Fairmont Staff Directory

Campus	First Name	Last Name	Title	Department	Email
Prep	Gabe	Rusk	Speech and Debate Program Director	Academic Programs	grusk@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jaya	Leslie	Advance Science and Engineering Program Director	Academic Programs	jleslie@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Michael	Wheeler	International Baccalaureate Program Director	Academic Programs	mwheeler@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Remy	Demont	Robotics Program Director	Academic Programs	rdemont@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Sara	Brown	International Business Program Director	Academic Programs	sbrown@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Fred	Romo	Dean of Students	Administration	aromo@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Barry	Drake	Dean of Students	Administration	bdrake@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Carolyn	Lucia	Head of School	Administration	clucia@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Colette	O'Bannion	Dean of Academics	Administration	cobannion@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Amy	Coronado	Assistant to Head of School	Administrative Support Staff	acoronado@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Anna	Kunkle	Director of Community Service	Administrative Support Staff	akunkle@fairmontschools.com
Prep	David	Clovis	VAPA Coordinator	Administrative Support Staff	dclovis@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Michael	Wilson	IT Support	Administrative Support Staff	ITSupport@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Joslyn	Awa	Director of Student Services	Administrative Support Staff	jawa@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Joanna	Yujuico	Curriculum and Instruction Specialist	Administrative Support Staff	jyujuico@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Kristen	Jansen	Early Childhood Education \| Educational Technology	Administrative Support Staff	kjansen@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Kristy	Skehan	Registrar	Administrative Support Staff	kskehan@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Stephanie	McLean	Assistant to the Dean of Students	Administrative Support Staff	smclean@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Teri	Rollon	Front Desk Support	Administrative Support Staff	trollon@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Yesenia	Mendez	Attendance Coordinator	Administrative Support Staff	ymendez@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Betty	Petersen	International Admissions Director	Admissions	bpetersen@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Crystal	Garcia	Domestic Admissions Director	Admissions	cgarcia@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Alexis	Price	Athletic Director	Athletics	aprice@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Alexis	Price	Golf	Athletics	aprice@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Fred	Romo	Football	Athletics	aromo@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Carrissa	Montenegro	Cheer	Athletics	cmontenegro@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Dominic	Simon	Athletic Trainer	Athletics	dsimon@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ivan	Ortiz	Badminton	Athletics	iortiz@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Joedy	Gardner	Basketball, Boys	Athletics	jgardner@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Mark	Alves	Cross Country, Baseball	Athletics	malves@fairmontscools.com
Prep	Phil	Lopez	Volleyball	Athletics	plopez@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Tony	Johnson	Tennis	Athletics	prepathletics@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Rob	Viviano	Soccer	Athletics	rviviano@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Sara	Brown	Basketball, Girls	Athletics	sbrown@fairmontschools.com
Prep	William	Rosary	Athletic Director	Athletics	wrosary@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Anne	Johnson	Counselor \| Grades 10-12 \| Last Names A-K	Counseling	ajohnson@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Darryl	Foy	Counselor \| Grades 10-12 \| Last Names S-Z	Counseling	dfoy@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jill	Thomas	Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist	Counseling	jthomas@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Justin	Voss	Advanced Programs Counselor \| Last Names A-L	Counseling	jvoss@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Julie	Weems	Lead Counselor \| 9th Grade Academic Counselor	Counseling	jweems@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ming	Liao	International Student Counselor	Counseling	mliao@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Nancy	Nguyen	Counselor \| Grades 10-12 \| Last Names L-R	Counseling	nnguyen@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ray	Prado	Advanced Programs Counselor \| Last Names M-Z	Counseling	rprado@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Alice	Lee	Faculty	English	alee10@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Bryana	Haus	Faculty	English	bhaus@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Erik	Floyd	Faculty	English	efloyd@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Eugene	Lee	Faculty	English	elee@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Harrison	Duxbury	Faculty	English	hduxbury@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jamie	Quarles	Faculty	English	jquarles@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Kai	Kang	Faculty	English	kkang@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Michael	Wheeler	Faculty	English	mwheeler@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Phillip	McCarty	Faculty	English	pmccarty@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Sandra	Rabyy	Department Chair	English	srabyy@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Shaunna	Schnitker	Faculty	English	sschnitker@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Cory	Hand	Faculty	Mathematics	chand@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Luba	Goldenberg	Faculty	Mathematics	lgoldenberg@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Mark	Hassoun	Department Chair	Mathematics	mhassoun@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Michael	Sarris	Faculty	Mathematics	msarris@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Stephen	Whitlock	Faculty	Mathematics	swhitlock@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Virginia	Phipps	Faculty	Mathematics	vphipps@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Alexis	Price	Faculty	Physical Education	aprice@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Mark	Alves	Department Chair	Physical Education	malves@fairmontscools.com
Prep	Rob	Viviano	Faculty	Physical Education	rviviano@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Afsaneh	Miller	Faculty	Science	amiller@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jessica	Shin	Faculty	Science	jshin@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ellen	Sagaliev	Faculty	Science	esagaliev@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jaya	Leslie	Faculty	Science	jleslie@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Lily	Lin	Faculty	Science	llin@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Remy	Demont	Faculty	Science	rdemont@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Bob	Varnold	Department Chair	Science	rvarnold@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Carrisa	Montenegro	Faculty	Social Sciences	cmontenegro@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Brian	Hand	Faculty	Social Sciences	bhand@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Heather	Porretta	Department Chair	Social Sciences	hporretta@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Kinsey	Ross	Faculty	Social Sciences	kross@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Phil	Lopez	Faculty	Social Sciences	plopez@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Rick	DuVall	Faculty	Social Sciences	rduvall@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Sara	Brown	Faculty	Social Sciences	sbrown@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Steven	Duxbury	Faculty	Social Sciences	sduxbury@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Andrea	Cribbs	Homestay Director	Student Housing	acribbs@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Yvette	Tung	Boarding Director	Student Housing	ytung@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Heather	Soodak	Faculty	Visual and Performing Arts	hsoodak@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ivan	Ortiz	Faculty	Visual and Performing Arts	iortiz@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Jeremy	Cooley	Faculty	Visual and Performing Arts	jcooley@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Karen	Carrie	Faculty	Visual and Performing Arts	kcarrie@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Nick	Ochoa	Department Chair	Visual and Performing Arts	nochoa@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ashley	Song	Faculty	Visual and Performing Arts	sno@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Clarise	Cooper	Faculty	World Languages	clcooper@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Torree	Soelberg	Faculty	World Languages	tsoelberg@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Ying	Li	Department Chair	World Languages	yli@fairmontschools.com
Prep	Rosana	Silvestre	Faculty	World Languages	rsilvestre@fairmontschools.com

