Meet Our Team

Erin Bradley

Academic Administrator of Special Programs

ebradley2@k12.com

Annie Butzu

High School Assistant Principal

annbutzu@michva.org

Tanya Kuipers

Elementary School Principal

tkuipers@michva.org

Tanya Kuipers

Elementary School Principal

tkuipers@michva.org

Tanya Kuipers graduated from Grand Valley State University with both her Bachelor of Arts in English Language Arts and Elementary Education and her Masters in Educational Leadership. She taught second grade for six years in Muskegon before joining Michigan Virtual Charter Academy in March 2012. Mrs. Kuipers taught fourth grade for four years at MVCA before transitioning to a leadership role. Mrs. Kuipers has served as the Elementary Principal since January 2017 and enjoys working with the MVCA staff to better serve the families of MVCA. Mrs. Kuipers resides in Muskegon with her husband and four sons.

Amela Redzic

Student Support Administrator

aredzic@michva.org

Amela Redzic

Student Support Administrator

aredzic@michva.org

Mrs. Redzic earned both her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from Western Kentucky University. She brings a wealth of experience to her role, having served in education for more than 21 years across multiple states, including Kentucky, New York, Tennessee, Arizona, and Michigan.

She served in various roles within the school system before joining MVCA in 2014 as a member of the Student Support Team (SST). Mrs. Redzic strongly believes in the five E’s that drive her team to support all MVCA students: Student Engagement, Equipping students with necessary tools, Encouraging and Empowering students so they can meet their Expectations and gain personal success. She resides in Grand Rapids with her family.

Emily Roberts

Interim Middle School Principal

ERobertsStall@michva.org

Melissa Smith

Executive Director - Head of School

msmith@michva.org

Laura VanDuyn

Principal | High School

Laura VanDuyn

Principal | High School

Dr. VanDuyn has had the privilege and honor to serve as an educator for over 35 years.  She has enjoyed serving as a teacher, a school principal at all levels, a district assistant director, a district director, a countywide executive director, an administrative consultant, and a superintendent of schools.  Dr. VanDuyn’s background includes experience in both private and public education, elementary and secondary levels, as well as general and special education.  In her preK-12^th grade experiences, Dr. VanDuyn has served in both large and small districts ranging from 3,500 to 24,000 students with a rich diversity of demographics.  Her work with collaborative teams has led to increases in student achievement and system-wide initiatives enhancing services for students, staff, parents, and the communities in which she served.  Dr. VanDuyn has been a presenter at statewide conferences on topics such as school funding/budgeting, as she embraces the importance of both the academic and the operational aspects of the education system.  Additionally, Dr. VanDuyn has served as an accreditation review team member to assist school systems in earning a comprehensive national accreditation.

Dr. VanDuyn has a passion for serving students and families and takes great interest in serving the whole child – knowing there are many factors that contribute to student success.  She took a leading role in collaborating with a major health organization to secure funding to open a school-based health clinic on campus.  That school-based health clinic provided for medical, mental health, and dental services for students and the community.  To further that work, she became a Board of Directors member for a statewide non-profit organization that advocates for legislation and funding to provide for school-based health clinics in districts across the state of Michigan.  Additionally, Dr. VanDuyn was asked to be an active member of an advocacy and training group to align education, health and law enforcement professionals to research ways to eradicate youth suicides.  Her work in that role provided her with the honor of being nominated for the Hometown Hero Award.

Dr. VanDuyn earned a Doctor of Education degree in Organizations and Leadership at the University of San Francisco; a Post Master’s degree in Educational Leadership at St. Mary’s University; a Master of Science degree in at Minnesota State University; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from the University of Nevada.  Dr. VanDuyn conducted qualitative research while a doctoral candidate at the University of San Francisco in San Francisco, California.  In 2007 she published The Relationship Between the Organizational Culture of a School and the Academic Achievement of English Language Learners.  She holds teaching and administrative certifications and has been a teacher and administrator in 4 states, bringing a broad range of experience in state and local education systems.

Dr. VanDuyn is excited to be able to apply her experience and love for the total educational enterprise to Michigan Virtual Charter Academy.  Her work as superintendent and consultant led her to the world of virtual learning.  She embraced it wholeheartedly as an incredibly important choice in educational opportunities for students and families for a myriad of reasons.  She is elated to have an opportunity to continue to learn, collaborate and work alongside the gifted staff, students and families of Michigan Virtual Charter Academy!

