Staff & Department Directory
St. HOPE Public Schools Administrative Staff
Lisa Ruda – Superintendent
lruda@sthopepublicschools.org
Elisha Ferguson – Director of Operations
eferguson@sthopepublicschools.org
Allison West – PS7 Elementary Co-Principal
awest@sthopepublicschools.org
Kathleen Jelcz – PS7 Elementary Co-Principal
kjelcz@sthopepublicschools.org
Kristen Meyer – PS7 Middle Principal
kmeyer@sthopepublicschools.org
Christina Williams-James – Sac High Principal
cwilliams@sthopepublicschools.org
Sarah Trapp – Director of Special Education
strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Sierra Murphy – Associate Director of Special Education
smurphy@sthopepublicschools.org
Jade Locke – Director of Special Projects
jlocke@sthopepublicschools.org
Lesley Ezero – Director of Staff and Student Recruitment
lezero@sthopepublicschools.org
Sabrina Jaquez – Human Resources
sjaquez@sthopepublicschools.org
Ken Powell – Head Dean of Students
kpowell@sthopepublicshools.org
John O’Con – Sac High Athletic Director
jocon@sthopepublicschools.org
Valisha Melchor – After School Program Director
vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
St. HOPE Public Schools Staff
Sydney Burgess – Executive Assistant & Special Projects
sburgess@sthopepublicschools.org
Mayra Tostado-Sanchez – Enrollment and Special Projects
mtostado@sthopepublicschools.org
Judy Jackson – Systems Specialists
jjackson@sthopepublicschools.org
Hazina Lott – Human Resources Assistant
hlott@sthopepublicschools.org
Michael Macias – Director of Facilities
mmacias@sthopepublicschools.org
PS7 Elementary School Staff
TK/Kindergarten – 2nd Grade Team Members
Beth Simonton – bsimonton@ps7.org
Carlos Duarte – cduarte@ps7.org
Kara Kvasnicka – kkvasnicka@ps7.org
Alexis Mosley – amosely@ps7.org
Hannah Verigin – hverigin@ps7.org
Miguel Aceves – maceves@ps7.org
Camille Nickerson – cnickerson@ps7.org
Getty Noorzai – gnoorzai@ps7.org
3rd – 5th Grade Team Members
Jacob Hawkins – jhawkins@ps7.org
Presley Ramirez – pramirez@ps7.org
Jordan Ausmus – jausmus@ps7.org
Destiny Lugo – dlugo@ps7.org
Krystianna Garcia – kgarcia@ps7.org
Robert Cisneros – rcisneros@ps7.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Sierra Murphy – smurphy@sthopepublicschools.org
Kimberly Dittberner – kdittberner@ps7.org
Aubreyelle Arrington – aarrington@ps7.org
Veronica Kamekona – vkamekona@ps7.org
Brenda Richard – brichard@ps7.org
Heather Borgman – hborgman@ps7.org
Jonathan Teran – jteran@sthopepublicschools.org
Dominic Allen – dallen@ps7.org
Julia Shughart – jshughart@ps7.org
Kristie Anderson – kanderson@ps7.org
Electives Team Members
Biss Lohani – blohani@ps7.org
Kapri Pelle – Contractor – kpelle_contractor@ps7.org
Michael Wiggins – mwiggins@ps7.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Katie Jelcz – kjelcz@ps7.org
Allison West – awest@ps7.org
Brandon Jefferson – bjefferson@ps7.org
Delmonte Ware Johnson – dwarejohnson@sthopepublicschools.org
Kierre Luat – kluat@ps7.org
Stephanie Chu – schu@ps7.org
Priscilla Coomber – pcoomber@ps7.org
Ingrid Reyes – ireyes@ps7.org
After-School Members
Valisha Melchor – vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
Kendra Garcia – kendra.garcia@ps7.org
Jeniece De Ramus – jderamus@sthopepublicschools.org
