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Novato Charter School

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Administration

Administrative Officer | Interim Director | Chief Financial Officer | Office Manager | Admin Manager | Office Staff

Administrative Officer

Nikki Lloyd | Director
Nikki Lloyd

Ms. Lloyd’s tenure at NCS began in 1996 when she became a founding parent of the school. After a hiatus, she returned in 2012 as the school’s director. Ms. Lloyd has a BS in Nutritional Sciences, a California Public School Teaching Credential, a Waldorf Education Teaching Certificate, and an Education Administration Services Credential.  She has taught in public schools, public Waldorf charter schools and private Waldorf schools, including Colegio Waldorf de Cuernavaca, in Mexico, where she became fluent in Spanish. Ms. Lloyd’s two adult children received a Waldorf education Kindergarten through High School, which afforded her the opportunity to experience the education from a parent’s perspective.


Interim Director

Karina Salvesen
Karina Haedo

Karina Haedo is a Waldorf School graduate. She attended Oberlin College and completed her BA in Liberal Studies, Magna Cum Laude, at Purchase College. She completed her Waldorf Elementary Teacher Training, as well as a Waldorf Remedial Education Master’s Degree at Sunbridge College. She holds a California Multiple Subjects Credential through the Dominican University of California. She also cleared her Administrative Credential through North Coast School of Education. Karina has been teaching for over 25 years.


Chief Financial Officer

John Azzizzi
John Azzizzi

John became the CFO of NCS in July 2018. After having served in finance and operations leadership roles in the nonprofit sector, John was the Operations Director at the Sebastopol Charter School from 2013 to July 2018. Earlier in his career, he was an international business executive with General Electric, leading and serving in various management capacities. A certified Waldorf teacher, John completed his training at Rudolf Steiner College receiving his MA in Waldorf Education. He also holds a BA in Economics from Yale University, an MA in Philosophy and Religion from the California Institute of Integral Studies, and a certificate from the Universidad de Sevilla (Spain) where he studied abroad.


Office Manager

Jill Healy
Jill Healy

Jill came to us with over 15 years of experience in working with students and teachers, in both classroom and office environments. She has worked for the Novato Unified School District since 2009 and became the Office Manager at NCS in 2014. Jill grew up traveling the world, as her father was involved in the Peace Corps, then settled in Novato, where she attended middle school and high school.


Admin Manager

Megan Bloom

Megan joined the Novato Charter School staff in January 2021. Before that, she worked at West County High School since 2015 and at a vet hospital for 10 years. Megan grew up in Sebastopol and now is raising her two kids with her husband there. When Megan is not working at NCS she is working as Director of Coaching for WESCO, coaching her daughters’ travel team, and Coaching the West County girls High school soccer team.  During her downtime, she loves spending time with her family, friends, and animals.


Office Staff

 


Annie Cheng

Annie joined NCS in 2015. She enjoys working with the students and appreciates the work and collaboration of all the parents and NCS staff. On her leisure time Annie loves reading, gardening, traveling and spending time with her family and friends.

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Novato Charter School
940 “C” Street
Novato, CA 94949

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Public Hearing for the 2023-24 El Dorado Charter SELPA

Board Meeting Agenda for May 10, 2023 5:30pm

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