Meet the Director
Meet our Tutors

Top-Tier Academic Consulting is owned and operated by Catherine Corbin. The company was founded in 2003 by her husband, former University of New Hampshire professor, Dr. David Corbin (bio here).

Prior to acquiring Top-Tier, and taking over its day-to-day operations in 2009, Catherine was a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) and corporate event planner in New York City for various Fortune 500 companies.

Catherine just completed her Graduate Certification at UCLA’s prestigious College Admissions Counseling program, where she studied the college admissions process, financial aid fundamentals, best testing and career assessment practices, and student-athlete preparation and placement. She received her BS in Communications from Syracuse University, and is a native of Arlington, MA.

Our Tutors

Our tutors and teachers are available not only during school hours, but also after school, evenings and Saturdays in person as well as by phone, fax and e-mail. Top-Tier Academic Consulting will send our experts to clients anywhere in New England.

Heather R. Anderson
Heather holds a Master of Arts in Education and Teaching Certification from Antioch University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from the University of Washington. Her teaching experience includes providing educational support to pediatric oncology patients from kindergarten to 12th grade at Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Ronald McDonald House, and Hutch School, a transitional school for children undergoing treatment for cancer.

William Asbell
William holds a Master of Arts in Anglo-Irish Literature and Drama from the National University of Ireland, University College Dublin, and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Philosophy from Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has worked for Canter and Associates, the largest developer and producer of teacher professional development curricula in the United States, and in Pamplona and Barcelona, Spain, as an English teacher, tutor, translator and interpreter. He speaks fluent Castilian Spanish.

Scott M. Bergeron
Scott is a Master of Science in Chemistry candidate at the University of New Hampshire. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of Rhode Island. Scott has taught basic laboratory practices and concepts to freshman and sophomore chemistry university students, and has tutored college students one-on-one as well as in small groups on the topics of chemistry, mathematics and physics.

Carolyn Marie Girod
Carolyn holds a Master of Science in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire, and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of Chicago. She was a National Merit Scholar, Student Marshal, Phi Beta Kappa member, and Sigma Xi member. As a teaching assistant, she developed and taught weekly lab activities & seminars on scientific writing, and facilitated paper discussions.

Elia B. Kopreski
Elia holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine and Freshwater Biology, and a Bachelor of Science in International Affairs with a minor in Spanish Language, both earned at the University of New Hampshire. Her research has included projects on biotic and abiotic parameters of the Northern New Hampshire forest lakes, coral reef monitoring, habitat and nursery identification of the Horseshoe Crab, and study of the American Eel and the Spiny Dogfish.

Jen Lechak
Jen is a Ph.D. candidate in psychology at the University of New Hampshire. Her current research is focused in cognitive neuroscience and neuroimaging at Yale University, specifically functional magnetic resonance imaging. She earned her Bachelor of Science in psychology at Fairfield University in Connecticut. As a teaching assistant, Jen has worked with college-level statistics, research methods, and cognition classes.

Maigh Manahan
Maigh will be earning her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Mathematics: Statistics in May 2010 from the University of New Hampshire. She is currently pursuing admission into an actuarial society and while maintaining a full course load. During her Junior and Senior years at UNH, she sat for and passed the first two actuarial exams, Probability and Financial Mathematics. She has been named to the Dean's List 7 consecutive semesters and is a member of the University Honors Program. She has experience tutoring personally as well as through the University Athletics Department specifically in the field of mathematics.

Julia Nemetz
Julia received a Masters degree in the Art of Teaching and an Elementary Education Teaching Certification from Sacred Heart University. She has worked with students from the entire spectrum of grade and ability levels. With these experiences she has accumulated a vast amount of teaching strategies and ideas. Her teaching style integrates fun, hands-on activities with learning.

Matthew Parks
Matthew holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Boston University. His research has focused on political theory, American political thought/culture, and American politics. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and Mathematics from Dickinson College.

Daniel Seaton
Daniel is a Ph.D. candidate in Space Science and a New Hampshire Space Grant Fellow at the University of New Hampshire. His scientific research and experience includes serving as an Astrophysicist with the Solar & Stellar X-Ray Group, TRACE, at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Mass. His undergraduate Senior Thesis in Astrophysics focused on solar coronal heating and large-scale structure.

Jill Hope Torregiani
Jill earned her Master of Science in Zoology and Coral Reef Ecology, and her Bachelor of Science in Zoology, with an Oceanography minor. Her Master of Science Thesis Research investigated ultraviolet radiation-induced DNA damage in populations of Pacific corals, and the potential protective role played by UV-absorbing compounds. She has taught college-level human anatomy and assisted in curriculum development.

Kellie P. Zupp
Kellie earned her Master of Arts in English Literature/Creative Writing from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and her Bachelor of Arts in English from Boston College. She has worked as a professional writer and editor, and has taught creative writing for numerous years.