Elizabeth Werdesheim

Elizabeth cultivates leadership giving by partnering with our parents, grandparents, and key community stakeholders to support impactful initiatives and long-term strategic growth. Bringing two decades of corporate strategic-account management and philanthropy experience, she leverages deep relationship-building expertise to drive meaningful donor impact. Elizabeth also serves as the head coach of the JV and Varsity Cross…

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Terrika Mays

With more than 20 years of experience in early childhood education, including experience in Montessori classrooms, Terrika brings a deep understanding of how young children learn, grow, and make meaning of the world around them. As Preschool Assistant Director, she supports both students and educators by helping cultivate a nurturing, engaging, and developmentally responsive learning…

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Connie White

Connie White serves as Director of Mount Vernon Ventures, where she partners with schools and leaders to design future-ready strategies for teaching, learning, innovation, and organizational growth. A former Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics teacher, Connie brings more than 25 years of experience advancing curriculum design, assessment, technology integration, artificial intelligence, and professional learning across K–12…

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Dr. Katie Robinson

Dr. Katie Robinson (she/her) is originally from the mountains of northeast Georgia. Her love of performing arts and theater led her to study musical theater at the Walnut Hill School for the Arts in high school. She then earned her bachelor’s degree in Theatre for Youth from Piedmont University in 2014. During that time, Katie…

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Lynn Luster

Lynn Luster has been at Mount Vernon School since 2019. She loves the students and her colleagues and enjoys the creativity she is afforded as a designer, teacher, artist, and learner. In person, Lynn teaches several Ceramics classes, leads the Traveling Classroom Program and Interim for Credit courses, and serves as the Learning Architect for…

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Ben Potter

Ben joined the Mount Vernon community in 2017 as a member of the Upper School Humanities faculty after several years as an educator at both the secondary and university levels. He now serves as Senior Instructional Designer and Dean of Students for the Mount Vernon School Online, where his passion for connecting with students and…

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