Our People
Bard Early College staff are dedicated, talented individuals with diverse experiences, skills, backgrounds, and perspectives who make this work possible.

Murphy Austin
Data and Evaluation Manager

Charlotte Donovan
Program Associate

John Gardenhire
Director of Finance and Operations

William Hinrichs
Dean of Academic Life

Daryl Hornick-Becker
Director of Public Policy and Partnerships

Alysa Hutson
Director of Policy and Strategy

Sarah Imboden
Senior Grants Officer

Brian Mateo
Associate Dean, Civic Engagement

Shazia Muhammad
Finance and Operations Assistant

Charles Simmons
Policy Fellow

Jennifer Singleton
Assistant Director for External Relations

Stephen Tremaine
Vice President for the Early Colleges

Dumaine Williams
Vice President and Dean of the Early Colleges
BEC Board of Governors
Brian Carter
Science Faculty, The Walker School, Georgia; former Program Officer, Overdeck Foundation; former faculty member, Bard High School Early College Manhattan
Cesaltine Gregorio
Senior Consultant, CBG Intl Communications; Bard Early College parent
Glendean Hamilton Stewart
Associate Partner, New Profit; Bard Early College alumna
Margaret Hempel
Foundation Director, Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Justice, Ford Foundation; Bard Early College parent
Ben Iselin
Partner, McGuire Woods, LLP; Bard Early College parent
Charles Johnson
VP for External Affairs and General Counsel, Tuskegee University Trustee, Bard College
Beth Lief
Former Executive Director, Petrie Foundation; Former President, New Visions for Public Schools
Matthew Mallow
Senior Managing Director, BlackRock Inc. (Ret.)
Ray Peterson
Former Founding Principal of Bard High School Early College Manhattan and Newark
Geoffrey W. Smith, Chair
Managing Partner, Digitalis Ventures
Marquitta Speller, Ed.D.
CEO, Ivy Learning Services
Campus Leadership
Bard High School Early College Manhattan
525 E. Houston Street, New York, NY 10002
Dr. Michael Lerner, PhD, Principal
Bard High School Early College Queens
30-20 Thomson Avenue
Long Island City, NY 11101
Dr. Valeri Thomson, PhD, Principal
Bard High School Early College Newark
321 Bergen Street
Newark, NJ 07103
Dr. Carla Stephens, PhD, Principal
Principal Bard Early College in New Orleans
3820 St. Claude Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70117
Ana María Caldwell, PhD candidate, Executive Director
Bard High School Early College Cleveland
13501 Terminal Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44135
Marjelo A. Mines, PhD,MEd, Acting Principal
Bard High School Early College Baltimore
2801 N. Dukeland Street, Baltimore, MD 21216
Dr. Francesca Gamber, PhD, Principal
Bard Early College Hudson Valley
364 Warren Street, Hudson, NY 12534
Molly Albrecht, Executive Director; Faculty in M.A.T. Program
Bard High School Early College DC
4430 H Street SE, Washington, DC 20019
Dr. Vanessa Anderson, PhD
Academic Program Chairs
Dr. Maria Agapito
Program Chair, Biology
Dr. K. “Yawa” Agbemabiese
Program Chair, Global Social Sciences
Adrian Agredo
Program Chair, World Literature
Jenna Feltey Alden
Program Chair, American Social Sciences
Julia Carey Arendell
Program Chair, American Literature
Ronnie Brown
Program Chair, Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Anna Dolan
Program Chair, Performing Arts
Elisabeth Gambino
Program Chair, Visual Arts
Kara Goldstein
Program Chair, Special Education
Maria Felisa Lerum
Program Chair, Chemistry
Dr. Tiffany Morris
Program Chair, Physics
June Morrison Jones
Program Chair, Physical Health and Education
Dr. Patrick Oray
Program Chair, First Year Seminar
Matthew Park
Program Chair, Second Year Seminar
Sweer Shah
Program Chair, Mathematics and Coomputer Science
Dr. Ling-Ling Shih
Program Chair, Chinese
Julia Guerra
Program Chair, Spanish
Elisabeth Gambino
Program Chair, Visual Arts