Meet our teaching staff
Ronnie Gurman
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B.S., SUNY Baruch, Finance
Ronnie worked on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange for 22 years, trading oil futures. In 2005 Ronnie volunteered one day a week at the Deveraux school in Milwood assisting in a class for children with Autism. Ronnie left Wall Street in 2006 to pursue his passion for teaching and currently works in the Rebecca School in Manhattan, a floortime school that caters to the needs of children with Autism.
Rachel Singer
- M.A., Gallaudet University, Washington, D.C., Mental Health Counseling
- B.A., Clark University, MA, majored in Psychology
Rachel has been working with children with communication disorders for many years. She assisted in the development of remedial and prescriptive counseling programs for deaf children and their parents at Boystown National Research Hospital.
Currently, Rachel is providing individual, group and family counseling to children ages 3 to 21 and their families at Lexington School for the Deaf in New York. She is fluent in American Sign Language.
Linda Lieff Altabef
- M. F. A., Pratt Institute, NY, Painting
- B. F. A., Hartford Art School, CT, studio Art and Art Education
- Art Students League, NY, studied Drawing
- Fashion Institute of Technology, NY, one year program in Textile Design
Linda has been teaching art to children and adults for the over 20 years. She has taught in private and public school settings, most recently at Rippowam Cisqua Elementary School, Greenwich Country Day School, and the Lakeland Public School District. Linda created several art workshops at the Katonah Museum of Art, The Aldrich Museum, and The Bruce Museum. She has exhibited paintings, drawings and sculptures in galleries and museums around the U.S.A.