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Cape Fear Center for Inquiry
Staff Directory
 
Administration
Brian Corrigan, Director | e-mail

Mr. Corrigan, Director of CFCI, is starting his 3rd year at CFCI. He came to the school in 2008 from Searsport District Middle School in Maine. He was the Principal of the 6-8 Middle School for three years and Dean of Students and Athletic Director for the High School and the Middle School in Searsport for one year. More...

 
Lori Underwood, Curriculum Coordinator | e-mail

Ms. Underwood began working at CFCI in 2008. She came from South Brunswick Middle School where she served as a Curriculum Specialist and Algebra 1 teacher. Before that, Ms. Underwood taught 6th, 7th, and 8th grade math at Leland Middle School. More....

 
Nancy Johnsen , EC Coordinator | e-mail
   Nancy Johnsen comes to CFCI with an extensive background in exceptional children administration. A graduate of the University of Maryland, Mrs. Johnsen obtained her MEd and EdS degrees from the University of West Georgia in Carrolton, GA with dual areas of licensure in Learning Disabilities and Severe Emotional Disturbance. More...
 
Kathy Rettig, Business Operations Coordinator| e-mail
Kathy Rettig joined the new CFCI Administrative team as Business Operations Coordinator in July 2008.

Born in Boulder Colorado, Kathy holds degrees in Accounting and Management Information Systems from the University of Arizona. More....
     
Michael Zentmeyer, Human Resource Coordinator | e-mail

Michael Zentmeyer comes to CFCI with 32 years experience working in public schools in New Hanover County. He was an elementary grade teacher, peer evaluator and, for the past 13 years, an elementary school principal. More....

     
Pam O'Dell, Front Office Administrator | e-mail

Pam is our front office administrator and maintains student records, handles telephone calls, attendance, visitors, student applications, lottery, enrollment and various other duties. She came to CFCI in January 2003. More....

     
Sara Johnson, Secretary | e-mail
Sara is our part-time office assistant, who aids Pam O’Dell, our front office administrative assistant, with a variety of duties. Sara came to CFCI the end of August 2003. More....  
     
Kindergarten/1st Grade Teachers
 
Joanne Brinkley | e-mail

Joanne Brinkley has been teaching for 14 years. She taught for four years in Duplin County. While there, she was trained as a Reading Recovery teacher and taught at risk first graders for three years. After moving back to Wilmington, she taught first grade for four years at Mary C Williams in New Hanover County .More...

     
Beth Carter | e-mail

Beth Carter will be teaching first grade in 2010 – 2011 - her 11th year at CFCI - and is one of the founding teachers of the school. She graduated from Georgia Southern College and UNC Chapel Hill with a Masters degree in Reading. Mrs. Carter has taught at the college level, third grade, first grade, kindergarten and preschool. More....

     
Samantha DePrisco | e-mail
Samantha DePrisco is a native of Waverly, Virginia. She graduated in 2001 from Randolph-Macon College with a degree in Sociology and Studio Art. More....
     
René Lemons-Matney | e-mail

Kindergarten/1st grade teacher René has many connections to CFCI. She is one of the co-founders of the school, a CFCI Board member, and the mother two children enrolled at the school.
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2nd/3rd Grade Teachers
 
Harden Barker | e-mail

 Harden joined the 2/3 loop at CFCI in 2004 after teaching 5th grade for 5 years in both Wilmington and Raleigh. He has both a bachelor's and master's degree in elementary ed from UNCW, earning them in 1999 and in 2005. More...

     
Michele Hair | e-mail
 

 I first graduated from UNCW with a degree in Psychology and then went back to school to get my second degree in Elementary Education. More..

 

     
Cyndi O'Brien | e-mail

 

 Cyndi taught at Invin Avenue Open Elementary School in Charlotte for 12 years in multiage classrooms. She was one of the founders of Community Charger School in Charlotte and taught there for four years. More...
     
Jan Tremon-Jenkins | e-mail
  Jan Tremon-Jenkins has been in education and teaching in the public schools, and various colleges for 28 years. Presently, she is getting certified in Brain Gym. More...
     
4th/5th Grade Teachers
     
  Amanda Benton |e-mail
Amanda Benton came to CFCI after graduating from UNC Wilmington. She completed her internship in 1st grade at CFCI in the spring of 2009 and realized how important inquiry and social curriculum is during the elementary school years.   More...
     
     
  Nancy Kachadurian |e-mail
 Nancy Kachadurian is a native of Rhode Island. She moved to Wilmington in 1995 where she earned her degree in Elementary Education and Sociology.  More...
     
  Lisa Sullivan |e-mail
 
Originally from Radford, VA, I came to CFCI in 2001. After graduating from Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!!), I taught 2 years of kindergarten at Check Elementary School in Floyd County, VA. More...
     
     
Lori Winner |e-mail
    Lori Winner is a home town girl who attended local schools (John T. Hoggard-Go Vikings). She has been married to her one true love since the tender age of 20. More...
     

Middle Grades (6-8th grade)

 
Jackie Anderson, 7th grade homeroom | e-mail
  

Jackie Anderson comes from Roanoke, VA, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary and Middle Grades Education with a concentration in math. More...

 

Lisa Brackney, 7th grade homeroom |e-mail
  

 Lisa moved to Wilmington from Tampa, Florida in November 2005. She graduated from USF in Tampa and has been teaching for five years. Lisa is currently attending UNCW for her master's degree. More...

     
Indira Grimes, 8th grade homeroom |e-mail
  

Indira Girmes is from Houston, Texas. She completed her B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1993 and worked as an engineer for 9 years with Andersen Windows and Corning. More...

