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Presenters & Facilitators

Hollis Dannaham

Hollis Dannaham, M.Ed., Hidden Sparks coach and facilitator, has been empowering complex learners for 30 years. She created Transform Boundaries, to help schools create programs and creative solutions for  their complex learners,  served as the Director of Academic Intervention at Explore Charter School, co-created a high school for at-risk teens, and  worked as a learning specialist for All Kinds of Minds. 

Faye Friedman

Faye Friedman has been practicing as a certified, licensed speech and language pathologist since 1991,  and has developed expertise in the area of language and literacy.  She is a certified provider for several reading programs such as Fast ForWord, Phonographix, Lindamood Bell (V&V and LiPs) and Read Naturally. FShe was the Educational Director for the Weinberg Academy for four years and currently holds the position of Program Director for SHEMESH. 

Monica Klein

Monica  holds a Master’s degree from Bank Street and is currently the Lower School Technology and Design Teacher at the Dwight School. Early in her career, she was a pre-school teacher at Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway and then she shifted in to their educational technology team, after which she worked at Ramaz Lower School as the education technology specialist. Prior to her current position, she worked as the Educational Technology Consultant at DigitalJLearning, of The Jewish Education Project.

Rabbi Dr. Uriel Lubetski

Rabbi Dr. Uriel Lubetski has over twenty years of experience in education, with fifteen years as a principal in a variety of Middle Schools and High Schools in the US. Today, he serves as the Director of Education in Sulamot, writing curricula in Mishna and Halacha for  schools around the world. Rabbi Dr. Lubetski earned his doctorate from Azrieli School of Jewish Education and Administration at Yeshiva University in Applying Project Based Learning to Tanach. 

Dr. Sara Reichman

Sara Reichman, PhD, a  clinical psychologist in private practice, serves as a Hidden Sparks coach. She holds a doctorate from the Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology of Yeshiva University, and served as Senior Psychologist at New York University Medical Center, where she gained extensive experience working with children and families and was part of a multidisciplinary team that performed neurodevelopmental evaluations. 

Andrea Rousso

Andrea taught for 33 years before joining the Hidden Sparks team as a coach and facilitator. She  taught emotionally fragile children with special needs, and served as a teacher-trainer for special education.  Andrea received a Bank Street Early Childhood Education award, and  was a  facilitator for the Schools Attuned Program of All Kinds of Minds. 

Lily Howard Scott

Lily Howard Scott, MS, is a teacher and curriculum developer  and graduate of Northwestern University and Bank Street College of Education.  She is particularly interested in designing curriculum that weaves together social, emotional, and academic learning and her writing about the importance of a child-centered, holistic approach to teaching and learning has been published in The Washington Post. 

Molly Warner

Molly Warner is a Hidden Sparks coach who has been involved in education for 38 years.  She holds  Master’s degrees in Special Education from the Bank Street College of Education, and from  Teachers College in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.  Molly was a classroom teacher at the Dalton School, facilitator for All Kinds of Minds, and  the middle school learning specialist at The School at Columbia University. 

Davia Brown Franklyn

Davia Brown Franklyn, M.S. Ed, is the Senior Director of Partnerships for the Bank Street Education Center (BSEC), in her role she supports district-wide initiatives in examining their vision and change management structures to offer intentional professional development to improve instructional practices in early childhood settings. Franklyn’s 20-year career has centered on the critical work of building quality learning environments in under-resourced communities and coordinating professional development programs for teachers, community based organization leaders and community college faculty.

Jared Scheck

Jared Scheck holds a BA in Psychology from Boston University, and a MA in Politics and Education from Teachers College, Columbia University.  Jared has dedicated his career to advancing educational equity for all students. Prior to his time with The Education Center of Bank Street College, Jared has worked in Boston as a paraprofessional, and as a coordinator for an after-school college access non-profit.

Hidden Sparks Team @ The Summit

Debbie Niderberg

Debbie Niderberg, Executive Director, helped launch Hidden Sparks, from conceptual development to its present size and worked collaboratively to design its unique programming, and build the organization’s infrastructure and professional leadership. She is also responsible for developing new initiatives, such as Hidden Sparks Without Walls, and new programmatic and funding partnerships. Prior to coming to Hidden Sparks, Ms. Niderberg served as the Executive Director for The Nash Family Foundation, and co-founded the Jewish Children’s Learning Lab, an interactive Jewish children’s museum in New York and managed the Outreach and Special Projects division for the Fund for Jewish Education.  She was selected for participation in the Maoz-Advot program for educational leaders. She is the grateful mom of 6 children (and a son-in-law).

Elizabeth Fox

Elizabeth Fox, Ed.M., Director of Education, previously served as a professional development advisor for the Center for the Professional Education of Teachers at Teachers College, Columbia University and as the Director of Community Programs for Outward Bound where she created an organizational development program for school leaders. In both roles she was able to apply cutting-edge research to challenges of school culture, curriculum, instruction and assessment faced by a range of public schools. Ms. Fox has also designed and facilitated workshops on project-based learning and school reform. She is currently a doctoral student in English Education at Columbia University.

Sara Diament

Sara Diament, Director of School Services, holds a Master’s degree in Health and Behavior Studies from Teacher’s College, Columbia University and a Master’s in Jewish History from Yeshiva University. Prior to Hidden Sparks, she worked with at-risk youth for Youth Advocate Programs Bergen County,  ran a psycho-educational program for adolescents at the Somerset Women’s Health Center, and developed, led anti-bullying workshops for students, teachers and parents  through the Jewish Women’s Foundation,  and served as a consultant to Jewish day schools on health curriculum development. 

To find about about the ways in which Hidden Sparks can support your school, please reach out to Sara Diament, Director of Hidden Sparks Sara@HiddenSparks.org