Staff 2023-2024

Administration And Office
Kindergarten
1st Grade
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
6th Grade
Middle School
Specialists
Special Education
Paraprofessionals
Janitorial

Administration And Office

Dr. Kathleen Mortensen
Executive Director
kmortensen@wlamn.org

Ben Broderick
K-4 Principal
bbroderick@wlamn.org

Nick Rice
5-8 Principal
nrice@wlamn.org

Jessica Erickson
Dean of Students
jerickson@wlamn.org

Megan Nafe
Curriculum Coordinator
mnafe@wlamn.org

Casidee Schrandt
Office Manager/Enrollment-MARSS Coordinator
cschrandt@wlamn.org

Nicole Link
Human Resources / Communications Administrator / Transportation Coordinator
nlink@wlamn.org

Nancy Baumann
Office Coordinator
nbaumann@wlamn.org

Jodi Webb
Receptionist
jwebb@wlamn.org

Brianna Klein
Health Services
bklein@wlamn.org

Amy Sorensen
Food Services
asorensen@wlamn.org

Norma Martinez
Food Services
nmartinez@wlamn.org

Jessica Graff
Behavioral Support
jgraff@wlamn.org

Sam Cunningham
Behavioral Support
jgraff@wlamn.org

Colin Schreier
Behavioral Support
cscheier@wlamn.org

4th Grade

Steffani Jones
sjones@wlamn.org

Radhika Sharma
rsharma@wlamn.org

Maddie Knutson
mknutson@wlamn.org

Samantha Barr
sbarr@wlamn.org

Logan Dotter
ldotter@wlamn.org

5th Grade

Kelly Cappelen
kcappelen@wlamn.org

Colleen Lautenbach
clautenbach@wlamn.org

Katie Slaggie
kslaggie@wlamn.org

Sydney Streeter
sstreeter@wlamn.org

6th Grade

Chi-Chi Richards-Okorie
crichardsokorie@wlamn.org

Lindsey Adams
ladams@wlamn.org

Maggie Vietor
mvietor@wlamn.org

Middle School

Kalleigh Mayson, kmay@wlamn.org - History & Geography

Ellen Hinck, ehinck@wlamn.org - Language Arts

Laura Geary, Lgeary@wlamn.org - Math

Autumn Handahl, Ahandahl@wlamn.org - Science

Specialists

Sandy Session ssession@wlamn.org - Art Cecelia Lauermann, clauermann@wlamn.org - Music K-5 Jolene Skordahl, jskordahl@wlamn.org - Physical Education Harley Hazel, hhazel@wlamn.org - Physical Education Brian Meyer, bmeyer@wlamn.org - Leadership Sam Elmquist, selmquist@wlamn.org - Leadership/Art

Special Education

Special Education Director

Paula Krippner, pkrippner@designlearn.net

Special Education Coordinator

Emma Beck, ebeck@wlamn.org

Special Education Teachers

Mallory Greenwood, mgreenwood@wlamn.org

Julie Ohs, johs@wlamn.org

Morgan Seegert, mseegert@wlamn.org

Pam Schieffer, pschieffer@wlamn.org

Ryan Zamzow, rzamzow@wlamn.org

Cassandra Christiansen, cchristiansen@wlamn.org

Allison Youngblood, ayoungblood@wlamn.org

English Language Coordinator & Teachers

Christina Burnett, cburnett@wlamn.org

Ben Martinson, bmartinson@wlamn.org

Response to Intervention Coordinators

Alex Iwasko, aiwasko@wlamn.org

Taylor Smith, tsmith@wlamn.org

Ashlee Koerner, akoerner@wlamn.org

Counselor

Luke Ekelund, lekelund@wlamn.org

Building Substitute

Marc Ives, mives@wlamn.org

Paraprofessionals

Nic Bedard Steve Lock Denise Plappert Peter Niederbrach Claudia Poptelecan Alyssa Meyer Alyson Gustave Molly Burfeind Lori Conn Michelle Simonet Vince Johnson Stephanie Hall Brianna Hall

Janitorial

Roberto Martinez Thomas Calderon

Contact WLA

Main Office Phone/Attendance: 651-571-2100
Fax: 651-571-8900

Office Hours: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Summer Office Hours Monday-Thursday: 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)
School Hours: 9:20 AM - 3:50 PM

Address: 8089 Globe Drive, Woodbury, MN 55125

Executive Director, Kathy Mortensen: kmortensen@wlamn.org

Our Authorizer

Volunteers of America-Minnesota
7625 Metro Blvd
Edina, MN 55439

VOA Contact: Stephanie Olsen
solsen@voamn.org

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