Course Listing - by Instructor

Name	Biography
Instructor
Charles J. Adams III	Local author and storyteller, Charles J. Adams III was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1947 and resides there today. In addition to his books, Adams also writes regular features on travel and local legends in the Reading Eagle newspaper and has written travel stories for several other magazines and publications. He has also been the morning air personality on radio station WEEU in Reading, where he has been employed since 1978. Adams has been a speaker at the International Ghost Hunters Alliance and GhostWorld conventions in Gettysburg, Pa., and at regional paranormal conferences in New Jersey, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. He has been interviewed on ghostly topics in England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and on several American radio and television stations. He has also appeared on The History Channel's "Haunted America: New York" and "Haunted America: Philadelphia" programs and has served as consultant and on-air "expert" for programs on hauntings and ghosts on The Learning Channel, MTV, and The Travel Channel. His latest television work is a segment at the haunted Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia for The Travel Channel's "Mysterious Journeys" series.
Elizabeth Alakszay	Liz is an avid dog lover, engineer and educator who has been working for over 40 years. She is a big believer in making everything with dogs fun and games, but also expects 100% focus and connection when interacting with her dogs. Currently she competes with her English Setter and All- American in AKC and Cynosport Rally and AKC Obedience. Her dogs have numerous titles, awards, trick titles and do therapy dog visits.
Charlotte Ann Albertson Cooking School	Charlotte Ann Albertson has been directing cooking classes in Philadelphia and Florida for twenty-seven years. In operation since 1973, her school's enviable status as the area's longest standing, owes much to her unique combination of talent, training and total dedication. A Master's degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania plus graduate studies at Penn's Annenberg School of Communication and Wharton School of Business gives her the skills to both recognize and recruit the finest teachers from the world of food. Extensive travel coupled with classes at prestigious international cooking schools, among them La Varenne and Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, in kitchens in the top European restaurants, a summer at the American Embassy in Switzerland, and Beringer Vineyards in California's Napa Valley, provide her with insight into current food trends. Her position as consultant to food and wine companies, libraries and cultural institutions is further evidence of the high professional esteem in which she is held. She earned the Delaware Valley Restaurant Association's Panache award for her significant contribution to promoting education within the food industry.
Roger Arthur	Roger Arthur has been a student of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln his entire life. He has traveled extensively across America visiting most of the major Civil War and Lincoln sites. He holds a Bacherlor's and Master's degree in history. He is now a retired history teacher with 20 years classroom and 30 years experience lecturing to adults in libraries, civil clubs and night schools about a variety of history topics..
Mita Barot
Wayne Barrett
Mark Bergkvist	Mark is an accomplished, international award-winning photographer. Over 40 years ago Mark got hooked on photography developing black and white film in the darkroom. Today Mark's personal passion is for Landscape Photography and his work is available at many local art shows and galleries. Mark has extensive experience in all areas of photography from Macro, Sports, Portraits, Travel, Nature and video. Mark also teaches photography at several local camera clubs and community groups. Mark is certified if Heartsaver First Aid/CPR/AED.
Jason Bishop
Bobby Bohrer	Head Golf Professional and Director of Golf at Pickering Valley Golf Club, Phoenixville, since 1987; responsible for all professional golf lessons provided at the club.
Jim Bonshock	• Graduated from Pennsylvania School of Art & Design • Worked 30+ years as a graphic designer and video editor • My portfolio is filled with one success story after another including movie promotions like Little Boy, Bella, The Mighty Macs, Newcastle, Restless Heart, Cosmic Origins, Emilio, and Evelyn - all nationally and internationally successful. • Website: www.MajesticForSuccess.com • LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-bonshock-0261aa1/ • Creative Director for the following Clients: Pfizer, Merck, ADP, Philadelphia Flyers/Sixers, ALR Celebrity Awards Events, Walmart, Landmark Films, Boston Acoustics, etc
Jolene Borgese
Anna Bourgeois
Karen Boyd	Karen Boyd is a Realtor Agent, with the national Accredited Seller Representative designation. She is also a professional certified Accredited Staging Professional (ASP), and helps clients to prepare and market their homes for sale or redesign. Additionally, she is a Pennsylvania Real Estate Board-certified licensed instructor, teaching professional development courses to other PA realtors and brokers. Over the past 8 years Karen has created and hosted home staging workshops for community education programs and has been a featured speaker at several state and regional conferences and colleges, including New York University. Karen is also a published writer on real estate and home staging topics.
