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
1's Lead Teacher
BA, Elementary Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
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Sarah Norris
1's Lead Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
and Special Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Katie Roos
1's Lead Teacher
BS, Political Science
M.Ed, School Counseling
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Christy Harris
1's Assistant Teacher
BA, International Politics
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
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Miriam Jones
1's Assistant Teacher
BS, Dental Hygiene
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Maggie Browning
2's Lead Teacher
BS, Business Administration
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Bridget Molle
2's Assistant Teacher
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Emily Cowden
2's Lead Teacher
BS, Speech Communication
MS, Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2024
Loreta McPartland
2's Lead Teacher
BS, Business Marketing
MA, Speech Pathology
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Corey Smith
2's Lead Teacher
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BS in Biotechnology
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Alden Redding
2's Lead Teacher, 3's Assistant Teacher
BS, Sociology
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
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Ariel Sweat
2's Assistant Teacher
​
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2023
Allison Liguori
2's Lead Teacher, 3's Lead Teacher
BA, Elementary Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Jennifer Davis
3's CoTeacher
BA, English
​Teaching Endorsements in Early Childhood, Middle School and High School Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2018
Sara Almstedt
3s Co-Teacher
BA, Elementary Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2011
Libby Davenport
3s Co-Teacher
BS Rec & Parks
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Stacey Jones
3s Co-Teacher
BA, MS Early Childhood Education​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Stephanie Pool
3s Assistant Teacher
BS, Child Life
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019
Rupa Desai
3s Assistant Teacher
BS, Communications
LLB
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2003
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
Kassie Blocker
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BS, Education
​MS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2012
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
Brenda Burr
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2009
Lori Vertz
Pre-K Assistant Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2015
Sami Poppel
Pre-K Lead Teacher
BA, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
Kristi Gillam
Pre-K Assistant Teacher
BS, Hotel and Restaurant Management
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2011
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Carly Beers
Pre-K Assistant
BA, English
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2022
Sandra Gumulak
Kindergarten Readiness Lead Teacher
BS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2024
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Lisa Couch
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
Karen Hughes
Music Lead Teacher
BA, Music Therapy
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2001
Jennifer Smith
Music Assistant
BA, Advertising
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016
Anne Moore
Book Nook Specialist
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