Mentor Coaches

We are excited to announce the Verizon Innovative Learning Schools mentor coaches for the 2025-26 school year. This group of our most outstanding coaches will help support and inspire new and/or struggling Verizon Innovative Learning Schools and coaches by delivering in-person or virtual professional learning sessions, leading virtual discussion groups, hosting site visits, and doing one-on-one mentoring.

2025-26 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools mentor coaches are:

• Amy Bauer Kulas, Lancaster School, Milwaukee Public Schools
• Nia Cannon, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, Atlanta Public Schools
• Raquel Chick, Euclid Park School, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
• Rachael Eberhardt, Albuquerque School of Excellence
• Emilia Fusarelli, Ponus Ridge STEAM Academy, Norwalk Public Schools
• Susan Gregory, Dover High School, Capital School District
• Bermude Jules, Orange High School, Orange Public Schools
• Dan Kreiness, Norwalk High School, Norwalk Public Schools
• Amy Lupardi, Dwight Morrow High School/Academies at Englewood, Englewood Public School District
• Murissa Mays, Frontier STEM High School & Frontier School of Excellence, Frontier Schools
• Krisheral Robinson-Stokes, Horace Mann Middle School, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• Laura Smith, Jasper County Middle School, Jasper County Charter System
• Keegan Tosser, Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, Kansas City Public Schools
• Keisha Ware-Royal, Memphis School of Excellence Mendenhall, Memphis School of Excellence