LIPPMAN SCHOOL - Key Persons


Beth Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Beth Versteegen

Job Titles:
  • Third and Fourth Grade Teacher

Bob Lanier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Brian Bortz

Job Titles:
  • Math Teacher

Daniel Blain - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO

Dr. Diana Ponsky

Job Titles:
  • President of the Officers & Staff

Dr. Mark Wulkan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Dr. Mary Hickcox

Job Titles:
  • Treasurer of the Officers & Staff

Dr. Miriam Raider-Roth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Efendi Porcayo

Job Titles:
  • Spanish Teaching Assistant

Efrat Ohayon

Job Titles:
  • Chef
Efrat Ohayon first volunteered at The Lippman School kitchen 19 years ago when her oldest daughter enrolled in kindergarten. For the past 3 years, she has been responsible for all food preparation on the Schultz Campus for Jewish Life, including the meals for The Mandel ECE program, Kosher meals on wheels and private events. In addition to working at Lippman, Ohayon caters kosher meals for Akron-area synagogues, the Shaw Jewish Community Center, and private events.

Hannah Fullerton

Job Titles:
  • Teaching Assistant

Hannah Weber

Job Titles:
  • First and Second Grade Teacher

Jackie Rossero

Job Titles:
  • Transitional Kindergarten Teacher

Joe Kanfer

Job Titles:
  • Ex - Officio

John Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Embedded Technology Specialist

Josh Tobias

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Teacher

Juliana Beck

Job Titles:
  • Reading Intervention Teacher

Julie Stover

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Katie Markey

Job Titles:
  • Art Teacher

Kristin Wilkof

Job Titles:
  • Middle School Humanities Teacher

Lanae Joyce

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee
  • Campus Medical Support Associate

Laura Ralph

Job Titles:
  • PTT President

Lauren Osina

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Leora Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Science Specialist / Teacher
Leora Cohen, an alumnus of The Lippman School, is the TK through 8th -grade science teacher. She is also on staff at Hebrew High, the Akron Jewish community's high school administered by the Jewish Community Board of Akron, and she is the staff representative for the Lippman alumni organization. She graduated from Kent State University where she was active on campus with the Woman's Resource Center, facilitating training sessions for students and staff focused on issues including abuse and tolerance. Cohen graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a BA in K through 12th-grade health education.

Linda Brotsky

Job Titles:
  • Outreach and Funding Coordinator
Linda Brotsky has been with The Lippman School for more than 30 years. She has served the school in many roles, primarily as lead Kindergarten teacher, admissions director and interim principal. In this current position, Linda is poised to raise awareness of The Lippman School in the Akron community and beyond.

Lisa Denson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Lital Azoulay-Pearson

Job Titles:
  • Spanish / Hebrew Teacher

Marcella Kanfer Rolnick

Job Titles:
  • Ex - Officio

Matt Ferebee

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Matt Russ

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Miri Kogan

Job Titles:
  • Spanish Teacher

Natalie Martin

Job Titles:
  • Music Teacher

Nora Glauberman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers & Staff
  • President Elect

Raven Shannon

Job Titles:
  • First and Second Grade Teacher

Rochelle Hostler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Ronit Sherwin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Sam Chestnut

Job Titles:
  • Head of School
  • Member of the Officers & Staff
  • Ex - Officio

Sarah Greenblatt

Sarah Greenblatt (Morah* Greenblatt) has been teaching at The Lippman School for more than 35 years. She currently teaches K - 8th grade Hebrew and Judaics as well as Hebrew music. She is responsible for curriculum development, school wide holiday celebrations and TGIS (Thank G-d It's Shabbat!) weekly programming.

Shawn-Paul Allison

Job Titles:
  • Member of the General
  • Trustee

Shelby Detrick

Job Titles:
  • Kindergarten Teacher
Shelby Detrick, a Lippman School alumnus, has been with the school for 7 years. Before returning to Lippman, Detrick 3 years teaching 1st grade at Hawthorne Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia and served as a substitute teacher in the Beachwood and South Euclid/Lyndhurst school districts in Ohio. Outside the classroom, she has worked as an Applied Behavioral Analysis tutor, using behavioral observation and positive reinforcement to help children with autism. Surloff received her BA from Miami University (Ohio) and her MA in education from the University of Cincinnati.

Tracy Finn

Job Titles:
  • Admissions & Office Coordinator