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Diana Abed, is a general education teacher at Rivendell School in Brooklyn, NY. AMScredentialed (EC). (7)

Gina Abegg, is president of Compassionate Way Consulting, LLC, in Denver, CO, which provides parent education, staff development, and educational consultation to Montessori schools. The founder and former head of the Montessori Children’s House of Denver, she is also a field supervisor and instructor for the Montessori Education Center of the Rockies. AMScredentialed (EC). (1)

Chris Adams, MEd, is head of the arts department at Brush Creek Montessori School in Santa Rosa, CA. Montessori-credentialed (EC). (3)

Christina M Allen, MA, MEd, is head of Gloria Dei Montessori School in Dayton, OH, where she is also an upper elementary head teacher. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (3)

Sandra Wyner Andrew, MEd, CAGS, is principal of Zanetti Montessori School in Springfield, MA, where she formerly worked as a Montessori teacher mentor. A former Montessori teacher, she also works as a school consultant and is completing her AMS administrative credential. AMI-credentialed (EI-II). (5, 6)

Virginia Mount Ayres, MA, is a private educational consultant and tutor who has formerly worked as a Montessori teacher and administrator. A learning disabilities specialist, she has also worked as outreach director for Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic in Princeton, NJ, and Washington, DC. AMI-credentialed (EC). (7) Canceled

Mary Azzolini, MA, is a co-head teacher at Madison Montessori School in Madison, NJ, and a member of the AMS Research Committee. AMS-credentialed (EI). (1, 2)

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Janet Bagby, PhD, is a senior lecturer in the educational psychology department at Baylor University in Waco, TX. A member of the AMS Research Committee, she received AMS.s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2002. (1, 2)

Tamara Sheesley Balis, is director and owner of Montessori Families in Enfield, CT, which provides educational products and services for implementing Montessori principles at home. A former Montessori teacher, she produced and directed the DVD Bringing Out the Brilliance in Your Infant: Montessori at Home. AMS-credentialed (EI). (4)

Christos Balis, DC, is director and owner of Rainbow Remedies, LLC, in Enfield, CT, a wellness center providing health education and services. (4)

Marlene Barron, PhD, is a professor of education at New York University and director of the teacher education program at West Side Montessori School, in New York City, where she formerly served as head of school. A past president and treasurer of AMS, she is a MACTE commissioner and a past treasurer of IAME. AMS-credentialed (EC). (4)

Judi Bauerlein, MEd, is an elementary language and biology teacher educator for Montessori Teacher Education Center in Sunnyvale, CA, and Princeton Center for Teacher Education in Princeton, NJ. A member and past president of the AMS Board of Directors, she founded public Montessori programs in San Mateo and Lagunitas, CA, and has been honored as teacher of the year in San Mateo County. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (5, 6, 7)

Stanley Beames, MA, is the executive director of Namaste Montessori School in Trumansburg, NY. (1)

Bridgid Infante Beames, MA, is owner and head of Namaste Montessori School in Trumansburg, NY. An educational consultant and workshop presenter, she has worked at several other Montessori schools as a teacher and school director. AMS-credentialed (EC), Montessori-credentialed (ADMIN). (1)

Tina Bennett, MEd, is a fifth- and sixth-grade teacher at John E. Ford, a K.8 Montessori and Spanish immersion magnet school in Jacksonville, FL. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (4)

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Rodney Berthold, MEd, is curriculum designer and director of the Montessori middle school program at the Boyd School in Chantilly, VA. AMS-credentialed (EI-II, SECI-II). (7)

Gail Blanke, see (Closing Keynote)

Linda Bolam, MS, is a lower elementary lead teacher at the Montessori School of Greater Lafayette in West Lafayette, IN. Prior to her Montessori career, she taught for 15 years in public schools in Pittsburgh, PA. AMS-credentialed (EI). (4)

Etan Boritzer, is the best-selling author of the What Is? series, acclaimed for its ability to allow students and adults to interact on complex child-development issues. Etan reads with students in school assemblies all over the United States, and he also conducts young writers workshops. (7)

Soozi Borland, is the education director, elementary curriculum coordinator, and upper elementary guide at Harbour Oaks Montessori in Grayson, GA. She is also an early childhood and lower elementary teacher educator for Atlanta Montessori Teacher Education in Smyrna, GA. AMS-credentialed (EI), NCME-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (3)

