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Faculty and Staff

Administration

Mr. Joe Walker	Director	jwalker@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Judith Tostenrud	Elementary School Principal	jtostenrud@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Dan Marcum	Secondary School Principal	dmarcum@cic-valencia.org.ve

Central Office

Ms. Belkis Monks	Administrative Coordinator: Office and Business Management	bmonks@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Karen Sandoval	Administrative Coordinator: Human Resources and Educacional Services	ksandoval@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Orimar Ramirez	Administrative Coordinator: General Operations	oramirez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Franca Mercurio	Development Coordinator/Admissions	fmercurio@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Martina Thorogood	Communications Coordinator/Alumni	mthorogood@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Simón Flores	Fiscal Officer	sflores@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Nancy Roa	Fiscal Officer Assistant	nroa@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Maricela Nieto	Purchasing & Accounts Receivable	mnieto@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Cristina Manzo	Administrative Assistant	cmanzo@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Maria Cristina Montilla	Administrative Assistant	mmontilla@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Gloria Nuñez	Administrative Assistant	gnunez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Raquel Rivero	Receptionist	rrivero@cic-valencia.org.ve

Early Childhood

Ms. Sonia Trujillo	Nursery	strujillo@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Isbet Bermúdez	Nursery Teacher Associate	ibermudez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Sonia Bernstein	Jr. Kinder/ESL	sbernstein@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Jacqueline Miranda	Jr. Kinder/ESL/Grade 3 Associate	jmiranda@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Ana María González	Jr. Kinder Teacher Associate	agonzalez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Lenna Cordido	Jr. Kinder and Grade 5 Teacher Associate	lcordido@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. María Beatriz Rondón	Kindergarten	mrondon@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Carmen Acosta	Kindergarten	cacosta@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Vanessa Chacon	Kindergarten Teacher Associate	vchacon@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Vanessa Ramos	Kindergarten Teacher Associate	vramos@cic-valencia.org.ve

Elementary

Ms. Mary Mikolji	Grade 1/Early Childhood Coordinator	mmikolji@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Shelby Primmett	Grade 1	sprimmett@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Maryangel Santiago	Grade 1 Associate	msantiago@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Lenna Cordido	Grade 1 and Jr. Kinder Teacher Associate	lcordido@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Ayesha Spooner	Grade 2	aspooner@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Patricia Rogers	Grade 2	progers@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Lucia Neyeloff	Grade 2 Associate	lneyeloff@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Charles Rogers	Grade 3	crogers@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Mark Richards	Grade 3	mrichards@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Jacqueline Miranda	Grade 3 Associate/Jr. Kinder/ESL	jmiranda@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Sonia Butler	Grade 4	sbutler@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Mary Kielkopf	Grade 4	makielkopf@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Gabriela Carrasquel	Grade 4 Teacher Associate	gcarrasquel@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Carrie Niebanck	Grade 5	cniebanck@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Karen Shantz	Grade 5	kshantz@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Zorayda Torcatt-Blanco	Grade 5 Teacher Associate/ESL	ztorcatt@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. M. Federica Matos	Grade 5 Teacher Associate	fmatos@cic-valencia.org.ve

Elementary Library

Ms. Adella Semidey	Elementary Library/ESL Coordinator	asemidey@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Gisela Andara	Elementary Library Teacher Associate	gandara@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Nelly Linares	Elementary Library/Spanish	nlinares@cic-valencia.org.ve

Secondary Office

Ms. Lorena Dale	Secondary School Administrative Assistant/Alumni	ldale@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Annamaría Martínez	College Counselor Assistant/Alumni	amartinez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Lizzbeth Walker	Special Services and Projects	lwalker@cic-valencia.org.ve

Secondary School

Mr. Dan Marcum	Mathematics/Secondary School Principal	dmarcum@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Jessica Clough	English/Social Studies	jclough@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Javier Martin	Mathematics/ESL	jmartin@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Rebeca Martinez	Science/CIC Nature Trail Coordinator	rmartinez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Mike Kielkopf	English	mkielkopf@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Claudia Heemsen	College Counselor/Psychology	cheemsen@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Scott Liebertz	Social Studies/MUN/ Student Council	sliebertz@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Joseph Nagel	English/Social Studies/N(J)HS	jnagel@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Mark Pope	English/Social Studies	mpope@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Robert Portillo	Science	rportillo@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Nicole Jones	Science	njones@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Raja Rachid	English/Social Studies/Community Service	rrachid@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Derrick Bell	Mathematics	dbell@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Richard Standerfer	Mathematics	rstanderfer@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. María Angelica Marín	Social Studies/Drama/Spanish	mmarin@cic-valencia.org.ve

