Team

Meet the team

Lucas Ames Director of Operations GOA

Glenda Baker Interim Associate Director of Faculty Experience

Natalie Broderick Faculty & Learning Design Coach

Amanda Burch Associate Director of Learning and Design

Jacqueline Chu Director of Finance

Jason Cummings Director of Student Programs GOA

Jessica Gould Senior Learning Design Coach

Becky Green Associate Director of Professional Learning

Kelsey Hall Associate Director of School Engagement

Eric Hudson Director of Learning and Design GOA

Valerie Krempus Director of Communications

Bonnie Lathram Director of Professional Learning GOA

Ellen Min Hartman Associate Director of Learner Experience

Michael Nachbar Executive Director GOA

Robin Pinné Assistant to the Executive Director GOA

Katherine (Kat) Siat Instructional Designer

Deepjyot (Deep) Sidhu Director of Equity and Inclusion/Associate Director of Professional Learning

Sara Tahir Associate Director of Professional Learning Global Online Academy

John Austin Deerfield Academy

Tim Bazemore Catlin Gabel School

Jim Best Mission & Governance Committee Chair Dalton School

Madeleine Hewitt Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools

Julie Jungalwala (formerly Wilson) Institute for the Future of Learning

Kristen Kral

Emily McCarren Board Vice Chair Punahou School

Mark Milliron Civitas Learning

Bernie Noe Strategy Committee Chair Lakeside School

Dana Okeson Weeks Finance Committee Chair Germantown Friends School

Reshan Richards New Canaan Country School

Andrew Watson Board Chair Albuquerque Academy

Ayako Anderson Noble & Greenough School

Glenda Baker

Tina Bessias Durham Academy

Megan Bounit The Park School

David Boxer The Blake School

Jennifer Bray Providence Day School

Jenny Carlson-Pietraszek Noble & Greenough School

Jake Clapp

Darcy Cleaver Louisville Collegiate School

Jeff Dungan Shanghai American School

Jamey Everett Park Tudor School

Tara Ferrell

Joel Garza

Jessica Gould American School in Japan

Treavor Kendall Greenhill School

Kawai Lai Learning Design Coach

Adam Lavallee The Episcopal Academy

Kathleen Ralf Genocide & Human Rights Frankfurt International School, Oberursel, Germany

Lina Samawi King's Academy

Carmen Taylor Park Tudor School

Mila Tewell The Dalton School

Matt Westman St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware

Jim Wysocki

Aaron Preetam Business Problem Solving Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ale Cantu Climate Change and Global Inequality American School Foundation of Monterrey

Amy Merrell Bioethics, Medical Problem Solving Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Andrea Gowin Introduction to Legal Thinking Providence Day School

Anita Churchville Abnormal Psychology American School of Bombay, Mumbai, India

Ayako Anderson Japanese Language through Culture Noble and Greenough School (Dedham, MA), Phillips Academy (Andover, MA)

Beth Crissy Medical Problem Solving I and II The American School in Japan, Tokyo

Blaine Harris Intro to Legal Thinking, Personal Finance, Business Problem Solving Carlucci American Intl School of Lisbon

Bob Singerman Multivariable Calculus Louisville Collegiate School

Brendan Gill Digital Photography, Filmmaking Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon

Brendan Sarsfield Architecture The American School in Japan, Chōfu-shi, Japan

Brian Germain Abnormal Psychology International School of Beijing, Beijing, China

Carmen Taylor Cybersecurity, Multivariable Calculus Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Christine Taylor Medical Problem Solving I Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, South Carolina

Christopher Bell Introduction to Investments International School Bangkok, Nonthaburi Province, Thailand

Chris Calvert Entrepreneurship in a Global Context Jakarta Intercultural School

Cody Miles Medical Problem Solving I Gilman School

Cris Pessoa Linear Algebra and Number Theory International School of Curitiba, Curitiba, Paraná Brazil

Daniel Quiros Microeconomics and Personal Finance Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL

Faye Wells Global Health, Medical Problem Solving I Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Georges Marayati Arabic Language Through Culture Center of Arabic Culture, Somerville, MA

Hillary Boles Creative Nonfiction Louisville Collegiate School, Louisville, Kentucky

Jacob Crowder Introduction to Psychology and Designing for Online Learning Brookstone School, Columbus, Georgia

Jacqueline Grant Introduction to Legal Thinking Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami FL

Jim Bologna Cyber Security, iOS App Design Windward School, Los Angeles, California

Jim Burns 9/11 in a Global Context American School Foundation of Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico

James Reeder CS I: Computational Thinking Providence Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina

James Welch Medical Problem Solving I International School Bangkok, Pakkret, Thailand

Janet Izzo Game Theory Hamden Hall Country Day School

Jennifer Bray Neuropsychology Providence Day School, Charlotte, North Carolina

Jenny Marien Prisons and the Criminal Law and Social Psychology The Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri

Jim Wysocki Linear Algebra, Multivariable Calculus Catlin Gabel School, Portland, Oregon

Joel Garza Race and Society Greenhill School, Addison, Texas

Joe Steiner Game Theory, Linear Algebra Greens Farms Academy, Greens Farms, Connecticut

Justin Jacobson Introduction to Investments The American School in Japan, Chōfu-shi, Japan

