Administrative Staff

Katharina Dannenberg, High school administrator
Katharina has a B.A. in Visual Communication from the Universität der Künste in Berlin. She has worked here since 1999.

Darlene Gregoire, Business Manager
Darlene has a B.A. and is a 4th-level CMA graduate of York University. She joined TWS in 2004 and has previously worked in manufacturing, wholesale, multi-level marketing, recreational and non-profit organizations. She enjoys reading when there is a reprieve from raising her five daughters.

Julie Hewitt, Payroll & Benefits Coordinator
Julie has a B.A. from York University. She joined TWS in 2000 and her prior work experiences include positions in both the public and private sectors, specializing in salary and benefits administration. She is an avid reader and an enthusiastic hockey mom.

Ryan Lindsay, Marketing Director
Ryan has an Honours B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University in sociology and business, a diploma in Rudolf Steiner teaching from Taruna College, New Zealand, and is currently pursuing a Master of Education degree in administration and politics at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. He was previously administrator at Singing Winds School, a Waldorf initiative in Oak Park, Illinois, and has been at Toronto Waldorf School since February, 2005. Ryan is president of the Waldorf School Association of Ontario, and  a founding member of the Young Waldorf Colleagues. He also completed the Waldorf Collaborative Leadership program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in conjunction with Antioch University in the spring of 2006. He enjoys badminton and hiking, and is a campaign manager for the Green Party of Canada.

Michèle Rossi, Administrative Director
Michèle has a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen's University and a Master of Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her work experience includes 10 years in leadership roles in the private sector, and 8 years as an independent consultant working in organizational change and leadership development. She and her family joined the TWS community in 1996. She became the Administrative Director in the spring of 2005 after serving on the board of trustees for three years, most recently as chair. She has become an active participant in the work of AWSNA (Association of Waldorf Schools of North America) and has completed the Waldorf Collaborative Leadership Program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in conjunction with Antioch University in the spring of 2006 with a number of her TWS colleagues.

Todd Royer, Faculty Chair
Todd has B.A. from Taylor University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and an M.Div. from Princeton Theological Seminary in New Jersey. He is a graduate of the Waldorf teacher education program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre Toronto. He has taught here since 1998 and has served as faculty chair since 2003. Todd completed the Waldorf Collaborative Leadership program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in conjunction with Antioch University in the spring of 2006. He enjoys playing music, woodworking, and dreaming about building a straw bale house.

Paul Sheardown, Facilities Manager
Paul has a B.A. in English from York University (1985) and a Building Environmental Systems Certificate in progress from Seneca College. Paul completed the Waldorf Collaborative Leadership program at the Rudolf Steiner Centre in conjunction with Antioch University in the spring of 2006. He is also WSIB Certified, an Occupational Health and Safety Committee Member and TWS' WHMIS trainer.

Christine von Bezold, Receptionist
Christine has an M.A. from the University of Cambridge in England, and has held a Scottish teaching certificate. She became the secretary of the London Waldorf School when it opened in 1980, and has been working here since 1991. She is WSIB Certified and an Occupational Health & Safety Committee Member. Christine is also a bookbinder.