Meet Our Faculty

Our faculty receives ongoing training by the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education

Staff & Teachers

Timothy Lyons

HEADMASTER

Mr. Lyons has nearly twenty years of experience in teaching, school leadership, and non-profit executive management.

"I feel strongly that OLPA will flourish with the community of founders and families that God has called to it."

Ed Wilkinson

DEAN OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Mr. Wilkinson and his wife, Linda, nurtured The Wilkinson school for 32 years.

"It is our vision that when children come to Our Lady of the Pillar Academy, they will receive a strong academic education based on a classical Catholic curriculum, as well as an everlasting spiritual formation by experiencing a school culture founded on the goodness, truth and beauty of Christ the Teacher."

Helene Bergez

TEACHER

Ms. Bergez has taught for seven years in a Great Hearts Academy in Dallas, Texas, with an enrollment of 850 students. She is from California, but graduated from the University of Dallas with a B.A. in Art History, concentrating in Ceramics.

Rachelle Carmony

TEACHER

Ms. Carmony previously taught 4th through 8th grades in Catholic schools in Orange County and in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is a classically trained theatre actress and singer, who has a great passion for assisting children and families in the Catholic classical tradition and in curriculum development.

Gladys Sanchez

TK/K TEACHER

Ms. Sanchez is an anthropologist and psychology major graduate from San Francisco State University. She is bilingual, a parishioner of Our Lady of the Pillar, a volunteer of many organizations

Chris Voisard

TEACHER

Ms. Voisard is a teacher, writer, and artist. She holds 3 teaching credentials, including one in English and Studio Teaching. She has an undergraduate degree from UC Santa Cruz is in Aesthetics and Learning and a Masters in Education.

Board Members

Derek Kulda

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

Juliette Kulda

DIRECTOR

James Hudon

DIRECTOR

Kristy Hudon

DIRECTOR

Maggie Mattel

DIRECTOR

Jose Villalobos

DIRECTOR

Dr. K

SCIENCE TEACHER

A former University of Notre Dame football player and twenty-four year missionary to Nigeria, Dr. Kelleher is a lifelong teacher. He brings us a wealth of experience, and a PhD in chemistry.

Joyce Hodge

TK/K ASSISTANT TEACHER/ RESOURCE SUPPORT

After nearly 40 years of teaching through California, and as the pioneering founder of Spanish immersion in the Coastside, Ms. Hodge comes to our school with tremendous love for children, experience, and elegance. She is an artist and grandmother to two of our students