Our Administrative Staff

Our administrators have a broad range of backgrounds in progressive education and the early college movement. Many of our staff have worked at BHSEC since its inception in 2001 and we count among our numbers three BHSEC graduates.

Adrian Agredo
Bard Early College Academy (BECA) Coordinator, BHSEC Manhattan and Queens
M.A.T., Bennington College; B.A. Bennington College. Teacher, Bard Early College Academy, Middle School Humanities, 2008-present; Teacher/Student Teacher, Burr and Burton Academy, Manchester, Vt; Student Teacher, The Beacon School, New York, NY. Specializes in curricular development, mediation, and inter-disciplinary design. Interests include poetry, painting, and running.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2223

Whitney Bates
Student Activities and International Program Coordinator, BHSEC Manhattan
M.A., International Educational Development, Teachers College, Columbia University; B.S. Speech-Language Pathology, New York University. Student Activities and International Program Coordinator, Bard High School Early College, 2008-present; Special Assistant to the Deans, Bard High School Early College, 2007-2008; Assistant Director Admissions, Adelphi University, 2004-2005. Graduated magna cum laude from New York University and received the Alumni Club Award for Excellence in Speech-Language Pathology. Personal and professional interests include travel, human rights, environmental conservation, cooking, and wine.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4062

Siska Brutsaert
Associate Dean of Studies, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Cornell University; M.S., Kyoto University; Ph.D., Columbia University-Integrated Program in Cellular Molecular Biophysics; Post-doctoral Fellow, Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. Research interests include molecular immunology; signal transduction mechanisms; and epigenetic control of gene regulation.
E-mail: sbrutsaert@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479

Olga Carmona
Smart Scholars Outreach Coordinator, BHSEC
B.A. Psychology, Bard College; A.A., Bard High School Early College; M.S. candidate, Urban Affairs, Hunter College. Admissions Coordinator, Bard High School Early College Academy 2005-present. Trustee Leader Scholar at Bard College and founder of the Young Rhinebeck Youth Program: Life, Learning, and Language, 2005. Research/interests include urban public education, program evaluation, early college initiatives and community activism.
Phone: 212-995-8479

Tabetha Ewing
Associate Professor of History, Bard College; Dean of Studies, BHSEC Manhattan
PhD History Princeton University, MA Princeton University, BA Bard College '89 18th-Century France, Early Modern Europe, French Empire, History of the Book Has taught at Bard College since 2000; Ewing's a book-length manuscript is under review, "War, Diplomacy, & Public Opinion in the Age of High Enlightenment: the Official and Clandestine Media." Current research is on French royal power, extradition, and the emergence of modern, political subjectivity.
Phone: 212-995-8479

Leah Gesoff
Guidance Counselor and College Transfer Office Advisor, BHSEC Manhattan
Ed.M and M.A. in Psychological Counseling from Columbia University. Ed.M in Curriculum and Instruction from National Louis University. Certified K-9 Teacher. B.A. in Psychology from the University of Vermont. Phi Betta Kappa National Honors Society. Teach for America Corps member 2002-2005, First Grade Teacher. Special interests include snowboarding, speaking Spanish, culture and traveling.
Phone: 212-995-8479

Brendan Grady
Teaching Assistant, BHSEC Newark
Phone: 845-758-6822

Julia Guerra
Foreign Language Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Cultural Anthropology and Psychology, American University; M.A., Art History and Archeology. Assistant Professor at Maryland College of Art and Design; professor of Humanities at University of Phoenix; teaching assistant at University of Maryland College Park; Assistant Director of Student Records and Registration at Berkeley College; and Lab Assistantship Smithsonian Institution. Specializes in pre-Columbian and colonial history of Latin America.
Phone: 212-995-8479 x3221

Sara Haberman
Assistant Principal, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Gettysburg College; M.A., L.C.S.W., New York University; M.S.Ed., Pace University. Former counselor at Stuyvesant and Chelsea High Schools, New York City.
E-mail: shaberman@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4221