Chelsea Weldon – cweldon@ps7.org
Danielle Johnson – djohnson@sthopepublicschools.org
Sarah Williams – swilliams@sthopepublicschools.org
Madison Arata – marata@ps7.org
PS7 Middle School Staff
6th Grade Team Members
Jenna Heath – jheath@ps7.org
Samuel Bellow Jr – sbellow@ps7.org
Bradley Holmes Talbott – bholmestalbott@ps7.org
7th Grade Team Members
Samira Guy – sguy@ps7.org
Reid Blaine – rblaine@ps7.org
Ashley Coleman – acoleman@ps7.org
8th Grade Team Members
Sheila Hernandez – shernandez@ps7.org
Robert Hale – rhale@ps7.org
Paul Lucas – plucas@ps7.org
Electives Team Members
Michael Holkko – mholkko@ps7.org
LaVell Wright – lwright@ps7.org
Michelle Cepeda – mcepeda@ps7.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Sierra Murphy – smurphy@sthopepublicschools.org
Betsaida Valdovinos-Ceja – bceja@ps7.org
Drew Wiesenfeld – awiesenfeld@ps7.org
Michael Fletes – mfletes@ps7.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Kristen Meyer – kmeyer@ps7.org
Takayla Johnson – tjohnson@ps7.org
Damion Ware – dware@sthopepublicschools.org
Alex Pierce – apierce@sthopepublicschools.org
Vanessa Lopez – vlopez@ps7.org
Carah Robinson – crobinson@ps7.org
After-School Members
Valisha Melchor – vmelchor@sthopepublicschools.org
Zaria Benson – zbenson@ps7.org
Erishaun Dupree – edupree@ps7.org
Sacramento Charter High School Staff
9th Grade Team Members
Tayah Kirschermenn – tkirschenmann@sachigh.org
Jarritt Orlando – jorlando@sachigh.org
Brad Bernstein – bbernstein@sachigh.org
Erich Harp – eharp@sachigh.org.org
10th Grade Team Members
Taylor Jones-Mendoza -tjonesmendoza@sachigh.org
Journey Alexander – jalexander@sachigh.org
Joanne Jenkins – jjenkins@sachigh.org
Jorge Zalvala – jzalvala@sachigh.org
11th Grade Team Members
Mehmet Kaan Sesen – msesen@sachigh.org
Alayah Hodges – ahodges@sachigh.org
Joanne Jenkins – jjenkins@sachigh.org
Ivan Coronado – ucoronado@sthopepublicschools.org
12th Grade Team Members
Mehmet Kaan Sesen – msesen@sachigh.org
Prashant Kumar – pkumar@sachigh.org
Electives Team Members
Edward Boretz – eboretz@sachigh.org
Katie Elson – kelson@sachigh.org
Shane Parvin – mparvin@sachigh.org
Special Education/Inclusion Team Members
Sarah Trapp – strapp@sthopepublicschools.org
Sierra Murphy – smurphy@sthopepublicschools.org
Betty Anzaldua – banzaldua@sachigh.org
Tamra Doty – tdoty@sachigh.org
Yvonne Khanishian – ykhanishian@sachigh.org
Guillermo Leyva – gleyva@sthopepublicschools.org
Administrative & Support Team Members
Christina Williams-James – cwilliams@sachigh.org
Morgan Blissett – mblissett@sachigh.org
Ken Powell – kpowell@sthopepublicschools.org
Dom Palmer – dpalmer@sthopepublicschools.org
Ken Taylor – ken.taylor@sthopepublicschools.org
William Davis – wdavis@sachigh.org
Kimmbbie Drayton – kdrayton@sachigh.org
Chandrea Melson – cmelson@sachigh.org
Faye Lawrence – flawrence@sachigh.org
Gabe Robert – grobert@sachigh.org
Laura Davis – ldavis@sachigh.org
Andrea Smith – andrea.smith@sachigh.org
Alex Pierce – apierce@sachigh.org
Alanah McClain – amcclain@sachigh.org
Mirna Reyna – mreyna@sachigh.org
Tanyale Chapman Christian – tchapman@sachigh.org
John O’Con – jocon@sachigh.org
Julian Dewberry – jdewberry@sachigh.org
Erin Landi – elandi@sachigh.org
Cherise Cotton-Jones – ccottonjones@sthopepublicschools.org