Directory

Education: MEd, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2020. Personal: Veronica is trained in classical ballet.

Education: MHA, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Regina loves to travel and has been to 57 countries.

Education: Privatmusikerzieher and IGP, Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts, Frankfurt, Germany. Year of hire: 2007. Personal: Christiane loves playing her cello, especially chamber music, and enjoys reading, cooking, and baking German bread.

Education: BS, Bowling Green State University. Year of hire: 2013. Personal: Vicki loves hiking and vegan cooking with her family.

Education: MSEd, Marywood University. Year of hire: 2007. Personal: Colleen believes when art thrives in a community, the community also thrives. She has taught this concept for 30-plus years, including the last 15 years at Wyoming Seminary. It is an enthusiastic passion for teaching and learning, fortified with a desire to reach and connect with each individual, which fuels Colleen's artistic and creative goals. Colleen enjoys being an integral part of Sem's STEM/STEAM program and her instructional objectives have always proven that using art as a visual aid allows the student to conceive of their impeccable standard of excellence in life and find their true brilliance.

Education: BS, University of Scranton; MBA, Wilkes University; MEd, King's College. Year of hire: 2005. Personal: Lisa enjoys traveling, especially European travel. She loves making friends in other countries and inviting them to her home in the U.S. She also enjoys reading by the pool.

Education: BA, Bucknell University. Year of hire: 1993. Personal: Kayanne loves her work at Sem. It's more than a job to her. She is a graduate, a parent and an employee. She has served in many roles at Sem, including Associate Director of Admission; Director of Admission; Dorm Parent; US English teacher; LS fifth- and seventh-grade English teacher; JV field hockey coach; LS field hockey coach; and Interim Primary Dean. While she is completing her 28th year as an employee, Kayanne has really been at Sem for 42 years!

Education: Master's degree, Cabrini College. Year of hire: 2016. Personal: Sue enjoys comic books and spending time with family and friends.

Education: BA (Science Education), Syracuse University; BA (Biology), Syracuse University; MEd, The University of Virginia. Year of hire: 2008. Personal: Rachel enjoys spending time outside and with family, which often includes her husband, two boys and three dogs.

Education: Master's Degree, University of Manchester. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Jeni is passionate about all things international, including languages, travel and especially food.

Education: BA, The Pennsylvania State University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Matt previously worked as a sports writer and covered Sem's back-to-back-to-back state champion field hockey teams. He's a fan of the Blue Knights, New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers, Penn State and local sports.

Education: BS, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Year of hire: 1994. Personal: Paul and his wife, Elaine, are married 32 years.

Year of hire: 2010. Personal: Floyd enjoys traveling with his wife.

Education: BS, Bloomsburg University. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Jan married her high school sweetheart.

Education: BS, Marywood University. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Julie loves to travel with her family and has traveled to many parts of the world. Her favorite destination was the Rajasthan state of India, where she rode a camel in the desert and watched the sun set on the horizon. In her earlier years, Julie was a majorette and twirled fire batons to the "oohs and aahs" of the crowd!

Education: BS, Bloomsburg University. Year of hire: 2010. Personal: Katie is a Sem alum and has had the joy of teaching and directing her own three children, Jake, Finn and Gigi, who attend Sem.

Education: BS, Drexel University; MDiv, Yale University. Year of hire: 1999. Personal: Charles enjoys the state of Maine.

Education: BA, Bowdoin College. Year of hire: 2000. Personal: Jill enjoys tennis, snow sports and doing anything with family and friends on, in, or next to the ocean in Maine.

Education: BS and MS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2000. Personal: Renee enjoys spending time with family, fishing and cooking meals for those she loves.

Education: PhD, Arizona State University. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Monica enjoys traveling and making candles.

Education: BA, Hartwick College; MFA, Hollins University. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Logan enjoys writing music and poetry in his spare time.

Education: BA, MA, King's College; MFA, Emerson. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Nina is a USA Today and Wall Street Journal best-selling author of eight women's fiction novels. She enjoys traveling with her family, building Lego with her son and she is an avid reader, averaging 250 books a year.

Education: MA, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2002. Personal: Will enjoys cycling in his free time.

Education: BS, MS, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Jennifer used to work sound for live events.

Education: EdS, Florida Atlantic University. Year of hire: 2010. Personal: Jim is in the virtual math teacher community through his blog and Twitter. He is a DJ at King's College on Tuesday nights from 7 to 9 p.m.

