team

TEAM

Our team consists of professionals with decades of experience in all levels of education. What sets them apart is not only their immense knowledge of teaching and administration but their diverse experience in other fields as well.

Steering Committee / Board of trustees

Graeme
Sibirsky

Founder, Educational
Design

Clark
Hoefnagels

Educational
Technology

Anwar
Sharhan

Business &
Operations

China
Aroh

Director of Arts and Extended Day

Eric
Safyan



Architect

Ted
Glass

Special
Populations

Gail
Sachs

Leadership &
philosophy

Michael
Gold


Leadership 
& Philosophy

Philip
Miller, Esq


Attorney at Law

Chris
Finn

Leadership &
Development

Jason
Borges


Literacy
Specialist

Scott
Horowitz

Grants &
Finance

Planning Team

Angelica
Perez

Co Director, Goddard Riverside Early Learning Center

Erik
Lieber

Staff Developer / Tech Coordinator / Data Specialist / Educator

Sean
Williams

Consultant / Educator / Curator / Music Composer / Filmmaker

Claudia
Imperiale

Early Childhood Specialist / PreK & Elementary Educator

Marc
Gilkes

Educator / Creative / Educational Client Relations Manager

Kelly
Glad

Educator / Creative / Educational Client Relations Manager

Mindy
Giraud

NYC DOE Licensed Secretary / Office Administrator

Jeff
Rivera

NYC DOE Educator -
Dean of Academic Advisement

fall 2020 Interns

Luka
Nikabadze

Graphics & Web
Development
Team

katy
lei

Administration, HR, Marketing

Kevin Tam

Graphics & Web Development

Hong woo
tan

Graphics & Web
Development
Team

Hamadou
Diallo

IT, Marketing, Video & Educational Tech

Gezim
hakramaj

Graphics & Web
Development
Team

Evan
Adis

IT & Educational
Technology
Team

vincent
xie

Graphics & Web
Development

Victor
Li

IT, Video &
Educational Tech

fall 2019 Interns

xavier
George

video
production

grishima
bhattarai

Website
Development
Team

vincent
xie

Graphics & Web

Development

vivian
antebi

Website
Development

donna
mark

student
teacher

kristine r.
verret

video
production

carolann B.
lowe

Video
Production

julian
fontaine

website
development

ahmed a.
moussa

Website
Development

sptring 2018 Interns

Foster
Brown Jr.

Graphics & Web

Development
Team

Temitope
Jinad

Web Dev, Marketing, Research & Statistics

Sangam Gurung


Administration, HR, Statistics, Graphics, Grant Research

Khari
Prospere

IT, Marketing, Video & Educational Tech

Diana
Rachvak

Web Development &

Marketing
Team

nicholas
chavarria

IT & Educational
Technology

Patrick Ryszkiewicz

Comm. Outreach, HR &

Admin, Marketing

md Zafar
sadak

IT, Video &
Educational Tech

fall 2018 Interns

Xiao Ting
lan

Business and Outreach

Stairs Academy Team

mohammad
danyal

Web and mobile app developer

Wadh
Alsabahi

App Development

Alex
Jones

Web Development, Graphics

khalia
reed

Marketing, Research, Fundraising
Team

Daisy
tiros

Marketing, Outreach, Fundraising

lilly
karak

Web, Graphics, and Marketing

sayma
hasan

Data Analysis, Statistics, Digital Marketing

olga
sannikov

Website, Graphics

justin
wong

Fundraising, Digital Marketing

Sangam Gurung

Administration, HR, Statistics, Graphics, Grant Research

sandreen
daoud

Web Developer