Instructors
Jefferson Prep is nationally renowned for the expertise of its instructors. We recruit the most coveted instructors nationwide, and we accept less than 3% of the applicants who apply to teach for us.
This page profiles only some of our available instructors.
For a complete list of tutors in your area, please contact us.
Dr. Kit Minden
M.S., Cornell University
Ph.D., Harvard University
More than 30 years of teaching and tutoring experience worldwide
Master Level tutor of SAT, LSAT, GRE, GMAT, PRAXIS and TOEFL
Perfect scores on the SAT, GRE, and LSAT.
Teaching experience at the Pentagon, NASA, and the World Bank.
Helen Oehrlein
BA, SUNY
MBA, Columbia
MA in Mathematics
Over 15 years of tutoring/teaching experience
Professor of math and statistics
Math Teacher (Algebra I/II, Geometry, Pre-calculus and Statistics), Portledge School
Dr. Matthew Lubin
BA, Dartmouth
MA, Oxford
MA, Princeton
MA, University of Chicago
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Over 10 years of tutoring/exam prep experience
Dr. Ben DeForrest
Graduate of the renowned Political and Social Thought Program at the University of Virginia
Echols Scholar, Alumni Scholar
Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University
Over 7 years of tutoring experience
Kenny Hong
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
8+ years of tutoring experience in Mathematics (Algebra I/II, Geometry, Pre-calculus and Statistics), SAT, and other standardized exams
Member of Alpha Lambda Delta & Phi Eta Sigma Honor Societies
Dr. Larissa Jennings
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Harvard University
MHS, Johns Hopkins University
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
Over 7 years of tutoring/exam prep experience
Allen Robinson, Esq.
Member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Bar
Graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law
An Echols Scholar at the University of Virginia
Perfect score on the SAT, and upper-99th percentile score on the LSAT (177)
Over 7 years of SAT and LSAT tutoring experience.
Jacklyn Moreau, M.D.
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard Medical School
Over 7 years of tutoring experience
Tutored hundreds of students for SAT, MCAT, math and science courses
Patricia Aldrete
Magna Cum Laude Graduate of Duke University
Yale Law School
Over 5 years of exam prep teaching experience
Michael Lipiner
MA, CUNY
BA, URI
Extensive tutoring experience on a range of subjects/levels, including SAT prep and college application
A published author and playwright
Author, “Magyar, Stars & Stripes,” a Holocaust survivor biography, which is presently used at various schools to teach tolerance education, and featured in Newsday – October 30, 2005
Tess Bergman, Esq.
Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Graduate of Loyola University
Juris Doctor, UNC-Chapel Hill
LLM, Georgetown University
MA in Biotechnology, Johns Hopkins University
Over 10 years of teaching experience
J. Aldrete
Cum Laude Graduate of Harvard University
MA, Johns Hopskins University-SAIS
10 years of SAT and GRE teaching experience
Dr. Michael Brook
BS, Mathematics, University of Illinois
MS, Mathematics, Northeastern Illinois University
Ph. D., Mathematics Education, University of Delaware
Over 35 years of experience in classroom teaching and tutoring.
Dr. Radwa Elshaabany
Ms. Elshaabany has years of Arabic teaching and translating experience on an international level.
Professor of Arabic language, St. John’s University
Professor of Arabic language, The Arabic Institute
Arabic instructor at the Mellville Centre of Long Island
Member and translator, Egyptian Translators Committee
Translator for the Al-Shark Lebanese newspaper
Michael Kertes
Graduate studies, Rutgers University
MBA, New York University
15 + years of Math teaching experience
One of Manhattan’s most coveted and renowned SAT Math instructors
Vicky Cohen
Masters in Education, NYU, Magna Cum Laude
Masters in Education Administration, NYU
Over 5 years of tutoring/teaching experience
Dr. Asia Ledbetter
BS, Western Washington University
M.ed,University of Washington
Certified teacher in both California and Washington
11 years of tutoring experience
Worked with hundreds of students for private exam preparation
Worked for and designed teaching curriculum for several test prep companies
Barbara Brown, Esq.
Juris Doctor, NYU
MFA, BC
Over 10 years of tutoring experience for the LSAT, GMAT, GRE and SAT.
Michael Abod, Esq.
BA, Ohio State University
JD/MBA, Case Western Reserve University
Years of experience tutoring for many standardized tests
Dr. Justin Connolly
Ph.D., Yale University
5+ years of experience exam prep experience
Lauren White
BA, Amherst
Over 5 years of tutoring experience
Exam Prep Instructor
Ken Wong
BA, Georgetown University
Over 7 years of tutoring/teaching experience for standardized exams
Emilie Moulton
Honors graduate of Columbia University
Over 5 years of exam prep and teaching experience
Emily Hein
BA, University of Washington
MA, California State University of Fullerton
Instructor of French language
Michael E. Tolle
Mr. Tolle holds a BA from Georgetown University and a Master’s in history from Villanova University. He has years of teaching experience as a professor at both Temple and Widener Universities, and he is an authority on the “Nation-Building” effort in Vietnam. He specializes in History, English and verbal SAT preparation.
Stephanie Douglas
BA, Stanford University
5+ experience as a private tutor for K-12 subjects, as well as standardized exams
Dr. Donna Jovanovich
MST, University of Wisconsin
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct instructor, Virginia Commonwealth University
10 + years of tutoring/teaching experience.