Camille M. Brandt, is the director of education of the Children.s Montessori Center in Fargo, ND, and a candidate for a doctoral degree in education. A former Montessori teacher, she teaches graduate-level education classes at Minnesota State University in Moorhead, MN. Montessori-credentialed (EI). (5, 6)

Robyn Breiman, MEd, is elementary coordinator for CMTE/NY. A former member of the AMS Teacher Education Committee, she has been involved in Montessori education since 1972 as a teacher, parent, head of school, and teacher educator. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (5)

Rita Brenner, is a toddler teacher at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ, and a faculty member of Princeton Center for Teacher Education. AMS-credentialed (I&T). (3, 6)

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Nan Brooks-Hoyle, MEd, is principal of John E. Ford, a K.8 Montessori and Spanish immersion magnet school in Jacksonville, FL. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (4)

Teri Canaday, MA, is director and a teacher at the Montessori Center of Jackson, TN. An advisory board member for COMET, she teaches at the University of Memphis and Lambuth University. A national consultant for AMS and executive producer of the AMS film Educating for Peace.the Essence of Montessori, Teri is a member of the AMS Peace Committee. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (4)

Anita Canzano, is the Director of School Services at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ, where she has worked for 21 years. She is also an Enneagram instructor for the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. (Pre-conference, 2)

Kathy Carey, MAT, is co-editor of Montessori Life. She is also a teacher educator at Oklahoma City University and a professor of child development at Rose State College in Midwest City, OK. AMS-credentialed (EC). (3)

Mari Carmen de la Hoya, is elementary coordinator at Colegio Bilingüison in Monterrey, Mexico. She is a former head teacher of infant and toddler, and lower and upper elementary Montessori classrooms. AMS-credentialed (EI). (2)

Sinead M. Carolan, is co-founder, administrator, and teacher at Augsburg Park Montessori, a private, independent school in Minneapolis, MN. In 2007, she was honored as Irish American Business Woman of the Year. AMS-credentialed (EC). (6)

Penny HildeBrandt Cichucki, MEd, is founder and head of Crystal Lake Montessori School, Woodstock, IL, and educational director of the Secondary I Credential Program for the Midwest Montessori Teacher Training Center. She represents heads of schools on the AMS Board of Directors. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II, SECI-II). (Heads of schools networking, 4, 7)

Sue Clark, MS, is a teacher educator and elementary coordinator for the Phoenix satellite of CMTE/NY. She is a former 6.9 teacher at Adobe Montessori in Chandler, AZ. AMS-credentialed (EI). (5)

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Betsy Coe, PhD, see page 11. (opening Keynote, 1)

Susan F. Cohn, is head of Brush Creek Montessori School in Santa Rosa, CA, and director of the Maria Montessori Teacher Training Center of the North Bay. An instructor for several Montessori teacher education programs, she helped launch Montessori middle school programs in Arkansas and California. Montessori-credentialed (EC, EI-II, SECI, ADMIN). (3)

Anne Connors, MA, is a children.s book illustrator and president of Montessori Carpets in Williams Bay, WI. She is a former Montessori early childhood teacher, interior designer, set designer, and actress. AMS-credentialed (EC). (4) Canceled

Cheryl Ann Corneau, is a head toddler teacher at Harborlight Montessori School in Beverly, MA. A Montessori teacher for 15 years, she has also taught in two Montessori schools in Arizona. AMS-credentialed (I&T). (2)

Jacqueline Cossentino, EdD, is head of Williams-burg Montessori School in Wilmington, DE, and a member of the AMS Research Committee. A member of the faculty of education at the University of Maryland, she is a visiting scholar in sociology at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA. She is author of the forthcoming Inside Montessori: Unexpected Lessons for Educational Reform. (1, 2)

Art Costa, see page 24. (Pre-conference, saturday Keynote, 5)

Dee Coulter, EdD, is a neuroscience educator and the director of Kindling Touch Institute. She has 14 years. experience as a special-education teacher and director of education programs, and was a long-term faculty member at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, and an adjunct instructor for the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, CO. (Pre-conference, 3, 4) Gretchen courage, MA, is a Montessori mentor at Gerena School in Springfield, MA. A school consultant, she is a former Montessori teacher, school founder, and head. She received a Pioneer Valley Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006 and is currently taking AMS Elementary training. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5, 6)

