The Intelligentsia Team
The team at Intelligentsia is a tight-knit core, providing tutor and client support while nurturing a growing tapestry of inspiring students. We work daily to ensure sessions are running smoothly, our staff and community stay in touch and in the know, and that we are always improving and expanding our support offerings. While schools may take breaks, education is a year-round effort.
Hilda Guttormsen
Founder & President
Hilda Guttormsen co-founded Intelligentsia in 2006 and currently serves as President, overseeing business strategy and personnel. She has taught and tutored students from kindergarten to college in a variety of subjects for more than a dozen years, and focuses on addressing the non-academic issues that affect students’ scholastic performance. Along with her work in education, Hilda has completed post-graduate degree at The C.G. Jung Institute of New York and operates a private psychoanalytic practice working with all ages. Her specialty ranges from developmental issues and personality types to underlying emotional issues that may obstruct academic success.
In addition to her MFA from University of Washington, Hilda received her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts and German from Western Washington University, having also spent a year abroad at Universität von Trier in Germany.
Eugene Netupsky
CEO
Eugene Netupsky began tutoring at Intelligentsia in 2015 and currently oversees business development, tutor training, and client relations. Eugene graduated from Lafayette College with honors in English literature and a minor in philosophy on a full-tuition grant. He attended Georgetown University's MA in English literature program on a full scholarship with stipend as a graduate teaching assistant, where he taught a first-year writing seminar. He completed his pre-medical science coursework at Northwestern University.
While Eugene has tutored many 'A' students, he relishes the opportunity to tutor 'B' and 'C' students to help them discover that learning can be fun and to help them maximize their learning potential. He believes that tutoring is a natural extension of the classroom learning experience and that there is no substitute for individualized attention, especially as the level of academic rigor intensifies across middle and high school curriculums. Eugene has tutored over one hundred New York City students - mainly from private, independent schools - over the past five years. In his spare time, Eugene enjoys weight lifting, NBA basketball, and the latest TV shows on Hulu and Netflix.
Colin Garretson
Head of College Process
In guiding families through all facets of the college process, Colin has helped students gain admission to schools including Harvard and Yale, Columbia and Chicago, Stanford and Cal Tech. He also specializes in History, Literature, Writing, German, and Standardized Tests with over 20 years of experience tutoring and teaching at the high school, college, and graduate levels.
Colin received his BA in English and History from the University of Pennsylvania (Phi Beta Kappa, summa cum laude), his MA in History and MA in Humanities from Stanford University (fully supported by a graduate fellowship), and his MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston (fully supported by a C. Glenn Cambor Fellowship from Inprint). Colin has been tutoring with Intelligentsia since 2012, but only when he’s not busy working on a novel, or skiing those big mountain steeps and deeps.
