Meet Our Board
Please reach out to the board directly if you have any board related questions or concerns. Emails are shared with the board, discussed and responded to accordingly. We can be reached at: board@mcminnvillemontessori.com
Any school related matters should go directly to the Director Shannon Lusk: learning@mcminnvillemontessori.com
Talina Corvus
Talina is a MMS parent with one child in elementary and one in primary who has been a member of the MMS community for the last 7 years. She works as an Interim Director and assistant professor at Pacific University where she teaches topics in research, teaching, and physical therapy and where she studies education and belonging. She loves poetry, running, hiking, gardening, and making pancakes, and any time she can get the kids to them with her.
Erin McCarthy
Erin G. McCarthy is a farm-dwelling Wagnerian soprano based in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. An instructor of voice who has spent the last 25 years providing dynamic, award-winning instruction to ambitious vocalists, she offers a uniquely empathetic and joyous approach to teaching. She is an Associate Professor of Voice at Western Oregon University and operates the Erin G. McCarthy Vocal Studio out of a converted outbuilding on Fermata Farm, where she regularly makes music with the barnyard creatures who live there.
Julia Tramelli - Interim Treasurer
Julie is a newly retired educator having been a teacher and school administrator over the course of thirty-eight years. She is passionate about providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning experience for all children. Julie enjoys reading, volunteering, and keeping company with her six grandchildren.
Rosemary Roberts
One of the original MMS students back in the school’s early days, Rosemary is grateful to not only have two children in the elementary classroom now, but to be able to support the school as a board member as well. Rosemary is a reproductive/sexual health educator with a background in alternative and nature-based education, cultural anthropology, permaculture, and herbalism.
Cory Fitzgerald
Cory Fitzgerald, along with his wife and two children, moved to McMinnville in 2024 and became part of the McMinnville Montessori School community by enrolling their son in the elementary program. They plan for their daughter to join the primary program next year after she turns 3. Cory works as a National Account Manager for Airgas, Inc. In his free time, he enjoys gardening, playing softball, hiking, crocheting, and spending time with his kids.