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Staff Directory

Administration

Joan Tyburczy

President

jtyburczy@svanj.org

 

Vanessa Moreno

Principal 

vmoreno@svanj.org​​

 

Stephanie Fortuna

Vice Principal 

sfortuna@svanj.org​​

Support Staff

Katherine  Alberts

Librarian

kalberts@svanj.org

Erin Follet

Administrative Assistant

sfollet@svanj.org

Katherine  Gray

Administrative Assistant 

kgray@svanj.org

Jessica Saintel

Admissions  Officer

jsaintel@svanj.org

Art/Music

Catherine Moore
Director of Choirs
Grades 9 and 10 Chorus, Glee Club
cmoore@svanj.org

Lynn Mullins

Art Teacher

Grades 10, 11 and 12

lmullins@svanj.org​

Business

Richard Williams
Intro to Financial Literacy
Grade 10
Intro to Business
Grades 11 and 12
Financial Literacy
Grades 11 and 12
rcwilliams@svanj.org

English

Sister Connie Tanski

English Department Chair 

Grades 10, 11 and 12

ctanski@svanj.org

Steven Cullinane ​

Grades 10, 11 and 12

scullinane@svanj.org

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Marquise Jefferson

Grades 10, 11 and 12

mjeffereson@svanj.org

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Freshman Team

Jo-Ann Caporaso

jcaporaso@svanj.org

James Clark
jclark@svanj.org

Ivy Smart
ismart@svanj.org

Antoinette Piccolo

apiccolo@svanj.org

Health/Physical Education

Kesiann Powell

Health

Grades 10, 11 and 12 

kpowell@svanj.org

Leanne Sleboda

Director of Athletics,

Physical Education Teacher;

Drivers Education

lsleboda@svanj.org

Math/Science

Dela Akpalu
Math
Grades 10, 11, and 12
dalpalu@svanj.org

Mohammad Marzabadi

Science

Grades 11 and 12 ;

Math

Grades 11 and 12 

mmarzabadi@svanj.org

Hernan Melgarejo

Biomedical Sciences Teacher

Grades 9, 10 and 11

hmelgarejo@svanj.org

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​Rebeca Menen-Nair

Science

Grades 9 and 10

rmenennair@svanj.org

Jael Mulinge

Math Department Chair

Grades 9,10,11 and 12

jmulinge@svanj.org

Mary Prasanna Jyothi Nakka

Engineering

Grades 10 and 12  

mnakka@svanj.org

Michelle Nguyen

Science Department Chair

Grades 9, 11 and 12  

mnguyen@svanj.org

Melvin Thomas

Math

Grades 10, 11 and 12

mthomas@svanj.org

Religious Studies

Gregory Hann

Director of Students-in-Community

Grades 10, 11 and 12

ghann@svanj.org

Miriam Velazquez

Religion

Grades 10, 11 and 12

mvelazquez@svanj.org

Social Studies

Robert Nazaruk

History

Grades 11 and 12

rnazaruk@svanj.org

Teresa Valente

History

Grades 11 and 12

tvalente@svanj.org

Student Services

Teresa Petracca

Student Services Coordinator

Grade 10

Career Exploration

Grade 12

tpetracca@svanj.org

Stephanie Rogers
Student Services Coordinator

Grade 9
mstephanie@svanj.org

Karen Simmons

Student Services Coordinator 

Grades 11

College Planning

Grade 12

ksimmons@svanj.org

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World Language

Carole Palmer

French

Grades 9, 10 and 11

cpalmer@svanj.org

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​Aridania Luna

Spanish

Grades 9, 10 and 11

rluna@svanj.org

Development Staff

Joan Tyburczy

President 

jtyburczy@svanj.org

Coleen Ognissanti

Development Director

cognissanti@svanj.org

Jennifer Dorsey
Development Officer
JDorsey@svanj.org

Diann Gropp-Roth
Development Administrative Assistant
Dgropproth@svanj.org

Priscilla Tala-Tala

Communications Coordinator 

ptalatala@svanj.org

Yvonne Zuidema

Grant Writer

yzuidema@svanj.org

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