Education: BA. Year of hire: 2020. Personal: Alexa was born and raised in the Bahamas.

Education: BA, Lycoming College. Year of hire: 1984. Personal: Elaine likes to travel and read historical fiction. She loves spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren who are all students at Sem.

Education: BS, Misericordia University; MSW, Marywood University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Ms. Bre enjoys spending time with her two pups, Murphy and Maeva, while drinking pumpkin ice coffee and exploring new places.

Education: BA, Roanoke College. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Nick lived in Lugano, Switzerland, for a year, and he collects elephants from all the new places he travels.

Education: BA, Georgetown University; MA, The Pennsylvania State University; PhD, University of Mississippi. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Pete is an avid genealogist who enjoys discovering connections between his family and major historical events, from 9/11 back to the Civil War in the U.S. and back to the middle ages in Europe.

Education: MFA, Goddard College. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Cecilia is the mother of three, two of who are current Sem students.

Education: MSEd, Harvard University. Year of hire: 2013. Personal: Jessica loves traveling and collecting magnets from the places she's been.

Education: MS, Wilkes University. Year of Hire: 2001. Personal: Natalie enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

Education: BS, State University of New York at New Paltz; MS, Binghamton University. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Camping and hiking in the outdoors with her family are Jen's favorite ways to pass time.

Education: BS, Marywood University; MEd, Harvard University; EdD, University of Pennsylvania. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Dr. Hanlon has twins — a boy and girl — in third grade. She loves reading.

Education: MM, University of North Texas. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Tyler has performed at Hershey Park, Busch Gardens Virginia, the University of North Texas 2 O'clock Lab Band, Shenandoah Summer Musical Theater and The National Jazz Workshop. He currently plays with Daddy-O and the Sax Maniax, as well as with the Justin Padro Jazz trio in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton area.

Education: BA, Siena College; MA, French Middlebury College; MA, Immaculata University. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Stephanie loves to travel around the world, meeting new people, exploring new places and trying new foods.

Education: BA, Bob Jones University; MEd, Bob Jones University; MDiv, Harvard Divinity School. Year of hire: 2019. Personal: Morgan and her wife, Liz, have three small dogs (two Morkies and a Chihuahua) as well as three cats, all of whom — for the most part — coexist peacefully in Carpenter dorm.

Education: BS, The Citadel; MS, Misericordia University. Year of hire: 1995. Personal: Hugh was a member of the first high school boys soccer team to play in China.

Education: BS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2007. Personal: Lisa has three children, Maureen, Julia and Thomas; and three dogs, Boots, Benny and Boo.

Education: BA, Wilkes University; MA, Emory University; PhD, Emory University. Year of hire: 2003. Personal: Brian enjoys reading, outdoor activities and spending time with his family.

Education: BA, The Pennsylvania State University. Year of hire: 2019. Personal: Amy enjoys dancing to any kind of music, exercising and spending time with her family and friends. She is currently pursuing her MBA in Human Resources through Misericordia University with an intended graduation date of May, 2023.

Education: Technical, U.S. Navy. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Ken is a retired Navy veteran. He circumnavigated the world in 1981. He has volunteered as a firefighter and Assistant Fire Chief, EMT and K9 Search and Rescue Specialist.

Education: BA, Wesleyan University. Year of hire: 2002. Personal: Catie enjoys reading, watching movies, hiking, and traveling. She is a third-generation high school teacher and has a son in 9th grade and a daughter in 8th grade.

Education: BA, Dickinson College; MA, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2002. Personal: CJ enjoys spending time with his wife, who also teaches at Sem, and his two kids, who go to Sem. They enjoy traveling, attending sporting events and spending time outdoors.

Education: BS, Lehigh University; MS, Keystone College. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Cody's younger brother, Connor, wrestled for Wyoming Seminary.

Education: BS, Marywood University; MS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Two of Patty's favorite things are chocolate and QVC.

Education: MEd, Cortland State University of New York. Year of hire: 1971. Personal: Karen has three Golden Retrievers, Miles, Maggie and Cooper.

Education: BSN, Misericordia University. Year of hire: 2019. Personal: Carol's son is in ninth grade at Wyoming Seminary.

