2023-2024 ISEEN Online - Facilitator Bios

Meg Anderson-Johnston (she/her) is currently serving as the Assistant Director of Upper School at University Prep in Seattle, WA. In her fifteen years in education, Meg has worked as an instructional aide, classroom teacher, advisor, dean, and coach. In her current role, Meg is focused on helping students become compassionate, equity-minded student leaders and facilitators. She is excited to connect with others working with students to build leadership skills.

Co-Facilitator for: Student Leadership 

Greta Block runs the outdoor program at Lakeside School in Seattle, Washington. She started at Lakeside in 2013 and has served in various roles at the school in global education, service learning, and outdoor education. Previous to Lakeside she worked at two other independent schools and received her masters degree in experiential education from IslandWood and the University of Washington. In her free time she loves to explore the woods with her husband and daughter, bake delicious desserts, and complete jigsaw puzzles.
Facilitator for: Outdoor Education

Ané Ebie-Mouton teaches Middle and High School Social Sciences and Speech and Debate at The Awty International School. Ané works with her learners to cultivate a beloved classroom community, foregrounding curricular decolonization and learning about one's authentic self in relationship with the society in which they live. This work is catalyzed through the transdisciplinary confluence of the Arts and Humanities. Ané looks forward to facilitating conversations through this framework with resources that prompt conversations that equip, empower, activate!
Facilitator for: BIPOC Experiential Educators 
Drea Gallaga is the Director of the Live+Serve Lab and an upper school teacher at North Shore Country Day School outside of Chicago. Drea works with her colleagues to shape curricula around service, community partnerships, design thinking, and problem-solving; she also currently teaches comparative religion, gender and sexuality studies, entrepreneurship, and an interdisciplinary class about food. Drea has had a lifelong and deep interest in the power of community, an interest furthered by being an educator, making music with others (especially singing!), and immersion in both Quakerism and Buddhism. She aspires to participate in and contribute to communities that are authentic, accountable, and hopeful.

Facilitator for: White Anti-Racist Co-Conspirators 
Jeremy Goldstein With a broad background in teaching, administration, and innovation in education, Jeremy started his career after graduate school working as a Forensic Archaeologist and Anthropologist in Southeast Asia. He began teaching in public education in 1998 and later in independent schools. HIs background includes teaching grades 5-12 in a wide array of subjects that cover Modern Languages (French/Spanish), World and US History, Science, Global Studies, and World Religions.

Jeremy began working in educational leadership when he was tasked with directing a growing Global Education program in Rhode Island. With a career path in the classroom and innovative spaces, he recently served on the senior leadership team at Episcopal High School as the Executive Director of the McCain - Ravenel Center where he led teams in developing innovative place-based curriculum, designing new professional development opportunities, and growing the school's network of partners in the greater Washington area and beyond. 

Jeremy currently works as the Director of School Success at Folio Collaborative, a non profit that supports professional growth for educators through culture building and a tech platform. He is driven by his curiosity and passion for experiential environments and real-world learning. Using anthropology and a design thinking mindset as a foundation, he strives to build energy around professional growth and connecting communities to learner-centered partnerships. Jeremy lives with his wife Lucy, daughter Jane, and mischievous dog Callie in Alexandria, VA.
Facilitator for: Transformational Teaching & Learning 
Gillian Johnson is the Interim Assistant Director of Experiential Education (Global Engagement) and an Upper School Spanish teacher at the Pingry School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. Gillian holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in Spanish literature from the University of Virginia, where she also taught undergraduate-level Spanish classes before teaching at Hilton Head Preparatory School in South Carolina. At Pingry, Gillian enjoys working with her colleagues to develop a wide range of Global Programs that challenge students to go outside of their comfort zone and grapple with real-life issues facing our world today. In her free time, Gillian enjoys trying out every local playground with her two young kids, long distance running, and going to shows with her husband.
Facilitator for: Experiential Global Education

Sarah McLean is the Head of Global Stewardship at St. George's School in Vancouver, Canada. Sarah is passionate about experiential education both inside and outside of the classroom. She is particularly interested in exploring the connection between purposeful integration of DEIJ and reconciliation into program design, and authentic community engagement experiences. Sarah is involved with student leadership programs, faculty education and coaching. Outside of school, she enjoys taking her two little kids on hiking trips in the forest, long distance running and baking (and eating) delicious cakes.

Facilitator for: Community Engagement for Social Justice
Elizabeth Pillsbury is the Director of Experiential Education and a history teacher at Riverdale Country School in the Bronx, NY.  As Director of Experiential Education, she has worked to bring meaningful experiences to the co-curricular and curricular program, from an Urban Studies trip exploring social justice in Detroit to Hudson River School hiking trips for Juniors as a part of their American Studies Course. In the online format, she helped create social connections through book clubs and cooking classes as well as presentations from scholars on topical subjects last fall, ranging from the NY Fire Department's response to COVID to a public defender's reflection on racism within the criminal justice system in New York City.
Co-Facilitator for: Leading School Change
Olivia Tandon is an upper school science teacher and the Assistant Director of Experiential Education for Sustainability at the Pingry School in New Jersey. She has worked at Pingry for seven years, helping to bring a rotating drum composter, a flock of chickens and a large vegetable production garden to the school. She also collaborates with teachers to create experiential, place-based lessons on sustainability, farm to table agriculture and outdoor education. She holds a B.A. in Environmental Biology, an M.A. in Earth Science Education and an M.Ed. in Private School Leadership. In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her dogs, playing (and growing) squash, and cooking home-grown meals with her partner Kaylee.
Facilitator for: Environmental Leadership

Jennifer Torry is the Student Life and Leadership Coordinator at Selwyn House School in Montreal. She also helps facilitate DEI work at the school and coaches soccer. She is passionate about inquiry-based learning and acting as a facilitator and coach for students along their learning journey in whatever the subject area might be. Previously, she has worked as an instructional coach, English teacher, and experiential cohort leader, giving her experience working with curricular and non-curricular elements of school life. Outside of work, you can find Jennifer running, biking, hiking, paddling and anything else that gets her out into nature whenever possible.
Co-Facilitator for Student Leadership 

Phu Tranchi is the Director of Community Engagement and Experiential Learning and teaches science at Oakwood Secondary School in North Hollywood. Husband, father, dog-person, Phu finds peace in the ocean, in the woods, and in the kitchen. An unapologetic progressive educator, he endeavors to disrupt traditional learning and engage students to directly impact real-world issues. Informed by his experiences serving in the US Peace Corps and all levels of school administration, Phu is invested in the power and capacity of youth to create change in their communities. He believes that learning fueled by purpose, broad and diverse perspectives, and compassion with the Global Goals at the core, will empower students to save the planet.
Co-Facilitator for Leading School Change.