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|  | | Head of School Prior to Riverdale, Dominic Randolph was the Assistant Head Master at The Lawrenceville School, where he was a key educational and administrative leader for the past decade. He arrived at Lawrenceville after a decade of administrative and teaching experiences in Europe and the Middle East, where he chaired the English Departments of two K-12 schools in Saudi Arabia, as well as at the American School of The Hague. After being educated in both the United Kingdom and this country, Dominic graduated from Harvard College (B.A., English and American Language and Literature, 1985) and received his Masters in Education (1995) from Harvard University. Dominic and his wife, Kris, have a daughter, Elsa, who recently graduated from New York University. |
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Assistant Head of School and Head of Middle School Milton J. Sipp Year Appointed: 1991 Education: Oberlin - B.A. Harvard - M.Ed. Milton Sipp has had the good fortune of wearing many hats at Riverdale. In his twenty years at the school he has: served as Director of Admission and Financial Aid; worked in the college office as an assistant director; been an advisor to various activities and to tenth through twelfth graders; coached varsity softball and basketball; and taught in the health and history departments. He is currently in his second rotation as a Dean of Students. Outside of RCS, Milton has served as a National Director on the Board of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and chaired the organization's Membership Committee. He has also been a member of the Board of the Independent School Admissions Association of Greater New York (ISAAGNY) as well as a Board member for the Early Steps Programs in New York City. He is currently on the Board of the George Jackson Academy in Manhattan.
Current Courses: History I • History 7 |
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Head of Lower School Edwin P. Gordon Year Appointed: 2011 Education: Baylor University - AB Cornell University - PhD Dr. Edwin Gordon came to Riverdale with a breadth of educational experience including working in the administration of several elementary schools, directing the K-12 Executive Education Program at University of Pennsylvania, and serving as a board member of the National Association of Independent Schools. Prior to Riverdale, he was the Head of Lower School at The Walker School in Marietta, Georgia for five years. Edwin and his wife, LaRita, have two children, Rebecca and Mason. |
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| Head of Upper School Dr. Kelley Nicholson-Flynn came to Riverdale in July 2012 from The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, where she worked in the science department as the Chair and as the school’s Coordinator of Teaching and Learning since 1998. At Lawrenceville she led major curriculum redesign projects, taught extensively in the science department, and was instrumental in developing the interdisciplinary studies program at the school. Kelley is a noted educator, teacher mentor and scientific researcher who has also helped direct and teach in Columbia University’s Klingenstein Summer Institute for teachers. Kelley has a PhD in cell and developmental biology from Rutgers/UMDNJ, an MS from Johns Hopkins in interdisciplinary science studies, and her undergraduate degree in biology from Bucknell. She and her husband, Gregory, and two children, Nolan and Jillian, are happy to be members of the Riverdale community.
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Dean of Faculty and Studies Michael MichelsonYear Appointed: 1974 Education: Bowdoin - B.A. University of Maine - M.Ed. Teachers College, Columbia - Ed.D. Michael Michelson is now serving in a new capacity as Dean of Faculty and Studies, having been a Dean of Students at Riverdale for eighteen years. Prior to becoming a dean, he served as the Director of the Computer Center and a middle school math teacher. The math teaching remains a passion and he currently continues in that capacity, teaching two sections of honors Precalculus in the Upper School. His responsibilities as Dean of Faculty and Studies include: working closely with department chairs on curricular issues, building the academic schedule and supporting faculty. Mike has an undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College, a master's degree from the University of Southern Maine in Math Education, and a doctorate from Columbia University, Teachers College, in Curriculum and Teaching.
Current courses: Precalculus |
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2012-2013 Board Members
Terri D. Austin
David Blitzer
Charles M. Blow
John S. Castle '91
Jill Cornet
Kenneth M. Eberts III
Mark D. Hostetter '77
Theodore P. Janulis '77
Brad S. Karp, Secretary
Michael Karsch
Jane Lisman Katz '65, Co-Vice Chair
Roger H. Kimmel, Treasurer
Christine Kronish, PA President
Betsy Kenny Lack
Gary Lieberman
Marc Lipschultz
Daniel C. Lubin
Thomas K. Montag
Jeffrey Pash
Dominic A.A. Randolph, Head of School
Beth Roberts
David N. Roberts '80, Chair
Allan V. Rose
Daniel J. Rosen '92
Roger Sherman '74, AAEC President
Dr. Susan Drossman Sokoloff
Deborah Sonnenberg
Phillip "Tod" Waterman III '84
Stacey Weinstein
David Westin, Co-Vice Chair
Trustees Emeriti
Michele R. Cohen
Gandolfo V. DiBlasi
Thomas C. Israel
Peter M. Lehrer
Linda Lewis Lindenbaum '54
Dr. William C.W. Mow '55
Harvey Schulweis
David M. Silfen
Robert A. Staub
Thomas W. Strauss
Jeffrey N. Vinik '77
Ada G. Zambetti
Richard S. Zinman |
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