Faculty & Staff Directory by Department
At Kent, we teach to the wholeness of our students through an integrated curriculum delivered within the framework of our motto
—Simplicity of Life, Directness of Purpose and Self-Reliance—
Michael G. Hirschfeld (2020) - hirschfeldm@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.A.L.S. Dartmouth College
M.Phil. University of Cambridge
HEAD OF SCHOOL
Jeffrey D. Cataldo (2008) - cataldoj@kent-school.edu
B.S. University of Rhode Island
M.B.A. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
C.P.A.
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
ASSOCIATE HEAD OF SCHOOL
Jamel C. Bonello (2021) - bonelloj@kent-school.edu
BSW Saint Joseph College
MSW Fordham University
LCSW State of Connecticut
DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING
Cortney A. Duncan (2007) - duncanc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Tanya Horgan (2018) - horgant@kent-school.edu
Business Manager
Suzanne Lefebvre, MD (2011) - lefebvres@kent-school.edu
B.S. Washington University
M.D. University of Tennessee College of Medicine
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Christina Memoli (2007) - memolic@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Connecticut
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF STUDIES
Denny Mantegani (1983) - manteganid@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
DIRECTOR OF DONOR RELATIONS
Kevin MacNeil, Ph.D. (2020) - macneilk@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bard College
M.S. Brown University
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ACADEMIC DEAN
Amy Ober (1999) - obera@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of New Hampshire
M.A. Middlebury College
DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
Catherine A. O’Dwyer (2006) - odwyerc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Colby College
M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
THE CLIFTON K. LOOMIS TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
DEAN OF FACULTY
Dale Reinhardt (2013) - reinhardtd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
M.B.A. Quinnipiac University
DEAN OF STUDENTS
Travis Tucker, Ph.D. (2021) - tuckert@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Virginia,
M.A. Bowling Green State University
M.A. Yale University
M.Phil in Philosophy Yale University
M.Phil. in Religious Studies Yale University
Ph.D. Yale University
DIRECTOR OF EQUITY, INCLUSION and DIVERSITY
Martin Voss (2020) - vossm@kent-school.edu
B.A. Whittier College
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Lisa Brody (1992) - brodyl@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
B.F.A. University of Pennsylvania
Jenna M. Lynch (1996) - lynchj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Connecticut College
M.A. New York University
ART DEPARTMENT CHAIR
ASSISTANT CHAPLAIN
THE ROBERT F. HOERLE ’52 TEACHING CHAIR IN THE ARTS
Curtis Scofield (1990) - scofieldc@kent-school.edu
B.F.A. Alfred University
M.F.A. Kent State University
ARTHUR COLLINS ’48 TEACHING CHAIR IN ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Cortney A. Duncan (2007) - duncanc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS AND STUDENT ACTIVITIES
Torrey Hall (2020) - hallt@kent-school.edu
B.S. Boston College
M.A. Trinity College
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS
MATHEMATICS, ARC
Robert DesMarais, Jr. (1989) - desmaraisr@kent-school.edu
B.A. Trinity College
CLASSICS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
SECRETARY TO THE FACULTY
WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG TEACHING CHAIR
Joseph D. McDonough (2006) - mcdonoughj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Williams College
M.A. St. John’s College
WILLIAM G. CAREY III ’52 TEACHING CHAIR
Anne O. Russell (1990) - russella@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.A. University of Georgia
DIRECTOR OF THE MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Cara Clarke (2020) - clarkec@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hartwick College
M.A. University of Tennessee
FOURTH FORM DEAN
Elena Gualtieri '15 (2019) - gualtierie@kent-school.edu
B.A. Connecticut College
DEAN'S OFFICE
Landon Morin '12 (2018) - morinl@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS
THIRD FORM DEAN
Cassidy Pratt '15 (2021) - prattc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bowdoin College
DEAN'S OFFICE
Dale Reinhardt (2013) - reinhardtd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of the Holy Cross
M.B.A. Quinnipiac University
DEAN OF STUDENTS
SIXTH FORM DEAN
Chris Rokous (2018) - rokousc@kent-school.edu
A.B. Boston College
M.A. Middlebury College
FIFTH FORM DEAN
Tyler White (2021) - whitet@kent-school.edu
B.A. Dickinson College
DEAN'S OFFICE
Andrew W. Baird (2009) - bairda@kent-school.edu
B.A. Brown University
