Alex Schuh, Ph.D.     Executive Director

Dr. Schuh is the founder and Director of FRONTIER21. Dr. Schuh holds a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied policy research and evaluation, collaborative learning, and the use of computer media for learning.  He received his Baccalaureate from Yale University in Cultural Anthropology. His expertise is in multiple areas of youth development, including organizational development, education policy, quantitative and qualitative research methods, and computer-based learning. He has been a teacher in both Middle and High Schools. Since 1992, he has helped to design and establish more than 20 charter schools across the country, including a charter school based on the ideas of emotional intelligence and a virtual charter school for distance learning.

Sally Bonet, M.Ed.    Research Assistant

Sally Bonet is a Research Assistant at FRONTIER21. She is is a PA Certified Elementary Education teacher with a Master's Degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania. She is an experienced teacher and researcher, and fluent in both Sudanese and Egyptian Arabic. She has been involved in the planning of several charter schools, including a bilingual Spanish-English charter school.

Cassondra Giombetti, M.Ed.    Research Assistant

Ms. Giombetti is a Research Assistant at FRONTIER21. She is a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Education. She is an experienced teacher at both the undergraduate and high school levels, and an experienced ethnographic researcher. Ms Giombetti earned her Master's Degree in Environmental Education at the University of Pennsylvania, and her Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science from Bucknell University.