Galen Trostle
Honors graduate, BA in Math, Reed College
Years of tutoring experience for math and the SAT, GRE and GMAT.
Dr. Michael O’Connell
BA in Cognitive Science, University of Hawaii
PhD, University of Colorado
California Teacher Certification
12 + years of tutoring/teaching experience.
Robert Fishman
Master of Science in Secondary Education, Hofstra
BA, Muhlenberg College
Over 8 years of tutoring/teaching experience
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Pat Castaldi
MA, Georgetown University
Master Level instructor
Over 15 years of tutoring/teaching experience
Gaurav Duggal
MS, BYU-Hawaii
BA, Business Management – MAHE University
Special Education Trainer, Dept of Education – State of Hawaii
More than 8 years of tutoring experience
Lyly Tran
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Simmons College
Medical degree, Tufts University School of Medicine
Dean’s Scholarship, Tufts University School of Medicine
Years of tutoring experience.
Helen Chamberlend
BA and MBA, Trinity College
Former Director of Middle School- Flint Hill School
Former Director of Middle School – Miami Country Day School
Former Head of Middle School and Coordinator of International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, Marymount International School
Over 20 years of tutoring and teaching experience
Ellen Cesper
MA, Columbia University
Former Assistant Dean of Admission
Years of college consulting/advising experience
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Neil Lukatch
MA in English from University of Chicago
Ph.D. in Modern British and American Poetry
Tutored hundreds of students for various standardized exams
Dr. Matthew Lubin
BA, Dartmouth
MA, Oxford
MA, Princeton
MA, University of Chicago
Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
10+ Years of teaching experience
Stephanie Otte
BA, UC-Berkeley
PhD, UCSD
Over 10 years of teaching experience
Christine Mazzarino
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Boston University
Years of SAT teaching experience
Elena Butler
Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Chair of the Science Department at Summerbridge
Years of tutoring experience
Amanda Sweeney
Summa Cum Laude, B.S. in Mathematics, University of Connecticut
Master of Science in Mathematics, University of Connecticut
Over 8 years of math and exam prep tutoring experience
Jacklyn Moreau
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Harvard University
Over 6 years of tutoring experience
Tutored hundreds of students for SAT, MCAT, math and science courses
Dr. Erinn Lasher
Ph.D and BA, University of Chicago
Over 5 years of exam prep and tutoring/teaching experience
David Kostiuk
BA in English Composition, UC-Berkeley
Teaching assistant at Berkeley
Years of tutoring experience
Ana Draganova
BA, University of Virginia
Echols Scholar, University of Virginia
5+ Years of teaching experience
Steven Le
BA, University of Virginia
Echols Scholar
Years of private teaching experience
Dr. Robert Bonca
Summa cum Laude Graduate of Syracuse University
Ph.D, George Washington University
Over 7 years of teaching experience.
Macroeconomics professor, George Washington University
Certified GMAT instructor with over 7 years of experience
Samantha Spiney
International Baccalaureate Graduate
Honors student at the University of Virginia
Graduate studies in education, George Washington University
Master Level exam prep instructor
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Mitchel Grifith
BA, UT-Austin
JD, Harvard
5+ years of tutoring/exam prep experience
Emily Davie
BA, UC-Berkeley
PhD, UC-Santa Barbara
Years of language teaching experience
Martha Muhs
BA, UC-Berkeley
MA, UC-Berkeley
Education Coordinator, The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum at UC-Berkeley
Master Level language instructor
Liz Caldwell
University of Virginia graduate with Highest Distinction
Echols Scholar
Over 3 years of tutoring/teaching experience
Christine Mazzarino
Magna Cum Laude graduate of Boston University
Years of SAT teaching experience
Nur Zaker
LSAT Instructor
Over 7 years of LSAT tutoring experience.
One of the New York area’s most popular logical reasoning/logic games instructors
Meriam Mikael
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Oxford University
Over 5 years of tutoring and exam prep experience
Jane Liu
A licensed attorney in the People’s Republic of China
9 years of relevant teaching experience
Significant Mandarin-English translation experience
Beginner’s, Intermediate and Advanced Mandarin Instructor
Master Level instructor of Mandarin Chinese
Kathy Koehler
BA, University of Virginia
MA, University of Virginia
Years of teaching experience at different levels
SAT Critical Reading and Writing instructor
Adam Ahmad
BA in English from Ain-Shams University, Cairo
Teaches both MSA and Egyptian dialect
7 years of Arabic teaching experience
Michael Lipiner
MA, CUNY
BA, University of Rhode Island
Bayside High School, English Language teacher
Steinway Intermediate School, English teacher
Extensive tutoring experience on a range of subjects/levels, including SAT prep and college applications
Published author and playwright
Author, “Magyar, Stars & Stripes,” a Holocaust survivor biography, which is presently used at various schools to teach tolerance education, and featured in Newsday – October 30, 2005
Amee Borys
BA, Fordham University
MA in Education, Fordham University
Jefferson Prep Atlanta Instructor
Elisabeth Killingsworth
BA, Vanderbilt University
JD, University of Virginia School of Law
Dillard Fellow
Executive Editor, Virginia Environmental Law Journal
LSAT Instructor
