Dr. Elena Amirault has 24 years of experience working in early childhood education.  She has served the Parkway community as the Director of Early Learning for the past 10 years and holds a bachelor's degree in early childhood education and a master's and doctoral degree in educational leadership.  Elena maintains DESE certification in early childhood, early childhood special education, and principal certification. She has a 5-year-old who is a Parkway Early Childhood alum, 2 dogs, a fish, and pet chickens.  Elena is passionate about instilling a love of nature and outdoor learning. She enjoys yoga, kickboxing, hiking, biking and gardening with her daughter.

Margaret Donnelly has been an Early Childhood Coordinator since 2021.  She has spent over twenty years in Early Childhood Education working in Parkway, Clayton, St. Louis Public Schools and Ladue.  Margaret enjoys spending time with her family and cheering on the St. Louis Cardinals.

Meet Dr.Heather Gehner, Preschool Coordinator since July 2024. Heather has been an Early Childhood educator since 2009. She was previously a First-grade teacher at Mason Ridge Elementary School in the Parkway School District. Before Parkway, she taught Kindergarten and First grade at Buder Elementary in the Ritenour School District. When Heather is not working, she enjoys spending quality time with her husband and three sons, reading, and walking her dogs.

Dr. Liz Kenner, has been a Special School District ECSE Special Education Coordinator since July 2015. Liz has a dual role as the SSD Coordinator for Parkway's ECSE intensive needs programs as well as SSD's Evaluation Department which supports all 14 ECSE Districts in St. Louis County. She was previously a Speech-Language Pathologist, Diagnostician, and Implementer Supervisor with St. Louis City Public Schools where she supported students ages 3 through 21 for 14 years before joining Special School District. Liz finds joy in spending time with her husband, family, and friends, and watching her children on the many sports fields each week. 

Lisa Moldafsky has been the Coordinator of Parkway's Parents as Teachers program since July 2014. Before becoming Coordinator, she served as a Parent Educator in Parkway.   Lisa has spent her career serving  Early Childhood communities throughout the St. Louis area including the Clayton, Ferguson-Florissant and Clayton-Tamm neighborhoods before coming to Parkway.    She enjoys spending time with her family and friends, baking, crafting, exploring the outdoors and reading a good book. 

Dr. Jen Roper has served as the Special Education Coordinator for Parkway Early Childhood since 2019. Before that, she was an Elementary School Principal in the Hazelwood School District. She started her educational career as a Kindergarten Teacher in Hazelwood, collaborating with Special Education and English Language Learner colleagues to best serve young learners. She’s originally from Chicago, Illinois and still hasn’t found a pizza place that compares. When not working, she enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter, reading books, watching movies, and baking