Board of Trustees
The Brooklyn Heights Montessori School Board of Trustees is made up of parents, parents of alumni and outside educators who volunteer their time to provide vision and leadership for the longterm development and vitality of the school.
Rebecca Romano
Vice President
Rebecca has been a BHMS parent since 2015, and her twin girls, Jillian and Reagan, are now in 6th grade.
Cecilia Amrute
Board Secretary
Cecilia is a longtime Cobble Hill resident and has been a BHMS parent since 2013.
Hope Reeves
Member at Large
Hope has been a parent at BHMS since 2007, when her son, Zane Walker, entered the 3s program.
Stephanie Pax Flanigan
Head of School
Stephanie Pax Flanigan joined BHMS in 2019 after an eighteen-year tenure as Head of School at the Montessori School of Denver.
Jose Alvarez
Trustee
Jose has been a BHMS parent since 2017 and has two sons enrolled at the school.
Aaron Crowell
Trustee
Aaron has been a BHMS parent since 2013 and has two children at the school.
Nils d'Aulaire
Trustee
Nils has been a BHMS parent since 2013 and has two children at the school.
Linda Eigeman
Trustee
Linda has been a BHMS parent since 2010 when her son joined the Twos program.
Dion Flynn
Trustee
Dion has been a BHMS parent since 2016. His son, Miles, is now in Upper Elementary.
Nicole Francis
Trustee
Nicole and her husband, John Guida, have been BHMS parents since 2014.
Kristi Guigliano
Trustee
Kristi has been a BHMS parent since 2013 and now has three children at the school: Giorgi, Micah, and Beck.
Vered Katz-BenYair
Trustee
Vered has been a BHMS parent since 2016 and has two children at the school.
Bob Larson
Trustee
Bob has been a BHMS parent since 2015 and has two children, Milo and Charlie, at the school.
Ilana Levine
Trustee
Ilana has been a parent at BHMS since 2008 and is the proud mother of Mia, Lucia, and Julian.
Marsha Massiah Aaron
Trustee
Marsha Massiah-Aaron is a third-year BHMS parent. Her son Kai is in Indian Ocean.
Ann Mellow
Trustee
Ann recently retired as the Associate Director of the the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) after thirteen years.
Nick Pelliccione
Trustee
Nick is an alum parent. His son, Alex, graduated from BHMS in 2006 and currently a resident in internal medicine.
Matthew Stuart
Trustee
Matthew Stuart is currently the Head of School at The Caedmon School in New York City.
Kate Turley
Trustee
Kate has been an educator for four decades. In 2017, she completed eighteen years as Principal of City and Country School.