Our Staff
Listening. Speaking. Learning Together.
DePaul’s staff consists of Certified Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Early Education Teachers, Audiologists, Speech-Language Pathologists, a School Psychologist, Registered Nurses, Physical and Occupational Therapists, administrative personnel, teaching assistants and support services staff.
Administrative Staff
Executive Director
Ruth G. Auld, EdD
Chief Operating Officer
Charles Chmura, MS
Education Director / Principal
Mary Jo Maynard, MS, M.E.D.
Administrative Assistant
Donna Koenig
Director of Pupil Services
David D. Williams, MEd
Administrative Assistant
Sierra McAndrews
Maintenance/Housekeeping
Nasheed Goodwine
Randy Wozniak
Business Office Manager
Monica Robertson
Accountant
William Doman, MBA
Human Resources Manager
Bonnie Smith, MBA
Director of External
Educational Services
Michelle Andros, MEd
Director of Early Intervention
Michelle Parfitt, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Educational Technology and
Communications Director
Sara Baines-Miller
Institutional Giving Officer
Linda S. Buker
Outreach and Development Manager
Julianne Bartko
Front Desk Receptionist and
Admissions Administrator
Maria Supe
Parent Liaison
Morgan Basinger
Clinical Staff
Speech-Language Pathologists
Emma Galecki, MS CF-SLP
Christine Large, MS, CCC-SLP
Whitney Pecovish, MA, CCC-SLP
Lauren A. Pier, MA, CCC-SLP
Santina Schiaretta, MS, CCC-SLP
Susan Schmitt, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd.
Marjke White, MA CCC-SLP
Wendy Zdobinski, MA, CCC-SLP
Behavioral Specialist
Mandy Mulligan, MEd
School Psychologist
Christian Giannone, EdS, NCSP
Audiologist
Tessa Wirt, AuD, CCC-A
Physical/Occupational Therapist
Brooke Racicot PT, PCS
Casey Waugh MS, OTR/L
School Nurse
Aimee Mitchell, RN, BS
Substitute Nurse
Melissa Miller, RN, BSN
Teaching Staff
Toddler and Preschool
Early Childhood Department
Teachers of the Deaf
Chrissie Barcelona, BSEd
Lindsay Diethorn, AuD
Jessica Leschinsky, BSEd
Emily Snyder, BSEd
Teaching Assistant
Joyce Brooks
Amanda Miller
Heather Poole
Elementary Department
Teachers of the Deaf
Natalie Buchholz, BSEd
Margaret Cowan, MEd
Lindsey DePra, BSEd, MA, IDA-CERI
Alicia DiBenedetto, MSEd
Kylie Hepler, MSEd
Madison Ifft, BSEd
Jill Inscho, MEd
Kathy McDermott, MEd
Jane Newcomer, MEd
Angie Nordstrom, MEd
Emma Santos, MEd
Rose Velgich-Figlar, MS, MEd
SAILL Preschool Program
Teachers
Kelly Kimmy, BSEd
Sandra Kekic
Teaching Assistants
Alisha Geer
Megan Murray
Diane Rafferty
Itinerant Teachers
of the Deaf
Tanya Averso, MS
Brin Benjamin, MS
Sarah Brailler, MEd
Emily Dickinson, MS, MEd
Michael Prezioso, MS, MEd