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.
 
All AMS members, except initiate school members, can vote in Board elections. New directors are announced at the Annual Meeting, at which time their term begins.

We are currently seeking nominations and applications for the 2009-2010 Board of Directors. The deadline to nominate someone other than yourself to serve on the Board is September 4, 2008. The deadline to apply to serve on the Board yourself is September 11, 2008. For more information, click here.

AMS 2008-2009 BOARD OF DIRECTORS


© American Montessori Society, 2008. Mitchell Armstrong Photography.

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


Penny HildeBrandt Cichucki, Heads Section Chairperson
Head of School, Crystal Lake Montessori School (Woodstock, IL)
Director of Secondary I Teacher Education Program for Midwest
Montessori Teacher Training Center (Evanston, IL)

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

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)

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)

Dan Salandro, Family Representative
Associate Professor, School of Business, Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA)
Board of Trustees, ClearPoint Financial Solutions, Inc. (Richmond, VA)