Current Board Members
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Dave Alsop, President: Upon completion of the Waldorf Teacher Training program at Emerson College in England in 1974, Dave began his Waldorf career as a class teacher and Administrative Chairman at the Sacramento Waldorf School. In 1988 he became Development Director of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America (AWSNA). Shortly thereafter, in 1990, Dave was appointed Chairman of AWSNA, and he served in that capacity for eleven years. Following that, he established the Online Waldorf Library, worked at RSF Social Finance and the San Francisco Waldorf School, and most recently served as the Assistant Director at the Bay Area Center forWaldorf Teacher Training (BACWTT), retiring in 2019. Dave served on the General Council of the Anthroposophical Society in America from 2015 to 2021, and was Chair of the Council for three of those years. He has been a Trustee of the Waldorf Schools Fund since 1984, and is also a Trustee of the Waldorf Educational Foundation. He still concerns himself with anthroposophical topics, the Threefold Nature of Social Life and Philosophy of Freedom in particular.
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Eric Winter, Treasurer:Eric is a native of Ireland. He holds degrees in economics and business and spent most of his business career making economic forecasts for the trust division of National Bank of Detroit and its successor entities. He retired in 1999.
He has served as treasurer for the Detroit Association of Business Economists (one year), the Detroit Waldorf School (31 years), the Anthroposophical Society in America (18 years), as secretary of the Detroit Association of Business Economists (one year), as president of the Detroit Waldorf School (3 years) and the Oakland Waldorf Association (4 years), and as a board member at large of the Oakland Waldorf Association (6 years). Eric currently serves as president of the performing arts group Hostia, as Corresponding Secretary of another performing arts group: Tuesday Musicale of Detroit and as Treasurer of Waldorf Schools Fund (since 1980). Eric and his late wife, Dina, shared, and Eric still maintains, a deep interest in music and in the work of Rudolf Steiner. |
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Steve Sagarin: Stephen Keith Sagarin, Ph.D., is Associate Professor and former Director of the M.S.Ed. Program in Waldorf Teacher Education at Sunbridge Institute, NY. He is also Faculty Chair, co-founder, and teacher at the Berkshire Waldorf High School, MA. Dr. Sagarin is the former Editor of the Research Bulletin of the Research Institute for Waldorf Education. Dr. Sagarin writes, lectures, mentors teachers, and consults with Waldorf schools on teaching and administration. He has taught history of education at Teachers College, NY; human development at the City University of New York; and U.S. and world history at Berkshire Community College. He is the author of The Story of Waldorf Education in the United States: Past, Present, and Future (SteinerBooks, 2011). His blog "What is Education?" may be found at ssagarin.blogspot.com. Dr. Sagarin has a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University and a B.A. in art history and fine art from Princeton University. He is a member of the Board of Directors of SteinerBooks and the Waldorf Schools Fund. Dr. Sagarin has been a Waldorf teacher for most of his career, including twelve years at the Waldorf School of Garden City, NY, the high school from which he graduated.
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Anne Bingham: Anne Bingham attended private School in England. She worked for Pan Am in 1963-1965, and married Hiram (Tony) Bingham V in 1965. She met Anthroposophy through her father-in-law, Hiram Bingham IV. Anne helped with Study group in Washington for 5 years and the beginnings of a Waldorf School there in Virginia. She left for Houston, Texas, (due to a new job for her husband) and worked with study group there. Then after two years she and Tony went to Emerson College in 1974-1975, and then on to Vancouver, Canada where her husband taught a combined 6th, 7th and 8th grade. After one year, Anne wanted to study Eurythmy so they came back to the USA and Anne began the training in Spring Valley, NY. She graduated in 1980 and performed with the Stage Group for many years and taught for three years at Green Meadow Waldorf School. She and Tony were 18 years in Spring Valley and he worked at that time in the City. Anne presently "runs" a small study group in Greenwich, Ct.