Tiffany Boyd
Patricia Boyle
Gerry Brunner	Mr. Brunner is an accomplished fly-fisherman who has fished most of the trout streams in PA and fished for trout in NC, VA, CO, MT and Alaska.
Joe Buglio	Prerequisite: Must have completed Level 1 & 2. All students must have a piano or digital piano to use at home for practicing during the week. Cost: $195 plus music book materials to be purchased in the sheet music department at Taylor’s Music store on the first day of class. Cost for the music materials for the course is TBD. Location: Group Lesson Room Studio 17 at Taylor’s Music Store & Studios Students will continue to learn playing and practicing piano skills. Piano technique, pieces, exercises and music harmony will be taught. For this course, students will purchase in the sheet music dept. the Module 3 and Level 3 piano series along with purchasing one supplemental popular piano arrangements music book.
Rich Buoni
Jessica Burger, ChFC®, CDFA®	Jessica was born and raised in South Africa. Growing up on their family farm, she learned that the core values of hard work, patience honesty and integrity are rewarded in the long term. Her life took a different twist when her father passed away in her junior year and her family was left in a difficult financial situation. She recalls the financial challenges and hardships of those years that often left her mother in tears, and developed a keen interest in the impact of money on life events. The consequences of those experiences prompted Jessica to take financial responsibility for herself. After graduating from high school, she earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pretoria in Economics, the first in her family to attend college. She joined the Standard Bank of South Africa and spent her banking career in their corporate banking division. The experience she gained in the banking world was incomparable. She learned that big corporations rely heavily on core fundamentals in times of challenges and economic hardships. Motivated by her own financial experience and witnessing family members overwhelmed by the emotional and financial distress of divorce, cancer and death, Jessica later moved into the field of individual financial planning. In 2005 her life took yet another twist when due to a career opportunity for her husband, her family relocated to the United States with their two young boys. Reminded by her previous experience that success is preceded by disciplined fundamental financial practices, Jessica anchored herself in her financial roots. On the one side fulfilling her roles as spouse and mother, and the other side learning more about finances in the United States. When Jessica joined uFinancial Group in 2009, her interest was ignited by her experience on her family farm and her desire to empower women to be their financial best. " Individual Retirement Planning " Investments " Estate Planning " Business Succession Strategies " College Savings " Life and Disability Income Insurance " Long Term Care Insurance " Bachelor's degree in Economics - University of Pretoria " South African Institute of Bankers - Diploma " FINRA Series' 7 & Series 66 Registration " PA State Series 1603 (Life and Health) " Registered Representative of MML Investors Services, LLC " Chartered Financial Consultant® Accounting and Financial Women Alliance, Tri-County Area Chamber of Commerce, Chester County Chamber of Business and Industry, Bethel & Pottstown Toastmasters, Tri-County SCORE Community involvement: supports Compassion International, volunteer for SCORE and is active in her local church. Married to Hendrik and thankful to be the proud parents of two Eagle Scouts both in college studying mechanical engineering. Jessica Burger is a registered representative of and offers securities, investment advisory and financial planning services through MML Investors Services, LLC, member SIPC (www.sipc.org). Supervisory address: 5001 Louise Drive, Suite 300, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055, 717-791-3300.
Members of the CC Astronomical Society
Kenneth Cadogan	Fourth degree Black Belt Certified by the U.S. Aikido Federation; Certified Women's Self-Defense instructor; 16 years of Martial Arts teaching experience.
Barbara (Bobbi) Caley	For the past 35+ years, Barbara (Bobbi) Caley has taught sign language to people of all ages-- infants, elementary students, high school students, adults, and grandparents. Bobbi has a Master’s degree in Deaf Education and was a teacher of deaf children for ten years before homeschooling her own children. She now works part-time for DeafCAN! a social service agency serving deaf and deaf-blind individuals. In addition, she teaches American Sign Language at Gwynedd Mercy University. Bobbi is deaf from measles she had as a baby.
Richard Calla	Richard Calla has traveled extensively to Italy and has organized and led tour of 3 cities. He is President of Italian language and culture club of 100 members; teacher of Italian at Widener University, Exton; teaher of Italian small group; ESL English tutor of immigrants; public speaker and published author of "Father Injustice."
