Our Team
The people behind Veritas: parents, educators, and servants who are committed to giving every Veritas family the best K-12 education possible.
Executives
Veritas Press is run by an executive team. Our team is made up of the president and all vice presidents. It meets weekly to coordinate all aspects of the operations within Veritas. This regular communication helps bring a coordinated effort between departments, efficient resolution to concerns and better process to seizing new opportunities. Every executive is committed to giving Veritas Families the rich and thorough experience around the best K-12 education possible.
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Dr. Bob Cannon
Dr. Robert J. Cannon (“Dr. Bob”) is Vice President of Educational Services at Veritas Press and Headmaster of Veritas Scholars Academy.
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Laurie Detweiler
Laurie Detweiler is well known for her creativity and the sense of wonder she brings to children in her educational endeavors.
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Marlin Detweiler
Marlin has been a leader in the effort to recover classical education from a Christian worldview since 1992.
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Aaron Hoover
Aaron was a member of the first graduating class of Veritas Academy and graduated from Grove City College with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Carl Petticoffer
Carl Petticoffer is Veritas’s oldest employee. Not really! But he is the most long-standing, bringing to Veritas many previous years of experience in the publishing industry.
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Peter Simonsen
Peter was raised with classical Christian homeschooling and experienced firsthand the formation, rigor, and adaptability it cultivates, which shaped both his worldview and his ability to learn…
Staff
All Veritas staff are referred to as the Veritas Team. As a team, they work to provide the best service experience found anywhere. Quick responses, accurate orders, fast shipments and thorough resolutions of any issues are all monitored to assure that the families served by Veritas enjoy all aspects of working with Veritas. Every team member feels a special sense of calling and privilege to be doing the work they do to serve the Veritas community.
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Magdalena Becker
Magdalena graduated in 2016 with a blend of education from PA Homeschoolers and Veritas Academy, and she went on to earn a B.A. in Journalism from Temple University.
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Jen Bellucci
Jen is a military wife and currently lives in Texas. She began homeschooling her oldest child in 2010 while living in Virginia.
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Meredith Bradshaw
Meredith was born and raised in North Carolina and was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Karen Canevaro
Karen has worked in a variety of nonprofit and business roles, most recently as an HR recruiter and as owner and director of a classical Christian enrichment program.
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Tiersa Cannon
Tiersa was a Veritas student from 7th through 11th grade, taking live online classes, joining clubs, and participating in and moderating high school discussion groups.
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Sarah Carrig
Sarah was homeschooled from preschool through 12th grade. She began volunteering at the Asotin County Library as a child and later worked there before joining the Discover Praxis apprenticeship…
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Teri Charney
As a member of the warehouse team, Teri picks, packs, and ships orders, restocks inventory, builds educational kits, and keeps the warehouse organized and energized.
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Suzan Cumings
Suzan was homeschooled with Veritas Press curriculum and attended VSA through high school, so she knows firsthand the value of a Veritas education.
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Susie Denson
Susie is originally from Southern California and moved to Oregon in her mid-twenties, spending many years exploring the Pacific Northwest before marrying her husband.
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Tara Dunn
Tara taught with Veritas curriculum at a classical school in 2008 and 2009 and has used it ever since to homeschool her three children.
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Peter Durant
In a way, Peter’s career has come full circle: his first paid job was updating the website for the Classical Cottage School in Winchester, Virginia.
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Jacob Farnham
Jacob Farnham is the Warehouse Purchasing Supervisor, and his responsibility is to make sure Veritas Press customers receive everything their products by the time they need it.
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Trisha Fuller
As an Air Force family, Trisha’s family spent twenty years moving around the country, one of the many reasons they homeschooled their three children from the very beginning.
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Angela Gross
Angela was born and raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico. For many years she traveled the world with her husband during his service in the United States Air Force, and after his retirement the family…
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Carolyn Hamborsky
Carolyn works mostly with accounts and orders behind the scenes, assisting the Service Managers with larger projects and supporting the department on the whole with returns and complex situations.
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Derek Hoffman
As an IT specialist, Derek assists both staff and customers with technical issues and concerns.
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Sara Hunt
Sara attended a classical Christian school in Georgia that used Veritas curriculum from kindergarten through 12th grade.
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Joyce Kang
Joyce was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and immigrated to the United States with her family at age 13; she speaks fluent Mandarin.
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Mikhail Kashin
Mikhail worked in IT for years before completing a coding bootcamp and moving into software engineering.
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Jenny Lindstrom
Jenny Lindstrom was born in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and moved to Chesapeake, Virginia 34 years ago.
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Kara McDonald
Kara has homeschooled her three children for many years and has used various Veritas programs, with her family especially loving the live classes at Veritas Scholars Academy.
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Dan Meissner
Dan was born and raised in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Kutztown University with a B.F.A. in Communication Design.
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Paige Mueller
Homeschooling was never part of Paige’s plan, but when her oldest reached kindergarten age, she didn’t want to miss being involved in such a big part of her children’s lives.
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Darla Page
Darla is a native Texan who lives outside Dallas. She began homeschooling in 2004 when her oldest child started kindergarten and has homeschooled her four children with Veritas Press materials for…
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Michelle Petticoffer
Michelle grew up in Lancaster County and graduated from Millersville University with a degree in Psychology, where she met her husband, Carl.
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Elizabeth Pritchett
Elizabeth began homeschooling her oldest daughter in preschool and for several years ran a homeschool blog, Creative Learning Fun, where she shared her family’s learning with others and helped…
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Rebecca Ratze
Rebecca grew up homeschooled, an experience she is grateful for because it encouraged independence, curiosity, and a genuine love of learning.
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Kalli Schambach
Kalli was homeschooled her whole life, mainly with Veritas curriculum, and began attending Veritas Press Scholars Academy in 7th grade.
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David Stoltzfus
David was born and raised in Lancaster, Pa where he attended Millersville University graduating with a degree in computer science.
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Brenda Torres
Brenda is a Customer Service Representative with Veritas Press who enjoys encouraging homeschool families on their journey, as well as problem solving to help things run more smoothly.
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Eric VanDerhoof
Prior to serving as School Sales Executive, Eric spent 25+ years as an educator serving students, parents, and staff in the classroom, administrative office, and board room.
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Lisa VanDerhoof
Lisa received her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Computer Science from Cornerstone University.
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Mackenzie Winder
Mackenzie grew up in the Tennessee mountains and was homeschooled from kindergarten through 12th grade, primarily with Veritas curriculum.
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Michele Winder
Michele is a Service Representative at Veritas and has the privilege of filling out Grade Reports, enrolling students in their courses, updating grades and registrations and other things.
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Briana Wyzinski
Briana, born and raised in central Florida, achieved her B.S. degree at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn.
