Faculty & Staff

List of 63 members.

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  Doug Biedenweg 

  Science Faculty
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  Mickey Blaine 

  Theater Director, Drama Teacher
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  Chris Bright 

  Head of School
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  Adele Cadres 

  Executive Assistant to the Head of School
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  Mollie Cameron 

  Admissions Associate
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  Lorena Campos 

  Student Services Administrator-Registrar
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  Oscar Cancio 

  Director of Admissions
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  Ché Caruthers 

  Spanish Faculty
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  Lupe Chacon 

  Life Planning Associate & Latino Programs Coordinator

  Bio

  Lupe joined the Life Planning Team in 2014. She is a native Angeleno with over 16 years of experience in higher education. She spent the first part of those years in College Admissions working for Mount St. Mary's College and Occidental College. At Occidental, she made the switch to Financial Aid.  At both colleges she was heavily involved in the recruitment of students of color. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Scripps College. As the Latino Programs Coordinator, Lupe works with Spanish-speaking families at all grade levels to ensure they have full access to all that Vistamar has to offer.
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  Emily Chandler 

  Department Chair, Art Teacher
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  Oscar Chavarria 

  Dean of Students, Math Faculty
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  Sean Collyer 

  Director of Operations/Facilities
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  Julie Crum 

  Life Planning Associate

  Bio

  Julie Crum earned her College Counseling credential at UCLA, joining the Vistamar Life Planning team in 2011.  Her areas of expertise include financial aid, the performing arts, and the UC and CSU systems. Julie holds a B.A. in Diplomacy and World Affairs from Occidental College and worked in the Los Angeles and Manhattan Beach School Districts as a tutor and substitute teacher. Her experience as an educator, counselor, and parent of two children attending college allows her to bring both wide-ranging and local insight into her work with Vistamar students.
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  Pamela Davis 

  Life Planning Director

  Bio

  A founding faculty member, Pam has been at Vistamar since it opened its doors in 2005. Past roles here have included Coordinator of the Humanities Department, Humanities and AP English teacher, Life Planning Associate, and proud Vistamar parent-- both of her children are Vistamar graduates. Prior to coming to Vistamar, Pam taught Humanities and English for nine years at Brentwood School. There she also served terms as Co-chair of the English Department, Dean of Faculty, and director of the Senior Seminar Program, an interdisciplinary course combining philosophy, literature, history, comparative religion, and psychology. Pam grew up in Los Angeles and, back in the Mesozoic era, graduated from Westlake School for Girls (now Harvard-Westlake), so she is truly the product of L.A.-area independent schools. She holds a BA in English/Creative Writing from Stanford University, and a PhD in English from Brown University, where she taught composition and literature classes for five years. 
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  Pablo Delgado 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Stephen DeMonico 

  Computer Science Faculty
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  Sydney Donahue 

  Athletic Director & Girls Varsity Volleyball Coach
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  Andrew Drennen 

  Assistant Athletic Director
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  Courtney Federle 

  Humanities Teacher
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  Laura Feigelmuller 

  Math Faculty
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  Regan Galvan 

  Director of Teaching & Learning
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  Jason Gamer 

  Music Director, Music Teacher
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  Stephanie Garcia 

  Director of Community Life, Humanities Faculty
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  Kirstie Gonzales 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Courtney Greer 

  Assistant Director of Admissions
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  Jason Gregory 

  Assistant Head of School
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  Suzy Hernández 

  Spanish Faculty
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  Terra Hyke 

  Science Faculty
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  Bryan Jimenez 

  Facilities Technician
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  Erick Jimenez 

  Facilities Technician
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  Jose Jimenez 

  Facilities Technician
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  Olivia Kaplan 

  Science Faculty
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  Min Kim 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Ana Lazo 

  Human Resources Manager
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  Lucia Linares 

  ESL Instructor/ Int'l Student Advocate
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  Najah Lowe 

  Chief Financial Officer
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  Lee Ann Metivier 

  Director of Development
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  Ana Mickle 

  Associate Director of Development
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  Seth Miot 

  Math Faculty
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  Francisco Montilla 

  Spanish and Heritage Spanish Faculty
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  Emily Noble 

  Development Associate
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  Roy Nyberg 

  Math Faculty, Science Faculty
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  Sarah Older Aguilar 

  Department Chair, Humanities Faculty
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  Giovanna Olivos 

  Controller
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  Shep Payne 

  Director of Technology
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  David Pham 

  Humanities Faculty
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  David Polett 

  Math Faculty, Boys' Varsity Basketball Coach
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  Démian Pritchard 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Sydney Reiner 

  Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
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  Karina Rodriguez 

  Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
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  Jaime Ryan 

  Counselor, Learning Specialist
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  Jonathan Schaefer 

  Science Faculty
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  Michael Scheer 

  EdTech Support Specialist, VPA Faculty
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  Eric Shi 

  Chinese Faculty
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  Jennifer Silver 

  Humanities Faculty
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  David Simmons 

  Counselor
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  Sarah Sweatlock 

  Department Chair, Math Faculty
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  Shanon Tabata 

  Department Chair, Science Faculty
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  Alex Tauber 

  Technical Director, VPA Faculty
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  Annie Thompson 

  Humanities Faculty
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  Angela Volpicelli 

  World Languages Chair, International Admissions Coordinator, Spanish Faculty
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  Neal Von Flue 

  VPA Faculty
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  Elle Wong 

  Math Faculty