AHE board

AHE Board of Directors

Betty Jane ENNO

B.S., RMT, CYT

BETTY JANE has been a Waldorf Class Teacher as well as a Kindergarten Teacher at the Austin Waldorf School since 1984. She received her Certification from the AHE Student Support program in 2009. She is a Licensed Pediatric Therapist and has begun her training in Einribung ( Rhythmical Massage) and has enjoyed working as a Qigong and Yoga Instructor. She is a WECAN Representative for the TMCSR Region. She travels as a mentor, consultant, and site visitor for WECAN and early childhood and remedial programs nationally and internationally. She enjoyed her work on the Board and Teaching Staff of the Waldorf Initiative, "Seminar de las Estrellas" program. Her latest creative endeavor was consulting for the Stepping Stones Children's Museum in Connecticut in creating a Sensory/Movement room for young children.
Betty Jane has been honored to work on the Board of Directors of the Association for a Healing Education since 2009.

Renni GREENBERG

MA. Ed., T.T. E

RENNI Greenberg, a member of the Board of Directors since 2018, is currently in private practice as a learning specialist, providing developmental learning support for students, and offering a gamut of related services, including assessment, program development, mentoring and professional development. Renni draws from her many years of experience as a faculty member in several Waldorf Schools, most recently at the Hawthorne Valley Waldorf School where she formed a learning support program for the elementary school. Renni also served as the Learning Resources Teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School in NYC, following more than a decade of working closely with the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School, providing student learning support and assessment. Renni was a founding faculty member of the Berkshire Waldorf High School, and in the early years of that school she fulfilled many roles, including Educational Support Teacher, Admissions, and College Advising.

Renni received her Transdisciplinary Therapeutic Educator certification through the Gradalis training in 2006, and a Master of Arts in Education degree, with an emphasis in Waldorf Remedial Education, in 2009. Renni is certified by the Orton Gillingham Academy to provide literacy instruction, and has trained with Marilyn Zecher in Multi-Sensory Math (an Orton-Gillingham approach to teaching math). She draws from multiple modalities in her work with students, including Extra Lesson, HANDLE, and Bal-A-Vis-X.

Elyce PERICO

MA Ed., TTE

ELYCE has been the Educational Support Coordinator since 2009 at the Hartsbrook School in Hadley, MA where she was a class teacher from 1994-2008. As an active participant in the Care Group work, Elyce felt a profound need to deepen her understanding of human development given to us by Rudolf Steiner, and further cultivated by others working with these foundational principles. She received her Therapeutic Educator certification through the Gradalis training in 2007, and a Master of Arts in Education degree with an emphasis in Waldorf Remedial Education in 2009. Elyce is also certified as an Orton-Gillingham reading instructor and as a HANDLE (Holistic Approach to Neurodevelopment and Learning Efficiency) Screener.

Robert KUSHLER

ROB Kushler is known in anthroposophical circles as “Mr. Oresti”, having been the spouse of Mary Jo Oresti for over thirty years. He is a former professor of statistics at Oakland University in Rochester Michigan (not New York, Minnesota, or California – all common mistakes), where his work included consulting and teaching activities in the automotive industry. After retiring in 2015, he has kept busy with a variety of activities, including membership in a choir, volunteering at a local community farm, and attending Oakland U basketball games. When not otherwise occupied, he likes to spend as much time as possible in Michigan's Upper Peninsula (regardless of the season). AHE is the latest in a fairly long list of organizations for which he has served as treasurer.

Connie HELMS

M.ED.

CONNIE Helms, M.Ed. has been a co-director of AHE's Educational Support Program for many years. A graduate of AHE's cycle 3, she travels in North America as an Educational Support consultant and whole class screener, and also works online as a consultant and workshop presenter. Prior to running a private Extra Lesson practice in Vermont serving children, adolescents and adults, she was the Extra Lesson/Learning Support teacher at the Lake Champlain Waldorf School in Shelburne, VT. She has a Waldorf teacher certification from Antioch University New England and taught as a special educator in public schools in New Hampshire and Vermont. Connie has served on AHE's Board of Directors since 2005.

Julia KING

M.Ed.

JULIA holds a B.S. in justice and policy studies with a minor in education from Guilford College. She went on to earn an M.Ed. in counseling psychology from Cambridge College, with certification in school guidance for grades 5–12, as well as certification in principal administration at Boston University. In 2022, she completed a three-year program in administration, leadership, and school Development with Leading With Spirit. She is also a graduate of AHE's three-year Extra Lesson training.

Julia’s professional experience includes ten years working as a certified school counselor in the Belmont Public School system, and two years at the Waldorf High School of Mass Bay. She is a graduate of the Waldorf School of Lexington, and her two sons now attend WSL.

Lorie HENRY

M.Ed.

LORIE Henry received a Waldorf teacher certification from Antioch University New England, and worked as a classroom teacher from 1990-2018. During that time, she served on the College of Teachers and the Care Group at the Charlottesville Waldorf School. In 2008, she completed the Bal-A-Vis-X program with Bill Hubert in New York city. She became a certified Wilson Dyslexia Practitioner in 2012, and tutored privately for many years. In 2018, she graduated from AHE cycle 11, and created the Educational Support Program at the Charlottesville Waldorf School.

Dana FLEMING

DANA Fleming is a Waldorf class teacher turned subject teacher, working at the Great Oak School in Texas. An auditor of AHE’s Cycle 10, she hopes to help AHE with the myriad tasks involved in bringing the Extra Lesson work to as many children and schools as possible. Dana works to include healing movement in each of her German classes, from body geography to Bal-A-Vis-X. She is astonished to see the rising number of children needing Extra Lesson work in each incoming class and strives to bring them the support they need.

Julie BARSAM-CUMMINGS

JULIE Barsam-Cummings has been involved in Waldorf education for over 20 years. She holds both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from Tufts University and completed her Waldorf teacher training at Antioch University. She is also a graduate of the Association for a Healing Education (AHE) Educational Support Training Program. She began her Waldorf journey as a parent before transitioning to a teaching role at the Waldorf School of Lexington. She has also served as a Class Teacher at the Austin Waldorf School and the Maine Coast Waldorf School. In addition to classroom responsibilities, she serves on accreditation teams for both the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). She holds a particular passion for the Extra Lesson and its capacity to support the developmental needs of both children and adults.

Su RUBINOFF

SU Rubinoff has been a kindergarten teacher at the Meadowbrook Waldorf School in Rhode Island for 35 years, and worked with children for several years prior. She holds a Waldorf Early Childhood Certificate, a BS in Natural Resources, and is an AHE graduate. When Su is not in the kindergarten classroom, she is part of the Student Support Group doing observations, meeting with parents, and bringing multiple resources, including Extra Lesson, to the teachers at Meadowbrook.