Maggie Wollner joined Avenues in 2012 as a founding member of the middle school science faculty and leadership team of the New York campus, going on to lead an interdisciplinary STEAM cohort and teach advanced biology in the upper grades. Between 2016 and 2019, she served as an associate head of the Upper Division. Maggie subsequently joined the Avenues R&D team as director of curriculum and went on to found Avenues’ first Studio campus in East Hampton, Long Island in 2020.

Maggie holds a B.A. from Harvard in History & Science with a secondary field in Classics, as well as an M.A. from the Klingenstein Center for Independent School Leadership at Columbia University Teachers College. A native New Yorker, Maggie lives in New York City with her husband and young son. She is passionate about educational research and innovation, and committed to creating school experiences that challenge, delight, and inspire students.