East Concord Faculty and Staff
Monday, August 28th, 2023JENNINE LESSER, East Concord Program Director, joined CCC in 1995. She was previously our Emerson program director and also spent 14 years as a teacher. Jennine has a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and early childhood education from Regis College.
TIFFANY BOISVERT, East Concord Site Coordinator, joined CCC in 2010 and worked in both our Infant/Toddler and preschool programs before assuming the Site Coordinator role in 2023. She holds a B.A. in Child Development from Mills College.
JULIA ABREU joined CCC in 2012 from the Andover School System. She holds a Master's in Early Childhood Education from Fitchburg State and a B.S. with a concentration in Early Childhood Education from Wheelock College. Her teaching experiences include preschool through middle school aged students. Julia is a CCC alumna.
SEMA AYVAZOLGU joined CCC in 2026. She has experience in working with preschool children and in Montessori classroom settings. Sema received her Bachelor's degree in Child Development from Istanbul University.
PATRICIA COLLINS joined CCC in 1999 and has taught our 4-5’s and After-K groups in addition to our 3-4's children. She was a teacher with the Concord Carousel Program from 1994-97 and has taught a variety of ages in many programs for the Concord Recreation Department. Patricia has taught theater, creative dance, and sacred dance for children and adults. She has an undergraduate degree from Hampshire College and is a certified teacher in Noyes Rhythm.
JC CONTI returned to CCC in 2025 after having taught preschool at our West Concord site for over 20 years until 2024. JC received his B.S. in elementary education in 2003 from Lock Haven University.
MARIE DIPACE joined CCC in 2010. She has over twenty years of experience in the field. Most recently she was a teacher with the preschoolers at Technology Children’s Center at Lincoln Lab in Lexington, MA. She received her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood, Elementary(K-8), and Physical Education from Boston College.
CAROLYN GILLESPIE joined CCC in 2026 and brings extensive experience in early childhood care and education. Carolyn previously owned and operated a family child care program, where she cared for and taught young children. She received her B.A. in Education from Framingham State University and her M.A. in Education & Reading from the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
MARCY GLICKMAN joined CCC in 2025. She has over 10 years' experience teaching in early elementary classrooms. Marcy received her M.A. in Education and Early Childhood Education from Salem State and her B.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Vermont.
AMY GONZALEZ joined CCC in 2021 with 20 years of experience teaching infants through preschool aged children, including at her own family childcare program. Amy has completed extensive coursework in the field of Early Childhood Education.
MELISSA GORGENYI rejoined CCC in 2021 after working with us from 1995-2012 as a preschool teacher. She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Messiah College in Pennsylvania.
ERIKA GUTERMUTH joined CCC in 1996 and has been an infant teacher for all her years with us. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has taken several classes in early childhood education. Erika brings her love of music into the classroom.
ANNIE KOLFF joined CCC in summer 2017. She has many years of experience with children in childcare centers and as a nanny. She has her Early Childhood Certification from Norwalk Community College.
NICOLE LENTINE joined CCC in 2025. She has over 10 years experience working in the field of early childhood education and as a nanny. Nicole has completed coursework in early childhood education.
LISA LORRAIN joined CCC in 2025. She has 10 years of experience working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Lisa received her Associates degree in psychology from Middlesex Community College and has completed coursework in the field of early childhood education.
ANNA MARINI joined CCC in 2025. She has experience teaching infants, toddlers and preschoolers. Anna has completed coursework in the field of early childhood education.
ELLA PERRYMAN joined CCC in 2026. She has experience teaching preschoolers, Kindergarteners and second graders and has also taught in the CCC infant-toddler program during the summer. She received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
NICHOLE PIRO joined CCC in 1998 at our Ripley program, teaching with our mixed age group (3-5’s) and 4-5’s before moving over to our West Concord program in 2002. She returned to Ripley in 2011. Nichole received her graduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Lesley University and her undergraduate degree in Human Services and Psychology.
SHANNON SAYWELL joined CCC in 2021. Shannon holds a B.A. in Psychology from Smith College and has most recently worked in the behavioral health field as a Psychosocial Engagement Coordinator. She has experience with young children in summer camp and art school classroom settings.
CARMEN WARREN joined CCC in 2014 and has taught in both 3-4s and 4-5s classrooms. She has her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education from Embury Institute for Education in South Africa, her home country. Carmen came to the States as an au pair in 2010 and has her graduate degree in Early Childhood Education with Creative Arts from Lesley University.
ANDREA WHITNEY joined CCC in 2024. She has a B.S. in Special Education from Saint Joseph's College in Maine and experience teaching in an infant/toddler mixed classroom.
JORDAN ZIRKEL joined CCC in 2017. She spent many years prior to this as a high school volunteer and summer teacher at CCC. She attended both North Carolina State University and UMass and received her bachelor’s degree in Early Childhood Education from UMass.