M.A. Middlebury College
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT CHAIR
THE CLASS OF 2001 TEACHING CHAIR
David Callenberger, Ph.D. (2018) - callenbergerd@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of Charleston
B.S. College of Charleston
M.P.S. Cornell University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Athenaide Dallett, Ph.D. (2006) - dalletta@kent-school.edu
B.A. Harvard/Radcliffe College
M.A. Harvard University
Ph.D. Harvard University
Ryan Foote (2006) - footer@kent-school.edu
B.A. Vassar College
M.A.T. Brown University
M.A. Middlebury College
CLASS OF 2000 TEACHING CHAIR
John R. Hinman, Jr. (1992) - hinmanj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Rutgers University
M.A. University of Virginia
THE WILLIAM B. BORSDORFF ’35 TEACHING CHAIR
Thomas A. Hunt (2003) - huntt@kent-school.edu
B.A. Syracuse University
THE DAVID C. CLAPP ’56 TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
Karen Moreno (1997) - morenok@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Northern Iowa
M.A. Western Connecticut State University
M.S. Southern Connecticut State University
Eleanor Morris (2013) - morrise@kent-school.edu
B.A. Barnard College
M.A. Middlebury College at Bread Loaf
THE ELINORE S. WING AWARD
Catherine A. O’Dwyer (2006) - odwyerc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Colby College
M.F.A. Warren Wilson College
THE CLIFTON K. LOOMIS TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
DEAN OF FACULTY
Toni Presti (2021) - prestit@kent-school.edu
B.A. State University of New York - New Paltz
M.A. New York University
Carlie Robbins (2021) - robbinsc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Princeton University
M.A. University of Chicago
Chris Rokous (2018) - rokousc@kent-school.edu
A.B. Boston College
M.A. Middlebury College
Geoffrey Stewart (2003) - stewartg@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Rochester
M.A. Northwestern University
O.B. DAVIS '42 TEACHING CHAIR IN ENGLISH
Joelle Troiano '16 (2020) - troianoj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Williams College
Christine Wilson (2021) - wilsonc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Yale University
Tracy H. Dickinson '73 Health Center
*(Because the staff in this department rotates, emails are checked routinely by the attending staff on duty)
Suzanne Lefebvre, MD (2011) - healthcenter@kent-school.edu
B.S. Washington University
M.D. University of Tennessee College of Medicine
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Counseling Department
Jamel C. Bonello (2021) - bonelloj@kent-school.edu
BSW Saint Joseph College
MSW Fordham University
LCSW State of Connecticut
DIRECTOR OF COUNSELING
Andrew Abrams ’09 (2016) - abramsa@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
M.A. The Graduate Center, CUNY
ELINOR S. WING AWARD HISTORY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP
Timothy Booth (1998) - bootht@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
Kali Brown (2021) - brownk@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bates College
History Fellow
Brian Cheney (2021) - cheneyb@kent-school.edu
B.A. Trinity College
M.Div. Education Leadership and Ministry, Yale Divinity School
ASSOCIATE CHAPLAIN
Alexander Coyle (2021) - coylea@kent-school.edu
B.A. College of Wooster
M.A. Western Carolina University
Hans Doerr (2017) - doerrh@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Virginia
Landon Morin '12 (2018) - morinl@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS
THIRD FORM DEAN
Robert F. Ober, III (1991) - obera@kent-school.edu
B.A. Rollins College
M.A.L.S. Wesleyan University
THE WILLIAM A.H. HOWLAND 1932 WWII MEMORIAL CHAIR IN HISTORY
Madeleine Schade (2021) - schadem@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
M.A. Columbia University
Sierra Thomsen (2010) - thomsens@kent-school.edu
B.A. Mount Holyoke College
M.A. The American University in Cairo
M.Ed. Vanderbilt University
HISTORY DEPARTMENT CHAIR
THE WILLIAM G. CAREY 1952 TEACHING CHAIR IN MATH, SCIENCE AND HISTORY
James Zibro, Ph.D. (2014) - zibroj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Union College
B.S. Union College
M.A. The Catholic University of America
Ph.D. The Catholic University of America
Matthew C. Austin (2008) - austinm@kent-school.edu
B.S. The Catholic University of America
M.S. Texas A&M University
Carlos Bezerra (2019) - bezerrac@kent-school.edu
B.S. Universidade Federal Fluminense
M.B.A. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Holly Ceane (2018) - ceaneh@kent-school.edu
B.S. College of Charleston
M.A. University of Tennessee
Torrey Hall (2020) - hallt@kent-school.edu
B.S. Boston College
M.A. Trinity College
Ryan Harris (2016) - harrisr@kent-school.edu
B.S. Union College
M.S. Cornell University
DIRECTOR OF PRE-ENGINEERING
THE CLASS OF 2016 FELLOWSHIP
