Our Staff
Lead Administration Team
Cheryl Ward
Executive Director/Head of School
Jessica Vonk
Director of Administration
Kimberly Bos*
Assistant Principal – Plasman Campus
Jon Brand
Assistant Principal – Laketown Campus
Brandon Byrd
Lead Teacher – Laketown Campus
Zach Ward*
Director of Instruction / Ambleside Trainer
Faculty & Staff
Megan Goossen
Development and Donor Relations Coordinator / Events
Jamie Knap
Finance Manager
Candi Bredeway
Office Assistant
Katie Brink
Office and Events Support / Multidisciplinary Support
Anna Kornelis
Office and Multidisciplinary Teacher
Paul Vonk
Maintenance Manager
Sherrill Keefe
JK–12 Art Director and Ambleside Art Instructor
Lazerick Smith
Athletics Coordinator
Benjamin Rodgers
JK-12 Choir Director and Music Instructor
Shari Munger
Cantate Deo Choir Accompanist
Raye Jean Swinehart
Coram Deo Choir Accompanist
Richard Laninga
JK-12 PE and Movement Science Instructor
Karen Boer
6–12 Ed. Support / Arrowsmith Specialist
Elise Zantello
6–12 Ed. Support / Arrowsmith Specialist
Loni Taylor
JK–12 Ed. Support / Arrowsmith Program Manager
Deb Sisk
Arrowsmith Extension and Remote Specialist
Chloe Becker
Jr. Kindergarten
Sarah Vander Zwaag
Kindergarten
Raye Jean Swinehart
Class One
Shelli Sittler
Class Two
Kimberly Bos*
Class Three Co-teacher
Anna Kornelis
Class Three Co-teacher
Robert Zandstra
Class Four
Elise Smith
Class Five
Sarah Adkins
Class Six
Megan Mulder
Class Seven
Brandon Byrd
Class Eight and Gouin Specialist
Melissa Byrd
9-12 Humanities Seminar
Jon Brand
9-12 Humanities Seminar
Lazerick Smith
9-12 Enrichment Instructor
Diana Smit
6-12 Disciplinary Math Instruction
Amy Bush
9-12 Disciplinary Science Instruction
Zach Ward
9-12 Disciplinary Science Instruction
* Denotes staff members who have completed Ambleside’s rigorous three-year master teacher training program (MTTP)