Meet the Element Team

Terri Novacek
Executive Director
tnovacek@myelement.org

Roland Yung
Chief Operations Officer
ryung@myelement.org

Doug Miller
Chief Business Officer
dmiller@myelement.org

Earl Otte
School Director
Community Montessori
eotte@myelement.org

Kiran Sihota
Director of Human Resources
ksihota@myelement.org

Paul Johnson
School Director
Dimensions Collaborative School
pjohnson@myelement.org

Niki Sestina
Director of Student Services
nsestina@myelement.org

Christine Lee
Director of Advancement and Public Advocacy
clee@myelement.org

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    Abraham Abdelrehim

    TECHNOLOGY MANAGER

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    Victoria Ades

    RESEARCH AND EVALUATION MANAGER

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    Eva Chaidez

    ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST-RESOURCES

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    Carson Goettsch

    MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN

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    Susan Michaels

    EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

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    Alexis Roggeman

    OPERATIONS MANAGER
    aroggeman@myelement.org

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    Amie Cortes

    ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST-BUSINESS SERVICES

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    Ellie Sangster

    ADMINSTRATIVE SPECIALIST-STUDENT SERVICES AND RECORDS

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    Emily Snow

    REGISTRAR-ENROLLMENT SPECIALIST

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    Marvin Soares

    MAINTENANCE CUSTODIAN

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    Becky Wallace

    ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST-HUMAN RESOURCES AND OPERATIONS

Student Services

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    Niki Sestina

    DIRECTOR OF STUDENT SERVICES

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    Jennifer Anderson

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Grecia Carrada

    SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST ASSISTANT

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    Andrea Casado

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Mia Chamberlin

    Instructional Aide/Student Support Assistant

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    Arlene Chousmith

    SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST

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    Lynda Cortes

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

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    Lauren Donatelli

    SPECIAL EDUCATION MANAGER

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    Courtney Federoff

    SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

  • Lindsey Garcia

    Lindsey Garcia

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

  • Magdelena Franco

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Elizabeth Gonzalez

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Greg Hawkins

    ACADEMIC COUNSELOR

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    Carly Haynes

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Katherine Hawthorne

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Lois Ingber

    BEHAVIORAL COUNSELOR

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    Catherine Khajavi

    SPECIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM MANAGER

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    Tatiana Lawler

    ASSESSMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY MANAGER

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    Ricardo Loza

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Mikaela Martin

    OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST

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    Andrea Phillips

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Johnny Pontecorvo

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Mamatha Putter

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Brandi Rodrigues

    STUDENT SUPPORT MANAGER
    COMMUNITY MONTESSORI

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    Karina Rodrigues

    SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

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    Trish Ruppel

    STUDENT SUPPORT MANAGER
    DIMENSIONS COLLABORATIVE SCHOOL

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    Tiffany Sellers

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE AND STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Joshua Spence

    EDCUATION SPECIALIST

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    Cheryl States

    INSTRUCTIONAL AIDE/STUDENT SUPPORT ASSISTANT

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    Cerrah Vondersaar

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Nicole Warner

    EDUCATION SPECIALIST

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    Andy Whipple

    Instructional Aide/Student Support Assistant

  • Sarah Zuniga

    SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST