Faculty and Staff Education and Email

Lawson Albright, Alumni Development
B.A. Harvard University
lawson.albright@mountainschool.org

Trudy Amber-Dowlin, Assistant to the Director
A.A.M.S. Delaware County Community College
trudy.amber@mountainschool.org

Doug Austin, Business Manager, Mathematics, Technology
B.S. Bucknell University
doug.austin@mountainschool.org

Pat Barnes, Environmental Science
B.A. University of Vermont, M.A. Columbia University
pat.barnes@mountainschool.org

Rob Benson, Director of Facilities
B.M. Cleveland Institute of Music
rob.benson@mountainschool.org

Gavinn Boyce, Graduate Resident, Admissions
Syracuse University
gavinn.boyce@mountainschool.org

Farrah Cattaneo, Chef

Emma Coultrap-Bagg, Latin
Dartmouth College
emma.coultrap-bagg@mountainschool.org

Gerry Coleman, Farm
B.A. Temple University
gerry.coleman@mountainschool.org

Marilyn Covey, Head Chef, Alumni Relations
marilyn.covey@mountainschool.org

Nick DeFriez, Art
B.S. University of Vermont, M.A. Hunter College
nick.defriez@mountainschool.org

Bruce Durkee, Assistant to the Director of Facilities

Gwynne Durham,  Assistant Farm Manager
B.A. University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, M.A., M.Phil. Yale University
gwynne.durham@mountainschool.org

Comfort Halsey Leckerling, Spanish, Health, Transportation
B.A. University of Massachusetts at Amherst
comfort.halsey@mountainschool.org

Annie Hettick, Farm Manager
annie.hettick@mountainschool.org

Corey Harlow, Farm Manager
A.A.S. Lane Community College
corey.harlow@mountainschool.org

Kit Halsey Leckerling, History, Newsletter
B.A. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
kit.leckerling@mountainschool.org

Kristina Hartell, Environmental Science
B.S. University of Michigan, M.S. Tufts University
tina.hartell@mountainschool.org

Kathy Hooke, Mathematics, Environmental Science
A.B. Dartmouth College, M.F.S Yale University
kathy.hooke@mountainschool.org

Missy Smith, Director of Admissions
Middlebury College
missy.smith@mountainschool.org

Jack Kruse, English, Humanities, Work Program
A.B. Princeton University, M.Ed. Harvard University
jack.kruse@mountainschool.org

Sue Stevens Kruse, Mathematics, Financial Aid, Head Advisor
B.S. Russell Sage College
sue.kruse@mountainschool.org

Pam Mainville, Chef
pamela.mainville@valley.net

Sharon Marshall, Chef

Marc McKee, Assistant Farm Manager,
Sugarmaking, Construction
B.A. Harvard University
marc.mckee@mountainschool.org

Valerie Mullen, Librarian
B.A. St. Anne's College, Oxford University, M.S. Syracuse University

Kurt Rinehart, Outdoor Program Director
B.A. University of Iowa
kurt.rinehart@mountainschool.org

Susie Rinehart, Academic Dean, English
B.A. Middlebury College, M.S. Antioch New England Graduate School
susie.rinehart@mountainschool.org

Brigitte Savard, French
B.A. Bishop’s University
brigitte.savard@mountainschool.org

Alden Smith, Director, English
B.A. Davidson College, M.A. Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English
alden.smith@mountainschool.org

oil painting by Wayne Chalmers, 
head of maintenance 1968-1993