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Nadine M. Milostan, Executive Project Director
Email: MilosN01@wsdmi.org
Phone: 248.682.0258
 

Geralyn L. Janeczko, Project Director
Email: JanecG01@wsdmi.org
Phone: 248.682.0699

Introducing the SSHS Team….

Janet Z. Ritter, LMSW:  Prevention Specialist, Crary & Pierce Middle Schools
Janet Z. Ritter, LMSW, CPC is the SSHS Prevention Specialist at Crary Middle School and Pierce Middle School. Janet is a new employee with the Waterford School District. She was previously employed with Catholic Social Services of Oakland County. Since 1982 she was the Coordinator for a prevention program in both the Waterford School District and Pontiac School District. The program was called Families and Schools Together and occurred most recently at Donelson Hills and Burt Elementary Schools. Janet has experience working with youth, families and the community.

Janet received her B.A. in Social Work from Michigan State University and her MSW from Wayne State University. She is a licensed Social Worker in the state of Michigan. She also obtained her Certified Prevention Consultant certification a few years ago

Susan Steigmeyer:  M.A., L.L.P.C.:  Prevention Specialist, Kettering High School
Sue Steigmeyer is in her 35th year as an educator in Waterford. Sue has earned two masters degrees from Oakland University in the areas of Special Education and Counseling.  Sue received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State in Social Studies with a minor in English.

Sue has been a counselor at Waterford Kettering High School for the last four years. Previously, she was the Student Assistance coordinator at Kettering, where she conducted support groups, provided drug and alcohol education along with violence education and prevention programs. Before this assignment, Sue was also a teacher consultant and educator for students with disabilities at all levels - elementary, middle, and high school. Sue began her illustrious career as a middle school Language Arts and Social Studies teacher at Mason Middle School. Sue was a member of the grant writing team for the SS/HS grant.

Jeffrey Tunnicliff, M.A., L.P.C.:  Prevention Specialist, Mott High School
Jeffrey Tunnicliff is the SSHS Prevention Specialist for Waterford Mott High School. This is his first year with the Waterford School District. For the past three years he worked for Detroit Public Schools as a high school guidance counselor. Previously, he worked as a guidance counselor in the adult and alternative education program for L’Anse Creuse Public Schools in Mount Clemens.

Jeffrey received his B.A. in Psychology and M.A. in Counseling with specializations in both agency and school counseling from Wayne State University. He has been a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2002 and obtained his School Counselor License from the Michigan Department of Education in 2003. The majority of his professional experience has involved providing comprehensive academic, social, and personal counseling to culturally diverse, at-risk students.

Gen Wandrie, LMSW: Prevention Specialist, Mason Middle & Waterford Alt. High School
Gen Wandrie, LMSW, has extensive experience in prevention both in school settings and in the community. She has been with Waterford Schools for 10 years with prevention-related duties including serving as supervisor of the district’s SAFE programming. She served as director of the Success Program, a district prevention program addressing students with attendance and behavior concerns. Gen has also supervised after-school mentoring programs in Waterford’s middle schools for 8 years. She has been involved in community coalition building aimed at addressing alcohol and drug prevention at the community level in both Waterford and Lake Orion. Gen received her MSW from the University of Michigan. She is also a licensed social worker in the State of Michigan. Gen has grant writing experience for after-school programs and was a member of the grant writing team for the SS/HS grant.