Faculty and Staff Directory
Ojai Valley School is located on two campuses in Ojai, CA.
- The Lower Campus (grades PK-8) is located at 723 El Paseo Road.
- The Upper Campus (grades 9-12) is located at 10820 Reeves Road.
- Please call (805) 646-1423 for information or access the staff directory below.
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Ms. Eads joined the high school faculty in August 2026. She was raised in the Ojai Valley and has more than a decade of experience as an art educator, but ceramics is her primary passion. She will be teaching all sections of Ceramics and helping to coach the girls basketball team. She’ll be accompanied in class by her bird, Frida.
Ms. Edwards joined OVS in March 2026 to lead the school’s advancement efforts. Her decades of experience in nonprofit marketing and communications began with positions at the global think tank RAND in Santa Monica and a strategic consulting firm in Pasadena dedicated to cause marketing for public-private collaborations. Her career evolved into independent schools as she raised her three children and found her greatest passion stirred by the power of high-quality education.…
Mrs. Emanuel joined the OVS family in 2008, shortly after moving to the U.S. from Ukraine. Over the years, she has worked on both campuses in a variety of roles, including Weekend Coordinator, Dorm Parent, ESL Teacher, and English Language Program Coordinator. After taking a short break, she returned to OVS several years ago as an ESL Teacher and Advisor.…
Mrs. English attended UC Santa Barbara, where she played tennis and earned a BA in English. She spent more than a decade teaching elementary school in the Ventura Unified School District before joining OVS as a fourth grade and later fifth grade teacher. She and her husband, Scott, celebrated the graduation of their twin daughters, Anna and Frances, from the Upper Campus in spring 2024.…