Education: Universidad de Cádiz, Escuela del Profesorado Monseñor Cirarda. Year of hire: 1998. Personal: Concepcion was born and raised in Chipiona, a beautiful beach town on the southwest coast of Spain. One day, she met a young sailor, from Forty Fort, stationed at the Naval Base of Rota. After going out for three years, they got married on the Rock of Gibraltar and moved to Northeastern Pennsylvania. They have lived in the same house for over 30 years with their two sons, both of whom moved out a couple years ago but still come home to have one of Concepcion's delicious Spanish dishes or take care of Rambo, their dog. Concepcion has taught at Spanish at Sem for almost one-fourth of a century and can still say that ¡Me encanta mi trabajo!

Education: BA, Rosemont College. Year of hire: 2016 Personal: Maddie is a Sem lifer, having started at the Lower School when it was called Nursery. She is a proud Blue Knight, and her mother, uncle, two sisters and cousins have all walked Sprague Hall.

Education: BS, King's College. Year of hire: 2005. Personal: In his spare time, Nate enjoys going to the movies with his wife and playing soccer.

Education: BA, Loyola University. Year of hire: 1995. Personal: In the past, George worked as an on-air personality at a number of radio stations. He used the following names: George Kaye, WPTS; George Kupstas, WBAX; Lonesome George, Oldies 92-WYOS; Bavarian George, WBAX-Polka Show.

Education: MSEd, Johns Hopkins University; BA, Fairfield University. Year of hire: 2017. Personal: Sara lived and taught in four different states all across the country before returning home to the Wyoming Valley, where she now resides with her husband and son.

Education: BS, Bloomsburg University. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Amy enjoys traveling with her family and relaxing the beach.

Education: BA, Mount Holyoke College; MA, Columbia University. Year of hire: 1996. Personal: Anne's son, Oliver, is a 2021 Sem gradate and is now a student at St. Olaf and her daughter Lucy is a current Sem student, Class of 2024.

Education: BA, University of Pennsylvania; MSEd, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Nicole enjoys spending time with her family, solving crossword puzzles and exploring ways to make the perfect cup of coffee.

Education: BA, Susquehanna University; MEd East Stroudsburg University.

Education: BA, Wilkes University; MEd, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Toni loves creating and fixing things. She considers herself "kind of crafty."

Education: BS, University of Scranton; MS, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry; MS, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Alison has two children who are members of the Sem Classes of 2021 and 2025.

Education: AS, San Diego Golf Academy. Year of hire: 2020. Personal: Justin enjoys fly fishing, golfing and watching his kids play their sports.

Education: BA, Wilkes University; MS, Villanova University. Year of hire: 2017. Personal: Tiffany enjoys traveling with her family, reading a good book and running.

Education: BS, Misericordia University, University of Pennsylvania. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Bridget loves gardening and spending time with family.

Education: BA, Menlo College. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Brazel, who is from Los Angeles, wrestled for 20 years nationally and internationally. She completed her thesis on the importance of coaching behaviors and mentorship with an emphasis on emotional abuse.

Education: BS, King's College. Year of hire: 2012. Personal: Margaret is the proud Grammy to Margo, a Sem preschool student.

Education: BS, University of Vermont; MS Wilkes University. Year of hire: 1990. Personal: Kristine enjoys spending time with family and friends, outdoor activities and traveling. She also plays the handbells at her church.

Education: BA, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2019. Personal: Amanda loves to be outdoors and spend time with her family.

Education: BS, King's College; MSEd, King's College. Year of hire: 2010. Personal: This is Renee's second career, as she was previously a computer programmer.

Education: BA, Villanova University; MAPP, University of Pennsylvania. Year of hire: 2010. Personal: Erin ran in the Boston Marathon twice. She now enjoys casually running and watching her three children thrive at Sem.

Education: BA, Bloomsburg University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Lauren loves to travel, do ceramics and bake cakes.

Education: BS, King's College. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Carlo is director and coach of his own youth wrestling program.

Education: JD, Penn State Dickinson Law. Year of hire: 2017.

Education: BA, Dickinson College; MA, University of Cincinnati. Year of hire: 2013. Personal: Jenna lives on campus with her children, Dexter and Nora, and her husband, Philip, who also works at Sem as a science teacher and swim coach.

Education: BS, Dickinson College; MEd, University of Cincinnati. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Phil is the head coach of the swim team and his two kids will both attend the Lower School.

