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Staff Directory

Contact BHS Staff 617-713-Extension
While we strongly support excellent communication between the home and the school, please understand that teachers at Brookline High School have over 100 students each. Please use e-mail with sensitivity and discretion.
Staff email: FirstName_LastName@psbma.org

BHS Main Campus 115 Greenough St, Brookline, MA 02445
BHS 9th Grade 22 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

Office of the Head of School

Room 160
Anthony Meyer - Head of School
Kelli McDermott - Head of School's Secretary 617-713-5003
Kathy Keaveney - Main Office Secretary 617-713-5002
​Fauzia Mazhar-  Registrar 617-713-5006 

Office of the Assistant Head of School

Room 161
Hal Mason- Assistant Head of School 617-713-5011

Dean's Offices

Dean's Team

Dean of Upper School (Grades 11 & 12) Summer Williams 617-713-5218
Dean of Lower School (Grades 9 & 10) Brendan Kobus 617-879-5701

​Grade 10
Associate Dean: Alexis Thomas 617-713-5195
Associate Dean:  Jenny Longmire 617-713-5043​

Grade 11
Dean: Summer Williams 617-713-5218
Associate Dean  Karim Azeb 617-713-5037

Grade 12
Associate Dean: Astrid Allen 617-713-5267
Associate Dean:  Lisa Redding 617-713-5038​​

Dean's Team - 22 Tappan St. Class of 2026

Dean of Lower School Brendan Kobus 617-879-5701
Associate Dean: Marisel Figueroa 617-879-5799
Dean of Student Support Systems: Brian Poon 617-879-5788
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Dean's Secretaries

9th & 10th grade Freshman and Sophomore
Sabrina McIntosh; Dean's Secretary
617-713-5190
sabrina_mcIntosh@psbma.org

11th & 12th grades Junior and Senior 
Sharon Fagan; Dean's Secretary
617-713-5035
sharon_fagan@psbma.org

Guidance

Guidance Office Room 285
Department Chair 
Darby Neff-Verre 617-713-5017

College & Guidance Counselor
Lenny Libenzon  617-713-5019

Career & Guidance Counselor
Kate Kennedy

617-713-5074

Guidance Secretaries                               
Brenda Aguilar 617-713-5016
Bonnie Hatz 617-713-5015

Coordinator/Counselor - School Within a School (SWS) Room 400A
Dan Bresman 617-713-5401

Counselor - Alternative Choice Education (ACE)Room 248  
Kara Lopez 617-713-5248
                                                   
Coordinator/Counselor - Winthrop House 
Sarah Ladner Apollo 617-879-5787
Counselors (115 Greenough)
Nicole L. Bent 617-713-5039  

Richard Gorman 617-713-5042

Ellen J. Herz 617-713-5196 

Clifton R. Jones 617-713-5036 
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Lenny Libenzon  617-713-5019

Kara Lopez 617-713-5248 

Eric Schiff 617-713-5198 

Kathleen Whelan 617-713-5194

Social Workers (115 Greenough)
Karen Kennedy

Paul Epstein


Kate Lipman

John Ortiz
Counselors (22 Tappan)
Sara Aggeler 617-713-5191

Alexandra W. Young 617-713-5040

Social Worker (22 Tappan)
Randee Siegel



Athletics

Please see Athletics Directory for full staff listing
Athletic Director
Kyle Williams

Secretary
Deborah Donaldson

Athletic Department
Office - 617-713-5289
Fax - 617-713-5287

ACE

Program Coordinator: Amy Bayer
617-713-5256

Guidance Counselor: Kara Lopez
617-713-5248

Secretary: Christine Carruthers
617-713-5252; Room 257
Laura Honeywood 
Social Studies

Benjamin Little
Science
Brendan O'Connell 
English

Julia James
Math

Career & Technology Education

Coordinator: Britt Stevens 
617-713-5101

Secretary: Kelsey Nash
617-713-5295, Office: UA23

Copy Center: 713-5103
Tappan Green Restaurant: 713-5068
​
​David Ford 
Family and Consumer Science
Glen Gurner
Woodworking, Engineering & CAD

Julie Joyal

Medical Careers

Paul Lauro-Priestly
Graphic Arts/Copy Center​​

​David Pazmino
Restaurant and Culinary Science/Theory
​Beth Ricardelli
Restaurant and Culinary Science/Theory​

Judy Saler

Family and Consumer Science

David Petty
Computer Science

Kelle Griffin
Business

Educational Technology & Library

Director: Scott Moore

Secretary: Martina Hughes
Office: Clark Rd
Ann Collins
Librarian

Lisa Francescon
Educational Technology Specialist
Bridget Knightly
Librarian

Shelley Mains
Librarian

Maura McGill
9th grade Librarian

English

John Andrews
Curriculum Coordinator

Bia Mazhar
Secretary

Marcella Anderson

Ben Berman

Zac Broken Rope

​
Eric Colburn

Elon Fischer

Gaelen Harrington



Maria Julian

​Janet Kelley

​James McGarry


Evan Mousseau

Talmadge Nardi

Robert Primmer   

Rachel Reagan 

Julia Rocco ​


​
​Nicholas Rothstein

Devina Sakaria
​

Peter Sedlak 

Emma Siver


Kevin Wang

Alison Whitebone

Lindsay Wise 

Solmaaz Yazdiha



English Language Learners

Katya Babitskaya
Katy Frost Ouellette
​International Student Advisor
Alison Whitebone

