Our People
Faculty & Staff Facts
2020-21
71%: Possess advanced degrees including 5 PhDs, 2 JDs.
5: SEM Alumnae
8: Languages American Sign, Dutch, French, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Telugu, Ukrainian
11: Current or past SEM parents or grandparents
12: Attended SEM or another girls' school and/or a women's college
Our extraordinarily accomplished and interesting faculty will always be the cornerstone of education at SEM. Our arts teachers are practicing professionals and many of our staff and faculty are involved in nonprofits as volunteers and/or board members.
2020-21
Class Advisors
Freshman Class: Samantha Basile
Sophomore Class: Kyle Hopkins
Junior Class: Kacie Mills
Senior Class: Jessica Silverstein
Department Chairs
Computer Science/Technology
Beth Adamczyk
English
Alison Wright
Fine Arts
Susan Drozd
Foreign Language
Dr. Dijana Šavija
Health/Leadership
Kyle Hopkins
History
Douglas Hopkins, JD
Math
Courtney Heaps
Science
Joanie Wienckowski
Location
Buffalo Seminary has been in the historic neighborhood of Elmwood Village in Buffalo, NY since 1909. When our school was founded as the Buffalo Female Academy in 1851 it was in the historic Buffalo neighborhood of Allentown.
Street Address
205 Bidwell Parkway
Buffalo, NY 14222
Contact Us
General Information
Phone: (716) 885-6780
info@buffaloseminary.org
Admissions Office
admissions@buffaloseminary.org
Request Information
Contact the Admission Team
Athletics Office
Phone: (716) 885-6780 ext. 215
Athletics Director Kacie Mills
kmills@buffaloseminary.org
Contacts:
Head of School
Helen L. Marlette P'13
Assistant Head of School
Natalie Stothart
Director of Institutional Advancement
Molly Greene '98
Director of Communications
Erin Kelly P'13 & '17
Director of Enrollment & Residential Admission
Laura F. Munson '79, P'19 & 21
Director of Day Admission
Alexandra Tramposch
Director of Finance
Denise Merrell
Director of Technology
Beth Adamczyk
Director of Maintenance & Buildings
Jim Cody
Director of Athletics
Kacie Mills
Acting Director of College Counseling, Director of Equity
Kanika Durland
Community Counselor
Karen Knab
Dean of Students
Eva Cunningham
Director of Summer Programs
Elizabeth Coffey