Education: BA, Rosemont College; MSW, Marywood University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Sara lives in Forty Fort with her husband, Matthew, and their two children, Louis '24 and Mary Jane '28. They love spending summer downs the shore with the rest of their family in Ventnor, New Jersey, and stealing away to Camp Kresge in White Haven any chance they get. Sara is grateful for the gifts each day brings. She looks forward to cultivating gratitude and mindfulness in the students and families she meets as she helps support the academic process at Sem. She loves seeing the excitement in the eyes of her children in their appreciation for all Sem has to offer.

Education: BS, Towson University; MA, Marywood University; MLIS, Clarion University. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Ivy enjoys spending time with her children, Elijah '16 and Jessie '22.

Education: A. ENGT, The Pennsylvania State University. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: In addition to her work at the Lower School, Judy is a private piano teacher. Years ago, Judy traveled and worked at several nuclear power plants with an engineering firm; hard hat and steel toes were a necessity.

Education: MEd, King's College. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Sara married her middle school boyfriend and they are both Sem alums.

Education: BA, Susquehanna University. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: Since she began working at Sem, Jill has gotten married and had not one, but two, children. She was once bitten by a bat.

Education: BA, Ursinus College. Year of hire: 2020. Personal: Nina enjoys being a mom to a Sem student.

Education: BA, Otterbein College; MS, California University of Pennsylvania. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Lisa enjoys everything about the outdoors. She'd rather be swimming, kayaking, camping, gardening or boating.

Education: BA, Lafayette College. Year of hire: 2019. Personal: Janet loves watching her daughter Anna continue the Murray tradition of participating on several Sem athletic teams and other extracurricular activities.

Education: BA, Wilkes University; MA, Western Connecticut State University; PhD, Brown University. Year of hire: 1996. Personal: Andrea enjoys painting and is a student of Andy Weber, an internationally recognized master of Buddhist iconography. She also enjoys spending time her family (husband, Mark, and sons, Luke and Nate) and their two dogs.

Education: BA, Marywood University; MS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2011. Personal: Liz enjoys spending time with her family and reading all things Stephen King.

Education: BM, Marywood University; MA, Marywood University. Year of hire: 1989. Personal: Pattie enjoys teaching music, traveling to Florida, spending time with her family and shopping.

Education: MBA, New York Institute of Technology. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Priyanka loves cooking.

Education: PhD, Yale University. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: A recent transplant from the Boston area, Liz enjoys editing ancient documents and exploring the history of Northeast Pennsylvania.

Education: BA, Temple University. Year of hire: 2012. Personal: Doug was in a bad fender-bender while turning into the Lower School for his first-round interview. He was able to complete the interview.

Education: ADCJ, Luzerne County Community College; BCJ, Mansfield University; MEd, West Chester University. Year of hire: 1989. Personal: Eddie enjoys all sports, along with all outdoor activities. He also loves spending time with his daughter, Gianna, who is a Sem graduate and a current veterinarian student at the University of Pennsylvania.

Education: BS, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: Christopher served his country in the US Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa, from 1993 to 1995. His volunteer service was in the Water Resource Management division, where he helped his community build wells and repair pumps in the villages.

Education: BA, Newberry College. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: Christine enjoys gardening, interior decorating, cooking with her family, attending local arts/music events, and spending time with her children who are both seniors at Sem.

Education: MA, University at Albany, SUNY. Year of hire: 1999. Personal: Steven enjoys reading, writing and visiting with his grandchildren and their parents.

Education: MA, Lindenwood University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Cornell enjoys the movie, "Toy Story" — all three of them.

Education: BS, Skidmore College. Year of hire: 2001. Personal: Barbara began working at Wyoming Seminary in the fall of 1981 and returned in 2001. She is a Lower and Upper School graduate of Sem, as well as a parent and employee; she says she's never leaving!

Education: BS, Bloomsburg University. Year of hire: 2016. Personal: Danielle enjoys spending time with family and watching her daughters play their sports.

Education: BA, Misericordia University. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Rebecca is a mother of three, always on-call as a shoulder to lean on and the glue that holds it all together.

Education: BS, University of Scranton; MHSA, Marywood University. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: JoAnne is a book nerd, political junkie and loyal follower of the British Royal Family. She lives in Scranton — "The Electric City," birthplace of Joe Biden and home of Michael Scott and "The Office" gang — with her husband and 1-year-old son.

Education: Hofstra University. Personal: Joe doesn't like to brag, but he is a two-time Men's Slow Pitch Softball State Champion. He is still waiting for a call from the New York Mets.

