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Administrative Leadership

**Dr. Caryl Hess ‘74**
Interim School President
chess@theelms.org

**Mrs. Emily Benni, M.Ed.**
Principal
ebenni@theelms.org

**Jennifer Ingraham**
Vice President of Enrollment Management
jingraham@theelms.org

**Stephannie Lowe**
Chief Financial Officer
slowe@theelms.org

Faculty & Staff

**Olivia Althen**
Grade 1 - Lower School

**James Brown**
History & English - Upper School
jbrown@theelms.org

**Erika Bugaj**
Title Teacher
ebugaj@theelms.org

**Janine Dudones**
Auxiliary Specialist
jdudones@theelms.org

**Mrs. Dubravetz**
Office Manager- Lower School
kdubravetz@theelms.org

**Kathryn Dull-Watts**
Art - Lower School
kwatts@theelms.org

**Elaine Fippin**
English - Upper School
efippin@theelms.org

**Rebecca Gravenstein**
Mathematics - Upper School
rgravenstein@theelms.org

**Jennifer Hasbach**
Grade 4 - Lower School
jhasbach@theelms.org

**Kelli Hohenadel**
Middle School Social Studies, Team Lead & ELMS Eats
khohenadel@theelms.org

**Alise Johnson**
Grade 2 - Lower School
ajohnson@theelms.org

**Curtrese Jones**
Instructional Aide
cjones@theelms.org

**Heidi Ledbetter**
Theology - Upper School
hledbetter@theelms.org

**Kelly Luck**
Mathematics - Upper School
kluck@theelms.org

**Janelle Puryear**
Business Office Manager
jpuryear@theelms.org

**Marina Ristev**
Middle School
mristev@theelms.org

**Angela Scherer**
Integrated Sciences - High School
ascherer@theelms.org

**Sam Smith**
Grade 5 - Lower School
ssmith@theelms.org

**Dr. Lama Tawk-Cota**
STEM - High School Team Lead
ltawk-cota@theelms.org

**Dominic Tomei**
Spanish, Physical Education - Upper School
dtomei@theelms.org.

**Kellie Ulatoski**
Cafeteria Manager - Lower School
kulatoski@theelms.org

**Carol Ungvarsky**
Chemistry - Upper School
cungvarsky@theelms.org

**Jean Varian**
Title I Tutor
jvarian@theelms.org

**Adam Williams**
Facility Manager
awilliams@theelms.org

**Alexis Wisniewski**
Upper School Counselor
awisniewski@theelms.org

**Lucy Yang**
Chinese - Upper School
lyang@theelms.org

Our Lady of the Elms School

1375 W Exchange St,

Akron, OH 44313

(330) 836 - 9384 admissions@theelms.org

Hours

Mon 08:00 - 15:00

Tue 08:00 - 15:00

Wed 08:00 - 15:00

Thu 08:00 - 15:00

Fri 08:00 - 15:00

Sat Closed

Sun Closed

Home Calendar Career Opportunities

Our Lady of the Elms School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally according or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.