ISM Staff Directory

Academic Year 2026-2027

ISM Main Office | Phone: 952-918-1800 
Attendance | Email: attendance@ism-sabis.net or Phone: 952-918-1802

Administration Team

Michel Nachar

ISM Director
Academic Quality Controller Grades 9-12
mnachar@ism-sabis.net 

Besa Demiri 

Academic Quality Controller Grades 1-8
bdemiri@ism-sabis.net 

Tyler Parsons

Director of Admissions and Outreach
tparsons@ism-sabis.net 

Sarah Bianucci

Student Life Coordinator
sbianucci@ism-sabis.net

Brian Nagel

Student Management Coordinator
bnagel@ism-sabis.net 

Anthony Mytas

Athletics & Activities Coordinator
amytas@ism-sabis.net

Melanie Montanez

ECE Coordinator PS-KG
Family Liaison PS-12
mgilles@ism-sabis.net 

Head of Departments​

Janet Mahr

H.O.D. Math

Dr. David Hadbawnik

H.O.D. English

Will Brannon

H.O.D. Social Studies

Omar Zouhairy

H.O.D. Science

Sophie Perrin-Smith

H.O.D. French

Patricia Suarez

H.O.D. Spanish

Early Childhood Education

My Tran

Preschool 
Teaching Assistant

Lisa Herndon

Preschool 
Teacher

Sylvia Gonsalves

Pre-K  
Teaching Assistant

Kaitlyn Manning

Pre-K  
Teacher

Lower School (Grades K-5)

Mindy Glup

Kindergarten 
Teacher

Janet Clausing

Kindergarten 
Teaching Assistant

Emily Grossman

Grade 1 
Teacher

Amy Nichols

Grade 2
Teacher

Kate Eichmann

Grade 3-5
Math Teacher

Piper Juza

Grade 3-5
English Teacher

Sheila Pacheco

Grade 3-5
Science & Social Studies Teacher

Upper School (Grades 6-12)

Dr. Tina Zigon

English 
Grades 9 - 12​​

Matt Doyle

English
Grades 6 - 9

Greg Willkomm

Math
Grade 6 - 12

Vinton Geistfeld

Math
Grades 9 - 12

Preeti Devaraj

Computer Science
Grades 1 - 12

Mike Bernstein

Social Studies
Grades 7 - 12

Will Brannon

Social Studies
Grades 8 - 12

Dr. Chase Fehr

Science
Grade 8 - 12


John Compton

Science
Grade 6 - 12

Preston Finger

Science/Math 
Grades 6 - 12

Specialists (PS-12)

Jackson Lee

Music
Grades PS - 12

PJ Mack

Art
Grades 1 - 12

Donell Stubbs

Physical Education
Grades PS - 12

Charlie Puffett

Swimming (PS-3)
Grades PS - 3

World Language

Sophie Perrin-Smith

French

Patricia Suarez

Spanish

Gildas Dabe

French

Sandra Sanchez

Spanish

Veronica Hernandez

Spanish

Vanessa Westman

Chinese

Administration Support Team

Zach Cohen

Director of College Counseling
zcohen@ism-sabis.net

M.C. Simpson-Faxio 

Athletics & Activities Coordinator, Extended Day Coordinator, Student Management Assistant


Chandha Duwearatchi

Business Manager
cduwearatchi@ism-sabis.net

Patricia Suarez

International Student Coordinator 
psuarez@ism-sabis.net

Brian Mozey

Admissions & Marketing Manager
admissions@ism-sabis.net


Taylor Cao

Front Desk Coordinator

Erica Landers

Hopkins/ISM School Counselor 
schoolcounselor@ism-sabis.net

Eugene Glukh

Registrar
Exam Coordinator (K-8)

Barbara Bertomeu

Health Paraprofessional
healthoffice@ism-sabis.net

Amy Frazzini

School Nurse
healthoffice@ism-sabis.net

Kaitlyn Palmer

Exam Officer (9-12)
AP Coordinator

Sara Reich

Librarian

Isaiah Gehlen

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Andrea Usher

Human Resources Director

Mark Blaubach

IT Director

Dining Hall

Trish DeLude

Sous Chef

Ted Norris

Executive Chef

Baovy Haong

ISM Dining Hall Server

Ehku Thay

ISM Dining Hall Server

Facilities

Joel Reinitz

Maintenance
Facilities Custodian

Mu Law Kaw

Facilities Custodian

Joe Kopet

Facilities Custodian

Trent Mahr

Facilities Manager

Michael Howard

Facilities Custodian

Dorm Staff

Noah Bruce

Lead Dorm Parent

Suzann Yassin

Dorm Parent