Nia Armstrong is a 10+ year resident of Jersey City and a proud TECCS parent.  Nia is currently Vice President, Advertising Sales at a boutique digital advertising firm.  With a career of 20 years in advertising and marketing, she has been instrumental in creating custom advertising solutions for large ad mid-size companies, recently with a focus on the financial industry.   She continues to be a leader in the financial services marketing industry and the community with involvement with community and industry related boards.  Nia holds a Cum Laude Bachelors Degree in Political Science from City University of New York, York College.

nia.armstrong@dev.teccsjc.org

Mike Riccio is a professional designer and artist, classically trained with a BA in both Painting and Sculpture. He has made a living as an artist for the past 30 years, working for commercial enterprises, private collectors, world renowned museums, and many cultural institutions. He is currently The Director of Technical Design for one of the largest specialty fabricators in the country, working on projects throughout the nation and across the globe. He is happy to state that he is a resident of Jersey City for 20 years and the proud father of 3 TECCS students. For the past 10 years Mike has been an active TECCS community member and a firm believer in its mission to make Ethical awareness and practice part of the everyday educational discourse of it’s student life..

mike.riccio@dev.teccsjc.org

Tarun Mundarth is a Vice President at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he focuses on real-time applications’ system analysis, design, development and support on various technologies. An avid cyclist and runner, he also teaches yoga. He is the parent of a child at TECCS.

tarun.mundarth@dev.teccsjc.org

Bernadette Schery 

bernadette.schery@dev.teccsjc.org

Jahshae Stewart 

jahshae.stewart@dev.teccsjc.org

Vassily Kotsonouris is a resident of Jersey City since 2008 with his wife and 2 daughters, both of whom attend TECCS. He is a Director at a global Investment Bank managing a team of project managers and business analysts In Operations. He is also a past Co-President of the Board for the Garden Preschool Cooperative in Jersey City in 2013-14.

vassily.kotsonouris@dev.teccsjc.org

Ed Goodall has been associated with TECCS since 2007 and is a founder of the school. He is in his second stint as a trustee, once again bringing his experience as a long time educator to the board. Having one child at the school and one graduated, Ed is more than familiar with TECCS and enjoys contributing what he can to this thriving community.

edward.goodall@dev.teccsjc.org

Howard Radest (1928-2014)
Founding Board Chair
Howard B. Radest lent us his wisdom and experience as founding board chair for our first years. He was the former Director at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York, and a renowned Humanist, moral philosopher, educator, author, and ethicist. He enjoyed visiting weekly, and all the students knew him. He gave endless insight to board members, teachers, and the principal. We remember him.

Jessica de Veyga has worked in higher education since 2008. She currently serves as the Director of Faculty Affairs for the School of Engineering & Science at Stevens Institute of Technology, handling all faculty-related matters within the largest of the four schools at Stevens. Her previous higher ed experience is in research administration, in the areas of both pre- and post-award administration. Jessica earned a Bachelors degree from Seton Hall University in Marketing, as well as an MBA from Montclair State University with double concentration in Management and Marketing. Jessica joined the TECCS family in 2010 as the Board Clerk.