ANN SULZER
CHOSEN AS HEAD OF MIDDLE SCHOOL Ann Sulzer has been named head of the Middle School and is already working to ensure the Middle School maintains the trajectory established under previous head Scott Hardister’s leadership. Ann has been teaching at independent schools for 17 years, 11 of those as an eighth-
grade English and humanities teacher at OES. She has also served for the past seven years as an eighth-grade team leader. She holds a Masters of English Literature from Middlebury College Bread Loaf School of English and a BA in English with a Secondary Education certification from Northwestern University. Te Middle School is a healthy, vibrant, forward- thinking community of teachers, students, and families, and Ann is excited to be working with them in new ways.
NEW BOARD MEMBERS
Mary Lou Green was most recently Chief Operating Officer of Cover Oregon, where she led the transition of the health insurance exchange. She has previously served in a number of health care process improvement and strategic planning roles, including at Kaiser Permanente and Northwestern Memorial
Hospital in Chicago. She earned a BS in Psychology and Human Development from Cornell University and a MA of Hospital and Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota. Mary Lou and her husband, Trent, have two daughters at OES. She has volunteered as third grade PCL rep and was the 2014–15 Lower School PAL Chair.
Courtney Fitzloff is currently a stay-at-home mom. She previously worked in advertising before teaching elementary school in the Bay Area and Lake Oswego. She earned her BA from the University of California at Berkeley. Courtney and her husband, Mark, have two children at OES. Her past volunteer activities include
serving as seventh grade PCL rep, Giving Chapel co-chair, and Silent Auction co-chair. Courtney is the new PCL Chair.
W. Bradley “Brad” Lawliss is the Director of Sales for NWNGS, LLC, a subsidiary of NW Natural. He previously served in new business development positions for NW Natural, as a senior financial analyst for Gerding Edlen, and as an associate director at Bear Stearns. He attended Te Lawrenceville School and earned
his undergraduate degree from Lehigh University. Brad and his wife Carrie have three children at OES. He serves on the OES Finance and Endowment/Investment Committees and is a trustee for Oregon College of Art and Craft Foundation Board.
Christopher “Chris” Riser is a sixth through eighth grade humanities teacher for Portland Public Schools at Woodlawn School. He earned his BA in History and EdM from Portland State University. He is also a graduate of the Portland Teachers Program at Portland Community College, a program designed
to recruit and help culturally competent teachers. Chris and his wife, Corie Murphy-Riser, have two daughters at OES. Chris previously served as the Primary PCL rep.
DENNIS SULLIVAN NAMED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Dennis Sullivan has been selected as the new athletic director and will work the 2015–16 school year with current athletic director Kris Van Hatcher. Dennis has been a part of the OES community since 2003 when he was hired as assistant athletic director and
a Middle School teacher. He worked as a dorm parent from 2006 until 2009 and has been the head boys’ lacrosse coach since 2008. In 2009, Dennis received the honor of being named the Oregon High School Lacrosse Coach of the Year. He has been involved with athletics since childhood and played four years of lacrosse at Brown University where he was an NCAA Honorable Mention All-American and graduated with a BA in International Relations.
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