She and her husband have always had a great love for Waldorf Education, Eurythmy and Anthroposophy generally and have tried to support the work of Rudolf Steiner in many ways . |
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Edward Hill: Edward's childhood and teens were spent in rural, eastern Long Island, NY. -
farmland surrounded by saltwater. After graduating from Adelphi University in 1962 with a major in Philosophy and a minor in English, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. The next 4 years included assignments in Texas, Viet Nam (18 months) and California. There he met his first wife and her two young, wonderful daughters. Experiences in Southeast Asia had convinced Edward that teaching was what he wanted to do. They married and drove back east where he returned to Adelphi to attend the Waldorf Institute in Garden City, NY, graduating in 1968 with MA in Education (Waldorf Training). Rural Kimberton, PA attracted his family as did the 5th grade opening there. The next 23 years were spent with 3 lower school classes, 7 years as school administrator, and teaching some high school subjects. The beauty and varied landscapes of our country have impressed Edward ever since driving and camping across the US with the family for many summers. Now, having divorced and remarried in the 1980's, he still looks forward to travels to family and friends as he and Marsha enjoy retirement. Their interest in and love for Waldorf education now finds satisfaction in serving Waldorf Schools Fund and The Michael Foundation, which also supports Waldorf Education. |
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Mark Finser: Mark was a founding member of the Board of New Resource Bank and served as Chairman until it was acquired by Amalgamated Bank in 2018. He now serves as a director of the Board for Amalgamated Bank and its Trust Company. Mark started his career in social finance as a founder of RSF Social Finance. He served as President and CEO of RSF (Rudolf Steiner Foundation) until 2007, during which time he led the growth of the organization's assets to $120 million. In 2007, he transitioned to Chairman of the Board of Trustees and served until 2018. As an active member of the social finance community, Mark has served on several other boards, including B Lab, Yggdrasil Land Foundation, Gaia Herbs, Waldorf Educational Foundation and Waldorf Schools Fund.
Mark also works with high net worth individuals and families to develop a strategy to align financial resources with personal values. As part of this work, Mark serves as an independent trustee for families and their multigenerational beneficiaries. |
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Amy Garnsey: After earning her education degree from Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Amy served in the Peace Corps in Haiti and then spent 13 years in public schools in south Florida, teaching pre-K, ESOL, 1st grade and reading. During that time she met and married Barkley. Becoming a mother rocked her world, and she was overjoyed to find in Waldorf an education that meets and nurtures all parts of the precious beings we are entrusted to parent and teach. She worked for 10 years at Sea Star Waldorf school, first as a founding parent and board member, then as a teacher, and completed teacher training at Antioch New England in 2012.
Seeking a Waldorf high school for their children, Amy's family moved to Colorado in 2016. Her daughter Zoie attends Tara Performing Arts Waldorf High School, her son Rohin Shining Mountain Waldorf School, and Amy teaches reading at Mountain Phoenix Community School, a member of the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education. |
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Karin Myrin
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Past Board Members
Clopper Almon
Joan Almon
Erika Asten
Alfred Barnes
Margaret Barnetson
Tony Bingham
Donald Bufano
Herbert Chaudiere
Madge Childs
Werner Glas
Gloria Kemp
Arvia Mackaye
Mary Mitchell
Patricia Moreell
Heinz Muller-Touraine
Robert Norris
Mrs. Jaymes Owen
Tommi Parzinger
Katherine Phelan
Sigurd Rascher
John Root
Bob Routledge
Mary Shaw
Ann Stahl
Metcalf Walling
Olin Wannamaker
Clopper Almon
Joan Almon
Erika Asten
Alfred Barnes
Margaret Barnetson
Tony Bingham
Donald Bufano
Herbert Chaudiere
Madge Childs
Werner Glas
Gloria Kemp
Arvia Mackaye
Mary Mitchell
Patricia Moreell
Heinz Muller-Touraine
Robert Norris
Mrs. Jaymes Owen
Tommi Parzinger
Katherine Phelan
Sigurd Rascher
John Root
Bob Routledge
Mary Shaw
Ann Stahl
Metcalf Walling
Olin Wannamaker