Meet the Team

Administrative Team

Candice Jones Peelman
Class of 2004
Director of Development

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Steven Gentry
Educational Specialist/Head Basketball Coach

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Andy Farfsing
Class of 1995
Principal and Chief Executive Officer

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Johnnetta Johnson
Class of 1994
Dean of Students/American Sign Language Teacher

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Jeremy Pflug
Director of Student Affairs + CISE Graduate Support/Head Football Coach

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John Toney
Forward Edge Technology Coordinator

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Steven Bohné
Director of Marketing + Communications

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Lindsey D'Amico
Chief Operating Officer and Director of Finance

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LeTisha Mosley
Co-Director of Athletics

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Doniella Yussuf
2004
Administrative Secretary

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Dawn Ellington
Class of 2004
Director of Admissions/American Sign Language Teacher

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Patricia Clancy
Academic Specialist/Testing Coordinator

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Bob Herring
Class of 1968
Director of Cavalier Scholars Program + Global Programs

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Mary Ann Buchino 
Psychologist/Consultant 

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Jamar Mosley
Co-Director of Athletics/Marianist EXCEL Director

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Stephanie Willenbrink
Tuition Specialist and Board Secretary

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Chris Wilke
Director of the Career Initiatives Program 

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faculty And Staff

Shannon Miranda
Director of Counseling

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Lydia Backscheider
Social Studies/Career Initiatives Program Teacher

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Barret Bell
Director of the International Baccalaureate Program

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Andrea Heile
Spanish Teacher/IB Team 

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Katie Goddard
Director of the Center for Student Support Services

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Charlie Bernas
Social Studies Teacher

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Johnnetta Johnson
Class of 1994
Dean of Students/American Sign Language Teacher

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Katie Albanese
Speech Pathologist

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Jim Duggan
Class of 1991
Social Studies Teacher/Sophomore Dean

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Marian Johnson
Mathematics Teacher/Cincinnati Public Schools

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Maggie Cienkus
Intervention Specialist

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Julia Sandmann Thornton
Religion Teacher

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Kelsey Mercer
Intervention Specialist

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Emma O'Connor
Hispanic Outreach Coordinator/Spanish Teacher

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Kyle Nobbe
Math Teacher/IB Team/Teacher Coach

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Christina Miller
Intervention Specialist

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Dr. Emily Erken
English Teacher/IB Team

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Serena Ratterman
Intervention Specialist

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Matthew Photides
Social Studies Teacher/IB Team

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Stephanie Born
Family Engagement Coordinator/Beech Acres Team Lead Supervisor

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Lindsay Thuot
Family Peer Support Provider

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Dawn Ellington
Class of 2004
Director of Admissions/American Sign Language Teacher

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Bob Herring
Class of 1968
Director of Cavalier Scholars Program + Global Programs

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Elizabeth Ulrich
Class 2009
Science Teacher

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Sr. Janet Linz
Co-Director of the Lavatus Powell Program 

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Jamar Mosley
Co-Director of Athletics/Marianist EXCEL Director

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Joey Versoza 
Visual Arts Teacher/IB Team

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Julie Wilke
Co-Director of Lavatus Powell Program 

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Chris Wilke
Director of the Career Initiatives Program 

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