Michelle LEE

Class of 2018

Diving Her Way to the Ivy League

"Fairmont is the best private school for me because the athletic support system is phenomenal. Coach Esparza is very supportive and is very accommodating when I need help with school work."

USA Diving All-American
Winner of the 2016 CIF-SS Division 4 Diving Championship
Accepted to the University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern, USC, Duke, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Columbia
Plans to attend Columbia University to study business management
Mentored Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in diving on ABC’s celebrity diving show “Splash” when she was only 12

Fairmont Preparatory Academy alumnus Ben Harrison used to dream about working on Capitol Hill — and now that’s his reality. After graduating summa cum laude and receiving his Bachelor of Arts degrees in political science and public policy from the University of Redlands, Harrison worked a variety of political internships before landing a full-time position in Washington, D.C. as a staff member in the office of a congressman.

Harrison, who attended Fairmont Private Schools from kindergarten until high school graduation, developed an interest in politics during the beginning stages of his time at Fairmont Prep and was able to take advantage of various opportunities the school offered in order to pursue his passion. Not only was he the senior class vice president, but he also involved himself in other leadership opportunities and took courses that would better prepare him for his career interests.

“The great thing about Fairmont was that, all of the subjects were so well taught that I never felt I was lacking,” he said. “It helped me to pave the path that I’m currently on and really follow through on a goal that I had early on in my high school career, which was to be somewhere in politics — and that’s where I am right now.” Harrison intends to continue in his political pursuits and knows that whatever goals he sets before himself are attainable, thanks in large part to the preparation he received as a student at Fairmont.

Fairmont Preparatory Academy Class of 2017 alumna Christina Li credits much of the collegiate success she has had at Stevens Institute of Technology to her experience at Fairmont. Recently named the Empire 8 Rookie of the Week for her accomplishments on the basketball court, Li continues to strive toward achieving the goals she has set for herself.

