Peter Kihara
President and School Director
Mr. Kihara is an experienced business manager, having worked for many
years in managerial roles at such world-class organizations as United
Technologies, Goldman Sachs and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Kihara has
been involved in private education for over 17 years, and utilizes his
business management skills to ensure a high quality educational experience
for all students and staff of Connecticut School of Professional Studies. Mr. Kihara is also the Chief Financial Officer for Health Plan One, a web based health insurance agency offering access to low cost individual and family health insurance plans. Mr. Kihara is
a licensed CPA and holds a B.S. from California State University and an
MBA from Harvard Business School.
Adam Palmer
Campus and Admissions Director
Mr. Palmer brings years of operations experience to his position having worked in residential and commercial financing, telecommunications, automotive, entertainment, advertising and the high technology industries. Along with his broad background, Mr. Palmer has worked with many start-up operations as well as established companies such as AT&T and MGM film studios and has actively taught and trained employees and students for over 25 years. Additionally, Mr. Palmer is a licensed health/life insurance agent (in 15 different states including CT), an AHIP certified Medicare Specialist and holds a B.S. degree from Temple University.
Richard Feingold, DDS
Instructor & Advisory Board Member
Dr. Feingold has practiced dentistry in Connecticut for over 40 years. He and Dr. Rappaport founded their dental practice in Orange in 1970 and built a thriving family practice, maintaining the oral health of thousands of patients. Dr. Feingold serves on the clinical staff of the Yale New Haven Hospital Dental Department. Dr. Feingold obtained his bachelor’s degree from New York University and trained as a dentist at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Feingold also served as a dentist in the US Army.
Gary Rappaport, DMD
Instructor & Advisory Board Member
Dr. Rappaport has practiced dentistry in Connecticut for over 40 years, and co-founded the successful family dentistry practice Feingold & Rappaport PC with his friend Richard Feingold in 1970. In 1994 he saw the need for a training facility to help address the growing shortage of qualified dental assistants, and together with Dr. Feingold established the Connecticut School of Professional Studies. Dr. Rappaport serves on the clinical staff of the University of New Haven School of Dental Hygiene. Dr. Rappaport obtained his DMD degree at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Rappaport served as a dentist in the US Air Force Dental Corps for two years.
Joan Antolini
Dental Assistant Program Manager
Ms. Antolini
Lisa Terenzio
Instructor & Paralegal Program Director
Attorney Terenzio has been teaching law to paralegal students since 1996, and is a member of the Connecticut, Federal and both of Connecticut’s Tribal Bars. Ms. Terenzio began her legal career as a clerk at the Middlesex Superior Court in Middletown, CT, and proceeded into private practice in 1994 representing large, national lenders in residential foreclosures. In 1996 she opened the law office of Villar & Terenzio with Attorney Marie-Louise Villar, focusing in the areas of real estate, probate and family law. Ms. Terenzio graduated Sarah Lawrence College with a B.A. in English. She received her Juris Doctor degree from The University of Bridgeport School of Law (now Quinnipiac University School of Law).
Ashley Chunn
Pharmacy Technician Program Manager
Ms. Chunn
Lois Turco
Dental Assisting Instructor
Ms. Turco
James Njoroge
Accounting Program Director
Mr.Njoroge
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