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Administration & Staff

Sunbridge staffers work hybrid from both office and home. Email is the fastest way to reach us; please allow slightly more time for us to respond to your voice mail if we are not immediately available to receive your call. For general inquiries, please fill out an Inquiry Form.

Click here for staff bios.

Jessica Heffernan Ziegler

Executive Director
845-425-0055 ext.23
jziegler@sunbridge.edu

Barbara Vitale

Admissions and Summer Coordinator
845-425-0055 ext.20
bvitale@sunbridge.edu

Ivy Greenstein

Director of Communications and Outreach
845-425-0055 ext.18
igreenstein@sunbridge.edu

Christopher Costa

Staff Accountant
845-425-0055 ext.17
ccosta@sunbridge.edu

Solana Hoffmann-Carter

Elementary Program Assistant
845-425-0055 ext.12
shoffmann-carter@sunbridge.edu

Meggan Gill

Director of Education and Organizational Culture
845-425-0055 ext.12
mgill@sunbridge.edu 

David Chin

Registrar
845-425-0055 ext.11
dchin@sunbridge.edu

Tamara Photiadis

Data and Operations Manager
845-425-0055 ext.16
tphotiadis@sunbridge.edu

Jessica Major

Admissions, Summer, and Finance Assistant
845-425-0055 ext.10
jmajor@sunbridge.edu

Program Directors / Core Faculty

Nancy Blanning

Co-Director
Early Childhood Teacher Education
nblanning@sunbridge.edu

Rebecca Nelson

Director
Elementary Teacher Education
rnelson@sunbridge.edu

Jana Hawley

Co-Coordinator
Elementary Music Teacher Education
Core Faculty
Elementary Teacher Education
jhawley@sunbridge.edu

Heather Scott

Core Faculty
High School Teacher Education
hscott@sunbridge.edu

Constanza Ontaneda

Coordinator and Lead Faculty
World Languages and Cultures Teacher Education
contaneda@sunbridge.edu

Leslie Burchell-Fox

Co-Director
Early Childhood Teacher Education
lburchellfox@sunbridge.edu

Stephen Sagarin

Director
High School Teacher Education
Core Faculty
Elementary Teacher Education
ssagarin@sunbridge.edu

Gary Banks

Core Faculty
High School Teacher Education
gbanks@sunbridge.edu

Noelle Frerichs

Core Faculty
High School Teacher Education
nfrerichs@sunbridge.edu

Adam Pedersen

Co-Coordinator
Elementary Music Teacher Education

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