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, 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, BS
Accounting Specialist
Craig Bruce
Director of Early Learning
Michelle Parfitt, MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVEd
Human Resources Manager
Bonnie Smith, MBA
Communications Manager
Sara Baines-Miller
Institutional Giving Officer
Linda S. Buker
Education Administrator
Julianne Bartko
Front Desk Receptionist and
Admissions Administrator
Maria Supe
Parent Liaison
Morgan Basinger
Clinical Staff
Audiologist
Tessa Wirt, AuD, CCC-A
Behavior Specialist
Mandy Mulligan, MEd
School Nurse
Michelle Watkins
School Psychologist
Christian Giannone, EdS, NCSP
Speech-Language Pathologists
Linda Fiejdasz, MS, CCC-SLP
Emma Galecki, MS, CCC-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.
Wendy Zdobinski, MA, CCC-SLP
Physical/Occupational Therapist
Brooke Racicot PT, PCS
Casey Waugh MS, OTR/L
Teaching Staff
Toddler and Preschool
Early Childhood Department
Teachers of the Deaf
Brin Benjamin, MS
Lindsay Diethorn, AuD
Jessica Leschinsky, BSEd
Emily Dickinson, MS, MEd
Emily Snyder, BSEd
Teaching Assistants
Amanda Miller
Heather Poole
Elementary Department
Teachers of the Deaf
Natalie Buchholz, BSEd
Alicia DiBenedetto, MSEd
Kylie Hepler, MSEd
Madison Ifft, BSEd
Jill Inscho, MEd
Kathy McDermott, MEd
Monica Beck
Jane Newcomer, MEd
Angie Nordstrom, MEd
Emma Santos, MEd
Rose Velgich-Figlar, MS, MEd
Teaching Assistant
Lucca Spence
SAILL Preschool Program
Teachers
Kelly Kimmy, BSEd
Suzy Kozy, BSEd
Sandra Kekic, MEd
Teaching Assistants
Megan Murray
Itinerant Teachers
of the Deaf
Tanya Averso, MS
Sarah Brailler, MEd