5307 |
| VACANT | Second Grade | B307 | 5307 |
| Rukhsana Brelvi | Third Grade | B307 | 5307 |
| Aaron Gray | Fourth Grade | B307 | 5307 |
| Building Substitutes | |||
| George Daway | Building Substitute Teacher | ||
| Lois Simpson | Building Substitute Teacher | ||
| Justin Silva | Building Substitute Teacher | ||
| Unified Student Services & Special Education Team | |||
| Mary Moreau | K1/K2 Special Ed Teacher | B209 | 4209 |
| Cari-Ann Dufrense | Lower School Substantially Separate Special Ed Teacher | B317 | 5317 |
| Lanette Johnson | Lower School Substantially Separate Paraprofessional | B317 | 5317 |
| Marjorie Gardner | Upper School Substantially Separate Special Ed Teacher | B316 | 5316 |
| Sharon Connolly | Upper School Substantially Separate Paraprofessional | B316 | 5316 |
| Deanna Libby | Lower School Substantially Separate Special Ed Teacher | B213 | 4213 |
| Ashlee Barrile | Lower School Substantially Separate Paraprofessional | B213 | 4213 |
| Ellen Daly | Resource Grades 1-3: Special Ed Teacher | B212 | 4212 |
| Donna Dee | Resource Grades 1-3: Paraprofessional | B212 | 4212 |
| Michelle Lifson | Resource Grades 3-4: Special Ed Teacher | B309 | 5309 |
| Ismary Lopez-Guerra | Resource Grades 3-4: Paraprofessional | B309 | 5309 |
| Kerri Angellis | Resource Grades 5-6: Special Ed Teacher | CR1 | 5501 |
| Simone Marshall | Resource Grades 5-6: Paraprofessional | CR1 | 5501 |
| Susannah Smith | Child Study Team Coordinator | U3-1 | 5354 |
| Ashley Van Treuren | Behavior Specialist Coordinator | A108 | 4252 |
| Colleen Sheridan | Evaluation Team Facilitator | A100G | 1902 |
| Speech & Language Pathologists | |||
| Meghan Foley | SLP | B210 | 4253 |
| Angela Parker | SLP | B210 | 4210 |
| Kari Sawin | SLP | B210 | 4254 |
| Occupational Therapy & COTA | |||
| Jessi Combra | OT | B211 | 4257 |
| Ashley Clarke | OT | B211 | 4211 |
| Mental Health Team | |||
| Hanna Smith | School Psychologist | U3-2 | 5331 |
| Amber Kallassy | School Psychologist | B300B | 4250 |
| Simon Davis-Millis | Social Worker | B123 | 3123 |
| Casey Pagliaro | Social Worker | B210a | 3123 |
| Jessica Buttner | Social Worker | B301 | 5301 |
| Lane Standige | Social Worker | B113 | 3113 |
| VACANT | School Psychologist | B210b | 1120 |
| Nursing Staff | |||
| DeAnn Kelsey | Nurse | B112 | 1104 |
| Maribel Duran | Assistant Nurse | B112 | 1102 |
| Fran Justice-Ferguson | Assistant Nurse | B112 | 1103 |
| VACANT | Nurse | B112 | 1105 |
| Visual & Performing Arts Team | |||
| Caroline Rizzo | Music Teacher | A112 | 1144 |
| David-Christopher James | Music Teacher | B109 | 1109 |
| April Shepard | Dance Teacher | B113 | 1110 |
| Chelsea Cousineau | Dance Teacher | B113 | 1143 |
| John Provenzano | Art Teacher | B305 | 5305 |
| Shaanti Williams | Art Teacher | B306 | 5306 |
| Luke Drexler | Physical Education Teacher | Gymnasium | 1560 |
| John Kanarski | Physical Education Teacher | Gymnasium | 1560 |
| Erin Baker | Technology | Library | 1225 |
| Huilan Wang | Chinese Language Teacher | A108 | 1120 |
| Cui Wang | Chinese Language Teacher | A108 | 1120 |
| Angela Sabir | Library Media Specialist | A103 | 1219 |
| Cindy Bistoury | Media Assistant | A103 | 2104 |
| EL Education | |||
| Shelby Galvin | ESL Coordinator | B103 | 3103 |
| Mary Petterson | ESL Teacher | B119 | 3119 |
| VACANT | ESL Teacher | B109 | 3109 |
| Tori Coughlin | ESL Teacher | B101 | 3101 |
| Student Support Team | |||
| Marcus Wise | Upper School Student Support | B319 | 1190 |
| Betty Ann Lawrence | Lower School Student Support | B108 | 1304 |
| Anthony Schofield | Lower School Student Support | B108 | 4259 |
| Gregory Perry | Lower School Student Support/Bullying Investigator | B319 | 1190 |
| Zach Seegers | Student Support School-wide | B219 | 4256 |
| Reading Support Teachers (RSTs) | |||
| Flavia Reardon | Reading Support Teacher (RST) | 2nd fl Lab | |
| Sandy Mastrullo | Reading Support Teacher (RST) | 2nd fl Lab | |
| Paula Barry | Reading Support Teacher (RST) | 2nd fl Lab | |
| Susan Matheison | Reading Support Teacher (RST) | 2nd fl Lab | |
| Rachael Vanderydt | Reading Support Teacher (RST) | 2nd fl Lab | |
| Maintenance Team | |||
| Pablo Baez | 1118 | ||
| Leroy Edwards | 1118 | ||
| Jose Inoa | 1118 | ||
| Franklin Rodriguez | 1118 | ||
| Technology Team | |||
| Shaykh Muyeeb | B Street | 2108 | |
| Justin Harris | B Street | 2106 | |
| Jeff Rosenbaum | B Street | 2105 | |
| Daycare Staff | |||
| Alethia Knight | Daycare Director | B Street | 3113 |
| Kermelle Verrelien | Infant/Toddler Lead Teacher | 3111 | |
| Eva Ramirez | Infant/Toddler Assistant Teacher | 3111 | |
| Charmaine Bullock | Infant/Toddler Floating Teacher | 3111 | |
| Chardilyn Andino | Preschool/ Lead Teacher | 3122 | |
| Tennisha Pinnock | Preschool/ Assistant Teacher | 3122 | |
| Wanda Dejesus | Infant/Toddler Assistant Teacher | 3110 | |
| Vanessa Ramos | Infant/Toddler Lead Teacher | 3111 | |
| Administrative Support Team/ Reception | |||
| Ingrid Trench | 1119 | ||
| Rodiline Pierre | 1100 | ||
| Richard Johnston | 1111 | ||
| Recess Coaches/Hallway Monitors | |||
| Kyhree Veale | Lead Recess Coach | Gymnasium | 1560 |
| Tafari Augustin | Recess Coach/Hallway Monitor | 1st floor | |
| Jacqueline Perez | Hallway Monitor | 1st floor | |
| LeVonne Woods | Hallway Monitor | 2nd floor | |
| Lisa Razza | Hallway Monitor | 3rd floor | |