Judith Cunningham, MEd, is executive director of the Montessori Model United Nations program and is editor of M: the Magazine for Montessori Families. A licensed mediator, she is head of Oak Farm Montessori School in Avilla, IN, and she has served AMS as vice president for development of the board of directors. AMI-credentialed (EI-II). (4)

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Ginny Cusack, MA, is a consultant to the Ukrainian Montessori Project and to Montessori schools throughout the world. The ex officio director of the Princeton Center for Teacher Education, she is also founder and former director of Lakeside Montessori Center in Princeton, NJ. AMI-credentialed (EC). (1)

Sharon J. Damore, EdD, is an assistant professor of elementary education at DePaul University in Chicago, IL. An AMS Board member and Research Committee chair, she has also held positions as teacher, principal, special-education director, dean, and head of school. AMS-credentialed (EC). (1, 2, 3)

Carolyn Daoust, PhD, is an associate professor, Montessori elementary coordinator, and director of interns at St. Mary.s College in Moraga, CA. A member of the AMS Research Committee, she received AMS.s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2005. AMS-credentialed (EC), AMI-credentialed (EI, EII). (1, 2, 3)

Melanie Davis, PhD, is an adjunct professor of education at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN, and a school psychologist for Greater Lafayette Area Special Services, a special-education cooperative serving the Tippecanoe School Corporation. (4)

Helen Devere, MA, is co-founder, administrator, and teacher at Montessori School of Celebration in Celebration, FL. The director of the Orlando Montessori Teacher Education Institute, she is the former director of Heritage Montessori School in Ridgecrest, CA, and served two terms as MACTE commissioner. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (2)

Marta Donahoe, MEd, is founder and program coordinator at Clark Montessori Junior and Senior High School, recognized as the top high school in the greater Cincinnati, OH, area and named one of five model secondary schools in the nation by the Center for School Change. She also directs the Cincinnati Montessori Secondary Teacher Education Program. AMS-credentialed (EI-II, SECI-II). (5)

Sherry Doughty, is owner and administrator of Doughty Montessori School in Ann Arbor, MI. A Montessori teacher since 1986, she has served as an intern supervisor for the Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Institute. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5)

Hillary Drinkell, is dean of elementary education and upper elementary teacher at New Gate School in Sarasota, FL. She is a candidate for a master.s degree in education. Montessori-credentialed (EI-II). (7)

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Michael Duffy, MEd, STL, is a private Montessori-school consultant and a teacher educator for CMTE/NY, where he is also internship coordinator of the Puerto Rico training program. A former Montessori teacher, he is the author of Children of the Universe: Cosmic Education in the Montessori Elementary Classroom and the forthcoming Building Your Child.s Brain through Montessori Math. (1)

Joanne Dugan, is an award-winning photographer and author based in New York City. Her book ABC NYC: A Book about Seeing New York was an International Reading Association Notable Book and has been featured in national publications, including the New York Times. Her most recent title, 123 NYC, received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. (3)

Mercedes Dugan, is a lead primary teacher at Jarrow Montessori, serving toddlers through 12-year-old children, in Boulder, CO. AMS-credentialed (EC). (7)

Pamela Dunbar, MBA, is head of school at the Montessori Academy in Arlington, TX. She is a former professional development specialist for the Fort Worth (TX) Independent School District. (1)

James A. Dyck, MA, MS, AIA, is a Montessori teacher and architect/president of the Architectural Partnership in Lincoln, NE, a firm specializing in the design of Montessori and other educational facilities nationwide. He currently represents the AIA on the International Union of Architects. working group on cultural and educational spaces. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5)

Douglas J. Dziedzic, MS, is a lead middle school teacher at Villa Montessori, a public charter school in Phoenix, AZ. AMS-credentialed (SECI). (6)

Jennifer M. McGonagle Dziedzic, MEd, is a lead middle school teacher at Villa Montessori, a public charter school in Phoenix, AZ. AMS-credentialed (SECI). (6)

Marian Wright Edelman, (Dr. Nancy Mccormick Rambusch Lecture)

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Barbara Ervin, MEd, is an associate professor of education and director of the Montessori program at Lander University in Greenwood, SC, where she also oversees the Montessori Children.s House. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (1)

Mary Beth Evans, is director of admissions at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ, where she has worked for 20 years, including 15 years as a toddler teacher. AMS-credentialed (I&T). (2)

