Faculty and Staff

Alexus Allen

Director of Admissions, Director of Development, Events Coordinator, Registrar, Administrative Assistant, Team Leader

Alexus is an alumni of Mount Zion and graduated from University of New Hampshire at Manchester with a B.S. in American Sign Language/English Interpreting. She helped run MZCS’ open houses for many years before stepping in to the position of Director of Admissions. Her favorite thing about MZCS is the supportive community. Outside of school, you will find Alexus spending time with her family or her husband’s family, including her brother Jonathan (MZCS Class of 2021), or close friends.

Jill Argiro

CommUNITY Coordinator

Bio coming soon 🙂

Donna DeLuca-Murphy

Office Manager

Donna joined MZCS in July of 2024. She has a diverse work background. Early in her career she worked in the fashion industry on the retail floor, marketing duties and fashion buying trips to NYC. She has performed in dinner theater as an actress, singer and dancer. However, her most recent jobs have been as an administrative assistant or office manager. Her skills lie in making people feel at home from their first experience with a company or a social situation. Donna especially enjoys getting to know people, listening to their stories and testimonies, and ensuring they feel welcomed.

When she isn’t working, Donna enjoys cooking, music, movies, spending time with her grandchildren, traveling and hostessing events of all sizes. She loves sitting by their pool and creating charcuterie boards and other refreshments for her guests.

Though she has been at MZCS for only a short time, she enjoys everyone’s welcoming ways and the family atmosphere.

Andrea Hamlin

Head of Schools

Andrea has been with MZCS since 2017, educating since 2008, and is thrilled to be supporting students, parents, and staff through her current role as Head of Schools. She has a B.S. in Elementary Education and a M.Ed. in Special Education. A transplant to NH from PA, she loves being by the water and spending time with her husband and children (MZCS graduating Classes 2028 and 2030). Andrea finds joy in the close-knit community at MZCS and is thankful to have found a school where her children can be so lovingly challenged and nurtured.

Jodi Lefort

Office Manager

Jodi is a graduate of UNH Manchester with a Bachelor’s in Sign Language Interpretation. Her two children are graduates of Mount Zion, Class of 2016 and 2021, and her husband served on and chaired the board for several years. Jodi loves many aspects of Mount Zion–the amazing faculty and staff who pour their hearts out each and every day; the open-door policy of administration; that it is a place where students names and stories are known and where kids get to be kids; but mostly that Mount Zion seeks God’s direction and has a history of being dependent on Him. Outside of Mount Zion, Jodi loves spending time with family and friends.

Jess Therrien

Office Staff

Jess is a graduate of Lincoln Christian University. She graduated with a degree in Bi-vocational Missions and a TESOL Certification. She works alongside her husband, Marc, and in-laws for workcampNE. Jess started working in the MZCS office in 2019. There are many things she loves about MZCS, but one that really stands out is the teaching staff. Her three children, Judah, Ava, and Lydia, attend MZCS, and she is constantly amazed by how well the teachers love and care for them. She also loves how they challenge them academically while helping them grow in their love for God and people. Outside of school, you’ll find Jess being an all sports mom, and hanging with family and friends. She also enjoys playing volleyball, going to shows, and watching funny TV shows with her husband.

Ken Therrien

Facilities Manager

Ken continually looks forward
to his role as Facilities Manager. He has a B.S. in
Business and a M.Ed. in Education/Human Resource
Development, spending the better part of his career training
and developing leaders in the corporate setting. A native
Granite stater, he loves serving servants, serving Jesus! Ken is
married to Marcia with 2 adult/married children. His son, Marc
and daughter-in-law Jess are both MZCS staff and their 3
children attend MZCS (Graduating Classes 2028, 2031, 2033).
Ken serves as a director of workcampNE, a non-profit Christian
organization that seeks to grow students’ faith by connecting
service to families in the form of home repairs with the Gospel message.