About AdminService

Claus Sproll, President, is a business professional with many years of experience in independent school administration, human service organizations, intentional communities and small businesses. He completed studies in school administration and community development at Sunbridge College and in social therapy from the School for Spiritual Science in Dornach, Switzerland. Claus is a certified instructor in Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, is the CEO of LILIPOH Publishing and has served on numerous Boards of Directors.

Pamela Benton, Vice President and CFO, has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Albright College and has worked for many years in financial administration. Her professional background includes employment in large corporations, small businesses, a law firm and a natural food market. She is an experienced school administrator, small business owner, non-profit board member, financial consultant and has served as the treasurer in several organizations.

Elizabeth Dunn-Fox has many years of experience in marketing and all aspects of fundraising, including planned/major gifts, donor base development and event coordination. She has worked in the field of non-profit management as well as financial system development for non-profit organizations, focusing on establishing a dynamic balance between programmatic ideals and operational needs, as a basis for healthy budgeting practices.

Kay Hoffman holds a Bachelor of Arts in French and English from SUNY Albany and a Master in Education with a focus on Community Development and Waldorf Administration from Sunbridge College. She is an experienced Waldorf School teacher and administrator, committee chair, teacher mentor, public speaker and lecturer and accreditation team member.

Lydia Sadauskas has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Duquesne University. She has work experience in school admissions, outreach and development, advertising, office management, small business ownership, governance structures, and policy and procedure development. While working for a large computer company, Lydia provided training in internal software systems and wrote and published courses for these training programs.

Nancy Kauffman is an advertising and marketing professional with over 35 years of experience. She was as Creative Director and Vice President at a full- service ad agency in eastern Pennsylvania. Nancy combines proven design, copy writing, and photographic skills with her ability to develop cohesive and effective advertising and marketing strategies and campaigns. She has developed creative materials and marketing programs for both large and small companies, ranging from a start-up bank in Phoenixville, PA, and a Waldorf School in New York State to a major East Coast import/export company located outside of NYC. Her services include corporate logo development, ad campaigns, print materials, product naming, media planning and placement, and web site development. Nancy does all of the work herself, a real asset to clients who value continuity and priority treatment.

Lauren Johnson has over 15 years experience managing development and communications in non-profit, philanthropic, and business environments and five years of work in a Waldorf school setting. Prior to her current position as Director of Development at Portland Waldorf School, she was Vice President of Development and Communications at large environmental non-profit and was an associate an environmental affairs consulting firm in San Francisco where she worked in various industrial and regulatory arenas. She served, also, as Coordinator for a philanthropic foundation group promoting sustainable agriculture. Lauren served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Cameroon, Africa. She holds an M.A. in Geography and Human Environmental Studies from San Francisco State University, and a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College (Pennsylvania).

Michael Wildfeuer has 23 years of experience in a multi-faceted non-profit and small business environment. For the last 6 years he managed a bookkeeping business in Pennsylvania, with a focus on providing financial services to non-profit organizations and small businesses. Michael combines day-to-day financial management with long-term scenario planning, enabling organizations and businesses to realize their goals in a sound, financial viable manner. His professional experience includes Executive Director/Chief Financial Officer at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills and farm manager on a bio-dynamic dairy farm.

Kristine Hunt has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California, Irvine, and completed the Weekend Foundation Year at Rudolf Steiner College. For nine years Kristine worked in the health insurance industry, where she wrote and edited policies and procedures, training materials, and legal correspondence, and honed her project management skills. Since 2001, she has been a freelance copy editor. Her editorial work has focused on scholarly book publishing as well as nonprofit publications such as newsletters, brochures, grant proposals, and annual reports; she also works with copy editing, proofreading, and indexing.

David S. Frahmhas a broad range of experiences in the field of public education as well as in the area of psychology. In the area of professional development he has designed and led professional development programs on a variety of topics and has trained human service professionals and educators in crisis intervention skills. In the area of Organizational Development he has instituted processes to enhance student academic growth and character development and led successful systemic change for a regional education program and a school district. He has also led boards and committees in not-for-profit organizations. As a licensed school psychologist he has provided a broad range of psychological services to clients in private practice. In the area of Human Relationships he has counseled students, families and staffs in several school district settings and intervened in challenging HR conflicts in numerous school district settings From 2003-August 2008 he was Superintendent. Hopevale Union Free School District; Hamburg, NY; 1997-2003 Principal. Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga BOCES; Ithaca, NY; during the years1993-1997 he was Licensed Psychologist in full-time private practice; Ithaca. Education and Certifications: Ph.D. in School Psychology, University of Cincinnati, OH (New York State licensure as a Psychologist). Certification of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Educational Administration from SUNY at Cortland, NY (School District Administrator Certificate). Master of Science and CAS in School Psychology, SUNY at Oswego, NY (Certificate in School Psychology) He holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Studies, SUNY at Oswego, NY (Certificates in Social Studies and Driver Education)