     
Jon Hartman, 6th grade homeroom | e-mail
   Jon Hartman was raised in Mt. Pleasant, NC and then moved to Wilmington to attend UNCW in 2002. He graduated in 2006 with a degree in K-6 education. More...
     
Teresa Lambe, 8th grade homeroom | e-mail
   Teresa Lambe has been teaching at CFCI since 2002. She currently teaches middle grades language arts and eighth grade social studies. More...
     
Sarah McCorcle, 6th grade homeroom |e-mail
   Sarah McCorcle is originally from Lynchburg, VA. She attended VA Tech for undergraduate where she earned a BA in History and English. More..
     
Specialists
 
Joanne DaVolio - Technology | e-mail
   Ms. DaVolio is a native of New York and holds a degree in Computer Science from Hofstra University. After 16 years working as a programmer and system administrator, she decided to venture into the education field. More...
     
Renée DeVos Riggs- Physical Education | e-mail
   Renée DeVos Riggs, a native of New York State, decided to make North Carolina her home in 1995. She is a graduate of UNC at Wilmington where she earned her B.A. from the Department of Health and Human Science with her major in physical education and concentration in biology. More...
     
Sharon Moore- K-5 General Music and 5-8 Band | e-mail
     Sharon D. Moore, a native of Illinois, moved to North Carolina in 2005. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI) with her B.A. in Instrumental Music and from American University (Washington, DC) with her M.F.A. in Arts Managements. More...
     
   Missy Ritchie - Art | e-mail
  

 My name is Miriam (Missy) Ritchie and I'm the new art teacher at CFCI. I'm so excited about joining the CFCI community, and I look forward to the opportunity to learn and grow together! I attended St. Mary's School, in Raleigh, for my last 2 years of High School, and for my first 2 years of college. More...

     
Ingrid Stenzel- Spanish | e-mail
   Señora Stenzel began studying Spanish back in 1999. Her love of languages led her to major in Spanish with a minor in Danish. More...
     
Exceptional Children teachers
 
Evelyn Albright | e-mail
   Ms. Albright is a teacher in our Exceptional Children’s department. She is proud to have recently served as a People to People International Ambassador for Special Needs traveling with a team of educators from North America and Quatar to the 2007 US-Egypt Education Forum in Cairo, Egypt. More...
     
Pauline Piner | e-mail
   Pauline Piner taught in Indiana for two years as an Exceptional Children’s Teacher before accepting a teaching position at Camp LeJeune Dependents’ School in 1988. Since then she has taught in New Hanover County Schools as well as Cape Fear Academy. More...
     
Lori Benazzi | e-mail
    Lori Benazzi and her husband James moved to Wilmington in June 2008. She relocated from her hometown of Glen Cove, New York. Lori attended Long Island University, receiving her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and her Master’s degree in Special Education. More....
     
     
| Fadi Mansour | e-mail
  

Fadi Mansour, or Mr. Fadi as he is known along the halls, comes to CFCI from Carrboro North Carolina, where he worked for Chapel Hill-CarrboroCity Schools for 4 years as an EC teaching assistant. More...

 
Leanne Scribner | e-mail
  

Leeanne and her husband Patrick relocated to the Wilmington area from Woodbridge, Virginia. Leeanne has a degree in Special Education and Physical Education from West Virginia University and a certification in Learning Disabilities from the University of Virginia. She has over twenty years experience teaching in a variety of settings. She came to us from Prince William County Schools where she was an Elementary Learning Disabilities teacher. Leeanne is a long term substitute for Mrs. Benazzi who is on maternity leave. She is excited to be a part of the CFCI community and is enjoying getting to know the Wilmington area.

 
 
Support Staff
Polly Tait- Guidance Counselor | e-mail
     Polly Tait is the guidance counselor at CFCI. She has a BA in psychology from the University of Michigan and a MS in School Counseling from Indiana University. More...
 
     
Andrea Busch - Occupational Therapist | e-mail
      Andrea Busch graduated with a degree in occupational therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina. She has worked as an occupational therapist for ten years in the field of pediatrics. More...
     
Teacher Assistants
 
Sadie Ackerman | e-mail
   

Sadie Ackerman has a Master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona and has worked as a freelance writer, editor, writing teacher, and writing consultant for over 15 years.More....

     
Vickie Hiatt | e-mail
   My hometown is Burlington, N.C. After graduating from Elon College, I began my teaching career in Lexington, N.C. More...
     
Clarissa Howe | e-mail
   Clarissa Howe is a North Carolina native and has called many places home in both the USA and in Europe, before settling in Wilmington in 1988. She has a B.A. in Anthropology and Art History from UNC Chapel Hill. More...
     
Sally Myers | e-mail
   Ms. Sally has been a resident of Wilmington since 1980 when her family moved here so her husband could take a teaching job at UNCW. Before working at CFCI, she taught in the New Hanover County School System from 1980 until retiring in 2005. More...
     
Carol Radford | e-mail
  
Ms. Radford was born in Goldsboro, NC, but spent most of her life in Greenville, NC where she graduated from East Carolina University with a Masters Degree in elementary education and a Principal’s Certificate. More...
     
Marla Roberson | e-mail
  
Marla is originally from Tabor City, NC and moved to Wilmington to attend UNCW. She graduated with a Sociology degree and has since returned to gain her Elementary Education Teaching License. Marla completed her internship at CFCI in December 2009 and is very excited to continue working here with such great faculty, students and parents. In her spare time, Marla enjoys spending time with her family and friends and loves to read and play at the beach!