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.
Margaret Donohoe Tull
Board President
Margaret has been a BHMS parent since 2010. Her daughter is in 5th grade and her son graduated in 2019.
Teepoo Riaz
Board Treasurer
Teepoo has been a BHMS parent since 2013 and has a daughter first grade and a daughter in 5th grade.
Rebecca Romano
Vice President
Rebecca has been a BHMS parent since 2015, and her twin girls, Jillian and Reagan, are now in 5th grade.
Teresita Levy
Board Secretary
Teresita has been a BHMS parent since 2011. She has a son that graduated in 2019 and a son in 8th grade
Hope Reeves
Member at Large
Hope has been a parent at BHMS since 2007, when her son, Zane, entered the 3s program.
Stephanie Pax Flanigan
Head of School
Stephanie Pax Flanigan joins BHMS after an eighteen year tenure as Head of School at the Montessori School of Denver.
Cecilia Amrute
Trustee
Cecilia is a longtime Cobble Hill resident and has been a BHMS parent since 2013.
Rachel Stein Dickinson
Trustee
Rachel has been a BHMS parent since 2008. Her son is now a BHMS Alum and her daughter is in the 8th grade.
Linda Eigeman
Trustee
Linda has been a BHMS parent since 2010 when her son joined the Twos program.
Dion Flynn
Trustee
Dion and his wife, Amy Flynn, have been BHMS parents since 2016. Their son, Miles is now in Lower Elementary.
Nicole Francis
Trustee
Nicole and her husband, John Guida, have been BHMS parents since 2014. Their son, Oliver, is now in Upper Elementary.
Kristi Guigliano
Trustee
Kristi has been a BHMS parent since 2013 and now has three children at the school: Giorgi (4th), Micah (2nd), and Beck (4s)
Vered Katz-BenYair
Trustee
Vered has been a BHMS parent since 2016, and has three children at the school: Tamara (8th), Naama (6th), and Shira (3rd).
Jennifer Killian
Trustee
Jennifer and her husband, James Anderson, have been BHMS parents since 2014.
Bob Larson
Trustee
Bob and his wife, Margaret, have been BHMS parents since 2015 and have a son, Milo, and daughter, Charlie, both in Lower Elementary.
Ilana Levine
Trustee
Ilana has been a parent at BHMS since 2008 and is the proud mother of Mia who graduated last year Lucia in 7th grade, and Julian in Kindergarten.
Andy McCormick
Trustee
Andy has been a BHMS parent since 2010. His daughter is now in 8th grade, having started in the 3’s program.
Tammie Carr Mullaney
Trustee
Tammie and her husband, Chris, have been BHMS parents since 2014. Their daughter, Monica, is now in Alex’s advisory in Upper Elementary.
Nick Pelliccione
Trustee
Nick is an alum parent. His son, Alex, graduated from BHMS in 2006 and currently is a resident in internal medicine/infectious disease at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland, CA.
Matthew Stuart
Trustee
Matthew Stuart is currently the Head of School at The Caedmon School in New York City, a Montessori preschool and Montessori-inspired elementary school, serving two-year olds through grade five.
Kate Turley
Trustee
Kate has been an educator for four decades. In 2017, she completed eighteen years as Principal of City and Country School.