Pre-K to 12th | Independent Thinkers and Global Leaders

Our People

More than 75 dedicated educators and administrators make up Morgan Park Academy's full-time faculty and staff, a diverse team of professionals who love what they do. Working in close collaboration with each other, they are profoundly committed to discovering the key to each student's talents and abilities, and to helping each other grow in character, intellect, and confidence.

Administration Lower School Middle School Upper School Board of Trustees

Administration

Mercedes Z. Sheppard

Head of School

Vincent Hermosilla

Assistant Head of School, Community Relations

Julie Cuadros-Perry

Director of Finance

Heather Kurut

Lower School & Middle School Principal; Upper School Chorus

Jennifer Schmidt

Director of Curriculum and Instruction

Emily Drown

Upper School Science; Upper School Assistant Principal

Kari Misulonas

Kindergarten; Lower School Assistant Principal; Early Childhood Curriculum Leader

Peggy Bergin

Drama & Theatre; Director of the Arts; Arts Curriculum Leader

Lynda Pariso

Upper School Athletics Director; Lower & Upper School P.E.

Ivet Alvarado

Accounting Clerk

Yvonne Armstrong

Associate Director of Enrollment Management

Allie Bowles

Associate Director of Admissions

Nerissa Conley

School Nurse

Ana Fernandez

Lower School & Middle School Administrative Assistant

Shahrzad O’Brien

Associate Director of Advancement and After School Enrichment/ABC Coordinator

Tanuja Rathi

Director of College Counseling

Jim Reedy

Director of Communications

Sandy Williams

Administrative Assistant

Vinson C. Williams

Lower & Middle School Athletics Director; Lower & Middle School P.E.

Louis Saggione

Director of Buildings & Grounds

Ty Hamilton

Buildings & Grounds

Mike Kalinowski

Buildings & Grounds

Chicago Private School - Kalinowski Jr.

Mike Kalinowski Jr.

Buildings & Grounds

Beata Skawiniak

Buildings & Grounds

Wieslawa Wodziak

Buildings & Grounds