As a student at Fairmont Prep, Li had opportunities to take part in a variety of activities outside of basketball, including as a cast member in three theatre productions and as a pianist for the choir. She was also able to challenge herself with the many courses and academic programs offered to her at Fairmont — such as the International Business Program — that helped to prepare her for her studies as a computer science major at Stevens and to provide her with a glimpse of what life is like in the business world.

Li is grateful for her time as a student at Fairmont Prep, as it allowed her to step out of her comfort zone and be part of new extracurricular activities that she never knew she would try.

"The most beneficial advice I can offer [to Fairmont students] is not to always be content with where you are," Li said. "Challenge yourself, try new activities, and don’t be afraid to showcase who you are."

Northeastern University graduate and member of Fairmont Preparatory Academy’s Class of 2013 graduating class Christine Boutros knows the value of a Fairmont education and how it helped prepare her for the academic rigors she would face in college, particularly in her science classes. The Advanced Placement courses she took in high school allowed her to forego many first-year courses and have the opportunity to take upper-level classes early on in her studies. As a result, she finished her requirements ahead of schedule and was able to work full time in a lab, conducting neuroscience research for two years during college.

Boutros received her bachelor’s degree in behavioral neuroscience in 2017 and is currently a research technician at Harvard Medical School. In the spring of 2018, she will take the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and apply to M.D./Ph.D. programs in her pursuit of a career in neurology. Thanks to her time at Fairmont Prep — even though she did not always see them at the time — she now fully understands the possibilities available to her in her career.

"When I look back on the conversations I had with my teachers [at Fairmont], I realize that they know so much more about the things you can do with your future," she said. "Utilizing that life experience that our teachers have is extremely important." Boutros also knows that it is beneficial for students to believe that they can achieve more than they would have imagined before attending Fairmont.

"Don’t under sell yourself," she advised. "Apply to colleges, even the ones you’re not 100 percent sure you’ll get in to. I think we don’t have a very good feel for the people we’re competing with, but you’re actually in a very good position to get in to very good schools."

Former Fairmont Prep basketball standout Cierra Hall is continuing to let her talents shine at the next level in more ways than one. Not only was she named to the 2018 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team, but she’s also majoring in cell biology so that she can pursue her dream of attending medical school and becoming an orthopedic surgeon.

As a student at Fairmont and winner of OC Register’s Small Schools Female Athlete of the Year for her leadership and accomplishments on the basketball court in the CIF San Joaquin League, Hall certainly had a busy schedule. In addition to basketball, she was an AP scholar with distinction and earned Fairmont Prep’s award for Bioethics Student of the Year.

However, she said that the support she received from Fairmont helped to relieve stress and guide her toward success.

"There were always teachers, counselors and tutoring available if needed," she said. "Being able to balance athletics with academics made me learn how to be proactive, organized, and have good time management. I learned how to be able to study independently and make sure I was getting the most out of all of the opportunities that were offered."

After earning her Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, Fairmont Prep Class of 2009 graduate Anar Bhansali knew she wanted her career to honor her family’s legacy. The Bhansalis have four generations of experience in the diamond industry, so she decided to use fine jewelry as her canvas for expression and created Bhansali, a jewelry line intended to change how people perceive luxury.

Borrowing from both past craftsmanship and modern sensibilities, Bhansali’s one-of-a-kind pieces reflect how women live today and are meant to be worn every day rather than displayed solely for decoration or safekeeping. She also designs custom pieces and engagement rings, and her jewelry can be purchased at Neiman Marcus and various independent luxury boutiques throughout the world as well as by appointment at the Bhansali showroom in Beverly Hills. Bhansali knows that the path she has taken thus far is a result of the experience she had as a student at Fairmont Prep.

"Besides the exceptional educational foundation, Fairmont gave me the opportunity to discover my passions and interests by allowing me to immerse myself in art, athletics, and extracurricular activities," she said. "This well-rounded combination of academic and extracurricular programs not only prepared me well for college but also helped prepare me for the diverse challenges of life after college."

She also values the diversity found on Fairmont Prep’s campus, which helped to prepare her for conducting business and regularly interacting with people of all different backgrounds. "What I enjoyed most as a Fairmont Prep student was being surrounded by people from all over the world," Bhansali said. "We live in a globalized world where business constantly crosses borders. It is important to learn about and understand different cultures and languages to be successful in today’s world."

Bhansali hopes to grow her business and become an established leader in the fine jewelry industry while also creating an impact through her philanthropic and social efforts. Be sure to check out her website and follow Bhansali on Instagram!