Meet Our New Faculty: 2026

Eleanor Erickson

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  • Upper School Mathematics

    Eleanor Erickson, who was a middle school mathematics teacher leave replacement last fall, is heading to Masters Hall as an upper school mathematics teacher.
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Emile Gable

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  • Upper School English

    Emilie Gable joins Masters as an upper school English teacher from EF Academy in Thornwood, New York, where he was the director of the preparation program.
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Caroline Johnston

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  • Upper School History

    Caroline Johnston will teach history in the Upper School as a leave replacement. She has taught at schools including Rippowam Cisqua School in Bedford, New York; The Churchill School in New York City; and Brunswick School in Greenwich, Connecticut. 
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Alejandra Leos

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  • Upper School English

    Alejandra Leos comes to Masters as an upper school English teacher. She most recently was a literature and writing instructor at Prep for Prep in New York City and taught first year writing at the University of Connecticut.
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Marianna Manganiello

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  • Middle School Spanish

    Marianna Manganiello joins Masters as a middle school Spanish teacher. She recently taught third grade at Mamaroneck Avenue School; prior to this, she taught third and then fifth grade at The Winward School. 
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Chuck McNamee P'31

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  • Innovation, Engineering and Computer Science

    Chuck McNamee is a familiar face on campus: He has been serving as a debate coach, and lives in Ford Dorm with his wife, Dana McNamee (chair of the Science Department), and their two children, Charlie ’31 and Kiki, and two dogs. 
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Eddie Montenegro

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  • College Counseling

    Eddie Montenegro will join the College Counseling team as senior associate director of college counseling. For nearly a decade, he was senior associate director of college counseling at The Nightingale-Bamford School in New York City, where he was also a homeroom coordinator, lacrosse coach and member of the upper school head search committee.
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Maggie Rivers

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  • Upper School Physics

    Maggie Rivers comes to Masters as an upper school physics teacher. She recently was a postdoctoral fellow at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab at Princeton University. Maggie taught at Wellesley College and the University of Texas at Austin.
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Annabelle Rolland

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  • Middle and Upper School French

    Annabelle Rolland will teach French in the Middle School and the Upper School. She previously taught design and architecture at John Jay High School in Cross River, New York, and French at The Browning School in New York City.
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Jonathan Serrano

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  • Upper School Spanish

    Jonathan Serrano joins Masters this year as an upper school Spanish teacher. He previously taught Spanish at The MacDuffie School in Granby, MA and at the Springfield International Charter School in Springfield, MA, where he taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to students of diverse cultural backgrounds and proficiency levels.
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Jackie Telford

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  • Middle School English

    Jackie Telford joins Masters as a middle school English teacher. She comes to us from The Berkeley Carroll School in New York City, where she was a sixth grade humanities teacher, a sixth grade advisor, an eighth grade Spanish stewardship advisor, and the facilitator of the Jewish & Girls to Women affinity group.
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Ailie Wood

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  • Upper School Mathematics

    Ailie Wood joins Masters as an upper school mathematics teacher, bringing a strong background in mathematics instruction from The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York Math Circle, The Birch Wathen Lenox School and Wellesley College.
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Maya Zakarin

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  • Upper School Engineering

    Maya Zakarin will teach engineering in the Upper School. She comes to Masters from Deloitte Consulting LLP, where she was a cyber risk consultant. 
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