the best education for gifted & Talented
LeadershipAdministration
Jonathan Craig
Executive Director
Lydia Gibb
Academy Dean
John Pellino
Associate Director / Programming & Instruction
Christine Buhler
Associate Director / Development & Marketing
Jennifer Travers
Assistant Dean, Nurse, Health Studies
Academy Faculty
Heather Burtchell
Mathematics, Technology
Jennifer Casey
Music
M.J. Hartell
Language Arts
Kieran Hyland
Suite II
Erik Johnson
Meteorology - Talcott Mountain Science Center
Katie Larsen
Art
Mark Meredith
Astronomy, Physics, Robotics - Talcott Mountain Science Center
Tara Moore
Suite A
Jennifer Orifice
Suite I, Curriculum Coordinator
Amanda Paradis
Social Studies
Lavinia Southam
Suite B
Brigette Zacharczenko, PhD
Ecology - Talcott Mountain Science Center
Support Staff
Antonia Fagbemi
Business Manager
Laura Hall
Administrative Assistant
Alexandrea Molway
Receptionist / Communications Assistant
Fiona Travers
Teaching Assistant
Board of Trustees
Rhonda Bird
President
Tom Rechen
Vice President
Arnold Chase
Treasurer
Frank Hursey
Secretary
Andrea Ayers
Christine Andrews
J. Harry Blaise
Jon Fitzgerald
Eric Fossum
Ken LaRocque
Carolyn VanNewkirk Hoffman
Chuck Ward
Don Wilson
Donald La Salle
Trustee Emeritus & Founder, Talcott Mountain Science Center
Carmen Cid
Trustee Emerita
Bernard Zahren
Trustee Emeritus
Students
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Faculty
Year Founded
Get In Touch
Telephone: 860.677.0035
Email: ContactTMA@tmsc.org
Academy Office Hours: M-F: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Non-Discrimination Policy
Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement, Inc. and Talcott Mountain Academy welcome and admit students of any gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation and those with disabilities to all of the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the Center and Academy. View Talcott’s full nondiscrimination policy.