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Our Team

Research demonstrates that providing gifted children with in-school opportunities for accelerated learning and talent development with ability peers improves long-term academic achievement, creative accomplishment, and commitment to learning — and not doing so contributes to chronic underachievement, low self-esteem, and a lack of motivation and direction, especially among gifted students with learning challenges (i.e., 2e students).

 

At the heart of everything we do at Lang is talent development, which surfaces and stokes passions, provides structure and viability for big ideas, instills a sense of purpose and commitment, and, ultimately, develops gifts and grit. Professional development (PD) — talent development for staff — is as vital to Lang's model as talent development for students. Our staff is invited to refine and reflect on their own skills and passions via ongoing in-house coaching and year-round PD both on campus and off. A school can only sustain a robust student talent development program with a growth mindset-oriented team of teachers continuously invited to develop their own strengths and talents.

 

With highly credentialed faculty trained in gifted and special education who are content area masters and who understand our students' acceleration and support needs, students thrive at Lang. We take great pride in our staff's commitment to helping our students achieve their full potential, and we demonstrate that pride by investing heavily in our staff's achievement of their own full potential. 

Leadership Team

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Lauren Carey

Director for Staff Development

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Timon Lorenzo

Director for Operations

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Mark Silberberg

Director for Admissions & Outreach

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Sue Groesbeck

Head of School, Interim

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Judy Nussbaum

Director for Social Communication

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Maria Velonakis

Controller

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Reid Kuioka

Director for Enrollment & Systems Development

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Wendy Rissmeyer

Executive Assistant to Head of School

Specialists

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Jake Becker

Upper School Learning Specialist

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Arielle Braun

Speech Language Pathologist

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Erika Hughes Hooper

Consulting Director, Upper School Staff Development

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Anne Palmer

Consulting Director, Lower School Staff Development

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Jim Stewart

Director for School Technology & Teacher

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Tracey Bermann

School Psychologist

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Alexa Danoff

School Psychologist

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Kevin Liu

Occupational Therapist

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Mike Ryan

Occupational Therapist

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Chris Trivell

School Nurse

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Caroline Blasco

School Psychologist

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Camille Giordano

Diversity, Equity & Belonging

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Hana Nikoletic

Assistant Director for Staff Development

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Ellen Simon

Lower School Learning Specialist

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Hannah Zingg

College Counselor

Faculty & Staff

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Manuela Adusar-Pizzi

Upper School ELA Teacher & Prospect Advisor

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Vincent Aurora

French Teacher

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Seth Consigli

Upper School Science Teacher & Middle School Inwood Co-Advisor

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Heather Harrington

Lower School Idlewild Co-Teacher

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Andel Khadroo

Operations & Front Desk Coordinator

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Susie Merola

Middle School ELA Teacher and Soundview Co- Advisor

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Camilo Quinones

Physical Education Teacher

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Daniella Rodriguez

In-house substitute / floater teacher

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Jesse Yabrosky

Lower School Spring Creek Co-Teacher

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Greg Albert

Music Teacher

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Toni Burke

Lower School High Rock Co-Teacher

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Jared Gniewek

In-house substitute / floater teacher

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Susan Habicht

Math Specialist & Middle School Inwood Co-Advisor

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Bradley Klustner

Middle School History Teacher and Soundview Co- Advisor

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Ahmed Mohammad

Upper School Physics Teacher

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Boris Remache

Maintenance & Design

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Jane Ruocco

Lower School High Rock Co-Teacher

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Sophie Rose Anger

Librarian & Creative Writing Teacher

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Michael Cates

Director for the Performing Arts

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Matthew Gross

Upper School Math Teacher & Governor Advisor

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James Jack

Upper School History Teacher & Middle School Riverside Advisor

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Julia Lynch

Lower School Spring Creek Co-Teacher

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Leonela Parales

Maintenance & Design

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Sarah Rusnock

Lower School Idlewild Co-Teacher

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David Siever

Fine Arts Teacher

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