Health & Fitness

Chair: Carlyn Uyenoyama
617-713-5291

Secretary: Deborah Donaldson
617-713-5289; Office: 289

​Elizabeth Gorman
Rock Climbing, Yoga

Billy Graham
9th Integrated Health & Fitness, Rock Climbing, Lifetime Wellness
Amanda Grindstaff
Lifetime Wellness
​
Emily Hunt
9th Integrated Health & Fitness, Lifetime Wellness, Yoga
Ben Marsh
Lifetime Wellness, Swim & Lifeguarding, Net Games
​​
Keith Thomas
9th Integrated Health & Fitness, Weight Training & Cardio, Lifetime Wellness

Math

Chair: 
​Josh Paris

617-713-5168

LaShanda Williams
Secretary
617-713-5096
​​
Abselem Imad

Alibhai Marika

Asselin Lindsay

Barcelo Esperanza

Combs Jesse


Fried Adam

​Friedland Craig
Grunseich Ivonne

Jenkins Tamara


Kennedy-Justice Meghan

Knott​ David

Kostant Shoshanna 

Monschauer Chris

Morris Ian

Naimy Julia 


Padgett Julie

Paniagua Juan

​
Pero Nick

​Proctor Michael
Rabina Danielle

Redding Lisa 

​Rodriguez Lisa

Shen Christine 

Strong Betty

Theissen Danielle
​
Veader Mark 


Wells Hayley 

Winkler Deborah 

​​Woolever Chloe 

Performing Arts

Kenny Kozol
Curriculum Coordinator
​Drumming & World Music
617-713-5228

Sonya Joyner
Secretary
617-713-5216
Room 216
Carolyn Castellano
Music - Concert Band, Jazz/Rock Ensembles, Music Collective, Digital Music Production
website

Michael Driscoll
Music - Choral, AP Music Theory, Piano Class
website

Nina Bishop
Music - Orchestras, Piano Class
​
Mayra Hernandez
Dance
Mary Mastandrea 
Drama

Summer Williams
Drama, Associate Dean

Mark VanDerzee
Drama, Tech, Stagecraft

Elena Maimonis
Drama

Science

Ed Wiser
Curriculum Coordinator, Physics

Bia Mazhar
Secretary 

Mary Angione 
Chemistry

Briana Brown
Biology/Environmental Science

Tyler Brown ​
Physics

Meaghan Cells
Chemistry

Elizabeth Crane
Biology

Andre Derrien
Physics/Astronomy

Heather Giblin
Biology

​Sarah Hemphill
Biology

Abby Jaynes
Biology

Jasmine Juo
Biology

Joanna Khalil
Chemistry
​
Stacy Kissel 
Physics

Brad Kozel
Biology

Dorian Lamb
Biology​

Steve Lantos
Chemistry

Aubrey Love
Engineering

John Magee
Chemistry
​
Eric Mageno
Physics
​Julia Mangan
Physics

​Graciela Mohamedi
Physics

Alexis Murphy
Chemistry

Wen Sailer
​Biology

Jennifer Spencer
Physics

Julia Speyer
Chemistry
​
Jason Tong
Physics

Erin Wallace
Chemistry

Catherine Wolf
Biology



Social Studies

Gary Shiffman
Curriculum Coordinator

Bia Mazhar
Secretary

Scott Barkett

Jennifer Barrer-Gall
​
Elizabeth Buhl 

Joanne Burke-Hunter 

Malcolm Cawthorne

Sam Dickerman

Stephen Eesley 



Jennifer Frey

Roger Grande 

Noah Gronlund-Jacob

Jennifer Grubb

Jennifer Hanaghan

Sydney Hou

Kathryn Leslie 

Jenny Longmire 

Patrick McGee


​
Marcie Miller

Denise Moehring

Kristen Murphy

Michael Normant

Brian Poon 

Stephanie Poon


Sarah Shuster

Mark Wheeler
​

Special Education

Interim Director: 
Michael Lovato
617-713-5075

​Coordinator:
​April Zyirek
617-713-5436

​Winthrop House Coordinator: 
Sarah Ladner Apollo
617-739-7647

Therapeutic Programs Coordinator 22 Tappan:
​Jed Miller

617-730-2700

Department Secretaries: 
Lorraine Hughes  617-713-5076       
Maureen Barden  617-879-4868

Educational Team Facilitators:
Laura Albert         617-713-5160
Liza Casal             617-713-5044
Mary Antonelli     617-713-5014
Paula Shea           617-713-5499

