TOM DE CARLO – DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS, ENGLISH TEACHER
BA English/Education, Dartmouth College, 1978. EdM Harvard Graduate School of Education, 1990. Tom has been a Hurricane Island Outward Bound instructor, sailed transatlantic in 1972,owned and managed an Italian restaurant, and has bike toured in Italy, Ireland and New Zealand. These days, when not tending to BMA duties, he's pulling garden weeds and helping his wife Hilary take care of Petite (a Morgan), Kenai (a Lab/German Short Haired Pointer), and Freida Lulu, an orange and white striped cat.
VIVIAN BUCKLEY – MATH TEACHER
MS for Teachers, Lyndon State College, 2001. BS Secondary Science Ed, Lyndon State College, 1993. BS Forest Management, Univ. of Maine, 1989. This is Viv's third year at BMA and her 15th year of teaching both math and science in public and private schools. Viv and her husband, Dave, have been building a house in Waterford for the past 12 years and manage their 200 acre property for timber, wildlife and recreation. Waterford is the perfect spot because it lies between the White Mountains and East Burke, her favorite places to bike, hike and ski!
CHRISTINE J. FEEHAN - HISTORY TEACHER, J3 COACH, DORM PARENT
BA History, Skidmore College, 2003; MA Liberal Studies/Creative Writing, Dartmouth College, 2004 Christine enters her second year at BMA after previously teaching and coaching at Sugar Bowl Academy in California. She graduated magna cum laude from Skidmore College where she captained the Alpine Ski Team from 1999-2001. She has since coached on the Ford Sayre and Colby-Sawyer College staffs. In addition to skiing, Christine played varsity ice hockey at Skidmore and was a member of the Adirondack Luge Club, an affiliate of USA Luge. Christine's current hobbies include distance running, cycling, and freelance writing. In 2006, she was named to Who's Who Among American Teachers.
DAVID IVERSON - SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS TEACHER, RACE SECRETARY
MS Physics Kansas State University, BA Physics University of Rochester. 2005 VARA Alpine Official of the year.
Despite having Midwestern parents, and a degree from K-State, David was born and raised in Syracuse, New York. A lifelong nordic skier, David's first job out of grad school introduced him to the concept of the ski academy. Thirteen years later, he is excited to be starting his first year at BMA. When he is not teaching or timing races, he will most likely be on top of a mountain, skiing up or down hills, or generally off in the woods somewhere.\
MARYSIA MIERNOWSKA - ART TEACHER, SPANISH TUTOR, DORM PARENT
Marysia graduated with honors and with three BAs from the University of Minnesota, in 2005: Art, Architecture, and Spanish & Portuguese Studies. Her sense of adventure and passion for art and languages has taken her all over the world: from restoring pigeon huts in Portugal, to teaching art and Spanish in an indigenous school in Mexico. After getting married to David (French Teacher) in France, she flew back to California where she worked as a designer and community organizer for McCamant & Durrett Architects. She is thrilled to be joining the BMA staff and will be living with David in Mouton., In her free time, Marysia loves to paint, dance, hike, ski, snow shoe, bike, garden, read, learn, and practice yoga.
DAVID SAINSILY - FRENCH TEACHER, ASSISTANT SOCCER COACH, DORM PARENT
David was born in French Guiana (South America), an overseas department of France. He graduated from the University of Paul Valery, France in English and Portuguese. After marrying Marysia (Art teacher), and teaching French in Brazil for a month, he moved to California where he taught French at the Sierra College. David loves snowboarding, playing soccer and basketball.
JILLIAN SHEPARD – ENGLISH, HUMANITIES, WINTER TERM TEACHER, DORM PARENT
BA English - Creative Writing, minor in Art History, University of Miami, 2003. Jillian's undergraduate career at the University of Miami included studying marine invertebrates in a lab on Key Biscayne, student teaching at overcrowded South Miami High School, exploring the epiphanies in James Joyce's Dubliners and suffering from repeated bouts of heatstroke during marching band practice. After receiving her degree, Jillian moved back home to Boston where she managed a popular coffee shop for two years. She's the first to admit that she is not entirely acclimated to the cold of a New England winter, but is glad to brave it in her attempts at learning to Nordic ski. Lesson planning and enrollment in Lesley University’s Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s program keep Jillian pretty busy, but she can sometimes be found baking dorm treats in Heib House or hiking Burke Mountain with Jeff and their dogs, Bess and Pickle.
LAUREN STRUCK – CHEMISTRY &BIOLOGY TEACHER, DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE PLACEMENT, WINTER TERM CURRICULUM COORDINATOR
Colgate University, Masters Degree in Theology from Harvard
This is Lauren Struck’s fourth year at Burke Mountain Academy. Lauren grew up in the Midwest, did her undergraduate work at Colgate University, and completed her Master's degree in theology at Harvard. She is teaching chemistry and biology at Burke, in addition to overseeing college placement and the winter term curriculum. She lives in Sutton with her husband, Jamie, and two children, McKinley and Holden.
