Elementary Faculty

Rebecca, who was appointed Elementary program director in 2024, is a middle school specialist at Waldorf School of New Orleans, where she has taught since 2010. Prior to joining that school’s faculty, she took a class from sixth-eighth grade at Green Meadow Waldorf School. In recent years, Rebecca has also been an instructor in and leading force behind Sunbridge’s Summer Series middle school grades courses. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, where she majored in English and anthropology, Rebecca discovered Waldorf education while studying Mayan archaeology at Tulane University, from which she earned an MA in anthropology. She also holds an MSEd in Waldorf elementary education from Sunbridge College.

Justin joined Rebecca as Elementary co-director in 2025. A Waldorf educator since 2004, he is currently grades pedagogical chair, faculty chair, and upper grades math and art teacher at Detroit Waldorf School, where he has been on the faculty since 2016 and where he guided the class of 2024 from first-eighth grade. Prior to joining Detroit Waldorf, Justin taught in the early childhood section and in grades 1-8 at Swallowtail Waldorf School and Farm, where he graduated his first eighth grade class. He earned a BA in Elementary Education and Philosophy from Loyola University in Chicago and received his Waldorf teaching certification from the Micha-el Institute. 

An independent working eurythmist and therapeutic eurythmist, Brigida was born and educated in Europe, where she began her career. She has taught eurythmy in Waldorf schools in Europe, the US, South Africa, India, China, and Russia. She currently teaches on the East Coast where she also performs, both as a soloist and with a eurythmy ensemble. In addition to holding a BA in performing arts from the University of Oslo, Brigida earned diplomas in eurythmy and eurythmy therapy from the Goetheanum in Dornach and a certificate in pedagogical eurythmy from Stuttgart Waldorf Teacher Training.

Co-director of Sunbridge's Early Childhood Teacher Education program since 2015, Nancy served The Denver Waldorf School as a kindergarten teacher and member of the educational support staff  for nearly forty years. Her main focus is therapeutic education with a special emphasis on developmental movement as supporting young children’s physical incarnation and sensory development. She  is a frequent keynote speaker and presenter at national and international early childhood conferences and workshop, a former Board member of Board member of WECAN (the Waldorf Early Childhood Association of North America), regular columnist for Lilipoh magazine, and a faculty member for Denver’s Nurturing the Roots Therapeutic Course. With numerous writing credits to her name, Nancy holds a BA in English from the University of Colorado, with teaching credentials, and earned a certificate as Extra Lesson provider and therapeutic educator from Gradalis Seminars, where she attended the four-year anthroposophical therapeutic/remedial training in Extra Lesson and supplementary therapies and academic support strategies.

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Following a career at Green Meadow Waldorf School as a class teacher (1986-1991) and director of physical education and athletics (1991-2016), Will's current endeavors include bringing Spacial Dynamics® movement to students at Sunbridge, as well as the Fiber Craft Studio’s Applied Arts program, “Uncovering the Voice" program, and the Christian Community Seminary, among other organizations. He also works with individual clients in movement therapy, is a teacher and movement therapist at the Otto Specht School, and contributes to trainings at the Spacial Dynamics Institute.  He received his Foundation Year education and teacher training at Rudolf Steiner College.

Formerly a class teacher and the administrative director at Waldorf School of Palm Beach, Olga is currently on the faculty of Lotus & Ivy. She also teaches math in Sunbridge’s Approaching the Grades Summer Series courses. A native of Hungary who holds a master’s degree in business, Olga earned her diploma in Waldorf Elementary Teacher Education from Sunbridge and her MEd in Instruction and Curriculum through our partnership with SUNY Empire State University.

Kalyse is a class teacher at Detroit Waldorf School, where she held several positions including substitute, singing teacher, and grades assistant before taking her first class in 2023. She is also the co-founder of the Timbre Children's Chorus, a community choir which is based at her school. Kalyse, who has been educating children for over 20 years in schools and fine arts programs across southeastern Michigan, holds a BFA in Digital Media Production and a Waldorf Elementary teaching diploma and Music Teaching certificate from Sunbridge.

Meggan is Sunbridge’s director of education and the early childhood educational support teacher and administrative coordinator at NYC's Rudolf Steiner School. A specialist in diversity, equity, and inclusion, she is a founding member of Alma Partners and a workshop presenter for AWSNA and WECAN. Meggan's teaching experience includes serving on the faculty of Brooklyn Waldorf School (2009-20), where she led parent-and-child and kindergarten classes and was active on the Faculty Council, and leading early childhood classes at the Olympia Waldorf School and the New Amsterdam School. She earned an undergraduate degree in health sciences from The Evergreen State College, an MEd in curriculum and instruction with a concentration in Waldorf education from SUNY Empire State, and a diploma in Waldorf early childhood education from Sunbridge.

Liz is a middle school specialist at Green Meadow Waldorf School where she has been a class teacher since 2006 and is a member of the school’s Collegium and the Teacher Development Committee. Prior to joining the Green Meadow faculty, she was a class teacher and lower school chair at the Waldorf School of Baltimore. A longtime member of the Sunbridge Elementary faculty, Liz is also a member of our Early Childhood program faculty and along with Meggan Gill serves as co-lead instructor of Sunbridge’s “Waldorf Weekend” workshop. She holds a BA from Earlham College, where she double-majored in English and Spanish and minored in Art History; an MA in Education and Waldorf Certificate 1-8 from Antioch New England Graduate School; NH certification 1-6; and a Certificate of Curative Education from Camphill Special Schools, Inc.