While living out her passion for travel and serving others, Dr. VanDuyn traveled to more than 40 countries around the world to explore other cultures and to do development work.  She now lives out her most important passion and love – as mother and wife.  She and her husband share the joy of being parents to their teenage daughter and son who are both outstanding and kind young people, excellent students and successful athletes.  They spend their time as a family traveling domestically and internationally, attending their kids’ sporting events, being with friends and family, and enjoying the spunk of their 2 dogs, Carl and Otis.

Sabrina VandenHeuvel

Elementary Assistant Principal

svandenheuvel@michva.org

Lauri Alexander

Lead Counselor

laalexander@michva.org

Kirsten Brown

CRE Coordinator

kirsbrown@michva.org

Linda Cilla-Cooper

High School Counselor (students with dual enrollment)

licillacooper@michva.org

Amy Cooper

High School Counselor (students with last names D–H)

acooper@michva.org

Heather Esterline

Career and College Readiness Coordinator/AP Coordinator

heesterline@michva.org

Shawn Hopkins

Middle School Counselor

shopkins@michva.org

Susan LeVasseur

High School Counselor (students with last names S–Z)

slevasseur@michva.org

Melissa Martir

High School Counselor (students with last names M–R)

memartir@michva.org

Michael Scheel

High School Counselor (students with last names A–C)

