Meet the Team
Jennifer Picquet
Director
BS, Elementary Education
​MS, Reading
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008
Liz Meinhardt
Assistant Director
BFA, Photography
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Lori Purcell
Pedagogista
BFA, Interior Design
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2000
Ashley Meadows
1s Lead Teacher
BA, Elementary Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Alex Betts
1s Assistant Teacher
BS, Elementary Education
MS Early Childhood Education
Joined NB in 2025
Christy Harris
1s Assistant Teacher
1s Lead Teacher
BA, International Politics
*CDA
Joined Northbrook in 2023
Maria Alaluf
1s Assistant
2s Assistant Teacher
Spanish Teacher
BA, Marketing
* CDA
Joined Northbrook in 2008
Maggie Browning
2s Lead Teacher
BS, Business Administration
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Bridget Molle
2s Assistant Teacher
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Loreta McPartland
2s Lead Teacher
BS, Business Marketing
MA, Speech Pathology
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
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Ariel Sweat
2s Assistant Teacher
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Amy Richards
2s Lead Teacher
BS, Elementary Education​
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2025
JaneAnn Quinn
2s Assistant Teacher
BS Health Administration & Gerontology
Joined Northbrook in 2021
Allison Liguori
2s Lead Teacher, 3s Lead Teacher
BA, Elementary Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Alden Redding
2s Lead Teacher, 3s Assistant Teacher
BS, Sociology
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Corey Smith
3s Assistant Teacher
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BS in Biotechnology
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Megan Klein
3s Lead Teacher
BA, Hospitality
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Logan D'Eramo
3s Lead Teacher
BS, Child and Family Development
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2021
Emily Cowden
3s Lead Teacher
BS, Speech Communication
MS, Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2024
Stacey Jones
3s Co-Teacher
BA, MS Early Childhood Education​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Jennifer Davis
3s Co-Teacher
BA, English
​Teaching Endorsements in Early Childhood, Middle School and High School Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2018
Stephanie Pool
3s Assistant Teacher
BS, Child Life
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019
Nicole Picerno
3s Assistant Teacher
BS International Trade and Marketing
Joined Northbrook in 2025
Jamie Marini
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BS, Criminal Law and MS, Behavioral & Learning Disabilities
Joined Northbrook in 2025
Megan Browne
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BS, Early Childhood/Special Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019
Lisa Marino
Pre-K Assistant Teacher
BS, MS Civil Engineering
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2009
Lori Vertz
Pre-K CoTeacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2015
Sami Poppel
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BA, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
BA, Elementary Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2011
PreK CoTeacher
Sara Almstedt
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Carly Beers
Pre-K Assistant
BA, English
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Kimberly Burbank-Helm
Pre-K Assistant Teacher
BS, Aeronautics
Joined Northbrook in 2025
Kassie Blocker
Kindergarten Readiness Lead Teacher
BS, Education​
MS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2012
Kristi Gillam
Kindergarten Readiness
Assistant Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2024
Julie Ferris
Kindergarten Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
​ MS, Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2010
Laura Hensley
Kindergarten Assistant Teacher
BA, English
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Anne Moore
Storytelling Atelier
BA, Social Psychology
MS, Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2014
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Kris Konieczny
Atelierista
BS, Sociology
MS, Early Childhood​ Education​
*CDA​
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008
Chelsea Spits
Music and Movement Atelier
BA, Music and MA, Music Education
Joined Northbrook in 2025
Jennifer Smith
Atelier Assistant
BA, Advertising
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016