Robert Fricker, MA, is a consultant with Educational Directions. During his 30-year career in education, he has worked with boards in higher education and independent schools. He is a former school head, most recently of the Independent Day School in Middlefield, CT. (2)

Christine Frost, MA, recently retired as head of the toddler program at the Albrook School in Basking Ridge, NJ. She is a faculty member of Princeton Center for Teacher Education. AMS-credentialed (I&T, EC). (3, 6)

Lisa Giallonardo, MS, is the former head and co-founder of Summit Montessori School in Framingham, MA. A board member of Montessori Schools of Massachusetts, she is a doctoral candidate in organizational behavior and academic administration at Boston University. (1)

Maureen Harris, MEd, currently teaches at the Children.s House Montessori in Ontario, Canada. A member of the AMS Research Committee, she is the developer of Montessori Mozarts, an instructional music program for Montessori students. AMS-credentialed (EC). (1, 2)

Joanne Hartnack, MPA, leads volunteer and student activities as Director of Community Affairs at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ. (Pre-conference)

Carla Hofland, MBA, is director of member services at AMS. She has 15 years. experience as a Montessori school administrator. (Regional Montessori Groups networking)

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Daniel H. Jacobs, AIA, is an architect and principal at A3C.Collaborative Architecture, an architecture and interior design firm, in Ann Arbor, MI, with a focus on educational and sustainable design. (4)

Simon Jeynes, MA, is a consultant with Independent School Management. He has 26 years. experience in independent schools, where his roles have included school founder, head of school, teacher, and dean of academics. His areas of expertise include school leadership and board management, and he specializes in on-site work with schools regarding institutional assessment, strategic planning, faculty evaluation, scheduling, and board and management team retreats. (Pre-conference)

Carey Jones, is co-editor of Montessori Life and an editor at Chronicle Books in San Francisco, CA. (3)

Rosemary Jones, is a teacher educator for the Phoenix satellite of CMTE/NY and 6.9 teacher at Desert Garden Montessori School in Phoenix, AZ. AMS-credentialed (EI). (5)

Eileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD, is an award-winning author and clinical psychologist. A former Montessori student, she is author of the children.s book What About Me: Twelve Ways to Get Your Parents. Attention Without Hitting Your Sister, and co-author of The Unwritten Rules of Friendship for parents and teachers. (1)

Merrie B. King, EdD, is an associate professor of education and Montessori program director at Belmont University in Nashville, TN. A national facilitator for Dr. Parker Palmer.s Courage to Teach work, she is the former owner/ director of Ithaka Montessori, in Franklin, TN. She has been honored as Outstanding Educator by Peabody College at Vanderbilt University. AMS-credentialed (EI), AMI-credentialed (I&T, EC). (1, 2)

Renee Kok, is head of Voyager Montessori Elementary School on Bainbridge Island, WA. She is the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Education Award from the Kitsap County Public Works Department. (6)

Amy Kremer, MEd, is dean of secondary education and language arts teacher at New Gate School in Sarasota, FL. (7)

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Carmen I. LaFranzo, MEd, is co-founder, principal, and directress at Carmel Montessori Academy and Children.s House in Warrenville, IL. She has served AMS as a consultant and accreditation team member. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (7)

Lisa Lalama, teaches upper elementary at Wilmington Montessori School in Wilmington, DE. She is a field consultant for Princeton Center for Teacher Education in Princeton, NJ. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (Pre-conference)

Michelle Lane, is the founder of the Lane Montessori School for Autism in Toronto, Canada. Previously known as the Toronto Montessori School for Autism, this was the first program to combine Applied Behavior Analysis with the Montessori curriculum. Michelle received a Premier.s Award in 2005 for her work and now runs her own consulting/training company. AMS-credentialed (EC). (Pre-conference)

Peter Larrow, MEd, is co-director of Montessori Opportunities, Inc., a mobile, AMS teacher education program. An instructor for the Columbus Montessori Education Center TEP, he also serves on the AMS Board of Directors as the chair of the Teacher Education Committee. AMS-credentialed (EC). (teacher educators networking)

Heidi Larson, MEd, is adjunct faculty for education at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH, where she is principal and lower elementary teacher at Xavier.s Montessori Lab School. She chairs the Teachers Section of the AMS Board of Directors. AMS-credentialed (EI). (teachers networking, 5, 6)