mscheel@michva.org

Nicole Yaney

Counselor Technician

niyaney@michva.org

Danielle Amo

Elementary Teacher

danamo@michva.org

Stacey Bailey

Elementary Student Support Advisor

sbailey@michva.org

Bartley Bartley

Reading Intervention Teacher

Jennica Basler

3-5 Reading Interventionist

jbasler@michva.org

Katey Bigelow

2nd Grade Teacher

kbigelow@michva.org

Kristen Black

Elementary Teacher

kblack@michva.org

Katie Bobier

5th Grade Teacher

kbobier@michva.org

Sadie Bower

1st Grade Elementary Teacher

sbower@michva.org

Christine Brudzinski

3rd Grade Teacher

cbrudzinski@michva.org

Colleen Carrie

Elementary Lead Teacher

cocarrie@michva.org

Angela Christians

1st Grade Teacher

achristians@michva.org

Julie Clair

4th Grade Teacher

jclair@michva.org

Kinda Clark

Intervention Teacher/ Math

kclark@michva.org

Taylor Coe

Elementary Substitute Teacher

mcoe@michva.org

Claire Cummings

K-2 Reading Interventionist

clcummings@michva.org

Kerri DeLand

Kindergarten Teacher

kdeland@michva.org

Sharon Eretz

3rd Grade Teacher

seretz@michva.org

Emily Faehn

1st Grade Teacher

efaehn@michva.org

Bethany Gibson

Elementary Teacher

bgibson@michva.org

Lindsey Gillespie

1st Grade Teacher

lgillespie@michva.org

Kari Greer

Intervention Teacher/ Math

kgreer@michva.org

Aimee Jamison

Kindergarten Teacher

ajamison@michva.org

Meg Jensen

1st Grade Teacher

mjensen@michva.org

Anne Kelley

Intervention Teacher/ Reading

akelley@michva.org

Amber Lester

Kindergarten Teacher

alester@michva.org

Sheri Meloche

5th Grade Teacher

smeloche@michva.org

Samantha Meyer

2nd Grade Teacher

smeyer@michva.org

Susan Moors

2nd Grade Teacher

smoores@michva.org

Amelia Noble

4th Grade Teacher

anoble@michva.org

Brooke Persons

5th Grade Teacher

bpersons@michva.org

Lindsey Polaczyk

Elementary School Interventionist Teacher

lpolaczyk@michva.org

Adelaide Rase

Elementary Reading Interventionist

arase@michva.org

Lisa Rockwell

3rd Grade Teacher

lrockwell@michva.org

Morgan Ryskamp

Intervention Teacher/ Reading

mryskamp@michva.org

Jenna Salkowski

3rd Grade Teacher

jsalkowski@michva.org

Leoni Scharte

Elementary Teacher

lscharte@michva.org

Brianna Shepherd

Elementary Math Interventionist

bshepherd@michva.org

Christine Smith

Elementary Substitute Teacher

chsmith@michva.org

Sara Stewart

Kindergarten

sastewart@michva.org

Holly VanStrien

4th Grade Teacher

hvanstrien@michva.org

Heather Walker

4th Grade Teacher

hwalker@michva.org

Jamey Watson

5th Grade Teacher

jwatson@michva.org

Jessica Albrecht

Electives - Art

Amber Andres

Intervention- Math

Michelle Bagdasarian

Astronomy and Chemistry

Julie Baldwin

Electives - Music

jbaldwin@michva.org

Randy Barrette

High School Transition Coordinator

rbarrette@michva.org

Becky Birdsell

Intervention- Math

rbirdsell@michva.org

Hollie Brabbs

Psychology, US Government and AP Psychology

Grace Brown

Financial Literacy, Consumer Math, and Calculus

gbrown@michva.org

Katrina Bugielski

Geometry

Grace Carpenter

ELA Lead Teacher

gcarpenter@michva.org

Catherine Codden

Special Education

CCodden@michva.org

June Cohen

ELA

Amanda Coughlin

Electives - Physical Education and Health

acoughlin@michva.org

Jessie Crowe

Highschool Science Teacher

jcrowe@michva.org

Eric Daly

World History and US History

edaly@michva.org

Courtney DeSantis

High School Teacher

cdesantis@michva.org

Chelsea Duhaime

ELA Teacher

cduhaime@michva.org

Nicole Ehle

Earth Science, Anatomy and Physiology

Hanna Ferguson

9th Grade ELA Teacher

hferguson@michva.org

Andrea Ferguson

Math Lead Teacher

aferguson@michva.org

Angela Gilchrist

HS Spanish Substitute Teacher

agilchrist@michva.org

Sarah Greene

Intervention - Math

sgreene@michva.org

Stephanie Greydanus

Algebra I and Honors Algebra I

Amanda Hagerl

Contemporary World Issues, US Government and Global Economics Credit Recovery

Angela Hammer

World History and Law and Order

Tesse Heidel

Consumer Math and Pre Calculus/Trigonometry

Nicole Helm

High School Substitute Teacher

Lauren Hissong

ELA Teacher

lhissong@michva.org

Scott Hoofman

Substitute Teacher

Justine Hordyk

Highschool Math/Pre Algebra

jhordyk@michva.org

Emily Hudson

High School Social Studies Teacher

ehudson@michva.org

Jennifer Hull

ELA Teacher

jehull@michva.org

Kaylee Jaksa

Physical Science Credit Recovery, and Physical Science

kjaksa@michva.org

Brent Keller

Electives - Physical Education and Health

bkeller@michva.org

Stacy Kolassa

Algebra I and Algebra I Credit Recovery

skolassa@michva.org

Karna Lamb

klamb@michva.org

Andrea Lowder

Electives - Spanish

Vanessa Mallo

Special Education

Sue Markiewicz

US Government and Politics, US Government and Politics Credit Recovery and Sociology

