Rowland Hall is thrilled to welcome students and families to the 2024–2025 school year.

As you spend time on our campuses in the following weeks, you’ll get to know the newest additions to our faculty and staff, as well as see some of our returning team members in new, adjusted, or expanded roles. For your reference, we’ve listed these staffing changes below. (Please see Fond Farewells 2024 for a list of those not returning for this school year.)

Be sure to check back, as this list will continue to be updated during the school year.

Administration and Staff

New Staff

• Jackie Hertgen joins Rowland Hall as assistant director of athletics.
• David Judd joins Rowland Hall as a bus driver.
• Kaleb Nielsen joins Rowland Hall as equity and inclusion program coordinator.

Administration and Staff Role Changes and Expansions

• Zack Alvidrez, formerly assistant athletic director, is now director of athletics.
• Lindsay Carver, formerly director of major gifts, is now associate director of admission for the McCarthey Campus.
• Lauren Daynes joins Rowland Hall as administrative assistant to the director of athletics.
• Patrick Godfrey, formerly chief information officer, is now chief information and safety officer.
• Ryan Holgund, formerly director of ethical education, is now director of community engagement and impact.
• Rebecca Jones, formerly admission associate, is now assistant director of admission and director of financial aid
• Mark Millard, formerly the Technology Support Center manager for the Lincoln Street Campus, is now technology systems administrator.
• Patrick Murphy, formerly the Lincoln Street Campus operations lead, is now the Lincoln Street Campus Technology Support Center manager.

Beginning School

New Beginning School Faculty and Staff

• Alise Anderson joins Rowland Hall as the three-day 3PreK lead teacher, working alongside Melinda Canfield.
• Sascha Dimick joins Rowland Hall as a beginning and lower school monitor.
• Donna Dinsdale joins Rowland Hall as the Beginning School receptionist and administrative assistant.
• Justine Gallet joins Rowland Hall as a Beginning School and Lower School learning specialist.
• Mara Kushner joins Rowland Hall as a 4PreK assistant teacher, working alongside Isabelle Buhler.

Beginning School Role Changes

• Katherine McMahon, formerly the Beginning School administrative assistant, is now a 4PreK assistant teacher, working alongside Kirsten White.
• Kiara Rivera, formerly an associate teacher in the Beginning School and Lower School, is now a fifth-grade teacher.

Lower School

New Lower School Faculty and Staff

• Sascha Dimick joins Rowland Hall as a beginning and lower school monitor.
• Carrie Farris joins Rowland Hall as a first-grade teacher.
• Justine Gallet joins Rowland Hall as a Beginning School and Lower School learning specialist.
• Samantha Gerstein joins Rowland Hall as a Lower School associate teacher.
• Chloe May joins Rowland Hall as a third-grade teacher.
• Max Molokov joins Rowland Hall as a Lower School PE teacher.
• Hannah Ruske joins Rowland Hall as a third-grade teacher.
• Kristin Sproul joins Rowland Hall as a fifth-grade teacher.
• Melina Vermetten joins Rowland Hall as a Lower School learning specialist.

Lower School Role Changes

• Jenn Anderson, formerly a Lower School learning specialist, is now the Middle School academic support coordinator.
• Kiara Rivera, formerly an associate teacher in the Beginning School and Lower School, is now a fifth-grade teacher.

Middle School

New and Returning Middle School Faculty and Staff

• Michelle Campbell joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School creative writing teacher.
• David Hall joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School beginning band teacher.
• Colleen James joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School and Upper School librarian and coordinator of educational technology.
• Jan Middleton joins Rowland Hall as the seventh-grade English teacher.
• Danny Schmidt joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School and Upper School media arts teacher.
• Megan Shaw joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School social-emotional support counselor.
• Tyler Waterhouse returns to Rowland Hall as a Middle School math teacher.

Middle School Role Changes

• Jenn Anderson, formerly a Lower School learning specialist, is now the Middle School academic support coordinator.
• Jeremy Innis, formerly part-time interfaith chaplain for the Lincoln Street Campus and choir, music, and ethics teacher, is now choir director and music theory teacher.
• Mauricio Morán, formerly the interim Middle School computer science teacher, is now a Middle School and Upper School computer science teacher.
• Sam Thomas, formerly a part-time Middle School Spanish teacher, is now a full-time Middle School French and Spanish teacher.

Upper School

New Upper School Faculty and Staff

• Dr. Amy Gee joins Rowland Hall as the Upper School psychology teacher.
• Samantha Hill joins Rowland Hall as the Upper School entrepreneurship and innovation teacher.
• Colleen James joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School and Upper School librarian and coordinator of educational technology.
• Dr. Becky Kim joins Rowland Hall as an Upper School science teacher.
• Danny Schmidt joins Rowland Hall as the Middle School and Upper School media arts teacher.

Upper School Role Changes

• Jeremy Innis, formerly part-time interfaith chaplain for the Lincoln Street Campus and choir, music, and ethics teacher, is now choir director and music theory teacher.
• Mauricio Morán, formerly the interim Middle School computer science teacher, is now a Middle School and Upper School computer science teacher.

Rowmark Ski Academy

New Rowmark Staff

• Joey Berg joins the Rowmark Junior Program as U10 assistant coach.
• Alexis Hollister joins Rowmark Ski Academy as FIS boys assistant coach. 
• Sean Sullivan joins the Rowmark Junior Program as U12 head coach.

People