Please feel free to contact any of the Board Members with questions about their domains of responsibility. Click their name for email or use the listed telephone number.
Haley Sigler, President, Current Parent
Haley is the Assistant Director of Teacher Education at Washington and Lee University. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Kentucky and a master's degree in teaching from Hollins University. A former Waddell Elementary School Teacher, Haley earned her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Virginia in 2008. Haley’s husband, David, is Assistant Athletic Director of Ticketing and Operations at VMI. Haley and David have a daughter, Claire, a current Montessori student.
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J.D. King , Special Projects, Current Parent J.D. is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and the Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic at Washington and Lee University School of Law. Before coming to W & L in the summer of 2008, J.D. practiced law as a criminal defense attorney in both Washington, D.C., and Laramie, Wyoming, and taught at the University of Wyoming College of Law. J.D. and his wife, Johanna Bond, have three children named Elijah, Emmet, and Josephine.
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Alison Detwiler, Treasurer, Community Member Alison holds a BS in Business Administration and Accounting from Washington and Lee University, and currently works as a Senior Manager of Learning & Development at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. She is based in the Firm's Mclean, VA office. Her husband David, is the W&L Head Men's Tennis Coach and Director of the Duchossois Tennis Center. Alison and David have one son, Langdon. This is Alison's second year on the board.
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Janet Boller, Director Support/Evaluation (DSEC) & Financial Aid:, Current Parent
Janet Boller is a Licensed Psychologist at the Washington & Lee University Counseling Center. Before joining W&L this year, Janet’s clinical practice has included extensive work with children and families in a therapeutic school in Boston as well as private practice here in Lexington. She has served as a Clinical Supervisor and Team Leader in various settings. As an undergraduate Early Childhood Studies major, she worked as a Student Teacher for over 2 years, including a brief internship at a Montessori school in Maine. Janet’s husband, Derek Pinkham, is a former WCM Board Member who works at the Center for Leadership and Ethics at VMI. They have two children at Montessori, Cole (5) and Lucy (1.5).
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Louise Wasserott, Fundraising, Community Member
Louise moved to Lexington in 2008. She has 3 grown children who are alumni of the Wyoming Valley Montessori School in Kingston, Pennsylvania. With a degree in psychology from King’s College and a master’s in rehabilitation counseling from the University of Scranton, she spent the first half of her career in social services, including the Director of the United Cerebral Palsy Center in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Those counseling skills became handy in her second vocation of alumni relations and fundraising. Currently Louise works in the planned giving office of W&L.
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Allesandra Dickovick, Classroom, Teacher, and Community Support, Current Parent Alessandra Dickovick holds a masters degree in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. She has had several years of work experience, including internships at the United Nations in both Switzerland and India. More recently her focus has been on management, including work in a metallurgic factory in Brazil and running research studies in some of the poorest neighborhoods of South Africa and Baltimore. Alessandra is a parent of two current Montessori students. Serving as a classroom volunteer over the years and more recently as the Primary II assistant in 2009-2010, she has had the privilege to learn a tremendous amount from Montessori teachers. She has been inspired by the Montessori approach to unfolding the child, has gained insight into some of the challenges WCM faces, and is now very enthusiastic about serving on the Board.
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Dave Pfaff, Public Relations, Current Parent
Dave moved to Lexington in 2000. Prior to moving to Lexington, he worked for 11 years as a chemist at the Aveda Corpoartion - a cosmetic company in Minneapolis. Dave started his a small media production business shortly before moving to Lexington. From 1999 to 2009 he authored and replicated DVDs. After selling his business, Dave continues to do video and graphic design consulting work for various organizations in Lexington. He is the father of a current WCM student (Spencer), an alumnus student (Ali), and Waddell student (Isabel). His wife, Julie Woodzicka, is a Psychology Professor at W&L. |
Michelle Drumbl, Secretary, Current Parent
Michelle Drumbl is an Associate Clinical Professor of Law at the Washington & Lee School of Law. She is the founding Director of the law school’s Tax Clinic, which provides free legal representation to income-eligible taxpayers who have a dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. Before moving to Lexington in 2006, Michelle was an attorney at the Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, in Washington, DC. Michelle and her husband Mark have two sons, Paul and Luke, both of whom attend WCM.
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Anne Remington, Buildings and Grounds, Current Parent
Anne is a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in Lexington. She works with adolscents and adults with both mental health and substance abuse concerns. Anne is a native of Lexington. She returned to her hometown in 2001, with her husband Kevin, who works as a photographer at Washington and Lee University. Anne is a parent of current Woods Creek Montessori student, Sydney and step-parent to high school student, Sadie. |
Charles Winder, Buildings and Grounds, Current Parent
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Beverly Kalasky, Events, Community Member
Beverly is the Law Student Affairs Coordinator at Washington and Lee University School of Law. She earned her undergraduate degree in biology from Millersville University and her J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law. Beverly practiced law with a civil defense firm in San Diego, prior to relocating to Belle Mead, NJ. She and her husband, Tom, Director of Design and Construction at W&L, moved to Lexington in 2005 with their two sons.
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