Our Leadership Team

United by their vision of a new concept of bilingual French education accessible to all, the three co-founders of OFALycée are teachers, administrators and entrepreneurs who each have between 15 and 20 years of experience in bilingual education in the United States.

Head of School

Academic Director

CFO

About: Olivier Saint-Vincent

Role : Co-founder
Academic Director
Experience : Olivier Saint-Vincent is a French author - mainly of school books - as well as a certified professor of Classics and Philosophy, with more than fifteen years of teaching experience in French and international settings in the United States. For him, teaching is more than a passion, it is his life; a life where he never ceases to share and transmit the genius of the French language and the beauty of its literature.

Although OFALycée represents the convergence and culmination of all his past experiences, it is not his first company. In the last 18 years, he also founded a Close-Combat Federation (for which he received the Bronze Medal of Sport in 2014), the People's University of Boston with the participation of philosopher Michel Onfray, and a digital publishing house in 2012, which is still active.

In the areas of Literature and Philosophy, Olivier Saint-Vincent has always been savvy when it comes to technology and digital education. He defines it as "a dream come true at last, in which neither time nor space obstruct the transmission of knowledge. And where everything remains to be invented."

About: Valerie Burnick

Role : Co-founder
CFO
Economics and Social Sciences Teacher
Experience : Attracted to the world of finance early in her career, Valerie Burnick was an internal auditor in a multinational firm, where her passion for mathematics found a concrete application in numbers. However, her other passion, the thirst for sharing knowledge, had the upper hand and led her to embrace a teaching career: first in Mathematics and then in Economics and Social Sciences (SES), for twenty years.

With over twenty years of teaching experience - both French and international - Valérie has developed a special interest in the development and use of differentiated teaching methods. In 2013, Valérie participated in the development of the new Economics program for the International Baccalaureate. She is also an active member of the French National Education working group for the implementation of the new Economics and Social Science program in 11th and 12th grade.

In 2014, aware of the positive impact that the acquisition of knowledge and skills in the world of entrepreneurship can have on high school students, Valérie collaborated with Babson College to create an entrepreneurship program for high school students where candidates have the opportunity to develop a business project and present it to a panel of expert investors.

A graduate in Applied Economic Sciences from UCL in Belgium, Valérie obtained her Agrégation of Higher Secondary Education in Economics and Social Sciences in 1993. Valérie also received a certification in International Finance from Northeastern University in 1998.

About: Géraldine Guillermin

Role : Co-founder
Head of School
History/Geography Teacher
College Counselor
Experience : Géraldine Guillermin, co-founder and Head of School has more than 20 years of experience as a teacher, college counselor, and high school principal. Before OFALycée, Géraldine created Education & Conseil, LLC, an organization that helped French students abroad in their college application process in North America and Europe.

As a high school principal, Géraldine integrated the American section (OIB) of the French Baccalaureate, established her previous school as the only French Bac exam center in New England, led the French accreditation renewal process, managed multiple digital education projects, and mentored a graduate student from Harvard University, Graduate School of Education. Over the years, she has developed an expertise in the American and French educational systems in addition to the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program. Her commitment to the development of French education and culture in the United States led to her being named Knight in the Order of the Academic Palms in 2016.

Géraldine is a graduate of the University of Lyon, France and the George Washington University, Washington DC. With OFALycée, Géraldine and her colleagues are implementing an innovative online pedagogical approach building on the best of both the French and American educational systems.

Géraldine also serves as the Director of Education & Academics of KidsProjects, an EdTech company that designed a project management platform developing soft skills in children at school or at home.