Education: BA (French), Marywood University; BA (Spanish), Marywood University; MS, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2014. Personal: Maria is learning to knit and enjoys studying languages and attending cultural events and theatrical performances. She worked as an English Teaching Assistant in Bordeaux, France.

Education: Associate's Degree, LCCC. Year of hire: 2013. Personal: Rebecca enjoys reading, gardening and spending time outdoors with her family and their pets.

Education: BS, The Pennsylvania State University. Year of hire: 2004. Personal: Ben's children are Sem graduates.

Education: BS, Bloomsburg University; MSEd, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2006. Personal: Elizabeth loves to travel to any beach anywhere.

Education: BS, Kutztown University. Year of hire: 2005. Personal: Heidi enjoys traveling with her family and visiting art museums.

Education: BS, University of Pittsburgh. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Stacey's favorite color is leopard print.

Education: BA, Misericordia University; MS, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2003. Personal: Gayle's family has been a host family for many International students at Sem. She and her family have stayed in touch with those incredible young women over the years, even visiting them in their home countries and meeting their families.

Education: Syracuse University. Year of hire: 2013.

Education: BA, Ithaca College. Year of hire: 2000. Personal: Jason once produced a video for a fundraiser with Brad Meltzer to preserve the childhood home of Jerry Siegel, where the character of Superman was created.

Education: BA (English), Wilkes University; BA (Spanish), Wilkes University; MA, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2007. Personal: Heidi has been an adjunct instructor at Penn State Wilkes-Barre and Penn State Hazleton for over 20 years, teaching writing and Spanish. She was born on a Friday the 13th.

Education: BS, Misericordia University; MS, Marywood University; MSEd, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2017. Personal: Anita enjoys serving Wyoming Seminary Lower School and sharing quality time with family and friends.

Education: BA, King's College. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Jill enjoys spending time with her family, training for marathons and half marathons, shopping, boating at Harveys Lake, and vacationing in Cape May.

Education: MEng, University of Michigan. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Kristie enjoys traveling with her family, especially to Disney World and the beach. She also loves watching her two children, Paul and C.J. (both Sem students) participate in their sports and activities.

Education: Drew University. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Sarah lived in China for a year.

Education: BA, Wilkes University. Year of hire: 2010. Personal: Aaron enjoys watching the Alabama Crimson Tide football team win National Championships.

Education: BS, University of Pittsburgh. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: Tricia enjoys baking and spending time with family.

Education: BS, Misericordia University; MS, University of Scranton. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Brooks enjoys spending time with her children, who are 3 and 14. The age span between them keeps her on her toes.

Education: BA, Washington and Lee University; MA, Middlebury College. Year of hire: 1996. Personal: In her free time, Jill enjoys traveling with her family and reading historical fiction.

Education: BS, King's College. Year of hire: 2002. Personal: Mary is the parent of two Sem grads.

Education: MLS, Drexel University. Year of hire: 2015. Personal: Brennan is a member of the Sem Class of 2010 and enjoys traveling, glitter and Sabatini's pizza.

Education: BM, Duquesne University; MM, Eastman School of Music. Year of hire: 2009. Personal: John's preferred method of transportation is his motorcycle.

Education: BA, Mercyhurst University. Year of hire: 1981. Personal: One summer, Bernadine performed at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia, dancing to and singing tradition Germany songs.

Education: BA, Misericordia University. Year of hire: 1987. Personal: Eileen enjoys painting, drawing, decorating, art lessons, yoga, walking, running, swimming, hiking and traveling. She especially enjoys spending quality time with her husband, Richard; sons, Robert '04 and James; daughter-in-law, Courtney; and their Goldens, Baxter and Colby. Eileen loves traveling to Charlotte, North Caroline, to visit Bob and Lisa while touring the city and museums.

Education: MFA, Parsons School of Design. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Mark has exhibited his paintings in solo and group shows in New York City, Paris, Florence and many other locales.

Education: PhD, Rutgers-New Brunswick. Year of hire: 2018. Personal: Dr. Young spent two years as a post-doctoral research assistant in Cologne, Germany.

Education: BA, Syracuse University. Year of hire: 2018.

Education: BS, Bucknell University; BA, Bucknell University. Year of hire: 2021. Personal: Molly photographs newborns and families in her spare time. She also used to photograph weddings prior to becoming a mom.