smarkiewicz@michva.org

Chantell Martin

High School Lead Science Teacher

cmartin@michva.org

Katlyn McCall

ELA & SAT Prep

kmccall@michva.org

Emilia McGuckin

Electives Lead Teacher

Megan Michaels

Algebra II and Honors Algebra II

mmichaels@michva.org

Mackenzie Morse

ELA

John Norton

Substitute Teacher

Carolina Ormello

Highschool Teacher

cormello@michva.org

David Parker

Special Education

Joshua Pierce

AP Computer Science Teacher

jpierce@michva.org

Marie Prainito

Earth Science and Earth Science Credit Recovery

Adriana Ranta

Electives - Art

Ty Rock

Electives - Technology

Hillary Rose

Anthropology and US History

hrose@michva.org

Lindsey Russell

ELA

Jill Santa Rosa

Biology and Health Science

jsantarossa@michva.org

Emma Sera

Intervention- ELA, 9

Paul Shirar

Substitute Teacher

Oliver Small

Geometry and Honors Geometry

osmall@michva.org

Shawn Smith

High School Interventionist

shsmith@michva.org

Tracy Smith

High school Substitute Teacher

Shawn Smith

High School Math Interventionist

Gregory Smith

Forensic Science, Biology and Honors Biology

grsmith@michva.org

Timothy Solis

ELA Interventionist

Kevin Stephens

World History, Honors World history, and world history Credit Recovery

kstephens@michva.org

Susan Stephens

ELA Teacher

sstephens@michva.org

Della Topouzian

ELA

Brittney Vargas

Highschool Data Coach

bvargas@michva.org

Carrie Weingartz

Biology and Biology Credit Recovery

Zee Wiegand

ELA

LWiegand@michva.org

Brenda Wilkey

Electives - Technology

Aja Wisser

Intervention- ELA, 11

Holly Berriman

Middle School English Teacher

hberriman@michva.org

Emilee Bilski

Math – Intervention Teacher

ebilski@michva.org

Rebecca Brockington

Social Studies

rbrockington@michva.org

Christine Butler

Science Teacher

cbutler@michva.org

Mark Cifaldi

Math

Ashley Copacia

Intervention Teacher/ ELA

acopacia@michva.org

Victoria DenOuden

Science

vdenouden@michva.org

Skylar Everest

Special Programs Teacher

severest@michva.org

Julie Francis

Intervention Teacher/ Math

Allison Frey

Math Teacher

afrey@michva.org

Heather Getson

8th Grade Science Teacher

hgetson@michva.org

John Guthrie

Intervention Teacher/ Math and ELA

jguthrie@michva.org

Jennifer Halla

Math Coach & Science Coach

jhalla@michva.org

Angela Hancock

Teacher

Aubrie Kuryvial

Social Studies Teacher

akuryvial@michva.org

Jonah Lane-Moore

ELA Teacher

jlane-moore@michva.org

Jessica Laug

Math Teacher

jlaug@michva.org

Amanda Monahan

Intervention Teacher/Math

amonahan@michva.org

Kristina Nefstead

ELA Teacher

knefstead@michva.org

Michael Norton

Social Studies

Kimberly Pate

7th Grade Math Teacher

kpate@michva.org

Stacey Perkey

Math

stperkey@michva.org

Melonie Porubsky

Social Studies Teacher

mporubsky@michva.org

Jessica Raupp

Science

jraupp@michva.org

Razan Sajir

Substitute Teacher

Jim Schenck

Middle School ELA Teacher

jschenck@michva.org

Katrina Schlenvogt

Social Studies

Melanie Schultz

Intervention Teacher/ ELA

Heather Shue

ELA Teacher

hshue@michva.org

Joshua Smit

Middle School Teacher

jsmit@michva.org

Carlie Snider

ELA Teacher

csnider@michva.org

Emily Stefanich

Social Studies

estefanich@michva.org

Veronica Tait

Special Programs Teacher

Kaitlin Thrasher

Math Teacher

kthrasher@michva.org

Kimberly VandenBerg

ELA and Social Studies Coach

kvandenberg@michva.org

Brianna Walls

Science

bwalls@michva.org

Valencia Walton

Intervention Teacher/ ELA

vawalton@michva.org

Jason Woodward

PE/Health Teacher

jwoodard@michva.org

Alyxandra Zellinger

Math Teacher

azellinger@michva.org

Victoria Damico

Intake Coordinator

vdamico@k12.com

Erin Higgins

K-8 Registrar

ehiggins@michva.org

Jonathan Horton

Family Compliance Liaison

Chuck Kuhn

Operations Support Specialist

ckuhn@michva.org

Kalie Palmer

High School Registrar

kapalmer@michva.org

Faryn Scarlett

School Psychologist

fscarlett1@k12.com

Mike Taylor

Office Manager

Bridgette Weaver

Testing Coordinator

bweaver@michva.org

Josh Weld-Wallis

Manager, School Operations

jweld-wallis@michva.org

Rachel Arnette

Academic Professional Development Coordinator

Jessica Biehl

School Data Analyst

Sarah Chaar

Michigan State & Federal Grants Coordinator

schaar@michva.org

Heidi Gray

Interventionist Lead

hegray@michva.org

Justin Malama

Communication and Technology Coordinator

jumalama@michva.org

Kate Allington

Teacher/IEP Case Manager

kallington@michva.org

Angela Anderson

Special Education Teacher

ananderson@michva.org

Mallory Barnett

High School Self Contained Teacher

mbarnett@michva.org

Kristine Borbons

Special Education Teacher

kborbons@michva.org

Teresa Borton

Special Education Teacher

tborton@michva.org

Sandra Brueck

Special Programs Administrative Advisor

Sandbrueck@michva.org

Amy Cain

Special Programs Teacher

acain@michva.org

Theresa Cherney

Resource Teacher

tcherney@michva.org

Hanna Cole

Special Education Teacher

hcole@k12.com

Kaitlyn Collar

Special Education Teacher

Kcollar@michva.org

Shannon Colling

K-5 Case Manager

scolling@michva.org

Ramona Cotton

Transition Coordinator

rcotton@michva.org

Angela Coyle

School Psychologist

Acoyle2@k12.com

Brandie Cupp

Compliance Coordinator

bcupp@michva.org

Jessica Davenport

Special Education Teacher

jdavenport@mvca.org

Heather Dickerson

Middle School ESL

Hdickerson@michva.org

Brittany Dietz

High School Self-Contained Teacher

Bdietz@michva.org

Breanne Edmonds

Special Education Manager Grades 6-12

bredmonds@michva.org

Tara Elfakir

504 Coordinator

telfakir@michva.org

Vanessa Fabbri

High School Special Education Teacher-Self Contained

vfabbri@michva.org

Seth Finley

Special Education Teacher

sfinley@michva.org

Betty Fiske

HS Self Contained Teacher

bfiske@michva.org

Phylicia Furlow

Child Find Coordinator

phyfurlow@michva.org

Rachel Gobble

Special Education Elementary Teacher

rgobble@michva.org

Cathy Goffas

ELL Teacher

cgoffas@michva.org

Madison Hill (Kontio)

