Management & Staff
Martina (Tina) Harris - Executive Director
Tina graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Education in Early Childhood. She obtained a Master’s of Science specializing in Mathematics from Wheelock University. She taught in both the public and private school system and, from September 2002 until June 2018 was the Head of Primary at The Bermuda High School for Girls. Upon retiring from that position, she opened her own business providing educational tutoring and coaching for private clients. She is responsible for the overall running of The Reading Clinic, working in collaboration with the Programme and Assessment Directors, The Reading Clinic Board of Directors and Trustees, Donors and Parents to ensure that our neurodiverse learners receive the services they need in order to Learn. Grow. Soar.
DeAndrea Easton - Office Manager
DeAndrea joined the staff of The Reading Clinic in 2016. She comes to us with a wealth of practical administrative experience, particularly in the non-profit sector. She owned her own consulting company and has done administrative and bookkeeping work for organisations such as PRIDE, The Bermuda Community Foundation and IAC to name a few. DeAndrea is currently working toward obtaining her certification in Accounting (ACCA programme.)
Dr. Darrien Ray - Psychologist/Assessment Director
Darrien is a Registered Psychologist in Bermuda. He has a Doctorate of Psychology Degree (Psy.D.) from the American School of Psychology in Tampa, Florida. Prior to joining The Reading Clinic in 2014, he worked as a licensed clinical psychologist at a community mental health centre in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he worked with children and families that had a variety of backgrounds. Darrien has extensive experience conducting psycho-educational and clinical evaluations for both children and adults. His key responsibilities at The Reading Clinic include supervision of a team of diagnosticians who assess and provide intervention recommendations for new client referrals.
Juliet Pearman - ICAN Math Programme Director
Juliet graduated from UNCG with an undergraduate degree in Child Development and Family Relations and obtained her Master’s degree in Education from Wheelock College. She brings a wealth of experience in working with children: for 9 years she helped families and children with developmental difficulties in an early childhood intervention programme and served as an elementary classroom teacher for 11 years. She began tutoring in the Reading Clinic’s math programme in 2007 and in 2009 she became the ICAN Math Coordinator. Juliet is responsible for the day to day operations of the math program. She provides the tutor training, and is responsible for administering the initial math screening and end of year tests.
Amy Da Costa - Core Reading Programme Director
Amy joined The Reading Clinic in 2010. She holds a master’s degree in Early Childhood Studies with a focus on Teaching and Diversity. She achieved her status as a Fellow - the highest membership status available - of the Orton-Gillingham Academy in 2018. Amy has worked with The Reading Clinic since 2010 as a tutor, I-PLAY instructor and programme assistant. In 2013, she became the Core Reading Programme Director. She currently oversees the Core Reading Programme, providing tutor training, observations, end of year assessments and educational workshops, as well as managing the day-to-day logistics of the programme.
Dr. C. Julie Dunstan - I-PLAY Director
Psychologist and author, Julie Dunstan, holds an MA in early childhood and a PhD in educational psychology. For more than 3 decades, she has partnered in a wide range of settings to assist children, families and organisations to strengthen their self-awareness and resilience. Julie has conducted policy research on child development, family needs, addictions, literacy and incarceration, learning differences and general education. She has also served on numerous professional bodies, advisory boards and governmental commissions. Julie has lectured at the undergraduate and graduate levels in psychology, education and organisational development. She has presented internationally with the AOGPE, AEA, Social Thinking, IARLD and the Learning Differences conference at Harvard. She recently contributed to the book edited Dr Lynn Meltzer, Executive Function in Education. Julie has helped to drive innovations such as the ICAN Math and I-PLAY programmes at The Reading Clinic. In 2015, she founded an initiative designed to build Flexible Mindsets through early childhood research and creating resources for families and schools. In 2021, she did not hesitate to rejoin The Reading Clinic team as I-PLAY Director. Julie believes all learners can acquire the tools to respond resiliently and flexibly to uncertainty and adversity in today’s complex and ever-changing world.
Stacey Kyme – Assistant Director of The Core reading Programme
Stacey trained as a Reading Tutor in 2012, and still enjoys tutoring and working with students one-on-one. She is also a Mentor Tutor to new, incoming tutors. Stacey has taught small-group interventions at St. Paul’s Preschool, as part of our I-Play Programme. She has also assisted in facilitating Experience Dyslexia® workshops. Stacey comes to The Reading Clinic with a B.F.A from American InterContinental University and is working towards her Certified Level Membership with the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.
Board of Directors
Heather Kitson Smale, President
Attorney, Convex Insurance
Charles Withers-Clarke, Vice President
Managing Director, Guy Carpenter
Lauren Greenridge, Treasurer
Group Treasurer, Convex
Secretary
Martina Harris, ex-officio
Retired Head of Primary and Executive Director
Norma-Jean Richardson
Retired Reading and Physical Education Teacher
Michelle Stone
Attorney, Barrister. Head of Property, Wakefield Quin, Ltd.
Dr. Shawnee Basden
Clinical psychologist
Tawanna Wedderburn
VP of Practice Operations at Argus
Erinn Hayward
Substance abuse counsellor and supervisor;
Sabrina Di Meglio
Human Resource Assistant Manager, M.E.F. Limited