Francis Caracappa	Francis Caracappa is the senior student (Sihing) at the Martial Arts and Fitness Center in Malvern, PA. He has 10 years of experience in Wing Chun.
Halyna Church	Teaching Night School classes since 1979. Gardening knowledge is from hands on experience, plant merchandising, and Master Gardening certification. Enjoys company of people, plants, and natural world.
Gina Cincotta	The first handmade bracelet Gina Cincotta made was for her Cabbage Patch kid doll. She never stopped creating jewelry from found objects, beads, and wire. She graduated from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, in Silversmithing and Art Education. She owned Silver Wings Studio in Chester Springs for 10 years. She currently makes jewelry in her home studio.
Maureen Collins	Fun and energetic AFAA certified group instructor with 32 years of fitness training experience and 10 different certifications.
Donna Cooper	Donna Cooper was raised in Malvern, Pennsylvania and went on to major in music at Northwestern University. She has taught elementary and middle school band for over 15 years. Currently Donna is the Instrumental Band Director at Sarah Starkweather and East Bradford Elementary Schools in the West Chester Area School District. In addition to her teacher responsibilities, she is a free-lance harpist in the Philadelphia area. She performs with the Main Line Symphony, Chester County Pops, Immaculata Symphony and the New Holland Band.
Tony Dahm, Associate Broker	Tony Dahm is an Associate Broker with eXp Realty LLC. He has been a full-time real estate professional since 2004, having closed over $100 million in sales and more than 300 transactions during that time. Mr. Dahm's background is in Contracts and Contract Negotiations. Prior to making real estate his full-time profession, he spent 21 years writing and negotiating contracts for an engineering firm and a major international software firm. Education: - B.S. Widener University, Business Management - M.S. Widener University, Industrial Management. Tony is a real estate instructor at Chester County Lifelong Learning and Delaware County Community College.
Denise Daniels
Shawn Dempsey
Rosemarie Dempsey	1847 Financial powered by Penn Mutual Title: Financial Advisor Years in Financial Services: 10 years Licenses include: Life and Health, Long Term Care certification, Medicare Certified, Variable Lines Contracts, Series 6,63,65. Villanova University BSBA 1983
Rob Dickenson	Rob Dickenson, popular local musician and performer, has been teaching guitar at Chester County Night School for over 20 years. Read all about his life and music at: robdickenson.com.
Edmund Dracup	Masters Degree in Financial Services (MSFS), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC), Certified Financial Planner Practitioner (CFP®), Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP), Certified in Long-Term Care (CLTC), and Investment Advisor with MML Investors Services, LLC. Ed has over 34 years of relevant experience. Ed Dracup is a registered representative of and offers securities, investment advisory and financial planning services through MML Investors Services, LLC, Member SIPC, 100 Sterling Pkwy, #307, Mechanicsburg, PA 17050, 717-76791-3300 Edmund J. Dracup, MSFS, CLU ®, ChFC ®, CFP ®, RICP ®, CLTC Partner “Making a Difference for Clients and Communities” 111 East Uwchlan Ave. Exton, PA 19341 484-348-6211 Direct Dial 610-458-7907 (FAX) 717-791-3300 Supervisory Office www.ufinancialgroup.com https://massmutual.box.com/s/1lv7yg6sh1ow94eooh6xj377agtmpce5 https://coverpath.massmutual.com//?fg=Edmund-Dracup-130241 Please note: Orders to buy or sell securities will not be accepted by email or voicemail messages. Registered Representative of and securities offered through MML Investors Services, LLC. (MMLIS). Home office located at 1295 State Street, Springfield, MA 01111 (413) 737-8400. Member SIPC (www.sipc.org).
Jay Erb	Jay Erb, a Chester County park ranger and adventure education facilitator, is also the chair of the North Coventry Parks & Recreation Commission. Jay has been involved with challenge course facilitation, environmental education, and resource management since 1998. He's also the founder and Chief Instructor of the Tae Kwon Do Academy, a not-for-profit martial arts school established in 1987.
Penn Oaks Fitness Instructor
Dan Freed	Meet Dan Freed, a longtime Improv performer, well-known for Better Than Bacon Troupe at Uptown Theatre in West Chester! Welcome him to CCLL this Fall!
