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.

AMS 2010 - 2011 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)

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

Mary Ellen Kordas, Member-at-Large
 Head of School, Valley Montessori School (Livermore, CA)

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

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

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

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

Michael Fassiotto
Associate Provost and Director of 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)

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

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

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

Ginger McKenzie
Associate Professor, College of Social Science, Health, and Education Department of Early Childhood and Literacy, Montessori Teacher Education Program, Xavier University (Cincinnati, OH)

Alyssa Morishima Moore, Family Representative
Director, US Medical Affairs Project Management, Genentech (South San Francisco, CA)

Joyce Pickering
Executive Director Emeritus, Shelton School & Evaluation Center (Dallas, TX)

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