- Pine Cobble School

Directory

Administration, Faculty, Staff, and Board of Trustees, 2008-2009

Date in parentheses indicates year of original appointment to faculty.

Administration and Staff:

Nicholas Edgerton P '12, '14 (2000)

  • Headmaster
  • A.B. Brown University
  • M.A. Columbia University

Jay Merselis  P '16, '18, '20 (1993)

  • Intermediate & Upper School Head/Math
  • B.A. Hamilton College
  • M.Ed. Antioch NE

M'Ellen Erickson P '97, '00, '19 (1994)

  • Early Childhood & Lower School Head
  • B.A. Briarcliff College
  • Pace University

Linda J.L. Becker P '88 (1985)

  • English / Admissions / Secondary Placement
  • A.B. Smith College
  • M.Ed Harvard University

Susannah Wells P '06, '08 (1984)

  • Director of Development
  • B.A. Williams College

Debbie Mahan P '16, '17 (2003)

  • Business Manager
  • A.S. Churchman Business College

Amber Braman P '11, '16 (2005)

  • Administrative Assistant
  • B.A. University of Rhode Island

Janine Hetherington P '17, '20 (2008)

  • Development Associate
  • B.A. Middlebury College
  • Ed.M. Harvard University

Steve Fisk (1996)

  • Facilities Manager

Richard Reeves (2007)

  • Custodian and Maintenance Assistant
   

Faculty:

Cornelia Alden '89 (2001)

  • History / English
  • B.A. Williams College

Sarah Benton (2008)

  • Science
  • B.S. Skidmore College
  • M.Ed. University of Washington

Linda Bernard P '93, '95 (1988)

  • Grade 5 / Art
  • B.F.A. Herbert H. Lehman College
  • CUNY

Lynn Bizzi (2006)

  • Beginners
  • MCLA

Jerald Bope P '07 (2000)

  • Mathematics
  • B.S. University of Wyoming
  • Ph.D. University of Wyoming

Beth Callahan '90, P '18 (2000)

  • Beginners
  • B.S. and B.A. MCLA
  • M.Ed. MCLA

Katherine Cummings (1999)

  • Pre-Kindergarten
  • B.S. Johnson State College
  • M.Ed. Antioch

Lisa Cushman P '97, '99, '01 (1995)

  • Librarian
  • B.S. New England College
  • M.A. Simmons College

Michelle Despard (2004)

  • Music
  • B.M. Hartt School of Music
  • University of Hartford
  • M.A. Rutgers University

Monica Endres P '05, '08 (2000)

  • Art
  • Fashion Institute of Technology

Nancy Garton (1998)

  • Grade 3
  • B.S. Wheelock College

Catie Gillespie (2008)

  • Grade 2
  • B.A. Trinity College
  • M.Ed. Boston University

Sarah Gilooly P '16, '18 (2006)

  • French / Beginners
  • B.A. Alfred University
  • MAT Univ. of Massachusetts

Giom P '16 (2009)

  • Grade 4
  • B.A. Bennington College
  • M.A.T. Bennington College

Carolyn Lehmann P '57, '58 (1950)

  • Beginners

John McCormick (1994)

  • Latin
  • B.A. Our Lady of Providence Seminary
  

Kristine McGrath P '19 (2000)

  • Grade 2
  • A.A Hesser College
  • B.S. Cum Laude, MCLA

Julie Murphy (2003)

  • French
  • B.A. Western Washington University
Shawn Murphy (1999)
  • Science / Math
  • B.S. Cornell University

Mary Pierson '65 (2002)

  • Pre-Kindergarten
  • B.S. Wheelock College

Peter Pierson (2003)

  • History
  • B.A. Williams College

Katharine Potter P '67, '70 (1957)

  • Kindergarten
  • Bouve-Tufts

Maude Rich '91, P '14, '19 (2002)

  • Kindergarten
  • B.A. MCLA
  • M.Ed. MCLA

Kristen Rigazio (2009)

  • Extended Day
  •  B.S. Southern Connecticut State University
  •  M.S. Touro College

Jane Smith (1995)

  • English
  • B.S. Clark University

Andrew Walak '01 (2009)

  • Athletic Director / History
  • B.A. Salve Regina University
  • M.A. Salve Regina University

Judith Wright P '80 (1975)

  • Reading Specialist
  • B.A. Arcadia University
  • M.Ed. MCLA
  
 

President: James P. Briggs '83, P'17,'20

Vice-President: Joseph Finnegan P'11

Treasurer: Joseph Apkin P'09,'11

Secretary: Eloise Pasachoff '89

Member-At Large: Meredith Cochran '69, P'06

Dusty Bahlman '68, P'88

Jerry Baran P'88

Jonathan Buoni, '84

Jonathan Cluett

George (Sam) Crane P'09

Nicholas M. Edgerton P'12,'14 ex officio

Rick Luttazi

Jayson Tanzman '83