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Woodside Priory School
302 Portola Road
Portola Valley, CA 94028

Main Phone: (650) 851-8221
Fax: (650) 851-2839

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Our community is led by a diverse set of educators that attend to the welfare and development of its students. You are welcome to contact the department you would like to be in touch with directly. Or you can start by calling our main line where we can direct you to the appropriate individual and department.
Admissions & Financial Aid: Kirk Gossman - kgossman@prioryca.org
Athletics: Mark Stogner - mstogner@prioryca.org
Chief Financial Officer: Kim Plough - kplough@prioryca.org
Dean of Academics: Justin Christensen - jchristensen@prioryca.org
Dean of Residential Life: Kate Johansen - kjohansen@prioryca.org
Dean of Students: Chase Smith - csmith@prioryca.org
Director of Advancement: Alex Tenorio - atenorio@prioryca.org
Director of Business Office: Josie Castaneda - jcastaneda@prioryca.org
Director of College Counseling: Colleen Burson-Ryan Okpala - cbrokpala@prioryca.org
Director of Communications and Marketing: Sierra Conway - sconway@prioryca.org
Director of Technology: Lauren Donovan - ldonovan@prioryca.org
Head of School: Patrick Ruff - pruff@prioryca.org
Head of Upper School: Ana Cortez-Hernández - acortez@prioryca.org
Middle School Head: Caitha Ambler - cambler@prioryca.org
Monastic Community: Martin Mager, OSB, Superior - mmager@prioryca.org
Registrar/Transcript Requests: Trevor Irizarry, Transcript Request Form

Woodside Priory School

302 Portola Rd. Portola Valley, CA 94028
Main Phone: (650) 851-8221 Fax: (650) 851-2839

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