Pete has been teaching Economics since 1997. He has worked with the College Board and ETS both as a curriculum writer, test developer and as an AP Reader. Pete has been the Assistant Chief Reader for the last two years and can provide insight to both teaching strategies and content. Additionally, he is the Lead Microeconomics Consultant.

Peter Duffer is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Mario Miner, a native of Hamtramck, Michigan, has been in education for nearly 20 years. Shortly after graduating from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English in 2002, Mario began to serve elementary school children as a Site Director. Once he earned his M.A. in Teaching from the University of Michigan in 2006, Mario moved to the metropolitan Atlanta area to begin his teaching career at Stephenson High School. Finding his passion as an Advanced Placement English Language teacher, Mario has earned DeKalb County School District Regional Teacher of the Year (2013) and STAR Teacher (2013-2016) honors. Additionally, Mario serves as an AP Consultant and AP English Language Exam Question leader. As a former working-class student, Mario strives to help his scholars see themselves and their lives in his classroom.

Mario Miner is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Dr. Lisa Beth Hill serves as Director, Inclusion, Equity and Diversity, and as Chair of the Dept. of History at Hamden Hall County Day School in Hamden, CT. Prior to her appointment at Hamden Hall, Lisa Beth served as Program Coordinator for the History Program and Director of Continuing Education at Elizabeth City State University. Before her tenure at ECSU, she served as the Chair of History and Political Science and the Interim Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Tuskegee University. Dr. Hill has over 20 years of teaching and administrative experience primarily at the post-secondary level.

Dr. Hill received her Ph.D. in US History and African American History from Emory University. Her Masters’ degrees in US History and African American Literature are also from Emory University. She received her B.A. in Liberal Studies from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Her research fields include Women’s History, Civil War and Civil Rights. Currently, she is working on a manuscript of an African American doctor during the Reconstruction Era from New Haven, CT.

She is married to Atty. George Lyons, Jr., of Rocky Mount, NC.

Lisa Hill is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Laurie McDonald has been a mathematics teacher in Jacksonville, Florida for 27 years, the last twelve of which she has taught Algebra 2, Algebra 2 Honors, and Precalculus (Honors and now AP) at Atlantic Coast High School. She has been a mentor to new teachers, served on district curriculum and assessment writing teams, and been a National Board Certified teacher. She has led professional development on a wide variety of curriculum topics, including student engagement strategies, formative assessment, and curriculum and lesson design. For several years, she was also an upper-level math adjunct instructor for Florida Virtual School, working with both Precalculus and Calculus students in a virtual setting.

Laurie has been excited to be a part of this first year of AP Precalculus and looks forward to participating in the inaugural AP Precalculus reading in June. She is passionate about expanding access to college level mathematics for students through this exciting course. She is committed to supporting teachers and students as they grow strong and inclusive AP math programs and is honored to serve as an AP Precalculus Consultant.

Outside of the classroom, Laurie is mom to a 15-year-old daughter who is the light of her life (and will be an AP Precalculus student in the fall of 2024!). As a family, they love to travel and explore new and unique places.

Laurie McDonald is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Kody Engle has taught in the Tulsa, OK area for 20 years. Kody started teaching AP World History in 2007 and began participating in the AP World History Reading in 2008 and has acted as a Reader (2008-2012), Table Leader (2012-2016), and currently serves as a Question and Exam Leader (2017-Present). In addition to attending the AP Reading each year, Kody currently serves on the AP World History Test Development Committee where he works alongside high school and college faculty and the College Board to revise test items for use in future APWH exams. In addition to AP World History: Modern, Kody teaches AP Microeconomics, AP Macroeconomics, and AP Capstone/Seminar while also serving as the program director of the Jenks High School International Scholars Program.

Kody Engle is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Jessica Stillman is a mathematics enthusiast from Weston, FL. She attended Nova High School and upon graduation she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics Education from Florida State University; Go Noles! She later earned a Master’s in Education from Florida Atlantic University.

Jessica began her teaching career at Cypress Bay High School in 2007 and has taught a multitude of subjects in mathematics including Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Precalculus and AP Calculus AB and BC. Through vertical and horizontal teaming, Jessica and her mathematics team at Cypress Bay have developed a top-notch curriculum and are proud to promote their successful AP Calculus program!

