Staff & Leadership

Aimee Bourke Foster lives in Brewster and is the mother to Elizabeth (Sturgis ’25) and George (Sturgis ’27). In 2020, she and her family moved from the San Francisco Bay area to Brewster – a Cape connection through her husband’s family who are Brewster natives. We are grateful to call the Cape home. In a three-decade career, Aimee held numerous senior leadership positions in financial services firms with extensive experience developing and marketing products and leading global teams. Aimee is a proud holder of an International Baccalaureate Diploma from high school and credits the years spent working toward the diploma as her most formative educational experience. She also holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and French from Mount Holyoke College. She is currently working toward a master’s degree in Psychology at Harvard University through the Extension School.

Eric Hieser spent his educational career of 50 years split between U.S. public
schools and four international schools in Norway, Japan, Switzerland, and Brazil. For 13 years as Executive Director, he recently led Sturgis Charter Public School, a nationally and internationally recognized high school with two IB for All campuses in Hyannis, MA, USA. For the past 15 years, Eric has also been an IB consultant, face to face and online IB workshop leader, IB authorization and evaluation team leader, IB equity and access mentor, and a frequent presenter at IB World Heads Conferences and IB Americas Conferences. A majority of the workshops that Eric lead focus on leadership, equity, access, and board governance.

Iona Masil has taught ELD at Sturgis since 2019, starting briefly at West before moving to East for the 2019-2020 school year.  In addition to her work in the multilingual learner department, Iona co-facilitates the Students of Color Coalition, and she has facilitated various professional development presentations for staff related to multilingual learner education, anti-racism in schools, and supporting diverse students through collaboration. She is incredibly excited to begin her new role as the team lead for the newly formed Equity Team at Sturgis, starting in fall 2024. Before joining Sturgis, Iona taught high school math and personal finance for Metro Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, TN, where she also earned her Master’s in Education in 2015 from Lipscomb University. Iona received her Bachelor’s of Business Administration, majoring in finance, from UMass Amherst in 2014, and she’s a proud Barnstable High School graduate. Today, in addition to her work at Sturgis, Iona works part-time at Hyannis West Elementary School in their 21st Century afterschool program, and she also teaches adult ESL classes.

Dr. Roberts better known as “Billy”​ holds a vision that philanthropic service to community is essential for the well-being of all. This idea guides his affiliations and actions particularly for those in our midst who are underrepresented and under-served. Billy holds a Master’s Degree in Administration/ Organizational
Development and a Doctoral Degree in Counselling/ Clinical Psychology from the University of Massachusetts/ Amherst.  His clinical and consulting practice serves peoples of diverse backgrounds and his organizational consulting work is focused on human resource development and change management.Elected as a member of the United States National Governing Body of the Baha’i Faith in 1998, he served as its Treasurer for some thirteen years, leading several successful multi-million-dollar capital campaigns prior to moving to Cape Cod.

An active Rotarian, Billy has served in many roles both in the Cape Cod area, the region as well as internationally. He served as Rotary International District 7950 Governor 2021 through 2022, the first person of color to achieve that distinction. His service continues in other leadership roles supporting
Rotary clubs and their service to our community.
He is Chair of the Cape Organization for the Rights of the Disabled (CORD) Board of Directors, serving the needs of Cape Cod constituents and their families. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Cape Cod Community College Education Foundation Board of Directors, supporting the mission of the College and its programs uplifting students and faculty in their efforts to demonstrate excellence. He serves as a member of the Board of Trustees for the Riverview School, a private boarding/day school for students, ages 11–22, with complex language, learning and cognitive challenges located on Cape Cod,
Massachusetts. Students hail from every region of the United States and from many foreign countries. He serves as a Member of the MASS HIRE Workforce Board of Directors for Cape Cod and the Islands. He also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Amplify POC of Cape Cod a not-for-profit advocacy
and skills building organization enabling business development for under supported entrepreneurs. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Sturgis Charter School, an IB Curriculum school serving the Cape and Islands region’s students. And as a member of the Rotary District 7950 Charitable
Foundation Board of Directors.
Both Bette, his wife, and Billy are active leaders in their faith community and are enthusiastic supporters providing service to non-profit organizations.  A veteran traveler, Billy has visited and provided hands-on as well as consulting services to social and economic development initiatives in more than 75 countries.

Marion Weeks served as a Sturgis Librarian (2004-2011) and Sturgis Community Outreach Coordinator (2011-2017). She is the parent of Kate Weeks (Sturgis ’10). Marion received her BA in English from UNC-Greensboro and her MSLS from UNC-Chapel Hill. Prior to Sturgis, she worked in a variety of libraries including UNC Graduate Library, Savannah Public Library, Peace Corps librarian in Niger, West Africa, Warren Wilson College and Yarmouth Libraries. Marion also served as Director of Off-Campus Study at Colgate University (1990-1995).