Who We Are

Our Team

Our dedicated and enthusiastic team, composed of approximately 50 faculty and staff members, is honored to serve Juniper Ridge Community School.

Administration/Staff
Kathleen Mumaw Head of School / Pedagogical Director kmumaw@juniperridgeschool.org
Judy Drake Assistant Head of School jdrake@juniperridgeschool.org
Brenda Chesney Marketing & Communication Director bchesney@juniperridgeschool.org
Lynne Habberfield School Finance Officer lhabberfield@juniperridgeschool.org
Tammy Myers Office and HR Manager / Assessment Coordinator tmyers@juniperridgeschool.org
Support Staff
Lisa Bond JRCS Secretary – Student Records lbond@juniperridgeschool.org
David Erwin Maintenance derwin@juniperridgeschool.org
Rachel Fischer JRCS Secretary – Attendance Records rfischer@juniperridgeschool.org
Sarah Mackie Custodian smackie@juniperridgeschool.org
Megan Murray School RN megan.murray@d51schools.org
Kindergarten Teachers
Carlee Dietrich Kindergarten Teacher cdietrich@juniperridgeschool.org
Amy Gilowski Kindergarten Teacher agilowski@juniperridgeschool.org
Diana Soto Kindergarten Teacher dsoto@juniperridgeschool.org
Elizabeth Guzman Kindergarten Assistant eguzman@juniperridgeschool.org
Afton Hollstein Kindergarten Assistant ahollstein@juniperridgeschool.org
Grades Teachers
Brandon Kohn 1st Grade bkohn@juniperridgeschool.org
Ashli Robertson 1st Grade arobertson@juniperridgeschool.org
Sarah Creighton 1st Grade Assistant screighton@juniperridgeschool.org
Jaime Gustafson 1st Grade Assistant jgustafson@juniperridgeschool.org
Cassandra Edwards 2nd Grade cedwards@juniperridgeschool.org
Kayli Hamaker 2nd Grade khamaker@juniperridgeschool.org
Mary Benepe-Sytsma 3rd Grade msytsma@juniperridgeschool.org
Blythe Rusling 3rd Grade brusling@juniperridgeschool.org
Mark Carter 4th Grade mcarter@juniperridgeschool.org
Theis Ouano 4th Grade touano@juniperridgeschool.org
Britt Kuhns 5th Grade bkuhns@juniperridgeschool.org
Jessie Torfin 5th Grade jtorfin@juniperridgeschool.org
Amie LaChapelle 6th Grade alachapelle@juniperridgeschool.org
Natalie Pipe 6th Grade npipe@juniperridgeschool.org
Nicole Fitzgerald 7th Grade nfitzgerald@juniperridgeschool.org
Danielle Ortiz 7th Grade dortiz@juniperridgeschool.org
Kresta Christensen 8th Grade kchristensen@juniperridgeschool.org
Renske Kincaid 8th Grade rkincaid@juniperridgeschool.org
Addison Eng 1st /2nd / 4th Assistant aeng@juniperridgeschool.org
Special’s Teachers
Ivan Gygi Band Teacher igygi@juniperridgeschool.org
Melissa Herald Art Teacher mherald@juniperridgeschool.org
Aaron Jenkins Choir Teacher ajenkins@juniperridgeschool.org
Angel Martin Handwork Teacher amartin@juniperridgeschool.org
Sarah Reagin Garden Educator sreagin@juniperridgeschool.org
Jon Rizzo Woodwork Teacher jrizzo@juniperridgeschool.org
Stephani Soto Spanish Teacher ssoto@juniperridgeschool.org
Tamara Steinman Games Teacher tsteinman@juniperridgeschool.org
Three Streams
Robert Bledsoe Behavior Interventionist rbledsoe@juniperridgeschool.org
Erica Christian Behavior Interventionist echristian@juniperridgeschool.org
Sheri Heath Behavioral Therapist / Social Inclusion sheath@juniperridgeschool.org
Sarah Miller Behavior Interventionist smiller@juniperridgeschool.org
Amy Nordquist On-Site Sub / Behavior Interventionist anordquist@juniperridgeschool.org
Special Education
Katelyn Collins Psychologist katelyn.collins@d51schools.org
Alice Dussart Special Education Teacher adussart@juniperridgeschool.org
Jennifer Greenwood Special Education Teacher jgreenwood@juniperridgeschool.org
Jo-Zan Kirk Reading Interventionist jkirk@juniperridgeschool.org
Tristan Landers-Morris Reading Interventionist tmorris@juniperridgeschool.org
Elizabeth McManus Para emcmanus@juniperridgeschool.org
Amanda Rabe Math Interventionist arabe@juniperridgeschool.org
Amber Rose Para arose@juniperridgeschool.org
Amber Wright Para awright@juniperridgeschool.org
Juniper Ridge Community School

615 Community Lane

Grand Junction, CO 81506

(970) 986-8219

info@juniperridgeschool.org

Juniper Ridge Community School is a proud member of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education.