Jessica has held many leadership roles in her school and in Broward County Council of Teachers of Mathematics (BCCTM); she is also an active member of the Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics (FCTM). Over her career in education, she has received many awards such as BCCTM’s Teacher of the Year and Mu Alpha Theta’s Coach of the Year.

Jessica has taught AP Calculus (AB and BC) since 2007 and has been an AP reader since 2013. Jessica is a seasoned consultant for the College Board and loves working with other teachers.

In Jessica’s free time she enjoys traveling, cooking/eating and most of all spending time with her husband and two babes, Ari (7 years) and Ava (5 years)!

Jessica Stillman is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Deborah Costello earned a B.A. in Mathematics from St. Olaf College and Masters in Liberal Studies from Lake Forest College. She has been teaching AP Calculus since 1990 and most recently taught at Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts. Over the past 20 years, Deb has served as an AP Reader, acting in various roles. For 6 years she was a Table Leader, and from 2021-2023, she served as a Question Leader. Deb has been a College Board Calculus Consultant for more than 20 years and has presented sessions on mathematics, calculus, calculators, and technology at FETC, FCIS, and the AP National Convention. Deb is married with two grown sons, currently lives in Orlando, Florida and enjoys photography, her two Labrador Retriever puppies, and travel.

Deborah Costello is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Thelvie Cullins, Jr. has a 19-year career as an award-winning Dallas ISD Math Educator, thriving to create a culture of caring in the classroom. His mission is to prepare young people to become responsible citizens of the global community and to enhance their leadership skills, moral values, and critical thinking in-and well beyond-the classroom.

He has experience teaching high school students all levels of math including AP Calculus AB and BC at the School for the Talented and Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center in Dallas ISD, presently ranked as the best high school in Texas and the sixth best high school in the nation.

At his core, Cullins loves God, his family, his friends, teaching, sports and traveling. He is a proud graduate of Florida A & M University, where he majored in Electrical Engineering. He also enjoys serving with organizations that promote graduation, college preparedness and access, including the College Board and the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI).

Thelvie Cullins is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

SUSANNE SMITH has been a classroom teacher since 2003 and teaches at Cherry Creek High School in Denver, Colorado. She teaches all levels of German, including AP and DSD. Susanne has been involved with the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange, the Concordia Language Villages, and the Zentrum für Auslandsschulwesen as a PASCH school. Her research at the University of Frankfurt Institut für Jugendbuchforschung through the Fulbright Research Grant involved East German children’s television. Susanne has a BA in English Education and German Education from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, an MA in German Studies from Colorado University Boulder, and a principal licensure from Denver University. Since 2015 she has served as a Rater and Table Leader at the AP Reading. In her workshops, Susanne strives to give teachers the resources they need to improve their German programs and skills to best prepare their students for success on the AP German Language and Culture Exam.

Susanne, her husband, two daughters, cat, twelve chickens and four beehives live in Larkspur, CO.

Susanne Smith is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.

Shannah Henderson-Amare’s favorite hobby as a child was to play school. This led her to being nicknamed “teach” by her uncle. Migrating from Guyana to America was life changing, but her school experience helped her transition in a new environment. This would later shape her understanding of the power and importance of schools. Believing that a student’s learning is shaped by everyone that child encounters every day from the teachers to the custodians, is something that has stayed with her over the years. Shannah is of the belief that schools are families and parents are encouraged, supported, and made to be part of the school family. The learning that happens in schools impacts how a child sees themselves, their family situations and the world around them. In her twenty plus years of education this philosophy has not wavered.

In 2015, Shannah was appointed as Assistant Principal of a High School in Brooklyn, New York. As an administrator, Shannah continued to be an AP coordinator in the years she was not teaching Advanced Placement classes. Shannah is skilled at creating, implementing and promoting a sustainable college culture with AP exams as a focus. Her selection to be part of the Year 1 AP African American Studies pilot has allowed her to support students, teachers and school districts looking to implement AP African American Studies. Shannah is currently supporting teachers and administrators in her school district. Shannah has hosted in person and virtual inter-visitations with a focus on rigorous and engaging lessons for all learners. This support now includes visiting other schools to provide instructional support and resource alignment for student success. As an active school administrator, current AP African American Studies and district support, she provides the unique perspective of being able to support through multiple lenses.

Shannah Henderson Amare is teaching one workshop at Augsburg this summer. See our registration site with the button below.