Advisory Board

The Monarch Preschool College Park Advisory Board provides strategic advice to the management of the preschool. The board provides both expertise and advocacy to enrich the programming at the school.  The board has guided the school from conception to reality. Monarch Preschool College Park is operated by The Children’s Guilda non-profit dedicated to serving children and their families.

Carolyn Bernache

Carolyn Bernache

Chair of the College Park Education Advisory Committee, Board Member of the College Park Academy, and member of the College Park City-University Partnership’s education committee.

Cat Peretti

Cat Peretti

Executive Director of My School DC, the lottery and family outreach program for over 200 public schools in Washington, DC and parent of two children in College Park

 Denise Mitchell

Denise Mitchell

College Park District 4 Councilmember and Founding Board Member of the College Park Academy with extensive background in early childhood education

Valerie Woodall

Valerie Woodall

College Park City-University Partnership Senior Program Associate, and parent to two young children

We’re Proud to be an Affiliate of The Children’s Guild