Melissa Holcombe '87 (2008) - holcombem@kent-school.edu
A.B. Princeton University
M.S. Columbia University
Kevin MacNeil, Ph.D. (2020) - macneilk@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bard College
M.S. Brown University
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ACADEMIC DEAN
Ashley Parsons (2011) - parsonsa@kent-school.edu
B.S. Dickinson College
Kevin R. Saxton (2003) - saxtonk@kent-school.edu
A.B. Bowdoin College
THEODORE F. BROPHY ’41 TEACHING CHAIR
Ryan Tolfree (2017) - tolfreer@kent-school.edu
B.S. University of New Hampshire
M.S.T. University of New Hampshire
M.Ed. University of New Hampshire
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Kaitlyn Tsuyuki (2021) - tsuyukik@kent-school.edu
B.A.'s Amherst College
Jooyeun Catherine You (2006) - youc@kent-school.edu
B.S. Tufts University
M.S.Ed. Northwestern University
Kristin E. Benjamin (1997) - benjamink@kent-school.edu
B.A. Middlebury College
M.A. Tufts University
MODERN LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Christine G. Bouldin (2011) - bouldinc@kent-school.edu
B.A. Auburn University
M.A. Auburn University
Matthew Close (2019) - closem@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Michigan
M.A. Middlebury College
Olivia Gogola (2002) - gogolao@kent-school.edu
B.A. Uzghorod State University, Ukraine
M.A. Middlebury College
Rebecca Kurish '02 (2021) - kurishr@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bates College
M.A. Middlebury Language School for French
M.A. Middlebury Language School for Spanish
Juan G. Sanchez (2006) - sanchezj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Central Connecticut State University
THE HARLAN W. ’36 AND RIA S. NEWELL TEACHING CHAIR IN MODERN LANGUAGES
John A. Torrez (2005) - torrezj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Texas A & M University
Mike Wang (2021) - wangm@kent-school.edu
B.A. Beijing University
MBA from Plymouth State University
Rachel Zimmerman (2011) - zimmermanr@kent-school.edu
B.A. St. Michael’s College
M.A. Middlebury College
Thomas G. Bouldin, Ph.D. (2011) - bouldint@kent-school.edu
B.M.Ed. Auburn University
M.Ed. Auburn University
Ph.D. Auburn University
CONCERT BAND DIRECTOR
FACILITIES COORDINATOR OF MATTISON AUDITORIUM
Music History, Music Technology & Music Theory
Barbara Harris Kovacs (2013) - kovacsb@kent-school.edu
B.A. Western Connecticut State University
M.M. West Chester University
Choral/Chapel Program Director,
Music History & Appreciation
Deborah Pendal (2004) - pendald@kent-school.edu
B.M. University of Colorado
L.R.S.M. Royal Schools of Music, UK
M.M. Adams State University
Music History & Appreciation
MUSIC DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Seina Shirakura (2018) - shirakuras@kent-school.edu
B.M. Hartt School
STRING ORCHESTRA DIRECTOR
Chamber, Music History & Appreciation
Michael Benjamin (2001) - benjaminm@kent-school.edu
B.A. Middlebury College
M.E.S. Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Hilary Clifton '08 (2021) - cliftonh@kent-school.edu
B.A. Clarkson University
M.S. University of New Haven
Michael Green, Ph.D. (2008) - greenm@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Louisville
M.A. University of Tennessee
Ph.D. University of Tennessee
NORMAN A. SCOTT ’40 TEACHING CHAIR IN SCIENCE
Eric L. Houston ’80 (1984) - houstone@kent-school.edu
B.S. Trinity College
The Reverend Kate Kelderman (2014) - keldermank@kent-school.edu
B.S. The University of the South
M.A.T. The University of Virginia Curry School of Education
M.Div. Virginia Theological Seminary
CHAPLAIN
DEAN OF THE CHAPEL
Jesse W. Klingebiel (1994) - klingebielj@kent-school.edu klingebielj@kent-school.edu
B.S. Bucknell University
M.S. University of New Hampshire
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT CHAIR
HADLEY CASE ’29 TEACHING CHAIR IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Andrew McCloskey (2018) - mccloskeya@kent-school.edu
B.A. Wesleyan University
M.S.Ed. University of Pennsylvania
Stuart McKenzie (2021) - mckenzies@kent-school.edu
B.A. Amherst College (Chemistry)
B.A. Amherst College (Music)
Stephen J. Robey, Jr. (1993) - robeys@kent-school.edu
B.S. United States Military Academy
M.Ed. University of Hartford
Judith Rokous (2019) - rokousj@kent-school.edu
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
M.S. University of Maryland
Jeremy Sokolnicki (2003) - sokolnickij@kent-school.edu
B.A. Hamilton College
Julie L. Zurolo (2005) - zuroloj@kent-school.edu
B.A. Brown University
David P. Greene, Ph.D. (2000) - greened@kent-school.edu
B.A. Syracuse University
M. Phil. Syracuse University
Ph.D. Syracuse University
C.T.S. Episcopal Divinity School
M.T.S. Texas Christian University
THEOLOGY DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Haley Prickett (2012) - pricketth@kent-school.edu
B.A. Bucknell University
M.A. St. John's College
THE CLASS OF 2001 TEACHING CHAIR