Speech-Language Pathologist

mahill@michva.org

Carissa Hopkins

SPED Student Support Advisor

cahopkins@michva.org

Victor Hubbard

Tutoring Coordinator Assistant

Stephanie Hyska

High School ELL Teacher

Roxanne Johnson

ELL Teacher

rojohnson@michva.org

Candi Jones

Self-Contained 6-8 Middle School Teacher

cjones@michva.org

Heather Kaczmarek

English Learner Lead Teacher

hkaczmarek@michva.org

Marcus Kelley Jr.

High School Special Education Teacher

mkelley@michva.org

Rebekah Kempe

SPED Case Manager

rkempe@michva.org

Terri LaPointe

MS Special Education Teacher

tlapointe@michva.org

Cara Lichty

Special Education Teacher

clichty@michva.org

Corey Melendez

SE Graduation Coach

comelendez@michva.org

Andrea Mikita

MS SPED Teacher

amikita@michva.org

Kristin Miller

Special Education

kmiller@michva.org

Ally Morgan

Elementary Special Education Teacher

amorgan@michva.org

Sarah Neitzel

Special Education Registrar

Debra Noble

Special Education

dnoble@michva.org

Aleia O'Quinn

Special Education

aleoquinn@michva.org

Tara Perry

Special Education Teacher/ Substitute

tperry@michva.org

Michelle Reilly

Special Programs Supervisor

mreilly@michva.org

Ron Robertson

Special Programs Substitute Teacher

Ashley Robinson

Related Services Coordinator

Asrobinson@k12.com

Meg Ryan

Elementary SPED Teacher

mryan@michva.org

Carrie Smith

Special Education

csmith@michva.org

Megan Stender

MS Special Education Teacher

mstender@michva.org

Michelle Stovall

Elementary Self-Contained Program

mstovall@michva.org

Theresa Tousley

Case Manager Resource Room teacher

ttousley@michva.org

Stacy Tubbs

Special Programs Teacher

stubbs@michva.org

Elizabeth Turgeon

Elementary Special Education Teacher

eturgeon@michva.org

Saya Vankrevelen

ELEM Self-Contained Teacher

svankrevelen@michva.org

Tamia Williams

Special Programs Teacher

twilliams@michva.org

Christina Bradley

Foster Care & Homeless Liaison (K-12)

chbradley@michva.org

Chantay Brooks

Student Support Advisor (MS)

cbrooks@michva.org

BreYanna Chism

Student Support Advisor (MS)

brchism@michva.org

Jan Collier

Student Resource Coordinator (HS)

jcollier@michva.org

Cherie Conklin

Student Support Advisor

cconklin@michva.org

Jessica Dondapati

Student Support Advisor

jedondapati@michva.org

Nasiha Duric

Student Support Advisor

naduric@michva.org

Aly Duthler

aduthler@michva.org

Aislynn Early

Student Support Advisor (HS)

aiearley@michva.org

Sydney Hornkohl

Student Support Advisor (MS)

syhornkohl@michva.org

Loannie Houston

Student Attendance Specialist (HS)

lhouston@michva.org

Sophie Hullinger

MS Attendance Specialist

sohullinger@michva.org

Stephanie Johnson

Student Support Advisor

stjohnson@michva.org

Tania Kazanjian

Student Support Advisor (HS)

tkazanjian@michva.org

Karlie King

Student Support Advisor

kking@michva.org

Gayle Korhorn

Student Support Lead (K-12)

gkorhorn@michva.org

Dave Krause

Student Resource Coordinator (K-8)

dkrause@michva.org

Chelsea Kulak

Student Support Advisor

chkulak@michva.org

Linsey Miller

K-5 Student Attendance Specialist

lmiller@michva.org

Rebecca Osborn

Family Engagement Advisor (K-12)

rosborn@michva.org

Sandra Sakofske

Student Support Advisor (HS)

ssakofske@michva.org

Jessica Sarcona

Student Support Advisor(K-5)

jsarcona@michva.org

Devon Stiebe

Student Support Advisor (K-5)

destiebe@michva.org

Melissa Tackitt

Student Support Advisor (K-5)

mtackitt@k12.com

Matte Wiegand

Student Support Advisor (HS)

Mwiegand@michva.org

Carmen Woodson

Student Support Advisor

cwoodson@k12.com

Cass Zoutendyk

Student Support Advisor

czoutendyk@michva.org