Brass City Charter School

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Barbara Ruggiero, Ph.D., a founder of Brass City Charter School whose varied career demonstrates a lifelong commitment to children’s academic success, comes most recently from Children’s Community School, where she acted as Executive Director/Principal, and before that from Chase Collegiate School. Dr. Ruggiero is a former licensed child psychologist and an experienced school leader with curricular, personnel, community relations, budget, management, and fundraising experience. She has a master’s degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from Boston University.  

Email: bruggiero@brasscitycharter.org

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Nancy Landona, Chief Operating Officer, and co-founder of Brass City Charter School, has had a varied career in grant writing, volunteer coordination, bookkeeping, teaching, curriculum writing, and much more. She earned a degree in early childhood education from Southern CT State University and MEd in instructional design from Western Governor's University.
Email: nlandona@brasscitycharter.org

Heather Byron, Executive Assistant: Operations
Diane Wasilewski, Attendance Clerk / Operations Assistant

ADMINISTRATION

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICER ? PRINCIPAL

Laura Main, Ed.D. comes to us from varied experiences as teacher, writing and math coach, school leader and founding principal of a charter school. Dr. Main earned her bachelor's degree in English at Cornell University, a master's from Bank Street College, and a doctorate in instructional leadership from Western Connecticut State University. Dr. Main believes that a school should be a place where "each student is seen, known, and valued, not just for their academic abilities, but for who they are as a whole person. It means challenging students to grow, while also making sure they feel supported socially and emotionally, so they can thrive both in and out of the classroom".                                                                                                               Email: lmain@brasscitycharter.org

Orla Mokriski-Schley, Coordinator of the Middle School comes to us with more than twenty years in education and brings extensive experience as a teacher, advisor, administrator, and coach. She holds a master's degree in special education and a bachelor's degree in fine arts. Email: omokriski-schley@brasscitycharter.org

Danielle Gaynor, Director of Student Culture and Family Engagement,  oversees the social-emotional support program at BCCS. In addition, she promotes parental involvement in the life of the school. 
Email:dgaynor@brasscitycharter.org

Latisha Crutchfield, Student Support
Milagros Copeland, Student Support
Kanisha Malloy, Student Support
Geoffrey Williams, Student Support

OFFICE COORDINATOR

Sylvia Montes: The first person who greets you when you visit the school, Ms. Sylvia is the best source of answers for any questions your family might have. She relays information between school personnel and parents both in the office and on the phone.
Email: smontes@brasscitycharter.org


PRE-K TEACHERS

Elese Montambault, emontambault@brasscitycharter.org
Parisa Amiri, Assistant Teacher

Roxanne Clarence, rclarence@brasscitycharter.org
Nadia Dennis, Assistant Teacher

Jody Steinbach, Floater

KINDERGARTEN TEACHERS

Emily Bees, Teacher, ebees@brasscitycharter.org
Melanie Stephens, Assistant Teacher

Jillian Pizzo, Teacher, jpizzo@brasscitycharter.org
Brittany Santos, Assistant Teacher

Allege Hill, Floater 

1ST GRADE TEACHERS

Melissa Gibran, Teacher, mgibran@brasscitycharter.org
Ruth Bach, Assistant Teacher

Sara Naber, Teacher, snaber@brasscitycharter.org
Lynn Wilczewski, Assistant Teacher


Olivia DeGennaro, Teacher, odegennaro@brasscitycharter.org 
Julia Longo, Teacher, jlongo@brasscitycharter.org
Gris Gutierrez-Barrientos, Assistant Teacher


Xia Rehmat, xrehmat@brasscitycharter.org

Miranda Malizia, mmalizia@brasscitycharter.org
Kathy Clark, kclark@brasscitycharter.org

Katherine Georgetti, kgeorgetti@brasscitycharter.org
Loren Maradiaga, Third/Fourth Assistant Teacher
Sandra Davy, ELA, sdavy@brasscitycharter.org

Joanna Vann, Math,  jvann@brasscitycharter.org

Alana Contreras, History, acontreras@brasscitycharter.org

Kevin Ugalde, Science, kugalde@brasscitycharter.orgJonathan Gotterer, History, jgotterer@brasscitycharter.org

Kristian Rose, Math, krose@brasscitycharter.org


Dylan Riedl, dreidl@brasscitycharter.orgMaileen Delgado, cbauknecht@brasscitycharter.orgMarissa Morin, mmorin@brasscitycharter.org