Staff Directory

HEAD’S OFFICE

Ander Monro
amonro@qms.bc.ca
Head of School

Kimberly Ludvigson
Executive Assistant to the Head

ADMISSIONS OFFICE

Harriet Klumper
Director of Admissions

Kristin Jarvis
Assistant Director of Admissions

Siobhan Craig
Admissions Administrator

FINANCE & OPERATIONS

Thango Vu
Director of Finance & Operations

Susan Anderson
Financial Controller

Yvonne Bungay
Finance Clerk

Deyna Gomez de Barber
Finance Clerk

Ann Buttner-Danyliw
School Store Manager

Kelsey McDaniel
Acting Facilities Manager

Marlene Donaldson
Risk Manager

Mavis Weatherbee
Transportation Coordinator

HUMAN RESOURCES

Abigail Thornton-Stalker (on leave)
Director Human Resources

Dexter Owen
Acting Director of Human Resources 

DEVELOPMENT & ALUMNI RELATIONS OFFICE

Heather Bartfai 
Director of Alumni, Community & Donor Engagement

Jess Dobson
Events Coordinator

Carey Pallister
QMS Archivist

COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE

Hayley Picard 
Director of Communications & Marketing

Jack Chicquen
Digital Marketing Specialist

IT OFFICE

Steve Beaudry
Director of Technology

Darin Shillito
Technology Lead

Conor Shillito
Technologist

BOARDING LIFE

Wes Plater
Director of Boarding & Student Life

Jennifer Boyd
House Director, Denny

Noah Charles
Assistant House Director, Denny

Marlene Donaldson
Boarding Assistant, Denny

Jessica Lyric
House Director, Geoghegan

Adrienne Bosence
Assistant House Director, Geoghegan

Katie Colosimo
Boarding Assistant, Geoghegan

Qing Li
Boarding Life Coordinator & Translator

Rowena Jones
Head of External Programs

HEALTH SERVICES

Mindy Swamy, RN
Head of Health Centre

Tara Raymond, RN
School Nurse

Sarah Sargent, RN
School Nurse

Dr. Lorna Newman
School Counsellor (K–Grade 7)

Alison Bowden
School Counsellor (Grades 8–12)

Rubeena Sandhu
School Counsellor (Grades 8–12)

Moyra Bell
Wellness Coordinator (Grades 8–12)

Christopher Chapman
Behavioural Interventionist

EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM

Angela Dobbie
Director of Equestrian

Chandra Hanke
Barn Manager

Julia Spreen Balcom 
Head Coach—Competition Program

Indiana Wynne-Smith
Head Coach—School Program

Leora Gibson
Equestrian Coach & Equestrian Education Coordinator

Dona Naylor
Equestrian Coach

Julie Swindell
Equestrian Office Administrative Assistant

FOOD SERVICES

April Pringle
Executive Chef

Jari Pulkkinen
Sous Chef

Sarab Sunner
Sous Chef

SENIOR SCHOOL

Dr. Graeme Smith
Director of Academics, Senior School

Wes Plater
Director of Boarding & Student Life

Maria Jones
Senior School Secretary

Carol Ingledew
Post-Secondary Counsellor

Sue Barzo
Post-Secondary Counsellor

GRADES 8–9 PBL PROGRAM

Katie Colosimo
Humanities

Jessica Lyric
Learning Lead Grade 9 & Humanities 

Amanda Russo
Learning Lead Grade 8 & Humanities

Crystal Horner
STEM

Laura Robson
STEM

Tashanna Thomas-Dennis
STEM

HUMANITIES DEPARTMENT

Kimberley Chapman
Department Head & Senior School Librarian

Karl Faber
Teacher

Sharon Faber
Teacher

Whitney Kay
Teacher & ELL Teacher

Timothy Sailor
Teacher & Innisfree Farm Coordinator

Lulu Schmidt
Teacher

Ciera DeSilva
French & Spanish Teacher

Juliet Usher
French Teacher

MATH/SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Tomo Nishizawa
Head of Department (Science), Teacher