Secondary Library

Ms. Carol Standerfer	Media Center Coordinator / HS Library	cstanderfer@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Ana María Malpica	Secondary Library Associate	amalpica@cic-valencia.org.ve

ESL Department

Ms. Adella Semidey	ESL Coordinator/ES Library	asemidey@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Ruth de Arteaga	ESL/Spanish	rarteaga@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Sonia Bernstein	ESL/Jr. Kinder	sbernstein@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Esther Portillo	ESL	eportillo@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Yunilde Briceño	ESL/Spanish	ybriceno@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Carlos Hernandez	ESL/Co-Curricular Coordinator	chernandez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Anny Bolívar	ESL	abolivar@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Daniela Dao	ESL	ddao@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Zorayda Torcatt-Blanco	Grade 5 Teacher Associate/ESL	ztorcatt@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. María Beatriz Rondón	ESL/Kindergarten	mrondon@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Carmen Acosta	ESL/Kindergarten	cacosta@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Jacqueline Miranda	ESL/Grade 3 Associate/Jr. Kinder	jmiranda@cic-valencia.org.ve

Language Departament

Ms. Ivy Celis	Spanish & French Language Coordinator/Community Service	icelis@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Ruth de Arteaga	Spanish/ESL	rarteaga@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Janine Aristeiguieta	Spanish	jaristeiguieta@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Yunilde Brinceño	Spanish/ESL	ybriceno@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Nelly Linares	Spanish/Elementary Library	nlinares@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Elizabeth Ojeda	Spanish/Community Service	eojeda@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. María Angelica Marín	Social Studies/Drama/Spanish	mmarin@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mme. Marie Sedek	French	msedek@cic-valencia.org.ve

Physical Education

Mr. Enrique Damasio	Physical Education	edamasio@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Alex Barrios	Physical Education	abarrios@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Celiangel Coello	PE and Mathematics	ccoello@cic-valencia.org.ve

Fine Arts

Mr. Hector Moy	MS Theater/HS Drama/Choir	hmoy@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ma. Laura Quijada	Elementary Music	lquijada@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. George Gostovich	Secondary Art	ggostovich@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Lucía Sosa	Elementary Art	lsosa@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. María Angelica Marín	Drama/ Performing Arts / Latin American Studies	mmarin@cic-valencia.org.ve

College Counseling Office

Ms. Claudia Heemsen	College Counselor/Psychology	cheemsen@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Annamaría Martínez	College Counselor Assistant/Alumni	amartinez@cic-valencia.org.ve

Transition and Counseling Center

Ms. Ana Cristina Perez-Mena	School Psychologist/ Transition Program & Special Needs Coordinator	aperezmena@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Maria Andrea Matos	Transition Program & Special Needs	mmatos@cic-valencia.org.ve

Technology

Mr. Michael Waters	Administrative Coordinator in Charge of Technology and Special Projects	mwaters@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Felny Martinez	Systems Administrator	fmartinez@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Yolanda de Barroeta	Elementary and Secondary Computer Teacher	ybarroeta@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Cristy Luengas	Elementary Computer Teacher Associate	cluengas@cic-valencia.org.ve
Mr. Ramón Colmenares	Technology Support	rcolmenares@cic-valencia.org.ve

Alumni & Friends of CIC

Ms. Martina Thorogood	Communications Coordinator/Alumni	mthorogood@cic-valencia.org.ve
Ms. Annamaría Martínez	Alumni/College Counselor Assistant	amartinez@cic-valencia.org.ve

Printing Services

Ms. Geraldina Cignarella

Photocopy Center

gcignarella@cic-valencia.org.ve

Maintenance & Security

Mr. Jorge Cardenas

Maintenance & Security Supervisor

jcardenas@cic-valencia.org.ve