
Faculty & Staff

Ian Anastas
Upper Elementary and Junior High Art Teacher
ianastas@milwaukee-montessori.org

Deepti Arora
Lower Elementary Directress
darora@milwaukee-montessori.org

Laurie Asch
Piano & Voice Instructor
lasch@milwaukee-montessori.org

Kailynn Averhart
First Steps West Teacher
kaverhart@milwaukee-montessori.org

Catie Barksdale
Stepping Stones South Lead Teacher
cbarksdale@milwaukee-montessori.org

Kara Basaldua
Children’s House Directress
kbasaldua@milwaukee-montessori.org

Alyson Berg
Upper Elementary History and Science Teacher
aberg@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jordan Brown
Stepping Stones North Teacher
jbrown@milwaukee-montessori.org

Ryan Burden
Upper Elementary English Teacher
rburden@milwaukee-montessori.org

Caroline Cassidy
First Steps East Teacher
ccassidy@milwaukee-montessori.org

Julie Christensen
Athletics Teacher and Director of Extra-Curricular Activities
jchristensen@milwaukee-montessori.org

Allen Cote
Private Music Teacher
acote@milwaukee-montessori.org

Pete Czechorski
Director of IT
pczechorski@milwaukee-montessori.org

Saniya Davis
Toddler Substitute Teacher
sdavis@milwaukee-montessori.org

Heather Eiden
Children’s House Playgroup Teacher / Childcare Art Teacher
heiden@milwaukee-montessori.org

Sierra Falkowski
Children’s House Childcare Teacher
sfalkowski@milwaukee-montessori.org

Alex Flood
Upper Elementary Assistant Teacher and Basketball Coach
aflood@milwaukee-montessori.org

Christopher Gauger
Lower Elementary Childcare / Athletics Teacher
cgauger@milwaukee-montessori.org

Courtney Gebhardt
Administrative Assistant
cgebhardt@milwaukee-montessori.org

Ella Gill
First Steps East Teacher
egill@milwaukee-montessori.org

Carlie Glenn
Stepping Stones South Teacher
cglenn@milwaukee-montessori.org

Roger Gonzalez
Photographer and Videographer
rgonzalez@milwaukee-montessori.org

Julie Gottfried
A/R and Payroll Specialist
jgottfried@milwaukee-montessori.org

Karen Gorecki
Children’s House and Lower Elementary Art Teacher
kgorecki@milwaukee-montessori.org

Karin Groh
Administrative Assitant
kgroh@milwaukee-montessori.org

Angela Gutierrez
Children’s House and Lower Elementary Spanish Teacher
agutierrez@milwaukee-montessori.org

Dr. Kayme Henkel
Private Music Piano Teacher
khenkel@milwaukee-montessori.org

Keona Hopkins
Stepping Stones North Teacher
khopkins@milwaukee-montessori.org

Micha Johnson
Junior High Science Teacher
mjohnson@milwaukee-montessori.org

Hannah Johnson-Chapin
First Steps West Lead Teacher
hjohnson-chapin@milwaukee-montessori.org

Leslie Jones
Children’s House Directress
ljones@milwaukee-montessori.org

Theresa Jones
Stepping Stones South Teacher
thjones@milwaukee-montessori.org

Cheryl Kelly
Director of Admission
admissions@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jane Keuler
Lower Elementary Writing Composition Teacher
jkeuler@milwaukee-montessori.org

Alexa Lagares
Stepping Stones South Teacher
alagares@milwaukee-montessori.org

Eliza Lambert
Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher
slambert@milwaukee-montessori.org

Evan Lane
Music Director
elane@milwaukee-montessori.org

Catherine Lee
Lower Elementary Directress
clee@milwaukee-montessori.org

Dana Lemke
Stepping Stones South Teacher
dlemke@milwaukee-montessori.org

Kaylin Lettenberger
Children’s House Childcare Teacher
klettenberger@milwaukee-montessori.org

Lizz Loder
Director of Curriculum Support
lloder@milwaukee-montessori.org

Marie Lubinski
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
mcisse@milwaukee-montessori.org

Kathy Maki
Substitute Teacher
kmaki@milwaukee-montessori.org

Harper Marten
Substitute Teacher
hmarten@milwaukee-montessori.org

Debbie Mather
Business Manager
dmather@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jon Mohr
Athletics Teacher / Coach
jmohr@milwaukee-montessori.org

Daony Moua
Stepping Stones North Lead Teacher
dmoua@milwaukee-montessori.org

Olivia Newcomer
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
onewcomer@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jennifer Nuetzel
Stepping Stones North Teacher
jnuetzel@milwaukee-montessori.org

Allison Olivent
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
aolivent@milwaukee-montessori.org

Carina Parish
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
cparish@milwaukee-montessori.org

John Patek
Private Music Instructor
jpatek@milwaukee-montessori.org

Sarah Pearce
Makerspace Teacher
spearce@milwaukee-montessori.org

Ariana Pollard
Stepping Stones North Teacher
apollard@milwaukee-montessori.org

Kathryn Reinick
First Steps East Lead Teacher
kreinick@milwaukee-montessori.org

Alona Repikova
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
arepikova@milwaukee-montessori.org

Ben Riggs
Junior High English and Composition Teacher
briggs@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jelena Rosich
Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher
jrosich@milwaukee-montessori.org

Ron Saari
Children’s House Assistant Teacher
rsaari@milwaukee-montessori.org

Hannah Sadler
Lower Elementary Assistant Teacher
hsadler@milwaukee-montessori.org

Nate Scheurell
Toddler and Children’s House Music Teacher
nscheurell@milwaukee-montessori.org

Mike Searing
School Office Support Specialist
msearing@milwaukee-montessori.org

Bhawna Setia
Junior High Math Teacher
blnu@milwaukee-montessori.org

Shabnam Shergill
Lower Elementary Directress
sshergill@milwaukee-montessori.org

Greg Sukowaty
Director of Educational Technology
gsukowaty@milwaukee-montessori.org

Cece Sullivan
Children’s House Directress
csullivan@milwaukee-montessori.org

Katie Sundquist
Children’s House Directress
ksundquist@milwaukee-montessori.org

David Swanson
Upper Elementary Director
dswanson@milwaukee-montessori.org

Amy TenHove
Children’s House Childcare and Toddler Teacher
atenhove@milwaukee-montessori.org

Betzy Torres
Children’s House Childcare Teacher
btorres@milwaukee-montessori.org

Monica Van Aken Ed.D.
Head of School
mvanaken@milwaukee-montessori.org

Zachary Weil
Upper Elementary English Teacher
zweil@milwaukee-montessori.org

Alesa Weiss
Director of Development and Communications
aweiss@milwaukee-montessori.org

Anoma Wijenayake
Children’s House Directress
awijenayake@milwaukee-montessori.org

Nou Xiong
First Steps East Teacher
nxiong@milwaukee-montessori.org

Jayme Zander
Upper Elementary and Junior High Spanish Teacher
jzander@milwaukee-montessori.org