Anna Davydova
Teacher

Han He
Teacher

Maurice Last
Teacher

Richard Nixon
Teacher

Mark Swannell
Teacher

Eric Wang
Head of Department (Math), Teacher

FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT

Neil Trafford
Head of Department, Head of Film Arts & Sciences

Daniel Parent
Art & Applied Skills Teacher

Alison Hounsome
Music Teacher

Tilly Lorence
Drama and Theatre Teacher

Rubeena Sandhu
Fine Arts Teacher

ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT

Lucy Smith
Director of Athletics

Jennifer Boyd
Physical Education Teacher

Marlene Donaldson
Physical Education Teacher

Nick Zuback
Physical Education Teacher

Leora Gibson
Equestrian Education Coordinator

SPECIALIST TEACHERS

Moyra Bell
Outdoor Education Teacher

Ting (Yu-Ying) Chung
Culinary World Tour Teacher
& Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Coordinator

Han He
Automotive Restoration Teacher

LEARNING SUPPORT

Elizabeth Tarkowski
Learning Support Coordinator

Elizabeth Abercrombie
Learning Resource Teacher

Susan Bigotte
Educational Assistant

Marion Derish
Educational Assistant

Emily Tognet
Educational Assistant

Tanya Vastenhout
Educational Assistant

JUNIOR SCHOOL

Alison Galloway
Junior School Principal

Elisabeth Ruiter
(Acting) Junior School Vice-Principal

Kim Stinka
Junior School Secretary

Jana Pedersen
Teacher Librarian

Jemima Monro
Library Technician

Lydia Montgomery
Library Assistant

Adrienne Bosence
Intern Teacher

Janet Cundall | Nayla Nankya
After School Club

Tyrese Ikuesan
Gapper

Lola Moeller
Gapper

PRIMARY DEPARTMENT

Yvonne Snow | LeAnn Morris 
Kindergarten Teachers

Jennifer Vroom | LeAnn Morris 
Kindergarten Teachers

Danielle Friday | Heather Andrews
Grade 1 Teachers

Paul Pheasey| Heather Andrews
Grade 1 Teachers

Samantha Mahon
Grade 2 Teacher

Sandra Zuback
Grade 2 Teacher

Alice Lavigne
Grade 3 Teacher

Alyxandra McClure
Grade 3 Teacher

INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT

Stepheny Cuthbert
Grade 4 Teacher

Claire Venables
Grade 4 Teacher

Jason Dunbar 
Grade 5 Teacher

Jackie Harrison
Grade 5 Teacher

Danika Farrugia
Grade 6 Teacher

Avalon Grass
Grade 6 Teacher

Dominic Smith
Grade 7 Teacher

Shannon Tyrrell
Grade 7 Teacher

SPECIALIST TEACHERS

Mary Dickens
Intermediate French Teacher

Marcus Ray
Junior School French Teacher

Carolyn Webb
Junior School ELL Teacher

Tilly Lorence
Fine Arts Teacher

Kd (Krista) Ramsay
Visual Arts Teacher (Grade 4–7)

Daniel Parent
Visual Arts Teacher (Grade 7) 

Bernice Goodwin
Music Teacher (Grades 1–4)

Alison Hounsome
Band Teacher (Grades 5–7)

Kirstin Bains
Junior Athletic Director

Taylor Stewart
Physical Education Teacher

Moyra Bell
Outdoor Education Teacher

LEARNING SUPPORT & ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

Louise Draper
Early Literacy Teacher

Leah Garrad-Cole
Learning Resource Teacher

Lisa Murray
Educational Assistant

Alison Myhr
Educational Assistant

Ashley Posey
Educational Assistant

Kassidy Rankin
Educational Assistant

Kim Sanders
Educational Assistant

Marla Young
Educational Assistant

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION

Annaliese Atkins
ECE Program Manager

Anna Paul
ECE Teacher

Rhiley Money
ECE Worker

Jennifer Reid
Lead Preschool Teacher

Annaliese Atkins
Lead Junior Kindergarten Teacher

Jacci Shortreed
Junior Kindergarten Teacher