PIFS - Key Persons


Alba Jaramillo

Job Titles:
  • Kitchen Manager

Beryl Engels - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications

Clarissa Moore

Job Titles:
  • Health & Compliance Manager

Dr. Jaime Lynn Quackenbush

Job Titles:
  • Head of School
  • Our Head of School
, came to PIFS in the summer of 2022 from Brooklyn. Jaime worked in a variety of school settings for over 20 years as a classroom teacher, curriculum coach, and administrator. She earned her doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University, and her administrative certificate in Educational Leadership from SUNY Stony Brook. Prior to moving with her family to Westchester County and joining the PIFS community, Jaime spent eight years as the Lower School Director at Greene Hill School, a progressive Pre-K through 8th grade independent school in Brooklyn. Jaime feels that there is no more joyful way to spend one's days than seeing the world through the eyes of young children, and believes that the heart and strength of a school community lies in its people.

Duke John

Job Titles:
  • Security & Facilities Manager

Julie Leeds

Job Titles:
  • Support Teacher

Karen Hopp

Job Titles:
  • Communications Consultant

Kate Lowe

Job Titles:
  • Community & Development Manager

Katie Attubato

Job Titles:
  • School Nurse Consultant

Katie Rasor

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Teacher

Luz Osorio

Job Titles:
  • Kitchen Assistant

Lynn Malkin

Job Titles:
  • Operations Manager

Marie Cosgrove

Job Titles:
  • Director of Enrollment & Programs

Nanki Holm - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Niki Dounis - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance

Olga Vargas

Job Titles:
  • Kitchen Assistant

Sarah Morris

Job Titles:
  • Science

Sue Delepine

Job Titles:
  • Master Teacher Pre - K

Sue Martin

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Susan W. Donaghy

Job Titles:
  • Advisor, Former Head of School
  • Master Teacher Pre - K

Wells Noonan

Job Titles:
  • Music