Partner Bios

 
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Bob Freier

PARTNER

  • Has been placing Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents and Principals for over ninteen years

  • Executive Recruiter - 30 years of building technology companies and matching Entrepreneurs with Venture Capitalists

  • Helped form some of the most successful high-technology companies of the last two decades

  • Former School Board member (2008-2012)

    • Actively involved in the hiring of Administrative Staff

 

 
 
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Joann M. Kaplan

PARTNER

  • Guest speaker for NYSCOSS Pipeline Committee

  • Educator, Roslyn School District

  • PTO Coordinating Council President, East Williston School District

    • Served on many committees and held various titles

  • Former School Board member (2006-2009)

    • Hired: Superintendent of Schools, Principals (Elementary School, Middle School, and High School), Assistant Superintendent of Business, Director of Guidance and Assistant Business Administrator

 
 

Mark Kamberg

Associate

  • Owner, S Kamberg & Company – 33 years of Contract Negotiations, Conflict Management Relationship Building

  • School Board Member – School District Board of Education (2008 – current), Vice President, 2009, President, 2010 – Present

    • Actively involved in the hiring of Superintendent, Central Office, Building Administrators

    • NYSSBA Workshop Panelist

    • Long Island School Board Representative for the committee to the NYSED Commissioner

 
 

Hilary Grasso

Associate

  • 15 years experience as an education lawyer - served as counsel for public school districts, private schools, charter schools, and parents

  • Former School Board Member (2019-2025) - served multiple terms as President

  • Adjunct professor of education law and special education law at St. John’s University School of Law as well as adjunct professor of legal writing at Columbia University School of Law

    • Trained mediator and former negotiations instructor for public and corporate clients

    • Active community volunteer

 
 

Dr. Lorna Lewis

Associate


Dr. Lorna Lewis began her career as a physics and mathematics teacher and has served in various administrative capacities on Long Island, including as superintendent of The East Williston UFSD, Plainview Old Bethpage CSD and Malverne UFSD. She has served as a past president of the New York State Council of School Superintendents (NYSCOSS). 

An outspoken voice for inclusion and equity in public education, Dr. Lorna Lewis is a founding member of NYSCOSS Commission on Diversity and Inclusivity and co-chaired the Curriculum Committee. She has been the recipient of various awards to recognize her contributions to education, and has keynoted at conferences for NYSSBA and LIASCD. She recently served as a steering committee member for the NYSED Blue Ribbon Commission to create new graduation requirements for NYS schools. 

For the past three years, she has served as a coach for the Women of Color Collaborative (WOCEC) to support leaders in schools. She is a past-president of LIASCD and serves on the board of ERASE Racism.