Clarke is the head of school effec­tive July 1, 2022. With more than 20 years as an educa­tor, Clarke is joining us from the San Fran­cisco Friends School (SFFS), where he has served as Middle School Head for the past two years. Clarke brings tremen­dous school lead­er­ship expe­ri­ence. His passion for educa­tion and dedi­ca­tion to creat­ing ways for students to engage authen­ti­cally and invest in their learn­ing has been evident in his role as a history teacher, dean, divi­sion head, water polo coach, and commu­nity volun­teer. (Email)

Amy is the middle school direc­tor. Amy has an M.F.A. in film and video from Cali­for­nia Insti­tute of the Arts and a B.A. from Univer­sity of Nevada, Las Vegas where she studied English and film. Prior to being the middle school direc­tor, Amy was the middle school dean where she supported student acad­e­mic and social-emotional growth and taught social justice and well­ness as well as the high school film­mak­ing elec­tive. Before coming to Waverly in 2013, she spent seven years at Wild­wood School in West Los Angeles where she was the Admin­is­tra­tive Direc­tor and taught the film elec­tive. She then worked as a consul­tant for Cal/​West Educa­tors, guiding inde­pen­dent school board members through the process of hiring heads of school with a strong commit­ment to promot­ing diver­sity and equity in inde­pen­dent school hiring and reten­tion prac­tices. Amy has two chil­dren, Nola and Kanaan, and two lovable dogs, Bonnie and Katie. (Email)

Marsille is the direc­tor of enroll­ment manage­ment. He holds a B.A. in polit­i­cal science from Loyola Univer­sity New Orleans. Prior to joining Waverly, Marsille served as Interim Direc­tor of Commu­ni­ca­tions and Market­ing at Drew School in San Fran­cisco and as Asso­ciate Direc­tor of Admis­sion at Mark Day School in San Rafael. As Direc­tor of Student Services at Break­through Minneapo­lis at Blake (Minneapo­lis, MN), he was respon­si­ble for student recruit­ment. Through­out, he has coached youth, middle school, and varsity sports – foot­ball, basket­ball, and girls lacrosse. (Email)

Carolyn, devel­op­ment direc­tor, has a B.A. in jour­nal­ism from the Univer­sity of South­ern Cali­for­nia. She has worked in devel­op­ment, market­ing, and public rela­tions for more than 35 years and has led fund-raising work with an array of inde­pen­dent schools. Carolyn and her husband are Pasadena resi­dents who enjoy travel and trying out the region’s many and varied restau­rants. Their son, who attended area inde­pen­dent schools, lives and works in Dallas. (Email)

Carlos is the assis­tant facil­i­ties manager and Waverly’s campus super power. His work has been a key to daily life at school since he joined the staff in 2012. Carlos is a crafts­man, apply­ing skills as a tech­ni­cian, painter, plumber, elec­tri­cian, carpen­ter, and space problem solver. He fixes anything that needs it and makes major improve­ments, too, includ­ing remod­el­ing of the art studio, recon­fig­u­ra­tion of many offices and class­rooms, and instal­la­tion of the patio surface at the high school. He is unflap­pable and meets all dead­lines, even the unrea­son­able ones. When he’s not keeping Waverly running, Carlos enjoys camping with his friends and family.

Danny is the facil­i­ties manager. Danny brings over 18 years of facil­i­ties expe­ri­ence to Waverly includ­ing custo­dial and facil­i­ties manage­ment at Mary­mount Univer­sity, Mount Saint Mary’s College, and other local prop­erty manage­ment firms. (Email)

Joseph is the athletic direc­tor for the middle and high schools and teaches math in the middle school. He has a B.S. in inte­grated math­e­mat­ics and a minor in math­e­mat­ics from Ohio Univer­sity. Joseph has been an expe­ri­en­tial learn­ing coor­di­na­tor, inte­grat­ing phys­i­cal educa­tion to the curricu­lum, and has also served as an affin­ity group facil­i­ta­tor. With respect to athlet­ics, Joseph has previ­ous expe­ri­ence as a Divi­sion 1 colle­giate student-athlete and coach in wrestling, and has also coached middle school foot­ball. He is excited about bring­ing expe­ri­en­tial P.E. oppor­tu­ni­ties to the high school includ­ing hiking, hula hoop, strength condi­tion­ing, and more. Joseph is passion­ate about nature preser­va­tion and envi­ron­men­tal­ism, and is looking forward to bring­ing that to the fore­front in his work with high school students. (Email)

Cheryl is the assis­tant to the head of school and Board of Trustees. Cheryl has more than 30 years of expe­ri­ence working as an exec­u­tive assis­tant along­side scien­tists, direc­tors, divi­sion chairs, profes­sors, researchers, admin­is­tra­tors, staff, and grad­u­ate students at JPL/NASA and Caltech. Cheryl is dedi­cated and passion­ate about her work. She has said her perfect work envi­ron­ment is a culture of respect, humil­ity, trans­parency, dedi­ca­tion, collab­o­ra­tion, and FUN. Event plan­ning is one of her passions. She has orga­nized several note­wor­thy events. Her favorites were a Noble Prize dinner, annual award banquets, and named profes­sor luncheons. Cheryl volun­teers to help indi­vid­u­als with learn­ing disabil­i­ties. She loves spend­ing time with her grand­son and enjoys music, art, and fabu­lous food. (Email)

Michael serves as the regis­trar and high school curricu­lum coor­di­na­tor, in addi­tion to teach­ing high school English. He holds an M.Ed. in Curricu­lum and Instruc­tion from The Univer­sity of Texas at Austin and a B.A. in English from The Univer­sity of Cali­for­nia, Berke­ley. He is a beloved educa­tor, who prides himself on helping students move past binary ways of think­ing and inquiry, there­fore strength­en­ing their abil­i­ties to ques­tion and push back against systems of power. A native Ange­leno, he now lives in Pasadena with his wife and their two chil­dren. (Email)

Chris­tine is the high school admin­is­tra­tive assis­tant and service-learn­ing coor­di­na­tor. Chris­tine is a grad­u­ate of Cali­for­nia State Univer­sity, North­ridge, where she earned her degree in child and adoles­cent devel­op­ment. She has worked on numer­ous projects and campaigns at the inter­sec­tion of market­ing, tech­nol­ogy, and customer rela­tions. Chris­tine has culti­vated mean­ing­ful volun­teer oppor­tu­ni­ties with orga­ni­za­tions such as The Midnight Mission, Homeboy Indus­tries, and is looking forward to forging new part­ner­ships for our students to engage in. In her spare time, she enjoys party plan­ning, camping, paint­ing, and loves embark­ing on new adven­tures with her partner and her dog! (Email)