Directory

Since joining the Office of Development and Alumni Relations in 2011, Dave Carden has been responsible for much of the School’s digital communications. Now serving as creative director, he manages the St. Mark’s website, internal email communications and video production, while also collaborating with his teammates in the Office of Communications on myriad informational and promotional projects. He holds a bachelor’s degree in radio, television and film from the University of North Texas, and earned an Apple Certified Pro certification for Final Cut Pro video editing software. While in college, Carden served as a news and creative producer for UNT’s student-run news station, where he won a Lone Star Emmy for outstanding student productions in 2010.

Alli Carroll joined St. Mark’s in 2022 and currently serves as school nurse. Carroll earned her B.A. from Southern Methodist University and a bachelor of science degree from New York University. Before joining St. Mark’s, she worked for Children’s Health and Texas Children’s Hospital. Prior to entering the nursing profession, Carroll had a career in public relations.

Appointed as the department chair in 2013, Fletcher Carron holds the Stephen M. Seay ‘68 Science Department chair position. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Rice University and teaches Upper School and eighth grade students in the field of physical science (physics and chemistry). He began his St. Mark’s career in 2002 and coaches seventh grade basketball, sponsors the Upper School Robotics Team and has served as Pecos Wilderness Trip group leader. A dad to Fletcher Carron ‘32, he is an advisor in the junior-senior advisory rotation. Carron received the John H. Murrell Excellence in Teaching Award in 2008 and was named the Texas Middle School Coach of the Year in 2019-2020.

Elyse Chevallier came to St. Mark’s in 2020 and currently serves as Middle School librarian. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and art history from the University of Georgia and a master’s degree in information studies from the University of Texas at Austin. Chevallier is a fifth grade adviser and member of the Association of Independent School Librarians and the Texas Library Association.

Dr. CJ (Chia-Jung) Chiang serves as the president of the Chinese Language Teachers Association of Texas (2022-2024) and is a board member of National Taiwan Normal University Heritage Foundation of North America. She joined the St. Mark’s faculty as a member of the Language Department in 2017, where she teaches classes in Chinese. A St. Mark’s parent (Eli Lin ‘28), she earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from National Taiwan Normal University and her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin. Chiang taught at St. Michael’s Catholic Academy, Fusion Academy, Austin ISD schools and in Taiwan. She serves as a seventh-grade advisor and sponsors the Upper School Yoyo Club and the Middle School Chinese Club.

Coming to the School in 2018, Sarah Choi is a member of the Fine Arts faculty and serves as orchestra director. Choi attended The Juilliard School, Yale University’s School of Music and Boston University’s College of Fine Arts. She is a former faculty member at New England Conservatory’s Preparatory School and the San Francisco Conservatory’s Pre-College Division. Choi has performed with numerous Bay Area orchestras, as a Nashville recording studio musician and the Dallas Opera Orchestra. She is a sixth grade adviser and sponsors the Upper School’s Music for Eternity Club.

A member of the St. Mark’s faculty since 2014, Isabel Cisneros is a member of the Language Department where she teaches classes in Spanish in both Upper and Middle School divisions. She also is assistant director of the Community Service program and has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University and a master’s degree from Middlebury College. Prior to St. Mark’s, Cisneros taught English in Madrid, worked with study abroad programs at the University of Houston-Downtown and taught Spanish at Baylor University. She is a tenth-grade advisor and was also the director of the Brendan Court ‘06 Summer Enrichment Program from 2016 to 2019. She holds membership in the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese.

Beginning his St. Mark’s career in the Office of Admission, Dean Clayman transitioned to administrative posts in the Middle School office in 2012, first as assistant head. He then was appointed Middle School head in 2017, a position he currently holds. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Master of Arts degree from California State University-Dominguez Hills. Clayman started teaching as a member of the Teach for America Corps. While in southern California, he taught grades 1, 3 and 4 as well as serving a technology resource teacher and language acquisition specialist. Subsequently, Clayman served as the coordinator of professional development for school districts as well as for the Orange County Department of Education. Upon moving to Texas, Clayman served as a technology teacher, teacher of leadership and director of admission at independent schools in Dallas. He’s the father of two Marksmen, Sam ‘17 and Ben ‘18.

Originally from Chile and a native Spanish language speaker, Jorge Correa joined the St. Mark’s faculty in 1999 and serves as director of Community Service and is a member of the Language Department, where he teaches Spanish to students in both Upper and Middle School divisions. He has taught Spanish in the New Orleans Parish and taught English as a Second Language in the Garland Independent School District. He’s also co-director of the Brendan Court Summer Enrichment Program. He received the John H. Murrell Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006 and the Ackerman Character Education Award in 2009.

A recipient of both the John H. Murrell Excellence in Teaching Award (2014) and the Ralph B. Rogers Award (2019), David Cox began his St. Mark’s career in 2009, and currently serves as Latin and classics teacher in the Language Department. Cox earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and Master of Arts degree from the University of Virginia. Before joining St. Mark’s, he taught Latin and English at The Middlesex School in Concord, MA, and Latin, Greek, English and history at The Potomac School in McLean, VA. He supervises the Sodalitas Classica Sancti Marci (The Classics Club) in both the Upper and Middle School divisions. He was a classics honors major, a Phi Beta Kappa member and winner of the Lucius Lyons Prize for excellence in Latin and Greek at Brown University. His son, Jordan, is a member of the class of 2018.

After two decades as a sports journalist with the Houston Chronicle and The Athletic (a New York Times publication), Jenny Creech began her St. Mark’s career in 2022. Here she teaches courses in beginning journalism, advanced journalism (newspaper production) and graphic editing and design (yearbook production). She advises The ReMarker newspaper, the Marksmen yearbook, Focus magazine and the online edition of The ReMarker, smremarker.com. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, she holds a master’s degree from Columbia University.

Greg Crook was appointed to the Thomas S. Adams Master Teaching Chair in 2021 and serves as a seventh grade humanities teacher. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of William and Mary. Before joining St. Mark’s, Crook taught history at the Episcopal School of Dallas. In addition to serving as a seventh-grade adviser, Crook is co-coach of the Middle School Academic Team and is a co-coordinator of the Middle School Community Service program. He received the John H. Murrell Excellence in Teaching Award in 2020.

Coming to St. Mark’s in 2022, Anna Crouch is senior associate director of Admission and Financial Aid. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College. Prior to joining the School, Crouch was director of Admission at Mercersburg Academy, a college preparatory boarding school. At Mercersburg, she served as dorm parent, class dean, advisor and yoga teacher alongside her admission duties for 11 years. Previously, Crouch worked at a boutique public relations firm specializing in crisis management in Washington, D.C. She serves as a seventh grade adviser.

A member of the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, Tim Crouch joined the School in 2021 and serves as director of Development. Crouch earned his bachelor’s degree from Dickinson College and a master’s of business administration from the University of Maryland. Previously at Mercersburg Academy, a college preparatory boarding school, he served as a faculty member, adviser, head boys basketball coach and director of Leadership Giving there.