Janette L. Leslie, is co-founder, administrator, and teacher at Augsburg Park Montessori, a private, independent school in Minneapolis, MN. AMS-credentialed (EC). (6)

Frank Leto, is an award-winning composer of multicultural songs and dances for young children. A Montessori teacher educator, he currently works as music teacher and steel band director at Cottonwood School in Corrales, NM. AMS-credentialed (EC). (2, 3)

Lauren Stutz Lipman, is a kindergarten and lower and upper elementary drama teacher at the Albrook School in Basking Ridge, NJ, and a field consultant for the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. She is a candidate for a master.s degree in the use of theater and dance in Montessori education at Empire State College. (3)

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Margaret Howard Loeffler, PhD, is co-director of Oklahoma City University.s graduate Montessori teacher education program. She has served AMS as a member of its first Board of Directors, founder and first chair of the Teachers Section, and co-creator of the Teacher.s Research Network. She is the editor of Montessori in Contemporary American Culture. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI), AMI-credentialed (EC). (6)

Judy Luman, MEd, EdS, is a lower elementary teacher at J. Allen Axson, a public Montessori magnet school in Jacksonville, FL. She is an adjunct faculty member at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (2)

Margot Mack, is an early childhood teacher at West Side Montessori School in New York City, where she also teaches art for the school.s teacher education program. An artist who has exhibited her work in galleries in NY and NJ, she also has her own line of jewelry, Intentional Imperfections. AMS-credentialed (EC). (Pre-conference)

Liz Madden, MEd, is a lower elementary teacher at Wilmington Montessori School in Wilmington, DE. AMS-credentialed (EI). (Pre-conference)

Biff Maier, MEd, is director of faculty and curriculum development at Lexington Montessori School in Lexington, MA. A 30-year Montessori teacher and former school head, he is the elementary curriculum coordinator at CMTE/ NY, and he has served AMS as chair of the Teachers Section and as a member of the Board of Directors. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI), AMI-credentialed (EI-II). (6)

Lorna McGrath, MEd, is dean of early childhood education at New Gate School in Sarasota, FL, and program director for New Gate.s early childhood teacher education program. She also teaches for several other Montessori teacher education programs. AMS-credentialed (EC). (7)

Catherine Mctamaney, EdD, is director of elementary education programs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. A former Montessori school director and teacher honored as Tennessee.s First Class Teacher of the Year in 1996, she is author of The Tao of Montessori and contributing editor to M: the Magazine for Montessori Families. AMS-credentialed (EC). (3)

Nelly Mendiola, MEd, is the primary years program coordinator at Colegio Bilingüison in Monterrey, Mexico. She is a former Montessori early childhood head teacher. AMS-credentialed (EC). (2)

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Kate Mitchell, has been an early childhood directress at Doughty Montessori School in Ann Arbor, MI, for 18 years. She has also served as a Montessori intern supervisor for the Adrian Dominican Montessori Teacher Education Program. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5)

Michelle Moody-Frazier, EdD, is grants manager for the Chicago Public Schools in Chicago, IL. She authored the doctoral dissertation Implementing the Montessori Model of Education in a Large, Urban, Public School Setting and is working toward an AMS administrative certificate. (1, 2)

Alyssa Morishima Moore, MS, MBA, is an associate director of project management at Genentech, Inc., and treasurer of and family representative to the AMS Board of Directors. At her children.s public, Montessori elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area, she spearheaded a successful campaign for a middle school expansion. (4, 5, 7)

Jennifer Moss, is an early childhood special-education teacher at Maryland Avenue Montessori, part of the Milwaukee (WI) Public Schools. An experienced teacher of early childhood through adolescent children, she has taught in both traditional and Montessori settings. AMS-credentialed (EC). (3)

Analida Munera, MEd, is principal of Gerena School in Springfield, MA. The former principal of Zanetti Montessori School, she also serves as the Hampden County director for the Massachusetts Elementary School Principals. Association. AMS-credentialed (ADMIN). (5, 6)

Shelley Murley, ARCT, is founder and director of Montessori Through Music, a Montessori music-education program based in Vancouver, British Columbia. A composer of children.s music, she also teaches piano and violin. Montessori-credentialed (EC, EI). (7)

Kirsten Erika Murphy, MA, teaches lower elementary at Wilmington Montessori School in Wilmington, DE. A teacher for eight years, she is currently finishing her Montessori training. (Pre-conference)

