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HEAD OF SCHOOL'S OFFICE

 




AYANNA HILL-GILL

908-439-4100

Head of School

ahill@purnell.org

BS, Dickinson College


MA, Teachers College, Columbia University

 


KAREN HALL

908-439-4006

Assistant to Head of School

khall@purnell.org

 





BUSINESS OFFICE

 




JIM BIGLAN

908-439-4014

Director of Finance and Operations

jbiglan@purnell.org

BS, La Salle University

 




MARGARET MASIERO

908-439-4093

Accountant

mmasiero@purnell.org

BS, Seton Hall University

 




DEBBIE DUCKWORTH

908-439-4013

Bookkeeper

dduckworth@purnell.org

 

ERIKA RUDOLPH                 

Facilities Coordinator    

AA, Raritan Valley Community College

    

 

908-439-4086

erudolph@purnell.org

 

ADMISSIONS OFFICE

 




NICOLE MOON '90

908-439-4009

Director of Admissions

nmoon@purnell.org

AA, Morris County College

 

 



GENA PARKS

908-439-4025

Associate Director of Admissions

gparks@purnell.org

BS, University of Delaware

 

CHARLOTTE LILLARD

Admissions Associate

BA, Centre College

  

 

 

908-439-4016

clillard@purnell.org

JENNY HUNT

908-439-4010

Admissions Assistant/Receptionist

jhunt@purnell.org

BA, Smith College


MA, Mills College

 

 



ADVANCEMENT OFFICE

 




DAWN FROST

908-439-4008

Director of Institutional Advancement

dfrost@purnell.org

BA, University of Houston

 




DONNA MARTIN

908-439-4017

Alumnae Director

dmartin@purnell.org

Virginia Intermont College

 




DOMINIQUE WALDRON '05

908-439-4038

Alumnae Relations and Communications Associate

dwaldron@purnell.org

BA, Smith College

 




TECHNOLOGY OFFICE

 




MATT MARNETT

908-439-4007

Network Administrator

techguy@purnell.org

Purnell.org Webmaster


BS, University of Maryland

 




BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

 




JASON RANDOLPH

908-439-4081

Buildings and Grounds

jrandolph@purnell.org

 



RUSTY O'DELL

908-439-4081

Buildings and Grounds

rodell@purnell.org

 



STUDENT SERVICES

 




SARA FELDMAN

908-439-4019

Dean of Students

sfeldman@purnell.org

Tenth Grade Dean


BA, Smith College

 

MA, Teachers College, Columbia University

 

 

 

 

KIM CORNELL     

Student Life Assistant

BA, Kean University

MA, Kean Univeristy

 

908-439-4026

kcornell@purnell.org

 

MELISSA POOLE

908-439-4065

Director of Residential Life

mpoole@purnell.org

Directory of 21st Century Learning


BA, Guilford College


MA, The Ohio State University

 


JERZY JUNG

Residential Life Assistant

BA, Muhlenberg College

908-439-4096

jjung@purnell.org

 

 

WILLIAM WARLICK

908-439-4089

Director of Athletics

wwarlick@purnell.org

BS, King University


MA, Georgia University

 




KATHLEEN TUCKER WEEMS

908-439-4040

Dean of Faculty and Academics

kweems@purnell.org

BS, Siena College


MAT, Union College

 




ROBIN DYER

908-439-4092

Director of Learning and Enrichment

rdyer@purnell.org

BA, Pennsylvania State University


MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Ed.M., Rutgers University 

 




BROOKE MALIK

908-439-4028

Director of Affinities Program

bmalik@purnell.org

BA, University of California, Irvine


MAT, University of California, Irvine

 




VALERIE GUDE LENSBORN

908-439-4060

Director of College Counseling

vlensborn@purnell.org

BA, Hamilton College

 




KATIE BOYER

908-439-4068

College Counseling Associate

kboyer@purnell.org

Registrar


Twelfth Grade Dean


BA, Hamilton College

 




PAT BACKMAN

908-439-4033

School Nurse

pbackman@purnell.org

RN, County College of Morris

 




CAROL WICHERT

908-439-4033

School Nurse

cwichert@purnell.org

BA, Ohio University


BS, SUNY

 




BOB KAHN


School Driver


BS, Panzer College

 




FACULTY

 




ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

 




LESLIE BURNS PATIENT

908-439-4034

English Department Chair

lpatient@purnell.org

BA, University of Southern California


MA, Villanova University


MA, Rutgers University

 




SHELLY KAYE

908-439-4031

English Teacher

skaye@purnell.org

BA, Vassar College

 




FOREIGN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT

 




AMY AICHELE PASTERCZYK

908-439-4071

Foreign Language Department Chair

apasterczyk@purnell.org

French Teacher


BA, Willamette University


MA, Willamette University

 




MIRNA VALERIO

908-439-4069

Spanish Teacher

mvalerio@purnell.org

BA, BM, Oberlin College


 

 


HISTORY DEPARTMENT

 




DENISE GRELLER

908-439-4079

History Department Chair 

dgreller@purnell.org

BA, Rutgers University


MBA, New York University

 


LINDSAY DIBERNARDO

History and English Teacher

BA, Colgate University

M A, Elmira University

 

 

908-439-4020

ldibernardo@punrell.org

MATH DEPARTMENT

 




NYIKA BUCCELLO

908-439-4035

Math Department Chair

nbuccello@purnell.org

BS, Seton Hall University


M. Ed, Seton Hall University

 

EMILY HOLDSWORTH

LEC, Math and Science Teacher 

BS, University of Vermont

 

 

908-439-4072

eholdsworth@purnell.org

 

 



JENNIFER PARKER

908-439-4094

Math Teacher

jparker@purnell.org

BA, Ithaca College


MS, University of Rochester

 


 


PETER PASTERCZYK

908-439-4030

Math and Science Teacher

ppasterczyk@purnell.org

BS, Bucknell University


 

 


PERFORMING ARTS DEPARTMENT

 




NICOLE LABRIT

908-439-4074

Ninth Grade Dean

Performing Arts Department Chair 

nlabrit@purnell.org

BA, Arcadia University

 

ELISE FIGA

Music and Performing Arts Teacher

BM, University of Rochester

MM, Indiana University

 

 

 

908-439-4057

efiga@purnell.org

 



SCIENCE DEPARTMENT

 




KATHLEEN TUCKER WEEMS

908-439-4040

Science Department Chair

kweems@purnell.org

Dean of Faculty and Academics


BS, Siena College


MAT, Union College

 

SAIRA ATIF

Science Teacher

BS, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

MAT, Union College

 

 

 

908-439-4095

satif@purnell.org

 



SHEREEN THOMAS

908-439-4085

Science Teacher

sthomas@purnell.org

BA, Rutgers University

 




STUDIO ARTS DEPARTMENT

 




DONNA ANDESKIE

908-439-4078

Studio Arts Chair

dandeskie@purnell.org

Eleventh Grade Class Dean


BFA, Syracuse University


MFA, Maryland University

 




CHRIS KAYE

908-439-4022

Studio Arts Teacher

ckaye@purnell.org

A.A.S., Dutchess Community College


BFA, The Parsons School for Design

 




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