BWL Faculty, Staff, and Board of Trustees

Jennifer Burt, Director of Lower School
Amy Meyers, Assistant Director of Lower School

Guido Sanchez, Director of Middle School
James Walter ’11, Assistant Director of Middle School

Guillermo Salgado-Aller, Co-Director of Upper School
Amy Young, Co-Director of Upper School and Academic Dean

Michelle Burney, Middle School Coordinator
Sandra Carr, Upper School Coordinator

Cameron Lawrence, Kindergarten Head Teacher
Zoe Koff, First Grade Head Teacher
Jillian Hutchinson, Second Grade Head Teacher
Evelyn Noble, Third Grade Head Teacher
Noelle Giroux, Fourth Grade Head Teacher
Amy Snyder, Fifth Grade Head Teacher
Joseph Galvan-Carty, Associate Teacher
Jameson Trey Purves, Associate Teacher
Hannah Schlesinger ’17, Associate Teacher
Jenna Walters, Associate Teacher

Katerina Walter, Department Chair
Ajey Jagannathan, Computer Science Teacher
Melissa Leone, Computer Science Teacher

Cassandra Garbus, Department Chair
Davis Alianiello, English Teacher
Melissa Bergin, English Teacher (Leave Replacement)
Cody Bennett, English Teacher
Lauren Carrella, English Teacher
Hannah Levinsohn ’16, English Teacher
James Walter ’11, English Teacher

Mary Ann Lettieri, EXCEL Program Director
Alexzandra Tsamisis, EXCEL Program Learning Specialist
Karen Joseloff, EXCEL Learning Specialist 
Kelsey Kline, EXCEL Learning Specialist
Kim Kramer, EXCEL Consultant
Meghan Lisle, EXCEL Learning Specialist
Casey Nathan, EXCEL Learning Specialist
Samantha Rosenbaum, EXCEL Learning Specialist

Cody Bennett, Department Chair
Garret Batten, History Teacher
A.D. Canter, History Teacher
Alexandria Cordero, History Teacher
Naya Lekht, History Teacher
Jonathan Lowenstein, History Teacher
Hal Moore, History Teacher
Josh Russell, History Teacher

Madeline Holt, Librarian

Robbie Birnbaum, Department Chair
Alexis Board, Math Teacher
Marisa Dinko, Math Teacher
Sarah Kone, Math Teacher
Michael Kurtz, Math Teacher
Michele Malina, Math Teacher

Emily Freilicher, Department Chair
Benji Goldsmith, Department Co-Chair
Vivian Batista, Performing Arts Teacher
Jonathan Kahn, Performing Arts Teacher
Sylvie Kunstenaar, Performing Arts Teacher
Jeff Nichols, Performing Arts Teacher
Zsaz Rutkowski, Performing Arts Teacher
Eliza Waldman, Performing Arts Teacher

Todd DiVittorio, Director of Athletics
Timothy Jenkins, Assistant Director of Athletics
Daniel Camillone, Athletic Trainer
Spencer Katz ’16, PE Teacher
Elaine O’Connor, PE Teacher
Jason Russell ’04, PE Teacher

Melissa Groarke, Department Chair
Francesco Filiaci, Science Teacher
Sean Franklin, Science Teacher
Ajey Jagannathan, Science Teacher
Michael Law, Science Teacher
Thomas Mulvena, Science Teacher
Damien Ragsdale, Science Teacher

Claire Donnellan, Model UN Coach
Michael Gollub, Esq., Democracy and Dissent Course Teacher
Steven J. Horowitz, Esq., Democracy and Dissent Course Teacher
Ajey Jagannathan, BirchBots (Robotics) Teacher and Coach
Bill Kuhn, Entrepreneurship Course Instructor
Blake Ziegler, Debate Coach

Monika Merva, Department Chair
Adriana Crespo ’15, Art Teacher
Jeremy Raben, Art Teacher
Audrey Reich, Art Teacher
Susan Spinac, Art Teacher

Sylvie Kunstenaar, Department Chair
Victoria Garcia, World Languages Teacher
Mohamed Maftahi, World Languages Teacher
Chiaki Nagasawa-Karabalaev, World Languages Teacher
Colleen Rober, World Languages Teacher
Xiaoming Tian, World Languages Teacher
Alberto Valdivia, World Languages Teacher

Updated September 2025