Board Members

Dr. Michael Stratton is Owner of Lakeland’s Health & Family Chiropractic. LHFC is a wellness clinic which enables its clients to regain their health naturally without the use of medications. Dr. Stratton has been a wellness Doctor for over 15 years. He has spoken nationally on the subject of health, wellness and stress. Dr. Stratton is certified in the Webster Protocol for advanced perinatal care and helps many families. Dr. Stratton was the Wellness Champions “Doctor of the Year” in 2014. Dr. Stratton manages his clinic while maintaining a part-time patient schedule. Born and raised in Bartow, Florida, he now resides in Lakeland with his wife and four children. His family has a strong connection to Magnolia Montessori Academy, where his children have attended and some have since graduated.

Maile Valentine is a cofounder of Magnolia Montessori Academy. She recently retired from a career in which she provided writing and training services for small and large companies in a variety of industries. Maile volunteers with READ Lakeland and also serves as a community member on the advisory board for the Orlando Health Cardiac Ultrasound Program. Maile lives in Lakeland with her husband and their two children who attended MMA.

Doug Warrick is a retired CPA (Indiana) who endured 11 years plus years with the large public accounting firm, Price Waterhouse, in South Bend, IN after graduating from Manchester University in Math and Accounting. He moved on to head up corporate tax departments of generally public healthcare companies in Indianapolis, Harrisburg PA, Albuquerque, and Salt lake City. Retiring from his workaholic ways to Lakeland in 2016 with his wife Karen, to be near their two daughters’ families in Lakeland and south Florida. Historically involved in church finance committees, he also enjoys gardening, landscaping, and providing tax and investment advice. Two grandchildren (soon to be three) attend Magnolia and his wife is a reading tutor volunteer.

Linda has lived and worked in France, the United Kingdom and Norway before moving back to the United States in 1990.  She has worked in the computer industry for 40 years, and is the CEO of Advantage Positioning, an internet development company specializing in search engine optimization, website design and custom programming.  A graduate of Leadership Lakeland, Linda is passionate about giving back to the community and has served in several volunteer capacities with the Girl Scouts, PACE Center for Girls, National Association of Women Business Owners, and the Lakeland Chamber of Commerce. She is currently a member of the Lakeland Rotary, volunteers for Platform Art and serves on the board of The Wilson House, an organization providing drug and alcohol recovery counseling in a residential environment to homeless males in the area. Linda enjoys reading and art, and lives in Bartow close to her two grandchildren who went to Magnolia Montessori Academy from PreK to 8th grade.

Ginger Johnson and her family have been part of the MMA community since 2015. Four of her five children have attended MMA, and three will graduate from 8th grade there. Over the years, MMA has been an important part of her family, and joining the board was an opportunity to give back to a school and community she has valued for more than a decade. Ginger holds a master’s degree in Special Education and began her career in education in 2004. She now serves in school administration at an inclusive private K–12 school, where she is involved in the daily leadership of the school, supporting teachers and students, overseeing educational programming, and working closely with families. Her experiences as a teacher, homeschool parent, school administrator, and longtime MMA parent have given her the opportunity to see education from several different perspectives. As a board member, she hopes to use those experiences to support MMA as it continues to grow while holding on to the Montessori philosophy and strong school community that have made it such an important part of her own family’s story.

Konstantin Ryabov is an operations and business leader in Manufacturing and IT. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY) and an MBA from University of Florida (Gainesville, FL). He also supported the school district’s IT infrastructure and experienced the behind-the-scenes work required to keep the schools running. Konstantin’s daughter’s been a Montessori child since she was two years old and a student at Magnolia Montessori Academy since second grade.

Jonathan is a parent of two children at MMA and is the parent liaison to Magnolia Montessori Academy’s Board of Directors.