Jennifer Picquet

Director

BS, Elementary Education
​MS, Reading
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008
jpicquet@northbrookumc.com

Liz Meinhardt

Assistant Director

BFA, Photography
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017
lmeinhardt@northbrookumc.com
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Lori Purcell

PEDAGOGISTA

BFA, Interior Design
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2000
​​lpurcell@northbrookumc.com

Audrey Power

1S lEAD tEACHER

BS, Retail Management
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 1991

Libby Davenport

1S Assistant & 1s co-teacher

BS Rec & Parks
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Rykie duPlessis

1S LEAD TEACHER

BA, City Planning
MS, City Planning
CDA*
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008

Alden Reding

1s Assistant & 1S
​ CO-TEACHER 

BA, Sociology
*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016

Lauren Cochell

2s Lead Teacher

BS, Child Development
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016

Stacey Jones

2S ASSISTANT 
ba, ms Early childHOOD eDUCATION
Joined northbrook Staff in 2016

Jennifer Davis

2s CO-TEACHER,
​2S lEAD TEACHER

BA, English
​Teaching Endorsements in Early Childhood, Middle School and High School Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2018

Valerie Szymczak

2S CO-TEACHER

BS, Business Education *CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2013

Rupa Desai

2s  LEAD TEACHER,
​2S ASSISTANT 

B.Com, Law
L.L.B, Law
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2003

Maria Alaluf

2s assistant

BA, Marketing
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008

Rykie duPlessis

2s Assistant

BA, City Planning
MS, City Planning
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008

Stephanie Pool

2s Lead teacher

BS, Child Life
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019

Allison Liguori

3s Co-TEacher

BA, Elementary Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2016

Valerie Szymczak

3S CO-TEACHER

BS, Business Education
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2013

Lindsay Stockdale

3s co-teacher

BS, Human Ecology
MS, Teacher Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2018

Emily Toms

3S CO-TEACHER

BS, Elementary Education
M.ED Instructional Tech
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019
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Kassie Blocker

3s Co-Teacher

BS, Education
​MS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2012

Kris Konieczny

3s Co-teacher

BS, Social Work
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008

Sara Almstedt

3s Co-Teacher

BA, Elementary Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2011

LISA MARINO

3S CO-TEACHER

BS, MS CIVIL ENGINEERING
*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2009

Kay Zemke

3S leaD TEACHER

BA, English Education
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2007

Jennifer Smith

3s Assistant

BA, Advertising
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Stafff in 2016

Amy McClelion

Pre-K  Lead Teacher

BA, Early Childhood Education
​MS, Reading
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2014

ALLISON BLACK

pRE-k aSSISTANT

BA, Psychology
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019

Anne Moore

Pre-K Lead Teacher

BA, Social Psychology
MS, Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2014

SHANNON SCHWAB

pRE-k ASSISTANT

BA, English/Secondary Literacy Teaching License
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019

Brenda Burr

Pre-K LEAD TEACHER

BS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2009

Sami Poppel

PRE-K ASSISTANT

BA, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Julie Ferris

PRe-K Lead TEACHER
​​

BS, Early Childhood Education
​ MS, Education
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2010

Laura Hensley

pRE-k lEAD tEACHER Pre-K Assistant

BA, English
​*CDA
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Tricia Skaggs

Young 5s Lead Teacher

BS, Early Childhood Education & Speech Comm.
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Bridget Molle

Young 5s Assistant

*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Karen Hughes

Music Lead Teacher

BA, Music Therapy
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2001

Awesome Name

Music Assistant

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Jenni Johnson

MUSIC ASSISTANT

Joined Northbrook Staff in 2019

Liz Favara

Media Specialist

BS, Elementary Education
​MS, Early Childhood Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 1993

Maria Alaluf

Spanish teacher

BA, Marketing
​*CDA
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2008

Marianne Borden

ARt teacher

BFA, Fabric Design
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2009

Laurie Radziewicz

Support Specialist

BS, Cognitive Pyschology
​MS, Counseling
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2014

Jennifer Lindsley

Support Specialist

BA, Biology
Joined Northbrook Staff in 2017

Carol Froula

Support Specialist

BS, Special Education
​MS, Special Education
​Joined Northbrook Staff in 2015

*CDA-denotes that the teacher has earned a Child Development Associate credential