DOUG FLEMING

Headmaster

Headmaster Letter

ANNEMARIE LICINI

Assistant To The Headmaster &

Summer Challenge Director

VIRGINIA KEATING

Lower And Middle School Director

DON JOHNSON

Dean Of Students

JUSTIN PIZZO

Dean Of Admissions

ARIAS, ROLANDO

Middle And Upper School Spanish Teacher;
B.A. In Math And Spanish, Mercy College;
M.A. In Math, Hunter College;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2021

DELISSER, DESMOND

Computer Science and Technology Teacher
B.S. In Electronic Engineering Technology, DeVry University
Teaching and Tech Services At Thornton-Donovan Since 2006

GOODMAN, ALAN

Music Teacher
B.A. In Special Education, Lehman College
M.A. In Music Education, Manhattanville College Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2015

GRIFFIN, ERIC

Social Studies Teacher
B.S. In History Education, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Maryland;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 1980

HEINER, LESLIE

Art Teacher
B.A. In Art History & English, Smith College
M.A. In Art History, NYU Institute of Fine Arts
Second M.A. in Art History, CUNY Graduate Center
Teaching at Thornton-Donovan since 2012

JOHNSON, DONALD, REVEREND

Dean of Students and
Upper School Math and Physics Teacher;
B.A. Mathematics, S.U.N.Y. Purchase;
M.S. Mathematics, L.I.U.
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 1992

Dr. KERNELL, NATHANIEL

Greek And Latin Teacher
B.A., M.A. In Classical Languages, University Of Iowa
Ph.D. In Classical Languages, University Of New Mexico
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 1997

KEATING-MILLER, VIRGINIA

Lower And Middle School Director and
4th/5th Grade Teacher; B.A. In Education, Concordia College;
M.S. In Education, Iona College;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2002

MITRA, TWINKLE

Middle And Upper School Science Teacher;
B.S. In Biology, S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2021

MONTGOMERY, DAVID

Upper School English Teacher;
B.A. In English, Hartwick College;
M.A. In Teaching And English, Trinity Sacred Heart University
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2018

PIZZO, JUSTIN

Dean of Admissions &
World Languages (Italian & Spanish) - Social Studies Teacher;
B.A. In Language & Culture Studies: Japanese & Italian, Trinity;
M.A. In Christian Studies, Nanzani, Japan;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2020

De VIVO - PUGLIESE, ASSUNTA

Middle And Upper School Italian - Social Studies;
B.A. In Psychology, Saint John’s Univerrsity;
M.S. In Education, Iona: History, Squola D’Italia;
Teaching At Thornton - Donovan School Since 2013

RICHY, CHRISSY

Kindergarten/1st Grade Teacher;
B.A. In Elementary Education, Lehman College;
M.A. In Early Childhood, S.U.N.Y. New Platz;
Teaching at TD Since 2016

ANNAMARIE SALERNO

2nd/3rd Grade Teacher;
B.A. In Early Childhood Education, Concordia College;
M.A. In Special And General Education For Early Childhood, Concordia College;
Teaching At TD Since 2021

SAMATEH, FODAY

B.A. In English, Gambia College, Lehman College, C.U.N.Y;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2021

Dr. VAN LESBERGHE, BENOIT, REVEREND

Middle And Upper School French And Math Teacher;
B.A. In Theology, CTS, Belgium;
M.A. In Language Studies, Kent University, UK;
Ph.D. In Language Studies, La Sorbonne, France;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 1999

VASENDIN, OLENA

Middle And Upper School Math And Russian Teacher;
M.S., B. S., In Mathematics And Physics, The Zaporizhzha Pedagogical University;
Teaching At Thornton-Donovan Since 2002