Greg Nelson, PhD, is associate professor of elementary and early childhood education at Bridgewater State College in Bridgewater, MA. He is author of Math at Their Own Pace. AMS-credentialed (EC), Montessori-credentialed (EI). (3)

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Angela I. Nicholson, is a Montessori teacher who serves as director of program development and director of the teacher education program at Columbus Montessori Education Center in Columbus, OH. A former head of school, she serves AMS as the secretary of the Teacher Education Committee. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5)

Joanne Oh, MA, is the director of professional development and interim director of school accreditation for AMS. She has been involved in Montessori education for 15 years as a teacher, school administrator, and a TEP faculty member. AMS-credentialed (EC). (6)

Erika Ohlhaver, MEd, is an elementary teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary, a public Montessori school in Houston, TX, where she is also a teacher educator for the Houston Montessori Center and president of Educational Training and Consulting. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (3)

Dorothy Paul, MEd, EdS, is an early childhood teacher at J. Allen Axson, a public Montessori magnet school in Jacksonville, FL. An AMS consultant, she is also an adjunct faculty member at Barry University in Miami Shores, FL. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (2)

Jacqueline K. M. Paulsen, is an upper elementary guide and grant administrator at Ridgeline Montessori, a public charter school in Eugene, OR. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (2)

Dane L. Peters, MA, is head of Brooklyn Heights Montessori School in Brooklyn, NY. Over his 30-year career, he has served on and/or chaired nine nonprofit boards. He writes on leadership, governance, and teaching for Montessori Life, M: the Magazine for Montessori Families, Independent School Magazine, and the Head.s Letter. (2)

Joyce S. Pickering, HumD, is executive director of the Shelton School, in Dallas, TX, the world.s largest school for children with learning differences. A former board member and vice president of the International Dyslexia Association, she is also the former president of the International Multisensory Structured Language Council. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5)

Dora M. Pistro, MEd, is an early childhood teacher at John E. Ford, a K.8 Montessori and Spanish immersion magnet school in Jacksonville, FL. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI-II). (4)

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Phyllis Povell, PhD, is professor emerita and former director of the early childhood program at Long Island University, NY. Having written a doctoral dissertation on the growth of the Montessori movement 1909.1970, she is at work on a new book examining the leadership of Dr. Maria Montessori and AMS founder Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch. She has served on numerous AMS and MACTE committees. (3)

Sheila Reed, MEd, is an upper elementary co-teacher and upper elementary and middle school curriculum coordinator at Chemung Valley Montessori School in Big Flats, NY. She teaches upper elementary language for CMTE/ NY and is a field consultant to schools in NY and PA. AMS-credentialed (EI-II), AMI-credentialed (EC). (5)

Angela L. Reilly, is a head toddler teacher and past parent educator at Pennington Montessori School in Pennington, NJ. AMS-credentialed (I&T). (1)

Mark Robinson, has been a lead early childhood teacher at Hope Montessori, Creve Coeur, in St. Louis, MO, for 22 years. AMS-credentialed (EC). (3)

Karyn A. Robson, is a lead lower elementary teacher at Sunset Hills Montessori School in Reston, VA. She has also taught several other Montessori schools in the United States and Japan. AMS-credentialed (EI). (1)

Brenda Root, PhD, is a sociologist and owner of Creative Brain Solutions. A licensed educator for the Educational Kinesiology Foundation with a background in family development and dynamics, conflict and stress management, and teaching, she conducts Brain Gym ® classes, workshops, and private consultations to help individuals of all ages maximize their learning abilities and human potential. (5, 6)

Nancy M. Rose, MA, is executive director of New England Early Childhood Associates, a consultation and support service provider for schools, agencies, and parents in the New England area. A former AMS Board member, she founded MECR in Boulder, CO, and teaches for several AMS teacher education programs as well as at Johnson and Wales University. AMS-credentialed (EC), AMI-credentialed (I&T, EC). (2)

Patti Ross, MEd, is a teacher at the Robert M. Beren Academy in Houston, TX. She is a teacher educator for the Houston Montessori Center and the Vancouver Training Institute. AMS-credentialed (EI). (3)

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Carol Rushing-carr, MS, is president and owner of Lifespan Therapy Services in Mt. Sterling, KY, a service provider for infant programs, preschools, and school systems. She is board-certified in pediatric occupational therapy and pediatric neuro-development treatment. (5)

