Office Staff

Briana Weber (she/her) – Head of School

Briana began at Harmony in 2022 as the Enrollment Coordinator, continued on as Student and Family Services Director the following year, then in the summer of 2024 stepped into the role of Head of School. She began her career working with children when she organized an outdoor skills camp out for children when she was 12 years old! The journey since then has been focused on gaining more knowledge and understanding of the joy and work of childhood, especially inspired by the works of Magda Gerber and RIE, Maria Montessori, anti-bias curriculum, and a love of nature. Briana graduated from the Primary Montessori training program at Montessori Northwest in 2007. She has worked in various early childhood programs as a teacher, then program director and curriculum coordinator around the Portland area. Briana lives in Oregon City with her husband, and two children, and cat. They can often be found outside, working in their ever expanding garden, finding a new waterway to canoe, or playing a board game together. Briana is often the photographer during this time, or might be gathering things to eat (mushrooms, berries) or seeds to plant. She also enjoys hand crafts, reading sci-fi novels, baking and preserving food, and playing music

Andrea (she/her) – Administrative Team Member

Andrea joined the Harmony community in June of 2019 after an “awe-inspiring” tour with Alicia as a parent. She has been working in the Portland Montessori community since taking her Primary (3-6) training at Montessori Northwest in 2006. After working in a Primary classroom as a lead guide for four years she joined the staff at Montessori Northwest as Admissions Director and Administrative Assistant. During this time, Andrea also earned her Assistants to Infancy Diploma (Birth to three) as well as her M.Ed. in Montessori Education from Loyola University Maryland. Outside of Harmony Andrea and her husband, Ben, enjoy the happily hectic life with a toddler, Odin, and their infant, Bronwyn. She enjoys visiting the forests around Portland, gardening with her family as well as sneakily knitting when the household sleeps.