Dwight Hodgson
Coordinator of Admissions
Phone: 212-995-8479

Cathy Iselin
Development, BHSEC
B.A. Hamilton/Kirkland College; M.B.A. Stern School of Business, New York University.
E-mail: ciselin@bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4074

Peter Kolbe
Technology Coordinator
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2072

Michael Lerner
Principal, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., New York University. Has taught at Barnard College, NYU, New School University, and Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota. Awards include Best Dissertation in Urban History, Urban History Association (2000). Publications include Dry Manhattan: Prohibition in New York City (2007). Teaching and research interests include 20th-century United States society and politics; American reform movements; popular culture and U.S.-Pacific relations.
E-mail: mlerner@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2282

Eline Maxwell
Deputy Director of Development
E-mail: emaxwell@bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479

Tina Moreno
Finance & Administration Manager
E-mail: tmoreno@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4074

Martha J. Olson
Dean of Administration, BHSEC Program; Dean of Education Initiatives, Bard College
B.A., University of Illinois; J.D., New York University School of Law; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University. Practiced law at Debevoise & Plimpton; Office of the New York State Attorney General; Lankler, Siffert & Wohl; The Campaign for Fiscal Equity; Law clerk to Thomas Fairchild, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and Bruce Selya, United States District Court Judge for the District of Rhode Island. Taught global studies at FLAGS High School, New York City. Root-Tilden-Kern Scholar. Past president, Citizens Committee for the Children of New York, Inc.
E-mail: olson@bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x4073

Kristi Powell-Grenfell
Special Projects Manager, HS Advisor, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Journalism & Communications, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Post-Baccalaureate work, Bank Street College. Former BHSEC-Manhattan Parent Coordinator; Program Associate, New Visions for Public Schools: NSF Middle School Math Standards, Annenberg Small Schools Initiative, and Citibank College Bound/College Fairs. Former NYC Public Schools parent, and parent activist, K-12. New York and Chicago Advertising Media and Market research & sales: Simmons Market Research Bureau, Winston Network, and Interactive Market Systems.
E-mail: kpowell@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2282

Camille Sawick
Assistant Principal, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., Brooklyn College; M.S., Queens College; Sixth-Year Certificate in administration and supervision, College of Staten Island. Assistant Principal Administration, New York City Public High Schools, 1995-present. Reading specialist; taught special education high school students for 12 years; taught high school English for 10 years.
E-mail: csawick@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2232

Elizabeth Stemmer
Assistant Registrar and Attendance Coordinator, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., American Studies, Bard College; A.A., Bard High School Early College. Assistant Registrar and Attendance Coordinator at Bard High School Early College, 2007-present. Interests include music, fiction, food, travel (particularly to Spain and Latin America), and the study of culture and society.
E-mail: lstemmer@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2221

Carol Turitz
BHSEC Manhattan Parent Coordinator
E-mail: cturitz@bhsec.bard.edu
Phone: 212-995-8479 x2281

Meghann Walk
Librarian, Social Studies Faculty, BHSEC Manhattan
B.A., C.A.S. candidate, University of Illinois; M.S.L.I.S., Simmons College. Held librarian position at Harvard Countway Library of Medicine Archives; and the University of Illinois. Research interests include philosophies of education; and library pedagogy.
Phone: 212-995-8479

U Ba Win
Provost; Vice President of Early College Policies and Programs at BHSEC and Bard College at Simon's Rock
B.A., Kalamazoo College, M.A., School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. A founding staff member of BHSEC, 2001-2008; Dean of Students at Simon's Rock1980-85, Provost in 1985-2004, and then Dean of the College. A native of Burma, Ba Win has advised many international students at Simon's Rock and helped American students identify suitable international programs. Co-directed (with his wife Judith Win) Crossroads International, a non-profit organization offering educational programs for young people.
Phone: 212-995-8479