Mattie Edwards Kemp - Assistant Head of School, Head of Upper School, Curriculum Coordinator, History Class VII
Phone: 401.849.4646 x205
E-mail: mkemp@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Tennesse, B.S. Salve Regina University, M.Ed. Rhode Island College
Year Appointed: 1995

Pam Grant - Business Manager
Phone: 401.849.4646 x106
E-mail: pgrant@pennfield.org
Credentials: Johnson and Wales College
Year Appointed: 1987

Polly Meadows - Director of Advancement
Phone: 401-849-4646 x148
E-mail: pmeadows@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Elmira College

Kristin Emory - Director of Admission and Financial Aid
Phone: 401-849-4646 x147
Email: kemory@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. University of Colorado, M.A.T. University of San Francisco
Year Appointed: 2011

Mandy Howe - Upper School Art, Theater Tech. Coordinator
Phone: 401.849.4646 x143
E-mail: mhowe@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Boston University, Studio Art Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cert. Art Ed.: Lyndon State College, VT
Year Appointed: 1995

Susan Kremer - Lower School Art
Phone: 401.849.4646 x144
E-mail: skremer@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.F.A. Western Michigan University
Year Appointed: 1992

Dana Staats - Assisting in Class I and Extended Day
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: dstaats@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Roger Williams University, M.A. Literacy, Roger Williams University
Year Appointed: 2009

Rob Kelley - Head of School
E-mail: rkelley@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Tufts University, M.A.T. Tufts University
Year Appointed: 2005

Judy Knowles - Librarian
Phone: 401.849.4646 x209
E-mail: jknowles@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Lake Erie College, Graduate Study: University of Rhode Island
Year Appointed: 1994

Deborah Bartlett - Head of Lower School, Second Grade
Phone: 401-849-4646 X124
E-mail: dbartlett@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Otterbein College - Elementary Education & Early Childhood Education
Year Appointed:1985

Piper Padilla - Kindergarten
Phone: 401.849.4646 x117
E-mail: ppadillia@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Hillsdale College, M.Ed. Wheelock College
Year Appointed: 1994



Kimberley Roderick - Kindergarten Assistant
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: kroderick@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Lesley College
Year Appointed: 2000

 

Ashleigh Smith - First Grade
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: asmith@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Year Appointed: 2006

Lindsay Lyons - Third Grade
Phone: 401-849-4646
E-mail: llyons@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. St. Lawrence University, M.Ed. Lesley University
Year Appointed: 2007

Valerie Connor- Fourth Grade
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: vconnor@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S.B.A. Georgetown University, J.D. American University, M.A.T. Roger Williams University
Year Appointed: 2010

Heather Strout - Fifth Grade
Phone: 401.849.4646 x132
E-mail: hstrout@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Keene State College, NH
Year Appointed: 2001

 

Erin Carr - Science, Nursery - Grade 5 & Grade Seven
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: ecarr@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Hofstra University, M. Ed. Harvard Graduate School of Education
Year Appointed: 2010

Erik Sperl - Lower School Music, Upper School Band & Chorus
Phone: 401-849-4646
E-mail: esperl@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A.S. Salve Regina University
Year Appointed: 2008

Beth Bouch - School Nurse
Phone: 401.849.4646 x104
E-mail: bbouch@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Rhode Island, B.S. Salve Regina University, M.S. University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Year Appointed: 1998

Will Glennon - Athletic Director, Physical Education/Health
Phone: 401-849-4646 x151
E-mail: wglennon@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Year Appointed: 2008

Linda Derome-Cabral - Director of Extended Day, Pre-Kindergarten Assistant
Phone: 401.849.4646 x111
E-mail: lcabral@pennfield.org
Credentials: University of Rhode Island
Year Appointed: 1984



Judy Hall - Pre-Kindergarten
Phone: 401.849.4646 x114
E-mail: jhall@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Salve Regina University, M.A. Salve Regina University
Year Appointed: 2002



Karen Lambert - Coordinator Primary Classes, Nursery
Phone: 401.849.4646 x119
E-mail: klambert@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Salve Regina University
Year Appointed: 2000




Beth Cook - Nursery Assistant, Extended Day Assistant
Phone: 401-849-4646
E-mail: bskutnik@pennfield.org
Credentials: Holyoke Community College, Mitchell College

Jewelle Allen - Resource
Phone: 401-849-4646
E-mail: jallen@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Cornell University, M.Ed. George Mason University

Jennifer Alexander - Writing Skills Educator
Phone: 401.849.4646 x224
Email: jalexander@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Roger Williams University, M.A.T. Roger Williams University

 

 

 

Ms. Toni Wallace Ciany - Sustainability Educator
Phone: 924-3616
Email: tciany@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Webster University
Year Appointed: 2011

 

 

Dawn Pigott - Resource / Student Services, English Grade Six
Phone: 401.849.4646 x215
E-mail: dpigott@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Maine, Certified Orton Gillingham Instructor
Year Appointed: 1988

Maria Takacs - Lower School Spanish
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: mtakacs@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.B.A. Universidad de Puerto Rico
Year Appointed: 2011

 

 

Peter Dorrien Traisci - Upper School Spanish
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: pdtraisci@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Harding University, M.A. Middlebury College
Year Appointed: 2010

Faith Callahan - Administrative Assistant/Development
Phone: 401-849-4646 X103
E-mail: frontdesk@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Dayton, M.A.T. Sacred Heart University
Year Appointed: 2008



Dave Gleason - Property Manager/Maintenance
Phone: 401.849.4646 x146
E-mail: dgleason@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. University of Massachusetts
Year Appointed: 2004



Karen King - Administrative Assistant
Phone: 401.849.4646 X103
E-mail: frontdesk@pennfield.org
Year Appointed: 2008

Richard McMorrow - Maintenance
Phone: 401.849.4646
Year Appointed: 2004

Rich Schlegel - Director of Technology
Phone: 401.849.4646 x207
E-mail: rschlegel@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Southern Connecticut State University
Year Appointed: 2008

Mathew Bottone - Coordinator of Student Life / Science Grades Six and Eight
Phone: 401.849.4646 x204
E-mail: mbottone@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.F.A. University of Colorado
Year Appointed: 1997



Lesley Faria - History Grades Six and Eight, English Grade Seven
Phone: 401.849.4646 x216
E-mail: lfaria@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.S. Salve Regina University, M.A. Rhode Island College
Year Appointed: 1993



Mike McCarthy - Math Grades Six - Eight
Phone: 401.849.4646
E-mail: mmccarthy@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Boston University
Year Appointed: 2009




Elisabeth Swain - English Grade Eight
Phone: 401.849.4646 x214
Email: eswain@pennfield.org
Credentials: B.A. Sarah Lawrence College, M.A. Plymouth University
Year Appointed: 2011