Faculty and Staff Directory

Click on the name of a faculty or staff member to learn more about them! Email addresses for faculty and staff can also be found by clicking on their link - just add @annarboracademy.org to the email listed to get the complete address.

Grant Askew (he/him)

Upper School Literature Teacher, NHS Faculty Advisor

Michael Barg (he/him)

Admissions Tours, Electives Teacher

Melodee Bourdeau (she/her)

Lower School Assistant Teacher, Fiber Arts Teacher

Nerida Bridgford (she/her)

Upper School Science Teacher

Kathleen Curtin (she/her)

Lower School Teacher and Reading Specialist

Maggie Doyle (she/her)

Upper School Math Teacher

Eric Engel (he/him)

Upper School Reading Teacher

Janet Gocay (she/her)

Admissions Director

Jennifer Lett (she/her)

Office Manager

Jake Maltby (he/him)

Middle School Coordinator and Teacher

Victor McDermott (he/him)

Facilities Manager, Lower School Teacher, Performing Arts Director 

Laura Norwine (she/her)

Administrative Support

Jack Petsch (he/him)

Upper School Science Teacherr

KP Rose (they/them)

Student Support

Barb Sanchez (she/her)

Curriculum and Instruction Coach

Ramayan Saries (he/him)

Marketing and Development

Meredith Schindler (she/her)

Executive Director

 Transitions and College Guidance Counselor

Natalie Schultz-Purves (they/she)

Lower School Coordinator, Math Teacher

Robin Schultz-Purves (she/her)

School Counselor

Joannah (Jojo) Soderborg (she/her)

Upper School Art, Reading Comprehension Specialist

Seth Stephenson (he/him)

Upper School History Teacher

Chad Talo (he/him)

Upper School Math, Video Production

Kate Barnes Talo (she/her)

Lower School Teacher and Reading Specialist

Andrew Touchberry (he/him)

Upper School Math Assistant Teacher, World Mythology

Lia Umlauf (she/her)

Lower School Teacher, Special Projects

Taylor Whitt (he/him)

Upper School History Teacher

Ricky Weatherford (he/him)

Counselor, Social-Emotional Learning Coach

Taylor Weatherford (she/her)

Human Resources Director, PE Teacher

Peter West (he/him)

Special Education Director


Brian Yakonich (he/him)

Technology Director 

Digital Art, Video Game Design