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Our Board Members

Valley Montessori School’s Board of Trustees provide strategic leadership in support of our school mission. The board makes long-term decisions, provides financial management and communicates regularly with our Head of School to ensure excellence in education for the current and future children of VMS. As the Board’s mission is to preserve and protect the long term health and well-being of the school, they have created, with input from the VMS community, a long range strategic plan that sets the annual agenda for the board and determines the annual goals and objectives for the director. The decision-making structure at VMS is highly collaborative to bring out the very best in the group.

The Board of Trustees is comprised of the following multi-talented and highly dedicated volunteers. To contact the Board with questions, email boardchair@vmschool.org.

Board of Trustee, Chair

Rachel Watson-Clark

VMS Alumni Parent
Pricipal Leader for Advanced Materials, Lawrence Livermore Lab

Board Trustee

Sue Bayer

Retired VMS Middle School Teacher & Program Coordinator
Former member of AMS Board of Directors

Board Trustee

April Gallagher

VMS Alumni Parent

Board Trustee

Ben Hyman

VMS Alumnus
Associate Attorney, Moore, Christoff & Siddiqui, PLLC

Board Trustee

Rachel Batstone

VMS Parent
Director of Client Experience, Bay Bridge Capital Group

Board Trustee

Alexis Corbett

VMS Parent

Board Trustee

Liz Kline

VMS Parent
Chief Product Officer, Reading Futures

Board Trustee

Gretchen Mancieri

Former VMS Director of Elementary & Middle School
Former VMS Teacher and Parent
Head of School, Madison Community Montessori

Board Trustee

Lal Ramchandani

VMS Parent
Director of Sales Analytics, E.J. Gallo Winery

Board Trustee

Nicola Corzine

VMS Parent
CEO, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center

Board Trustee

Cristen Wathen, LPCC, NCC, BC-TMH

VMS Parent
Associate Professor, Palo Alto University

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1273 N. Livermore Ave.
Livermore, CA 94551

Tel: 925.455.8021

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8:30am – 5:30pm

Valley Montessori School is the largest not-for-profit and triple accredited school in California. We are fully accredited by the American Montessori Society (AMS), the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS), and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). VMS is a certified California Green Business making us the only school in the Tri-Valley and just one of six Montessori schools in the state of California with this distinguished honor. Valley Montessori is a nationally recognized model of Montessori education, attracting the best and brightest educators and staff. 

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY: Valley Montessori School admits students of any race, national or ethnic origin, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, religion, socioeconomic status, physical challenge, or ancestry to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally made available to all students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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