Katelyn Williams Introduction to Psychology Greensboro Day School, Greensboro, NC

Kathleen Ralf Genocide & Human Rights Frankfurt International School, Oberursel, Germany

Ken Schwartz Architecture, Graphic Design Carol Morgan School, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Kevin Hurley Macroeconomics, Personal Finance American School of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Kim Banion Gender & Society, Prisons and Criminal Justice Systems The Pembroke Hill School, Kansas City, Missouri

Laura Reysz Medical Problem Solving I and II Park Tudor School, Indianapolis, Indiana

Lauren Gehman Positive Psychology, Learners for Life: Growth, Grit and Gratitude Metairie Park Country Day School, Metairie, Louisiana

Leah Wolf CS I: Computational Thinking and CS II: Java Latin School of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Mais Alazab Architecture American University of Madaba

Margaret Kim CS II: Analyzing Data with Python, CS I: Computational Thinking American School in Japan, Chōfu, Japan

Megan White Neuropsychology Forsyth Country Day School, Lewisville, NC

Meghan Codd Academic English Accelerator The Bishop's School, San Diego, California

Dr. Melacyn Turner Medical Problem Solving I American School of Doha, Doha, Qatar

Mohammad Sarhan Business Problem Solving and Introduction to Investments King’s Academy, Madaba, Jordan

Natalie Broderick Social Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Neuropsychology, Developmental Psychology Hong Kong International School, Hong Kong and Boston, Massachusetts

Nate Whitman Introduction to Investments Roland Park Country School, Baltimore Maryland

Nichole Foster Problem Solving w Engineering and Design, Medical Problem Solving I Frankfurt International School, Oberursel, Germany

Paul Richards Positive Psychology American School of Bombay, Mumbai, India

Rania Al Natsheh Arabic Language through Culture II & III King’s Academy, Madaba, Jordan

Reanna Ursin Prisons and Criminal Justice Systems Westminster School, Atlanta Georgia

Scott Cotton International Relations, 9/11 in a Global Context Greenhill School, Dallas, Texas

Simon Huss Problem Solving with Engineering & Design Windward School Los Angeles, CA

Treavor Kendall Medical Problem Solving and Problem Solving with Engineering and Design Greenhill School, Addison, Texas

Yoko Hotta Japanese Language Through Culture I Japan Society of Boston, Boston Massachusetts

Christian Abbott Computer Science I: Computational Thinking Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando, Florida

Shari Abbott Prisons and Criminal Law American International School-Chennai (AISC), Chennai, India

Etsuko Barber Japanese Language through Culture I St. Marks School of Texas, Dallas, Texas

Doug Behse Entrepreneurship in the Global Context Formerly Jakarta International School, South Jakarta, Indonesia and Singapore American School, the Republic of Singapore

Tina Bessias Algorithms, AI & Machine Learning and Climate Change and Global Inequality Durham Academy, Durham, North Carolina

Tom Cahill Digital Photography King's Academy, Madaba-Manja Jordan

Leah Cataldo Neuropsychology Buckingham Browne and Nichols, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Amy Choi International Relations, Climate Change & Global Inequity The Mount Vernon School, Atlanta, Georgia

Stephanie Coulibaly Graphic Design Atlanta, GA

Rob Curran International Relations The Savannah Country Day School, Savanna Georgia

Ikram Easton Arabic Language thru Culture I Boston College, Boston, MA

Jennifer Fleischer Game Theory Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA

Sandra Flores Positive Psychology United Nations International School, Hanoi, Vietnam

Jessica Gould Bioethics, Global Health, and Medical Problem Solving I and II Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana

Ala Hamdan Arabic Language through Culture King's Academy, Madaba, Jordan

Heather Hersey Abnormal Psychology, Learners for Life: Designing Excellent Questions Harvard Westlake Middle School, Los Angeles, California

Matt Lage Prisons and Criminal Justice Systems Brookstone School, Columbus, Georgia

Adam Lavallee Microeconomics The Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Jennifer Mack-Watkins Arts Entrepreneurship Pingry School, Hoboken, NJ

Bakir Mohammad Arabic Language Through Culture I King's Academy, Madaba-Manja Jordan

Cassie O'Brien Social Psychology Lincoln Community School, Accra, Ghana

Naadia Owens Gender & Society University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago IL

Matt Piercy Entrepreneurship in a Global Context International School Bangkok, Bangkok Thailand

Emily Poland Bioethics Taipei, Taiwan

Lucius Provase Climate Change and Global Inequality Graded - The American School of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Nadim Sarhan CS II: Game Design and Development King’s Academy, Madaba, Jordan

Neela Singh Social Psychology Frankfurt International School, Frankfurt Germany

Meredith Sjoberg Abnormal Psychology and Positive Psychology Lakeside School, Seattle, Washington

Marcus Smith Race & Society Providence Day School, Charlotte, NC

Mila Tewell Climate Change and Global Inequality and Microeconomics The Dalton School, New York, New York

Ashton Trawinski Forsyth Country Day School, Lewisville, North Carolina

Paulette Unger Bioethics Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, South Carolina

Katie Walthall Abnormal Psychology Columbia, Missouri

Tanya West Johnson Neuropsychology, Developmental Psychology Atlanta Georgia

Matt Westman Arabic Language through Culture I St. Andrew's School, Middletown, Delaware

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