Meet the Team

Dedicated & Certified

Leadership Team

Gina Tzizik

Gina is the Billy Dalwin Preschool director. She has over 35 years of educational leadership and teaching experience and shares our focus on children, families, and community values. Her vision for Jewish education, passion for art and beautifully prepared environments are a central focus of her work and teacher training.

Administration, Admissions, Assistant Director

Sally Delucia

Sally Delucia is the Billy Dalwin Assistant Director, closely working with teachers to support programming initiatives and building strong connections with the Preschool families. Sally is the Director of the Kaytana (Summer) Program that offer children and families unique natural and artistic experiences for 8 weeks each summer.

Laura Cohen Gordon

Laura is the Social Media and Communications Director, she has a pulse on the Billy Dalwin community and is able to infuse her positive attitude while highlighting the amazing work our teachers and staff at Billy Dalwin are doing everyday.

Teaching

Ailsa Hermann-Wu

Ailsa Hermann-Wu is the school’s administrative assistant, basically the Leadership Team’s extra pair of hands, always ready to help.

Amy Gortler

Amy Gortler first joined the Preschool team as a substitute teacher after her two children graduated from our program. We were thrilled when Amy became a permanent member of our teaching staff and the Kaytana summer camp program as well.

Anna (Ania) Bienkowski

Anna (Ania) Bienkowski is a teacher in the toddler class who has experience working in the Preschool’s afternoon program and summer Kaytana session as well.

Anna Mikhaylova

Anna Mikhaylova has taught across all ages of our classrooms over the past several years. This year, she teaches in one of the toddler classrooms and the three-year-old classroom.

Brianna Conti

Brianna Conti has been a teacher for over five years. Her love for children is evident in her kind and gentle manner in the classroom.

Caroline Trombley

Caroline Trombley joins the Preschool teaching team after working several years as a teaching assistant in a local home-based daycare. She spends most of her time teaching in the younger toddler class and is working towards her preschool teacher certification.

Kate Hermann-Wu

Kate Hermann-Wu was one of the first teachers hired at the Billy Dalwin Preschool. She has shared her understanding of young children and excitement at their successes over many years in the classroom and has overseen early and extended day programs, as well.

Michelle Galper

Michelle Galper has been working withchildren for over 25 years. She received a Master’s in Education from Salem State University and worked in the public schools for over 12 years in the Special Education Department.

Nareeluck Stephenson

Nareeluck Stephenson is a teacher, former member of the Preschool’s Board of Directors, and alumni parent of two Billy Dalwin graduates!