Solana is currently on the faculty of the Otto Specht School in Chestnut Ridge, NY, as well as a member of the Sunbridge staff. She is a graduate of the Waldorf School of Princeton, where she previously served as a class teacher. Prior to that, she was an early childhood educator at Brooklyn Morning Garden. Solana is a graduate of the Spacial Dynamics® Institute and a dance artist whose work with children also includes teaching capoeira and modern dance workshops in NYC public schools and developing a movement and arts summer camp in St. George, Grenada. She holds a BFA in dance, with a minor in religion and philosophy, from the University of the Arts and a diploma in Waldorf Elementary Teacher Education from Sunbridge.

Kemal teaches woodwork and clay in the middle school and applied arts in the high school at Green Meadow Waldorf School, the school from which he graduated and where he has taught since 2017. Prior to coming to Green Meadow, he was on the faculty of  the Maine Coast Waldorf School for five years, where he served as the elementary faculty chair and sat on the Leadership Committee and the College of Teachers. Kemal’s subjects have also included high school math, literature, art, 6th grade geology, 7th grade algebra, and drama. He holds a BFA in ceramics and sculpture, with a minor in art history, from the School for American Crafts, Rochester Institute of Technology, and an MEd in Waldorf elementary education from Antioch University of New England.

Mac has been the director of the Pfeiffer Center since 2007. He has farmed and gardened biodynamically for more than thirty years, working with the land on every scale. He was the resident farmer at the Fellowship Community’s Duryea Farm from 1997 until 2005 and a co-worker at the Camphill Village in Copake, NY, from 1972 to 1974, where he did therapeutic community work and also taught nature and games at the fledgling Waldorf school there. As a co-worker in the Fellowship Community beginning in 1975, learning biodynamic methods directly from former co-workers of Ehrenfried Pfeiffer, Mac helped start the third grade farming block at Green Meadow Waldorf School and taught it for 15 years; he also helped initiate the Pfeiffer Center’s public school outreach program, The Outdoor Lesson. he graduated from Dickinson College with a degree in psychology.

Emily returned to Green Meadow Waldorf School, which she attended from kindergarten to twelfth grade, as a class teacher in fall 2024. Previously, she served as a class teacher at Housatonic Valley Waldorf School from 2013-24.  Emily, who is also a Grades instructor in Sunbridge’s Summer Series, holds a master’s degree in art education from Pratt Institute and received her Waldorf Teacher training at Sunbridge.

Irene is the gardening and woodwork teacher at the River Valley Waldorf School. Previously, she served as class teacher to three groups of Waldorf students, in Princeton, Tucson, and Philadelphia. A love of mythology and folklore, the natural world, and growing things were common threads that ran through Irene’s undergraduate degree in comparative religion at Bard College, her master’s in education at Sunbridge College, and her certificate in biodynamics at the Pfeiffer Center. She has served as a Waldorf teacher educator and mentor, and is active with AWSNA. Irene's teaching emphasizes sustainability, creativity, and holistic development, and she enjoys exploring forests, visiting museums, and reading.

Steve has been teaching at Sunbridge since 2000 and founded and directs our High School Teacher Education program. He is also co-founder and faculty chair at the Berkshire Waldorf High School, where he teaches history and art.  He is a graduate of The Waldorf School of Garden City, where he taught for 12 years; a former editor at the Research Institute for Waldorf Education; and taught at Teachers College, NY; the City University of New York; and Berkshire Community College, MA.  From 2019-23, he served as a Sunbridge Board trustee.  The author of The History of Waldorf Education in the United States: Past, Present and Future, Steve writes, lectures, mentors teachers, and consults with Waldorf schools on teaching and administration. He has a PhD in history from Columbia and a bachelor’s in art history, with a certificate of proficiency in fine art, from Princeton.

Rubeena has been a Waldorf educator and school head for over 25 years. She currently works as a certified New Adult Educator and school counselor, helping to support students, teachers, administrators, and parents, and is co-director of The New Adult Learning Institute’s “Grounded In Practice” foundation studies program. Rubeena’s previous experience as an adult educator includes serving as faculty member and director of the Grades program at The West Coast Institute for Studies in Anthroposophy. The Northwest/Pacific Region member of the AWSNA Leadership Council since 2018, and secretary of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada, Rubeena holds a bachelor’s of fine arts degree, a master’s of education in school counseling, and a Waldorf teaching certificate.

Michael Steinrueck is a speech artist, educator, and therapeutic practitioner who has spent over four decades dedicated to anthroposophic speech arts. After graduating from a four-year Creative Speech program in Stuttgart in 1984, he utilized speech therapy for special needs education at the Karl Schubert Schule in Vienna before embarking on a 23-year tenure with Eurythmy Spring Valley, where he co-directed the Threefold Community Speech Chorus. Later, he combined his linguistic artistry with therapeutic farming and mental health support at the Lukas Community in New Hampshire and Inner Fire in Vermont. Michael remains an active member of the Association for Anthroposophic Speech Arts in Chestnut Ridge.

​Suchi is a class teacher at the Otto Specht School in Chestnut Ridge, NY, and is a longtime member of Sunbridge’s Summer Series Approaching the Grades faculty. Previously, she was a class teacher for many years at Green Meadow Waldorf School, where she sat on the Collegium and served as lower school chair. Suchi began her teaching career in the New York City public school system in 2002, and after eight years working across a variety of grades decided to pursue Waldorf education professionally. Prior to joining Green Meadow, she taught at New Amsterdam School and The Brooklyn Waldorf School. Suchi earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence College, her MS in education from Hunter College, and her elementary teaching certificate from Sunbridge.