Employee Directory

Laine Flores

Communications and Operations Coordinator

Laine is an administrative professional with a lifelong love of learning and education, fostered by her own independent school experience growing up. Though she has lived in Brooklyn for the last six years, she is true to her Northern California roots and enjoys any opportunity to get out in nature – be it walking in Prospect Park, hiking in the Hudson Valley, or performing at the New York Renaissance Faire during the summer. Other passions include theatrical stage combat, freehand embroidery, and weekly game nights with friends.

Marc Fried

Chief Financial Officer

Marc joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Business Administration from the Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. What he loves most about Rodeph Sholom School is the community. Marc is a long-suffering fan of the New York Islanders and the New York Jets. There’s always next year!

Veronica Garrison

Early Childhood School Nurse

Veronica joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2023 as the school nurse after working in education since 2014. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Barnard College, Columbia University, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Veronica is an experienced Pediatrics/PICU nurse from Brooklyn and an educator at heart, having taught at the elementary school level before transitioning into nursing. She believes education and wellness are closely intertwined—that a wholesome environment where children are cared for physically, intellectually, and spiritually drives creativity and growth. What excites her most about Rodeph Sholom School is serving as a resource for students, staff, and parents within this caring community. In her free time, Veronica loves to cook and host dinner parties, dance, read, and rock climb.

Nadia Gersholowitz

Early Childhood Associate Teacher

Nadia is a University of South Florida graduate from Tampa, Florida, who discovered her passion for education, process art, and early literacy while working as an assistant preschool teacher. In her free time, she enjoys painting and practicing yoga.

Louis Glaser

Arts Department Chair

Louis joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2008 as Director of Alumni Relations and Music Head Teacher. He continues to serve as the Shabbat song leader and music teacher. A New York University graduate who became a professional musician, Louis brings tremendous experience from his work as a music specialist at Congregation Rodeph Sholom and his many years as head song leader at the Union for Reform Judaism Camp Eisner. He acquired his love of Jewish music from his father, who was a rabbi in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Louis loves to play the drums, guitar, and piano, and some Rodeph Sholom School teachers have been known to say that attending an assembly led by Louis is like being at a concert.

Ella Goldblum

Humanities Teacher

Originally from Washington, D.C., Ella graduated from Yale University with a degree in History in 2023 and has worked as an educator in New York City since then. She taught creative and academic writing through Writopia Lab on the Upper West Side to a wide variety of ages, and taught middle school humanities at the Luria Academy of Brooklyn, a Jewish day school in Prospect Heights. She loves working with her students on personal writing projects from poetry to journalism, hearing from them about their favorite art and media, and playing word games together. She also used to be a competitive debater and cares about teaching her students how to dialogue respectfully and critically on complicated issues. In her free time, she loves going to concerts, swimming, and reading in her neighborhood park. 

Elisheva Gould

Learning Center Department Chair

Elisheva joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2004. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature, cinema studies, and Jewish studies from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in informal and communal education from the Jewish Theological Seminary and Davidson Graduate School. What she loves most about Rodeph Sholom School is how working there has allowed her to keep growing and evolving as an educator over the years. She finds it deeply fulfilling to work in a warm school environment that encourages thoughtful learning and action—for students and adults alike—informed by Jewish values, history, texts, and wisdom. Elisheva LOVES to cook and bake, especially gluten-free dishes, though she rarely follows a recipe precisely. A lifelong cat person, she is also a word game enthusiast, film buff, and polyglot who enjoys communicating in Hebrew, French, and Yiddish as much as possible.

Alana Greener

Enrollment Associate

Alana is a graduate from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and a minor in Education. She is a New York City native and is excited to join the Rodeph Sholom Enrollment team! She previously worked as a Special Education Coordinator at Success Academy and spends her free time going on long walks, seeing live music, and spending time with family. 

Amir Guberstein

Middle School Hebrew and Jewish Studies Teacher

Dania Guido

Middle School Art Teacher and Advisor

Dania joined Rodeph Sholom School in 2021. Having grown up in New York City, she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Manhattanville College before moving to sunny Florida, where she taught art in grades K-12 for six years until her son was born. In 2014, she began her training in fiber arts at The Fiber Craft Studio in Chestnut Ridge, New York, then went on to teach visual and fiber art to grades 1-12 at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge. She has also taught visual and fiber arts to teachers at both Sunbridge Institute and The Fiber Arts Studio, bringing over twenty years of experience teaching arts to both children and adults. What she treasures most about Rodeph Sholom School is the wonderful colleagues and support from others in the community. In her free time, Dania makes her own clothes, knits, spins yarn, cooks, and enjoys nature.