AMERICAN MONTESSORI SOCIETY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors is the policy-making body of the American Montessori Society. It is empowered to formulate policies and to amend the constitution and by-laws and to take whatever action is necessary to realize the purpose for which the Society was formed. As specified by the by-laws, some members are appointed and others are elected.

Thank you to all who voted in our recent board elections. The voting deadline was December 18, 2009. New board members will be announced at our Annual Meeting, which will take place Friday, March 26, 2010, in Boston, MA. For more information, please contact Gregory Jones, AMS senior director of operations.

AMS 2009-2010 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

Marilyn E. Stewart, President
Head of School, The Red Oaks School (Morristown, NJ)
Trustee, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools

Kathy Roemer, Vice President
Executive Director, Twin Parks Montessori Schools (New York, NY)
Teacher Educator, West Side Montessori Teacher Education Program (New York, NY)

LoAnn Jundt, Member-at-Large
Director, Montessori School House/Maria Montessori Elementary and Montessori Teachers College of San Diego (San Diego, CA)

Alyssa Morishima Moore, Treasurer
Principal, Project Management, Product Portfolio Management, Genentech, Inc. (South San Francisco, CA)

Tom Jankowski, Secretary
Attorney, Greenberg Traurig LLP (Phoenix, AZ)

Richard A. Ungerer, Executive Director
Executive Director, American Montessori Society

Sharon Damore
Assistant Professor, School of Education, Teacher Education, DePaul University (Chicago, IL)

Carolyn J. Daoust
Associate Professor, Saint Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)

Renee DuChainey-Farkes
Head of School, Kingsley Montessori School (Boston, MA)
President, Montessori Schools of Massachusetts (Boston, MA)

Rebecca D’Neil Duffy
Coordinator, faculty member, and consultant, CMTE/NY (White Plains, NY)

Marge Ellison, Heads Section Chairperson
Owner & Head of School, Montessori Country Day (Houston, TX)

Michael Fassiotto
Assistant to the Provost for Graduate Services, Chaminade University of Honolulu (Honolulu, HI)

Michelle Hartye
Head of School, Penn-Mott Academy (Hollidaysburg, PA)
Pennsylvania Early Childhood Practicum Phase Coordinator, and Faculty Member, Center for Montessori Teacher Education/NY (White Plains, NY)

Tony Kambich
Board Director and President, Deerfield Montessori Schools (IL)

Mary Ellen Kordas
Head of School, Valley Montessori School (Livermore, CA)

Peter Larrow, Teacher Education Committee Chairperson
Codirector, Montessori Opportunities, Inc. (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

Heidi Larson, Teachers Section Chairperson
6-9 Teacher, Mercy Montessori Center (Cincinnati, OH)

Dane Peters
Head of School, Brooklyn Heights Montessori School (Brooklyn, NY)

Virginia Riga
Montessori Coordinator, South Carolina Department of Education (Columbia, SC)