Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is responsible for the financial health and strategic direction of Quest. The Board is responsible for hiring the Head of School who manages all the day-to-day operations of the school. The Board and Head of School work in partnership to develop Quest’s vision and strategic direction.

Under their governance model, the work of the Board falls into one of three areas of responsibility:

Fiduciary
Oversight on the current issues and situations that may impact the school’s ability to thrive in the future.

Strategic
Establish strategic direction for the school and evaluate data to inform action. This is a forward-looking mindset to determine how to avoid current issues in the future as well as to accomplish goals set by the Board.

Generative
Engages in big-picture thinking, meaning-making, brainstorming, and issue-framing that should precede any strategic thinking or planning.

Term of Office

All Directors shall serve for a two year term. Directors whose terms have expired may be elected to serve a consecutive term of two years, with a maximum limit of three consecutive terms. At the annual meeting, Directors whose terms have not yet expired shall elect by a majority vote, new members to fill vacancies on the Board. At no time shall a person be elected to the Board who is a faculty member or employee of Quest Montessori School.

Quest Strategic Plan

One of the primary roles of the Board of Directors, in conjunction with the Head of School, is to prepare and pursue a strategic plan for the school's ongoing development.

2020-2026 Quest Strategic Plan

If you have any questions regarding the Board of Directors or the Strategic Plan, you may contact the Board directly at questbod@gmail.com.

Board Members

Kasey Diserens Morgan is Chair of the Quest Board of Directors. Kasey is a PhD candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. Her academic research as an anthropological archaeologist focuses on using community-based methods to understand how heritage is used in the context of an indigenous Maya community in Mexico. She has a master's degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Archaeology and Spanish from Cornell University. She does a lot of cooking and gardening in her spare time, and is particularly invested in her tomato plants. Kasey lives in Narragansett with her husband and two daughters, one at Quest.

Nick King serves as Treasurer of the Quest Board of Directors as well as the Chair of the Finance Committee. Nick has been a member of the Quest Community since 2017. He founded Bristolite Real Estate, a commercial/industrial real estate holding, development and management company with his business partner in 2005. Additionally, he serves as Vice President of Bristol Marine Holdings, overseeing operations of three waterfront marine service operations.  He is also licensed as a commercial real estate broker in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Nick graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester. He lives with his wife, Carolina, son and daughter in Portsmouth, Rhode Island.

Joline Macfarlan serves as the Secretary for the Board of Directors. She is a family physician, caring for children and adults at Thundermist Health Center in Wakefield. She is a South County native and a graduate of the University of Rhode Island with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Spanish minor. She also attended the Boston University School of Medicine. Joline lives in Narragansett with her husband J.A. and their two children, who are delighted to be students at Quest.

Chris Cardarelli is a member of the Quest Board of Directors and serves on the Finance Committee.  Chris works in commercial real estate and is on the asset management team at Rumford Portfolio Management.  He previously worked in public accounting at Ernst and Young, LLP.  He holds a Bachelor of Science and Master of Professional Accountancy from Bryant University and a Master of Business Administration from Johnson Graduate School of Business at Cornell University.  Chris has been a member of the Quest community since 2024 (daughter is a student).  He enjoys spending time outdoors and at the beach with his wife and two children.

Dr. William Martin Jr. is a member of the Quest Board and the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Committee.  He holds a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from The George Washington University and a Master’s and Doctorate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University as a Ronald E. McNair NASA Fellow. He currently works with the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport’s Advanced Acoustic Systems Division, Environmental and Target Physics Branch (now called the Sensor Technology and Target Physics Branch). Through the NUWC part-time degree program, William earned a distance learning Master’s Degree in Engineering Acoustics from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey CA in 2017. William lives in Middletown with his wife, Maureen and daughter who is a student at Quest.

Carrie Mosca is a member of the Quest Board and serves on the Governance Committee.  Carrie is currently the Chief of Staff at the Rhode Island Department of Revenue, Division of Taxation.  Prior to holding that position, Carrie was a career law clerk for two federal magistrate judges for nearly two decades.  Carrie holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Colby College and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School.  Carrie lives in North Kingstown with her daughter, who attends Quest, their dog, and their two cats.

Liz Raposa has been a part of the Quest community since 2016. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Rhode Island, her Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at the University of Massachusetts in Worcester, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Educational Leadership from the American Sentinel University in Aurora, Colorado. Liz has worked in many different hospital systems across Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and Connecticut as a Nurse Practitioner in the inpatient setting, with a specialty in cardiology and cardiothoracic surgical critical care. Liz has also worked in higher education as a faculty member in the nursing department at the New England Institute of Technology since 2014 and has served as the Department Chair and Director of Nursing since 2022. Liz lives in Charlestown with her husband Frank and 3 children, one Quest alumni, one current and one future Quest students.

Guy Shaffer is a member of the Quest Board and an independent business consultant. He advises on go-to-market strategies for companies looking to enter the US and Central American markets, and in the mobile hospitality industry. Formerly, Guy was a Global IT and CX Lead for Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, based in Cambridge MA and Basel Switzerland, leading teams across the US, Europe and Asia. He also sat on their DEI council. Prior to Novartis, Guy was a sales leader at Moo.com, and at Apple Inc. He earned his BA at University of Rhode Island and attended RISD and Cornell University to add skills in deign and DEI, respectively. Guy lives in North Kingstown with his wife Vanessa and their two children, one at Quest.

Amy Weinberger is a member of the Quest Board and serves on the Finance and Development Committees.  Amy currently manages a fuels distribution facility in East Providence. She has extensive experience in operational risk management, primarily focused on safety, health, environment, and security risk in the energy industry.  Amy holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University and a Master of Science in Fire Protection Engineering from the University of Maryland. Amy and her husband Joe live in Texas with their two daughters, who are both former Quest students.