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
