SPIRE SCHOOL - Key Persons


Adina Goldstein

Job Titles:
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker / Psychotherapist With over 30 Years of Clinical and Administrative Experience in Social Services and Behavioral.

Alysia LeComte

Job Titles:
  • Data Manager
  • Registrar
Alysia is a Greenwich, Connecticut, native. She attended Oldfields School and Lafayette College and was a member...

Alyssa Corsaro

Job Titles:
  • Director of Guidance & Life Coach
Alyssa was born and raised in Stamford, CT. She knew from a young age that she wanted to pursue a career working with...

Andrew Komar

Job Titles:
  • Academic Dean
Andrew (Andy) is the Academic Dean for The Spire School. He has a Sixth Year Degree in Educational...

Angela Tudisco

Job Titles:
  • Spanish Teacher
Angela is a resident of Norwalk, CT. She earned her Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education specializing in world...

Carolyn East-Owens

Carolyn's heart's work is being able to provide a vital service while working in various settings with people from different...

Chelsea Horblitt

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach & Summer Program Coordinator
Chelsea, a certified elementary educator, and school counselor, received her Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and...

Christopher Duncan

Job Titles:
  • Math Teacher
Chris received his bachelor's degree in Math and Education from UConn and his Master's...

David Fantarella

Job Titles:
  • Science Teacher
David is a Connecticut native excited to join the Spire School at the start of the 2019 school year. He attended the University...

Dede LeComte

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions
Dede graduated from Sweet Briar College with a double major in Sociology and Anthropology. While Dede originally...

Diane Jenkins

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Coordinator
Diane graduated from SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville, NY, with an A.A.S. in Equine Science...

Dino Kasamis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer for Greenwich Education Group
As Chief Financial Officer for Greenwich Education Group, Dino Kasamis is responsible for a wide range of financial...

Frances Poteet

Job Titles:
  • Speech - Language Pathologist
Frances is the Chair of CSHA's Early Childhood Committee. She is an ASHA-certified pediatric bilingual...

Francisco Del Castillo

Job Titles:
  • Math Teacher
Francisco attained a Master of Political Science at the CUNY Graduate Center after completing his undergraduate...

Gina Minutella

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach
Gina grew up in New York, attending Marist College for her bachelor's degree and Columbia University for her master's...

Jackie Kalter

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach
Jackie grew up in Westchester, NY, and received her Bachelors of Arts in Health and Human Services with a concentration in...

Janelle Gibbs

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach & School Counselor
Janelle graduated from Adelphi with her Bachelor of Arts in Dance and was a Dance Instructor for nearly twelve years...

Janet Andrews

Job Titles:
  • Special Education Teacher
Janet is a special education teacher with expertise in teaching students with high sensitivity and emotional and attention...

Jared Pauley

Job Titles:
  • Music Teacher
Jared is a keyboardist, composer, producer, and educator presently based out of Westchester County, NY. Originally from...

Jasmine Kishimoto

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach & School Counselor
Jasmine is a Connecticut native who grew up on the coastline in Norwalk. Since her high school years...

Jeanmarie McLean

Job Titles:
  • Building Substitute Teacher
Jeanmarie is Spire's full-time substitute teacher and is a CT State Certified history teacher for grades 7 to 12. She has a...

JoAnn Novak

Job Titles:
  • School Nurse
JoAnn was born and raised in rural South Dakota and moved to CT in 1995 and hasn't looked back since! She has traveled all...

Joshua Hersh

Job Titles:
  • Lead Teacher & History Teacher

Julia Rossini

Job Titles:
  • Head Life Coach & School Counselor
Julia obtained her School Counseling degree and certification from Western Connecticut State University in 2014...

Kaitlin McNally Piro

Job Titles:
  • Science Teacher
Kaitlin McNally Piro joined our Spire School team as a science teacher in April, 2022. Kaitlin is a triple certified teacher in....

Matthew Specht

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Associate Attending Psychologist at the NewYork.

Melissa Khalatbari

Job Titles:
  • Health and Culinary Arts Teacher
Melissa Khalatbari has a Bachelor of Science in Health Education from Western Connecticut State University and...

Michael Murchison

Job Titles:
  • Mandarin Teacher
Michael was raised in Connecticut as a resident of Ridgefield but has also spent five years living in Shanghai and...

Mike Rousseau

Job Titles:
  • English Teacher & Program Operations Manager
Mike was born and raised in Connecticut before attending La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA, and earning a BA in...

Miriam Arango

Job Titles:
  • Principal
Ms. Arango is a retired elementary school principal with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. Skilled in K-12 Education...

Paul Scattaretico

Job Titles:
  • Physical Education Teacher
Paul Scattaretico was born and raised in Dobbs Ferry, New York, where he was an All-State football player...

Peter Frattaroli

Job Titles:
  • History Teacher
Peter has spent most of his life in Connecticut as a resident of Stratford or otherwise visiting his...

Shannon Carey

Job Titles:
  • Art Teacher
Shannon is a lifelong Fairfield County resident who only left to attend college in Nashville, Tennessee...

Stephanie Gaumer

Job Titles:
  • Science Teacher / Special Ed Teacher
Stephanie is happy to be returning to The Spire School after a three-year hiatus to Arizona, a move she had to...

Tammy Moscrip

Job Titles:
  • Chief Administrator
  • Executive Director
Tammy is the Executive Director of The Spire School and serves as the Clinical Services Director at Greenwich....

Tarique Perera

Dr. Perera trained at Harvard Medical School and completed his residency at the New York Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University...

Taylor Healey

Job Titles:
  • Life Coach
Taylor is a Connecticut native, Licensed Master Social Worker, and Certified School Social Worker. She attended Quinnipiac...

Timothy Bishop

Job Titles:
  • English Teacher
Timothy, or Tim, is thrilled to join Spire School in 2021! A lifelong Connecticut resident, Tim earned his Bachelor's...