Meet Our Faculty & Staff
Our experienced and dedicated faculty and staff are the heart of St. John’s Episcopal School. Each brings a genuine commitment to academic excellence, character development, and our Episcopal values into the classroom every day, building real relationships with every student they teach.
Leadership and Administrative Staff
David Peden
Head of School
Joseph Persinger
Associate Head of School
Lee Winter
Director of Admissions and Marketing
Bradley Child
Director of Facilities
Timothy Lawrence
IT Administrator
Kathy Schneider
Director of Finance and Human Resources
Kirsten Verdi
Development
Faculty and Staff
Elaine Bayarena
Lower School Teacher, Grade 1
Alem Bekele
Lower School Teacher, PreK3
LeVar Betts
Music Director
Holly Constantine
Registrar/ School Secretary/ CMT
Antonio de la Peña
Spanish Teacher, Grades 1-8
Margaret Dickerson
Lower School Teacher, PreK4
Destiny Dry
Librarian/ Media Technology
Lindsey Durity
Preschool Assistant Teacher
Bert Fangmeyer
Lower School Teacher, Grade 3
Melissa Fenner
Lower School Teacher, Grade 2
Vicky Frantz
Lower School Teacher, Grade 4
Anne Freeman
Upper School Teacher, Grade 5
Marissa Fried
School Counselor
Kristen Garry
Lower School Teacher, Kindergarten
Blair Gibbins
Lower School Teacher, Pre3
Deysi Kelly
PreK-K Spanish Teacher/ Assistant Kindergarten Teacher
Judy Kennedy
Development Associate
Lynn Lang
Religion & Specials Teacher, PreK - Grade 7
Alice Lee
Upper School Math Teacher
Maggie Lewis
Visual Arts Teacher, Grades 1-8
Jeremy Milliner
Social Studies & Music
Tony Nazzaro
Upper School Teacher, Math
Oscar Palacios
Facilities Team
Chrissy Roxborough
Upper School Teacher, Science
Sarah Travis
Lower School Teacher, K-4 STEM/ Upper School Teacher, Mathematics
Angeliki Vargas
Upper School Teacher
Stefanie Warren
PK Teacher and Aftercare Director
Shivaun Wilkinson
School Chaplain