Educators:
Brandy Adelstein
Adapted Physical Education


Laura Albert
Team Facilitator

Mary Antonellis
Team Facilitator
​

Lindsay Asselin
Special Education Teacher

Alex Bader
Rise Community Teacher

Jake Barrett
Special Education Teacher

Kyle Beaulieu-Jones
ExCEL History

Kathleen Bernier
Special Education Teacher

Erin Blette
Special Education Teacher

Jennifer Breneisen
Social Worker

Georgia Carter
Rise Community Teacher

Liza Casal
Team Facilitator

Andy Crepeau
Special Education Teacher
​

Heather Clark
Special Education Teacher

Gretchen Crusberg
Special Education Teacher

Matthew DeGrace
Special Education Teacher

Kelly DeOliveria
Winthrop House ELA
Analisa DeRubeis
​
Speech/Language Pathologist

​Mike DeYoung
Winthrop House Social Studies​

Betty Differ

Special Education Teacher

​James "Roy" Dow
Special Education Teacher

Marissa Drosso
Special Education Teacher

Annie Eagle
Social Worker
​
Mark Fiedor
Special Education Teacher
​

Stephen Goose
Learning Center Teacher

Emily Gray
Pathways Teacher

Jim Henry
Special Education Teacher

Holly Irvin
Special Education Teacher

Jennifer Jaruse
Special Education Teacher

Barbara Keenan
Physical Therapist

Brendan Kobus
Special Education Teacher

Sarah Kornell
ExCEL English 

Natalie Labouchere
Supported Learning Center Teacher

Sarah Ladner Apollo
Coordinator, Winthrop House

Dorian Lamb
Special Education Teacher


John Lee
School Psychologist

Amanda Lehman
Science

Elsbeth Leslie
​Winthrop House Science

Kathleen Lowe
Special Education Teacher


Lea Luniewicz
Rise Community Teacher

Brendan McCarthy
Bridge Alliance Teacher

Peter Meagher
Special Education Teacher

Samantha Melaragno
​Psychologist - Tappan
​Jed Miller
Coordinator, OLS

Chris Monschauer
Special Education Teacher

Jason Montrose
Special Education Teacher

Ian Morris
Special Education Teacher

Kelly Morrow
Special Education Teacher​​
​
Nicole Muldowney
Board Certified Behavior Analyst
​
Yuki_Nishizawa
Bridge Alliance Teacher

Devon Oberle
Winthrop House - Math

Jacob Page
ExCEL Sch. Adj. Counselor
​
Alissa Parker
Speech/Language Pathologist

Gina Penley
Psychologist

Madeline Piela
Speech/Language Pathologist

​Michael Proctor
Special Education Teacher

Michael Lovato
Interim Director

Meghan Richer
Special Education Teacher

Robin Ross
Bridge Alliance Teacher

Matt Schiff
Board Certified Behavior Analyst

Paula Shea
Team Facilitator

Hayley Skeen​
Special Education Teacher

​​
​Lindsay Strauss
Rise Community Teacher

Robin Toback
School Psychologist

Perri Vanderclock
Occupational Therapist
​
Joslyn Vendola
ExCEL Math & Lead Teacher

Sutikshna Verravalli
LC & CoTaught

Hayley Wells
Special Education Teacher

Alexandra Zembruski
Special Education Teacher

April Zyirek
Coordinator​

SWS

Ben Berman
English
​
Zac Broken Rope
English
Keira Flynn-Carson
English
​
Jen Martin

Social Studies
Brad Kozel
Biology

Steve Lantos
Chemistry

Visual Arts

Interim Department Chair: Donna Sartanowicz 
617-713-5298

Secretary: Kelsey Nash
617-713-5295, Office: UA23

Elizabeth Brennan
Drawing I and II,Painting II, Jewelrymaking I and II, Printmaking I and II
Anamary Levasseur
Digital Video

Eric Latimer 
Art Studio, Drawing, Animation, Digital Design, Comics
Lori Lynn
Photography I, II, III and IV
Digital Photography I and II 

Andrew Maglathlin
Ceramics

Donna Sartanowicz
Drawing I and II, Painting I and II, Advanced Drawing and Painting, Drawing for Understanding in Field Science, AP Portfolio

World Languages

​Rachel Eio
Curriculum Coordinator, Japanese

LaShanda Williams
Secretary 617-713-5096
Office 212B

​Astrid Allen
Spanish

Catherine Beck
French 

Fu-Tseng Chang 
Chinese

Alisa Conner 
Spanish

Alex Craven
French
​
Elena Cruz-López
Spanish

Lindsay Davis
Spanish
Marta Fuertes
Spanish
​
Elizabeth Gorman
Spanish, Health & Fitness

Laura Gurry
French

Andrew Kimball
Spanish, French 
​
Sarah Leonard
Latin

​Emily McGinnis
Spanish

Pedro Mendez
Spanish

​Wes Myers
Spanish

Erica O'Mahony
Spanish
Dean Putnam
French
​
David Rubino
Japanese

Fukiko Shapiro
Japanese

Kristina Tobey
Spanish

Kevin Whitehead
Spanish

Eli Williams
Latin

Wan Wang
​Chinese
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