Our People
Robert E. March, Ph.D.; NCSP
Dr. March is the director and founder of Successful Schools, Inc. which is a professional development and technical assistant organization comprised of university-based trainers with classroom experience.
Email: rmarch@successfulschools.org
Lauren Arbolino, Ph.D.
Lauren Arbolino, Ph.D., is a school psychologist working at a Children’s Hospital, where she provides support to public and private schools to effectively program for students with special needs.
Email: larbolino@successfulschools.org
Bonnie Ave, M.S.
Bonnie Ave has been an educator for over 25 years. During her work as an elementary teacher she was a mentor teacher, teacher leader, and liaison to the local university creating learning opportunities for pre-service teachers.
Email: bave@successfulschools.org
Renae Azziz, Ed.S.; NCSP
Renae began her career as a behavior consultant. She has trained school staff to conduct functional behavior assessments and worked to design and implement effective behavior management plans.
Email: razziz@successfulschools.org
Donna M. Baker
Donna is a 26-year veteran public school teacher in both Special Education and regular education classrooms. She is certified in Massachusetts in Elementary Education and Young Child with Special Needs.
Email: dbaker@successfulschools.org
Holly Boroff, M.Ed.
Holly Boroff has served as a special education teacher, supervisor and director in public schools and has most recently served as a regional consultant in the Southwestern Ohio Regional Resource Center.
Email: hboroff@successfulschools.org
Susan Burns, Ed.D.
For twenty years, Susan Burns has served as a special educator for students with disabilities, ranging in age three through twenty-one. The last twelve years she has served as a regional consultant for State Support Team, Region 13 in southwest Ohio.
Email: sburns@successfulschools.org
Cissy Coleman, M.Ed
Cissy Coleman has over 20 years of experience working with students with autism. Training and experience as a speech therapist provides her with an excellent knowledge base.
Email: ccoleman@successfulschools.org
Amy Giesler, L.C.S.W.
Amy Giesler, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Elementary School Counselor in Northern New Jersey. She has over ten years of experience working with children in the school setting, primarily with students experiencing emotional and behavioral disorders.
Email: agiesler@successfulschools.org
Lisa Hammel, M.Ed.
Lisa Hammel is a teacher and school psychologist with over 20 years of experience in differing public and private education settings.
Email: lhammel@successfulschools.org
Amy Harris, Ph.D.
Amy Harris, Ph.D. has served as a school psychologist in the public school system for 11 years. Most recently, she worked as a school psychologist for Cincinnati Public Schools in Ohio and helped to facilitate implementation of School-wide Positive Behavior Support both in her school setting, as well as within the school district.
Email: aharris@successfulschools.org
Kimberly Hill , Ph.D.
Kimberly has worked in the field of education for over 11 years. Working as both a classroom teacher and school psychologist has provided her with a broad range of skills, experiences, and a unique perspective on how to address students’ needs.
Email: khill@successfulschools.org
Jessica Holden
Jessica Holden earned a BA from Midway College in 2003. She serves as the data analyst/administrative assistant.
Email: jholden@successfulschools.org
Peggy Hood, M.Ed.
Peggy began her career in education 33 years ago as an elementary teacher. After 10 years of teaching elementary students, she changed her focus to high school students hospitalized for a variety of emotional reasons.
Email: phood@successfulschools.org
Diane Kee, M.A.Ed.
Diane has been an educator for 38 years in public and private schools. Her background from secondary mathematics teacher and athletic coach to school administrator has given her a wealth of experiences and practical application strategies to share with others to improve student learning.
Email: dkee@successfulschools.org
MeeMee Lahman
MeeMee Lahman holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1996 with post graduate work from City College in New York and currently from University of Cincinnati. She serves as the Project Director and Office Manager at Successful Schools, Inc.
Email: mlahman@successfulschools.org
Michael F. Lewis, Ph.D.
Michael F. Lewis, Ph.D. is a school psychologist with the Niagara Falls City School District in Niagara Falls, NY. He is also an adjunct professor of education and psychology related courses at local colleges and universities.
Email: mlewis@successfulschools.org
Lisa Ling, M.Ed.; NCSP
Lisa Ling is a nationally certified school psychologist with experience in urban settings. For five years, she worked as a school psychologist for Cincinnati Public Schools and took a leadership role implementing school-wide Positive Behavior Support (PBS) systems and Response to Intervention (RtI) frameworks at a school and district level.
Email: lling@successfulschools.org
Mary Jean O’Reilly, Ph.D.
Mary Jean O’Reilly, Ph.D. is a school psychologist in Massachusetts and an adjunct professor in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, where she has taught graduate courses on applied psychology in the classroom and participates in field-based supervision of graduate students in school psychology.
Email: moreilly@successfulschools.org
Sarah M. Ragonese, Ph.D.
Sarah M. Ragonese, Ph.D., is a nationally certified school psychologist. At the start of her career she served as a research associate with the Equity Project at Indiana University.
Email: sragonese@successfulschools.org
Danielle Roach, M.Ed.
Danielle Roach completed her undergraduate studies at Eastern Washington University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She later went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Education from Purdue University.
Email: droach@successfulschools.org
Karen Stine, Ph.D.
Karen Stine is a regional educational consultant with State Support Team Region 13 and the Hamilton County Educational Service Center in Cincinnati, OH.
Email: kstine@successfulschools.org
LeAnna Webber, M.Ed.
LeAnna Webber, M.Ed., NCSP, has worked as a school psychologist in the Cincinnati area for 10 years. She has worked in varied settings, including urban, suburban, and rural areas.
Email: lwebber@successfulschools.org
Elana R. Weinberger, Ph.D.
Elana R. Weinberger, Ph.D. is certified as a school psychologist in New York and Massachusetts. She received her Ph.D. in School Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Email: eweinberger@successfulschools.org
Sarah Vakharia, M.Ed.
Sarah Vakharia earned her Masters of Education degree from the University of Cincinnati school psychology program in 2005 and her Educational Specialist degree in 2006. She has worked as a school psychologist for the past 3 years in the Cincinnati Public Schools and Norwood City Schools utilizing the response-to-intervention model of practice.
Email: svakharia@successfulschools.org
Gina White, M.PS.
Gina White is currently a middle school special education teacher in the mid-Hudson Valley. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Fordham University and completed a Master of Professional Studies Program in 1997 at Manhattanville College, becoming dually certified in Elementary Education and Special Education.
Email: gwhite@successfulschools.org