Cheryl Anderson Sabo, MA, is owner, director, and teacher at Music Together Vivo!, a licensed Music Together center in Alexandria, VA. She has worked as a professional flutist and Suzuki flute teacher as well as a movement teacher for children with special needs. (6)

Theresa Salvanti, MEd, is a general education teacher at Rivendell School in Brooklyn, NY. (7)

Sharon L. Sargo, LEED AP, is a project manager for A3C - Collaborative Architecture in Ann Arbor, MI, where she co-leads the Education Design Group. She brings expertise in sustainable design to all of her projects and is the firm’s leading Montessori school designer. Sharon’s technical capabilities blend with her creativity to develop inviting but functional learning spaces. As a LEED accredited professional, she successfully guides clients through the green building and LEED Certification process.

Dennis Schapiro, is the editor and publisher of Public School Montessorian (Jola Publications) in Minneapolis, MN. A former college administrator, he has also served as a member of the Minneapolis Board of Education. (3, 4)

Linda M. Schick, MEd, is educational director of Rivendell School in Brooklyn, NY, which provides Montessori early childhood inclusion programs for a diverse school population. AMS-credentialed (EC). (7)

Nanette S. Schonleber, PhD, is an associate professor of education at Chaminade University in Honolulu, HI. An educational psychologist, her research interests include the role of culture in learning, Montessori in native communities, and the impact of culture in the reading process. She received the AMS Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in 2006. AMS-credentialed (I&T, EC). (3)

Marie Schultz, MEd, is a lower elementary teacher at Romeo Montessori School in Romeo, MI. A former administrator, she has been a Montessori teacher for 29 years. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (6)

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Tim Schwartz, is a published poet and a lower elementary co-teacher at the Brooksfield School in McLean, VA. He is also a lower elementary language-arts teacher trainer and support-staff member at the Institute for Advanced Montessori Studies in Silver Spring, MD. AMS-credentialed (EI). (2)

Sherry L. Schweighardt, MA, is a doctoral student in kinesiology at Temple University. A former physical-education teacher at Princeton Montessori School, she developed and teaches the physical-education curriculum for the Princeton Center for Teacher Education in Princeton, NJ. (7)

Gwen D. Shangle, MEd, is an elementary teacher at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ, and an elementary teacher educator for the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (5)

Susie Shelton-Dodge, MS, is director of Hope Montessori, Creve Coeur, in St. Louis, MO. A former Montessori teacher, she has served AMS as president and vice president of the Board of Directors as well as vice president of the Scholarship Committee. AMS-credentialed (I&T, EC). (3)

Elizabeth Slade, MFA, is Montessori coordinator at Gerena School in Springfield, MA. She is currently working on a longitudinal study of urban public Montessori outcomes as well as an AMS administrative credential. AMI-credentialed (EI-II). (5, 6)

Doris Sommer, is senior director for teacher education programs at AMS. A former Montessori early childhood and elementary teacher, she has served as faculty member, consultant, and director of an AMS teacher education program, chaired numerous on-site visits to teacher education programs, and trained MACTE Commission on-site evaluators. AMS-credentialed (EI-II), NCME-credentialed (EC). (Teacher Educators Networking)

Karen Spring, is the Director of Development and Public Relations at Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ. She formerly worked for many years in corporate marketing. (Pre-conference)

Lisa Steele, MEd, is a reading coach at Northboro Elementary Montessori Magnet in West Palm Beach, FL, and a national board certified teacher. AMS-credentialed (EC, EI). (7)

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Marsha Stencel, MA, is head of Princeton Montessori School in Princeton, NJ, and chief executive officer of the Princeton Center for Teacher Education. She is an accreditation commissioner for AMS and the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, a former board member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools, and an officer of the Ukrainian Montessori Foundation. AMS-credentialed (EC). (Pre-conference, 1)

William R. Stixrud, PhD, is a neuropsychologist specializing in the evaluation of learning disabilities. The author of Plain Talk about Early Education and Development, he is a member of the clinical supervisory faculty at Children.s Hospital, an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the George Washington University Medical Center, and a member of the clinical faculty of the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School, all in Washington, DC. (5, 6)

Noreen Sullivan, (1, 2, 3)

Gail Supanich, MEd, is a Montessori mentor at Zanetti Montessori Magnet School in Springfield, MA. A former school head, teacher, and teacher trainer, she serves as an AMS school accreditation commissioner and a board member of Montessori Schools of Massachusetts. AMS-credentialed (EC). (5, 6)

