Dr.
Virginia Varga, Dayton, OH
Expert in infant and toddler products
and curricula. She is founder, administrator, and director of
Gloria Dei Montessori School in Dayton, OH. Ginny is an internationally
known infant and toddler specialist. She began the first Montessori
Toddler Class in the United States in 1966. A member of the school
consultation team of AMS since 1966, she served on the AMS National
Board of Directors from 1964-1972. She has BS in education (University
of Dayton) and an AMS/AMI credential (Greenwich). Ginny was recently
inducted into the Ohio Women’s Hall of Fame.
Carole
Wolfe Korngold, Scarsdale, NY
Nationally recognized leader in Montessori education, with more than 30 years
professional involvement. She is the founder of the Center for Montessori
Education/NY (CMTE/NY), which has trained more than 4,000 Montessori Teachers
to date. She is supported by an exceptional team of child education experts
and trainers with sites currently in: New Rochelle and Yonkers, NY; Phoenix,
Arizona; New Jersey and Toronto, Canada.Ingrid Hill Faculty, Director of
New Jersey Programs and Editor of ReadTogether.com
Sylvia
Onesti Richardson, M.A., M.D., D.Litt. (Hon), Tampa, FL
Distinguished Professor of Communication
Sciences & Disorders, and Emeritus Professor
of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida.
She received her B.A. from Stanford University, the
M.A. from Columbia University, and the M.D. from
McGill Faculty of Medicine. She is a pediatrician,
certified speech-language pathologist, and a certified
Montessori teacher (AMS & AMI, 1962). She has
been President of the American Speech-Language and
Hearing Association (ASHA), of the International
Dyslexia Association (IDA), the Multidisciplinary
Association of Clinical Education (MACE), and the
Florida Branch of the IDA. She has been Chair of
the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities.
Among her many honors, she has received the LDA Learning
Disability Award, the Honors of the ASHA, the Samuel
T. Orton award from the IDA, and the Distinguished
Alumni Award from Teachers College, Columbia University.
She is known both nationally and internationally
as a lecturer and consultant.
Bretta
Weiss, Albuquerque, NM
National director emeriti of AMS and
served as president and board member of the Council
for American Private Education, Washington, and DC.
She is Editor of the AMS School Management Guide. Bretta
was co-leader of the Montessori delegation to the citizen
ambassador program to the People’s Republic of
China; leader to Warsaw, Moscow, and Budapest); U.S.
faculty, on the U.S./China conference on education
and the conference on early childhood education. Bretta
works with the U.S. Department of Education, policy
makers, and educators. She co-chairs CMTE/NY's Heads
of School Montessori Training Program.Rita Messineo
3626 Exuma Way, Naples, FL 34199
Rita
Messineo
Started
the first Montessori toddler class in the United States in 1966,
at Gloria Dei Montessori School in Dayton, Ohio. She has worked
as a toddler teacher and 3-6 teacher at the South Suburban Montessori
School. Rita presents workshops and does consultation for Montessori
teachers, parents, and schools. She received her infant and toddler
certification from the Assistenti Infanzia Montessori in Rome,
Italy and holds an AMS early childhood credential (MMTTC).
Gerald Londin,
Scarsdale, NY
Gerry Londin comes to LTROL with
a rich background in Finance. After attaining his
Masters degree in Business Administration and Taxes,
he spent many years dealing with corporate financial
affairs, both while working at C.P.A firms and
by working directly with publicly-owned companies.
Most recently, Gerry was the Senior Vice President
and C.F.O. for a large market research organization,
where he was in charge of General Accounting, Treasury,
Internal Audit, and Tax Filing. He assisted in
the sale of the firm to an international conglomerate.
Marie
Dugan, Wilmington, DE
Founder and Director of the Wilmington
Montessori School, DE. Marie M. Dugan was the Interim
Executive Director of the American Montessori Society
in 2004. She is currently the Chair of both the AMS
Centennial Campaign Committee, the AMS Archives Committee
and the Keynote Committee for the Montessori Centennial
Conference in 2007. She is a former President of
AMS, former Accreditation Commission member and former
Chair of the AMS Heads of Schools Section, serving
on the Board of Directors of AMS for 13 years. She
is currently the co-representive to the United Nations
as an NGO. Marie was the Head of the Wilmington Montessori
School in Wilmington, Delaware for 25 years. She
is currently an Educational Consultant, serving CMTE/NY
and AMS in both independent and public schools.