Wendy Frost
John Gaffney
Brooke George
Esther Gordon
Craig Greiner	Craig Greiner graduated from the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 1983. He has been working as a graphic designer and art director in the advertising industry for the past 30 years. In 2000, he started Greiner Communications, a design firm serving various Philadelphia area companies and advertising agencies. Craig has been painting since he was a teenager, studying different methods of painting under many local artists. He has had his paintings displayed in local art shows and had two solo shows in 2014. After many years of being a student, Craig believes he knows what differentiates a good class from a great one, and he looks forward to providing that experience to many new artists.
Ingrid Guthrie, RYT, CPT	Igrid Guthrie is a Cerftified Yoga instructor and a retired Professional Ballerina.
Phil Haddad	Tai Chi instructor since 2009; studied under Master Charles Brynan of the Pear Garden School of Tai Chi, where he learned the Yang style long form, along with the sword and fan forms. He has been teaching in the adult education program for Chester County Night School for the last five years.
Scott Harker
Jeffery Heim	B.S. Secondary Education, The Pennsylvania State University M.A. History [Greek and Roman], The Pennsylvania State University M.A. History [British Colonialism/India], Temple University Taught high school for 37 years. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow (Arabic Novels in translation, 1986) Fulbright Fellow to India, 1989 Annenberg Fellow - FPRI Conference: Teachers of the Middle East, 1994
Jan Herbster
Sara Houser-DiPasqua	Sara has been training extensively and performing for over 24 years in Modern, Lyrical, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Pointe, Jazz, Pilates, Barre Fitness, Musical Theatre, and Tap. She has taught in studios in Chester and Delaware County. She has choregraphed for diffrent theatre groups as well. She attended Rider University as a Fine Arts Major for Dance. She has performed in the 2015 6ABC Thanksgiving Day Parade , Disney World, and Hershey Park. Sara was fortunate enough to train under famous choreographers such as Wade Robson, Chris Judd, Dave Scott, and Dee Caspary.
Julia Inslee	Julie is an English tutor at Delaware County Community College and a dairy sheep farmer in Chester County. For the past couple of years, eager crafters have come to the farm to learn the art of needle felting. My needle felted critters, table mats, and other fiber arts can be found around the county at various craft shows and farmers markets.
Carousel Instructor
WGK Glass Art Instructor
Chuck Jackson
Brannon Johnson	Brannon Johnson has been rowing for over a decade and coaching for the last 6 years. She is a former City National Jr. Champion and was a four-year Division I Collegiate athlete at the University of Texas.
Russ Jones	Russ Jones is a past commander of the Main Line Sail and Power Squadron. He holds a Senior Navigator rating from the United States Power Squadron, a US Coast Guard Captain's License, is a Navy veteran, and also has extensive experience in sailing on the Chesapeake Bay and elsewhere.
Carrie Kaysen	Carrie Kaysen has owned dogs since childhood and has been running her own business since 2016. She is a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, has completed the Victoria Stilwell Academy-Certified Dog Trainer (VSA-CDT) program, is a Pro Dog Trainer (PDT) through Absolute Dogs and is a Certified Trick Dog Instructor (CTDI) through Do More With Your Dog. She offers private, in-home training and virtual and in-person classes. Her current partners, Cocker Spaniels Dexter and Bitsy, have had training in manners and obedience, dog sports fundamentals, rally, treibball, agility, scentwork, parkour, freestyle, therapy work, and are Canine Good Citizens. Dexter has earned titles in rally and agility, and both are certified trick dogs. Carrie is passionate about helping owners better understand their dog's challenges and working to resolve them.
Don Knabb
Drew Knight	Owner-Operator, Woodcraft of Downingtown, PA
Matthew Konchel
Matt Konchel, Esq
Robert Korbonits	Bob has a MS in Agriculture Economics and has worked as a Director at the Department of Agriculture in Harrisburg. He has been raising chickens at his home for the past 3 years.
Liz Loeper
Reggie Loper
Jessica Lowenadler Sontag	Jessica is a Natural Foods Educator. She teaches about the health benefits of foods and incorporates them into her lessons. Her healthy food is always full of flavor and made without gluten, dairy & eggs and is organic wherever possible. Jessica draws her inspiration from recipes from around the world, tweaking the dishes to match her healthy lifestyle.
Mary Ann Maggitti
Isabelle Mattie	Isabelle is a native French speaker from Normandy. She has been a private teacher and tutor in French since 1998 and is currently working as a French tutor at the University as well as a translator and private teacher for various companies in West Chester. She teaches French in elementary schools for after-school programs and is a substitute teacher in local high schools.