Denise Taddonio, MEd, is a Special Education Itinerant Teacher (SEIT) and educational evaluator at Rivendell School in Brooklyn, NY. (7)

Gregg Todd, is upper elementary lead teacher at Ridgeline Montessori, a public charter school in Eugene, OR. He has also taught in Montessori schools in Colorado. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (2)

Sarah Todd, is upper elementary co-teacher at Ridgeline Montessori, a public charter school in Eugene, OR. She has also taught in Montessori schools in CO and GA. AMS-credentialed (EI). (2)

Pamela W. Trumble, is the vice chairperson of the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) Commission and course director of Montgomery Montessori Institute, in Rockville, MD. The head of schools of the Franklin Schools, also in Rockville, she taught in an early childhood classroom for 25 years and has served AMS as chair of both the Teacher Education Policy Committee and the Annual Fund. AMI-credentialed (EC). (Pre-conference)

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Richard A. Ungerer, is the executive director of the American Montessori Society. Prior to joining AMS in January 2005, he led a number of not-for-profit organizations committed to enhancing education policy, leadership, and services for children and youth. (4)

Gretchen L. Warner, PhD, is the executive director of the Montessori Accreditation Council for Teacher Education (MACTE) in Racine, WI. She has served as an administrator and faculty member at several colleges and universities and has presented and published extensively in the areas of accreditation and institutional quality. An elected member of the Racine Unified School District board of directors, she has also held leadership positions in the Association of Specialized and Professional Accreditors (ASPA) and the Chicago Area Accreditors Association. (Pre-conference)

Pamela D. Wash, PhD, is an assistant professor of education at the University of South Carolina, Upstate, in Spartanburg, SC, where she also serves as the technology coordinator and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education assessment coordinator. (1)

Arlene Wason, MS, is a lower elementary teacher at Wilmington Montessori School in Wilmington, DE, where she has also served as director of elementary education. AMS-credentialed (EI). (Pre-conference)

Windy Wellington, teaches at West Side Montessori School, New York City, and is education director at Lefferts Garden Montessori School in Brooklyn, NY. She has co-taught practical life and sensorial for West Side.s teacher education program and is trained in the Orff Schulwerk technique of music education. AMS-credentialed (EC). (Pre-conference)

Carey Wendell, MS, is an upper elementary teacher at Romeo Montessori School in Romeo, MI. She also teaches at the Michigan Montessori Teacher Education Center. AMS-credentialed (EII). (6)

Jonathan Wolff, is director of Learning for Life, a Montessori consulting firm based in San Marcos, CA, that specializes in educational programs, school leadership, and parent education. A former Montessori school teacher and administrator, he is the author of several titles, including Six Practices of Healthy School Communities. AMI-credentialed (EC). (7)

Rosalie V. Woodside, MA, SAS, is founder and director of Rivendell School, learning disabilities consultant and inclusion specialist at the Dillon Child Study Center, and former director of the Little Room of Brooklyn Heights Montessori School, all in Brooklyn, NY. (7) Jennifer nicole Wyld, MA, Med, is an adolescent guide at Ridgeline Montessori, a public charter school in Eugene, OR. AMS-credentialed (SECI), AMI-credentialed (EI-II). (2)

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Danielle Casillo Wright, is a toddler teacher at the Albrook School in Basking Ridge, NJ. Her extensive art background includes studies of art history, drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery, photography, and conceptual art. AMS-credentialed (I&T). (1)

Pat Yonka, is an administrator and teacher instructor for several teacher education programs, including Columbus Montessori Center.COMET, in Columbus, OH. She has worked as an elementary classroom teacher and a .peace through music. educator since 1977. A member of the AMS Peace Committee, she facilitates the AMS Peace Table and sits on the .Youth Visits the UN. board. AMS-credentialed (EI-II). (4)

Linda Zankowsky, EdD, is head of Wilmington Montessori School in Wilmington, DE, and a member of the AMS Research Committee. Her doctoral work focused on school-wide reading assessment in a Montessori program. (Pre-conference, 1, 2)

Borys Zhebrovskiy, EdD, is First Deputy of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The first major educator to promote Montessori education in Ukraine, he has led the development of a model school and teacher training center and now serves as president of the Ukrainian Montessori Society. (1)