Leadership & Staff
Emily Metz
Authorization Manager in the Office of Innovation and Incubation
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Sagar Desai
Managing Director, Operations at Commit!
Beth Purvis
Education Advisor to IL Gov Rauner
David J Chizewer
Chicago attorney and proponent of charter schools and edu reform
Board Members
Thomas J Nieman
founder of Nieman, Inc., curriculum developer
Gerald L Jenkins
principal at Goldberg Kohn, Ltd
Catherine H Gottfred P H D
founder, Leap Learning Systems
Violet M Clark
Partner at Laner, Munchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin and Tominberg
Arthur J Reliford Jr
lawyer and equity partner at Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP
Craig W Henderson
founder of C.W. Henderson & Associates, Inc., an investment-counseling firm that specializes in tax-exempt municipal securities and manages assets totaling approximately $2 billion.
Laura Thonn
partner Pricewaterhouse Coopers and President of CICS Board of Directors
Tom Hayden
Political activist and politician; founder of the Students for a Democratic Society
David J Chizewer
Chicago attorney and proponent of charter schools and edu reform
Catherine H Gottfred P H D
founder, Leap Learning Systems
LEAP Innovations
"non-profit" education technology incubator
CICS - Jackson
Rockford, IL outpost
Parents
Distinctive Schools
Chicago-based charter management organization for CICS charter chain
Services & Transactions
Victory Education Partners
charter management organization
Miscellaneous Relationships
Regenerations
Stacey Shells' new nonprofit company