Bryan McCloskey	Bryan McCloskey, MS, CASL & W. Marshall Pearson, Attorney at Law Phone: 484-517-4422 Email: bryan@revisionistwealth.com Address: 107 E. Lancaster Ave., Suite 102, Downingtown, PA 19335 Website: https://revisionistwealth.com/ Jointly taught from two perspectives. Legal perspective by Marshall Pearson, attorney who has been practicing in the area for over 20 years. Financial perspective from Bryan McCloskey, local retirement and investing advisor, specializing in Retirement accounts and Tax Strategy in retirement, over a decade in the business, local to Downingtown.
Cindy McMenamin
David Megay	David Megay David Megay has been an attorney in Pottstown and Phoenixville for over 31 years. David is currently with O'Donnell, Weiss & Mattei, P.C. Law firm and specializes in Real Estate and Business Planning
Mo Moadeli	Bio: Mo is a software engineer with a graduate degree in Computer Science from SUNY New Paltz and also completed the IBM MBA Program in collaboration with NYU Stern and Columbia Business School. With experience at Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg, EY, and Microsoft, Mo has led engineering teams and mentored peers, focusing on software systems architecture and development. Mo aims to inspire and educate others in systems development and AI. For more details, visit Mo's LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/momoadeli/
Nick Montalto	United States Power Squadron (USPS) Senior Navigator, Certified Instructor, and assistant Education Officer. Courses taught include Sail, Piloting, Weather, and America's Boating Course. Mr. Montalto has crewed or captained on boats from 17 ft. runabout to 46-foot sailing catamaran.
Sherin Motawea
Kyle Nobel
Cathy Peluso
Nancy Plummer	I am a survivor of stage 4 ovarian cancer and two cases of metastatic brain cancer. As a Wellness & Relationship coach, I've helped hundreds of people have a more empowered life through individual sessions, group seminars, and as a guest speaker. I have also been an award-winning documentary filmmaker, PBS on-air personality, and have a masters degreee in education. I am currently a columnist for the Chester County/Unionville Times, and am writing a book about becoming the best U. My website is: www.BecomingThe Best U.com
Nancy Potts
Monica Rhoten	AHA Certified Instructor with 13 years CPR teaching experience
Kyle Risch
Camilo Rodriguez	Angela has a bachelor degree in Education of Languages from La Salle University in Colombia and a Master Degree in Human Resources and Employment Relations from Penn State University. I have been working for banking / finance as small business consultant for around five years in Philadelphia area and California Orange County Market.
Larry Rufo
Matt Schillizzi	Co-owner and Tour Director, City Food Tours. Eric Matzke is a self-proclaimed food nerd. From his study of sustainable agriculture and economic botanicals in college to advanced pastry courses at The Philadelphia Restaurant School, he has an insatiable appetite to learn about delicious foods. Eric has a solid background in not only wine, beer, cheese, and chocolate, but also Brazilian Rodizio cuisine and Aphrodisiac foods. Eric has extensive tour-guide experience and has planned events for non-profits and convention groups across the US. He received his Bachelors of Science Degree in Zoology from Eastern Illinois University and his Masters in Fine Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
Kyle Shollenberger
Michael Skiff	Michael Skiff, CFP®, ChFC® is a registered representative of and offers securities, investment advisory, and financial planning services through MML Investors Services, LLC, Member SIPC • 5001 Louise Drive, Suite 300, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 • 717-791-3300.
Susan Smith
Vernet Spence-Brown
Alfred Tolbert	3rd Degree Black Belt Tai Chi Certified Instructor
Joanne Vitali
Pam Walsh
Tina Welsch	Tina graduated with a college degree in translation from the University of Saarland in Germany and has been working as a freelance translator in German, French and English and has translated for various organizations such as Habitat for Humanity. She is also a private German tutor. She has lived in Germany for over a decade and is a native speaker.
Nancy White	computer instructor at Main Line School Night in Radnor, PA and Delaware County Community College in Media, PA and loves to teach others how to make the very best use of technology for life and work. Find Nancy's contact info at www.partnercomputing.com. Call her at 610-357-1525 or email nwhite@partnercomputing.com
Paul Wilburn	Professional dance instructor since 1985. Owner of Cut-A-Rug DJ Dance Enterprises since 1993.