Meet our Leadership Team

Mr. Perrot has 20 years of experience in educational leadership, including 2 years in Australia and 18 years in the US.

He previously led the French American School of Silicon Valley as Head of School, and helped scale a large K-12th grade international school in Dallas as a campus director.

Mr. Perrot's passion for education stems from a belief that providing a bilingual curriculum in a multicultural learning environment leads to the most enriched learning experiences for our future generation.

Ms. Grunfelder has been with Kennedy International School for over 20 years as a teacher and an administrator. She is passionate about bilingual education and providing students with the best education possible.

A permanently certified New York State teacher in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education and Special Education, Ms. Grunfelder also holds a Master's Degree in Early Childhood Education and School Building Administration.

Mr. Debenay has been a teacher for 19 years and a lower school director in the French National Education system since 2005. He has worked in Grenoble, La Reunion, the USA and Australia. In addition to his positions as a teacher and lower school director, he has also served as a pedagogical advisor and has taught in specialized classes for children with disabilities.

He grew up in Senegal and Mali before studying in France, where he completed his master's degree in Elementary Education to become a school teacher and then obtained his diploma in Special Education. After having already worked at Kennedy International School until 2019, he was excited to return to New York in August 2021 to lead the lower school French program and work with our families and staff.

Dr. Weeber holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the Sorbonne University in Paris. She joins us after spending ten years at Lycée Louis-le-Grand. During her tenure at Lycée Louis-le-Grand, she held several key positions, including Librarian Teacher, International Relations Officer, and Communications Officer.

In her role as International Relations Officer, Dr. Weeber led numerous high-level projects, including spearheading pedagogical engineering ventures in French-speaking countries such as the Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Djibouti. As a Librarian Teacher, she was instrumental in
implementing an acclaimed literature contest across Paris's top high schools. Additionally, she introduced a successful Gender Equality program at her school, leading to numerous initiatives involving both students and faculty.

A dual French-American citizen, Dr. Weeber is passionate about literature, philosophy, social sciences, and cinema. In 2010, she spent a year abroad in California, where she enjoyed teaching French literature.