Principals Newsletter | The Center School

Staff

The Center School Staff 2025-2026

Administration

Ronald P. Rinaldi

Executive Director

rrinaldi@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 301

Dan Erhardt

Principal

derhardt@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 322

Stefanie Rinaldi

Assistant Director

srinaldi@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 307

Maryellen Grabowski

Emeritus

mgrabowski@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 304

Central Office Personnel

Kerri Spotts

Head of Admissions

kspotts@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 303

June Curau

Business Manager

jcurau@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 306

Tracie Anderson

Front Desk

tanderson@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 100

Kim Melchione

Assistant to E.D.

kmelchione@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 302

Jenny Ostrander

Administrative Assistant

jostrander@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 112

Judith Bowen

Human Resources

jbowen@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 305

Glenda Schlaline

Administrative Assistant

gschlaline@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 113

Teaching and Support Staff

Abigail Abreu

Student Support

aabreu@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 201

D. Bagnato-Lumbsden

Supervisor

dlumbsden@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 325

Bakul Bhalla

One to One Aide

bbhalla@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 260

Gianna Brana-Szucs

One to One Aide

gbrana-szucs@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Ruth Burak

Middle School Teacher

rburak@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 261

Danielle Circello

COTA

dcircello@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 203

Beth Dornick

High School Teacher

bdornick@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 342

Martin Dulak

Industrial Arts Teacher

mdulak@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 163

Michaela Fibraio

Speech & Language

mfibraio@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 329

Miriam Grubin

Counselor

mgrubin@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 365

Elizabeth Harrison

High School Teacher

eharrison@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 347

Kieran Johnson

One to One Aide

kjohnson@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 260

Marissa Krull

Elem. School Teacher

mkrull@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 103

Pat Livelli

Health &Phys Ed

plivelli@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 220

Melissa Markopoulos

Paraprofessional

mmarkopoulos@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 360

Judy Miller

Paraprofessional

jmiller@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 347

Margaret Mutchler

Music Teacher

mmutchler@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 244

Quinn Perschy

High School Teacher

qperschy@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 364

Eryn Porcelli

BCBA

eporcelli@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 326

James Rinaldi

Paraprofessional

jrinaldi@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 223

Alexandra Ruskuski

Paraprofessional

aruskuski@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 201

Victoria Sorensen

Speech & Language

vsorensen@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 330

Dorothy Torres

High School Teacher

dtorres@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 348

Brittany Estes

Counselor

bweintraub@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 340

Amber Wilson

One to One Aide

awilson@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Betty Aiken

One to One Aide

baiken@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Steve Barosi

Counselor

sbarosi@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 102

Adam Bloom

Paraprofessional

abloom@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 260

Lani Brown

Middle School Teacher

lbrown@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 139

Sharon Camins

Elem. School Teacher

scamins@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 266

Sarah Cosenza

Teacher-Project Search

scosenza@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 100

Corin Duffy

BCBA

cduffy@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 331

Gina Dymond

High School Teacher

gdymond@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 346

Shivani Gaur

One to One Aide

sgaur@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Liz Haenchen

Paraprofessional

ehaenchen@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 342

Kelly Hess

One to One Aide

khess@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Martine Kelly

Occupational Therapist

mkelly@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 204

Taralynn Kuehl

Speech & Language

tkuehl@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 332

Suzi Manley

Paraprofessional

smanley@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 264

Katie Merckx

Art Teacher

kmerckx@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 245

Wynisha Mitchell

Paraprofessional

wmitchell@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Noelle Ostrander

One to One Aide

nostrander@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 260

Ashley Peterson

High School Teacher

apeterson@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 362

Sarah Preston

One to One Aide

spreston@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 100

Lori Rinaldi

Paraprofessional

lrinaldi@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 100

Haley Santacross

Paraprofessional

hsantacross@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 105

Terri Sostorecz

Elem. School Teacher

tsostorecz@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 106

Edna Torres

Paraprofessional

etorres@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 260

AnneMarie Wernlund

Supervisor/

Reading Specialist

awernlund@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 324

Juliet Akushie

Middle School Teacher

jakushie@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 262

Maura Belt

Occupational Therapist

mbelt@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 205

Renee Brana

Middle School Teacher

rbrana@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 264

Katie Budzinski

Paraprofessional

cbudzinski@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 145

Lisa Carle

High School Teacher

lcarle@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 223

Brian Dobler

Health & Phys. Ed.

bdobler@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 220

Ryan Duffy

Middle School Teacher

rduffy@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 138

Fred Fell

Counselor

ffell@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 142

Rebecca Gonzalez

Transition Teacher

rgonzalez@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 145

Jennifer Haines

Elem. School Teacher

jhaines@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 107

Maria Infante

Paraprofessional

minfante@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 346

Tiffani Kowaleski

Paraprofessional

tkowaleski@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 144

Marcia Lees

Paraprofessional

mlees@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 101

Kathi Marino

Nurse

kmarino@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 160

James Miller

Supervisor

jmiller2@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 327

Hanna Musto

Counselor

hmusto@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 268

Richard Ostrander

Technology Coordinator

rostrander@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 345

Maria Pfaadt-Eachus

Reading Specialist

meachus@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 335

Joe Rella

Technology

helpdesk@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 444

Pia Rodriguez

Occupational Therapy

prodriguez@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 206

Alaine Sheeley

Elem. School Teacher

asheeley@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 105

Maria Stadtmueller

Elem. School Teacher

mstadtmueller@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 104

Pablo Vasquez

High School Teacher

pvasquez@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 363

Dexter Williams

Paraprofessional

dwilliams@center.school

908-253-3870 xt 163