Governance

List of 12 items.

• Nicole Kaeding, President

  Executive Committee
  Nicole is a tax economist and has more than a decade of expertise in federal and state taxation. She currently works at Amazon advising the company on federal tax issues and has worked at several think tanks in Washington, D.C. Before moving to the area, Nicole managed retail bank locations in Illinois and Indiana.
  
  

  She’s the mother of two MSNV students, Noelle and Owen, both in the Elementary program and lives in Arlington, VA with her husband, Jason, kids, and two dogs.
  
  

  She graduated from DePaul University with a M.S. in Economic Policy Analysis and holds undergraduate degrees from Miami University in both Finance and Political Science.

• Tyler Martinez, Vice President

  Executive Committee
  Tyler Martinez is the father of Theo and Tim, both at the Valleybrook campus. When not building magnatiles or fetching snacks, Tyler is a lawyer focusing on tax, administrative, and constitutional law in strategic litigation. He also founded nonprofit organizations and aided in nonprofit compliance. He graduated from the University of Colorado Law School and misses the mountains.
  

• Lydia Kyohere, Secretary

  Executive Committee
  Lydia and her husband Luke have two daughters at the Sleepy Hollow campus, Linden and Leona. She is the Senior VP for the nonprofit Research Bridge Partners (RBP) with access to two balance sheets, a granting mechanism, and a venture capital group. RBP builds the commercial capacity of academic research labs in bringing their new therapies and tools to patients. She also has experience in science policy with the National Science Foundation (NSF) and acts as a coach for the NSF’s convergence accelerator program. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology focused on viruses from The University of Texas at Austin and a B.A. from Carleton College, a small liberal arts school in Northfield, Minnesota. 
  

• Christian Tansey, Treasurer

  Executive Committee 
  Christian holds a BS in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Columbia University and currently works as a Product Manager in Global Finance at Capital One. He has years of experience across finance having worked in private equity and venture capital prior to Capital One and as a derivatives trader in Chicago and London prior to business school. Christian also works with companies committed to sustainable agriculture. Christian’s daughter Cara is currently a Upper Elementary student, and his daughter Cora is a Primary student.

• Daryn Cambridge

  Daryn works at Training Resources Group, Inc. where he currently serves as the Professional Development Portfolio Manager for the EPIC project. In this role he helps the United States Agency for International Development Office of Education manage the coordination, design, production, and facilitation of a range of professional development learning opportunities for education officers in all 45 Mission countries and the broader international education sector. For over 15 years, Daryn has been an educational creative, producer and facilitator who has cultivated a career in the fields of peacebuilding, civics education and engagement, nonviolent action, community organizing, and international education. Prior to joining TRG, Daryn worked for The United States Institute of Peace, the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict, Common Cause, the Democracy Matters Institute, the Close Up Foundation, and the Student Conservation Association. He is also an adjunct professor at American University where he has taught courses on Education for International Development, Peace Pedagogy, and Nonviolent Action. He serves on the board of One Common Unity – a DC-based non-profit that works with young people to break cycles of violence and build compassionate, healthy communities through the transformative power of music, arts and peace education. He also serves on the board of the Democracy Matters Institute. Daryn lives in Falls Church, VA with his partner, Alyson and their two daughters, Kaiya (sixth-year Elementary student at Hillbrook) and Zoey (first-year Elementary student at Hillbrook). He enjoys cycling, running, and vegan baking and cooking.

• Stacy King-Scanlon

  Member at Large
  Stacy is the Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Bar Association
  and Executive Director of its affiliated charitable foundation. A
  native Texan, Stacy moved to the D.C area 26 years ago after
  graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in
  journalism. Stacy and her husband Matt have a son, Sammy, who is an Upper Elementary student. In her spare time, she can be found hanging out with family and their two rescue dogs, Loki and Lila.
  

• Devon Kuehne

  Member at Large
  Devon is currently a Senior Director of Corporate Partnerships at UNICEF USA, where she works directly with private sector partners to maximize impact for children. She has a master’s in communication and has worked in the nonprofit sector for ten years. Devon has three daughters – Louisa, who is a third-year Lower Elementary student; Ingrid, who is a first-year Lower Elementary student; and Vivian, who is a first-year Primary student at Valleybrook.

• Khaleaph Luis

  Member at Large
  Khaleaph’s experience and interest are helping organizations improve their analysis of gender and race while working to expand opportunities for young men of color. A major focus of his work was the development of collaborative mentoring programs that aimed to prevent youth from returning to the juvenile justice system after being released. His practice has included advising formerly incarcerated and incarcerated adults seeking a second chance after incarceration. Furthermore, he has provided HIV/STI and drug counseling while contributing to longitudinal research studies in epidemiology. Currently, Khaleaph is a social worker providing resources and services to patients and their families in the field of adult mental and behavioral health. Khaleaph is a graduate of Fordham University and his hometown is St. Croix, U.S.V.I.
  

• Frauke Nitschke

  Member at Large
  Frauke grew up in Germany and Brazil and came to the U.S. in 2002 on a scholarship to work at an international organization. She has an LLM and a JD and currently works in international arbitration at the World Bank. She is passionate about amicable conflict resolution and also volunteers for an NGO. Her son, Luka, is a fourth-year student in Upper El, and her daughter Lelia is a sixth-year student in Upper El.

• Jen Talley

  Member at Large
  Jennifer is mom to MSNV students Alex and William and lives in Annandale with her husband, Justin. She is passionate about military spouse employment and wellness and making a Montessori education available to all. She is a practicing attorney in Federal service. She obtained her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law and was awarded a Masters of Law in Military Law from The Judge Advocate General’s School, United States Army, Charlottesville, VA. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance Concentration) from The College of New Jersey.
  

• Brent Tweddle

  Member at Large 
  Brent is a Systems Engineering Manager building autonomous cars at Ford Motor Company’s Latitude AI, and previously at Argo AI and Apple, where he focuses on statistical safety verifications of machine learned perception systems. Prior to that he worked as an Aerospace Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and MIT, where he has launched robots to the International Space Station, built software to land the Perseverance Rover, and led the navigation system development for the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity’s original prototype. Brent is the father of two MSNV students, Mackenzie and Gavin, and lives in Lake Barcroft where he loves to take the whole family canoeing as the loudest boat on the lake. Brent graduated from MIT with a Ph.D. and Masters in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada.

• Brian Wlcek

  Member at Large
  Brian is a management consultant with McKinsey & Company where he advises public, private, and non-profit clients on strategy, operations, and organizational transformation efforts. He previously served as an infantry officer in the United States Marine Corps and led Marines on combat deployments and also served as a diplomatic advisor to the Middle East. He holds a masters degree from The George Washington University in DC, and a bachelor's degree from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. He has two children enrolled at MSNV (Primary/Lower Elementary).