Executive Board

The Executive Board of the Chicago Teachers Union is comprised of the elected officers, committee chairs, appointed members and union staff. It meets each month and is charged with overseeing the work of the union. One of its main tasks is to propose the agenda for each monthly House of Delegates meeting. The E. Board also votes to recommend Items for Action at the House of Delegates, many of which are put forth from the union’s standing committees and their subcommittees.

Voting Members

The voting members of the Executive Board are enumerated under Article V, Sec. 1 of the CTU Constitution:

The elective officers of the Union shall be: President, Vice President, Recording Secretary, Financial Secretary, six Trustees, three Area Vice Presidents, and a Functional Vice President for each one thousand Union members, or major fraction thereof, in each of the following groups: elementary teachers, high school teachers, and career service employees, provided that each of these groups shall have at least one Vice President. The membership in good standing for December 31 preceding an election shall be the determining figure.

Below are listed the Trustees, Area Vice Presidents and Functional Vice Presidents (FVPs). The four major officers can be seen on the About CTU page of this website.

Stuart Abram

High School Teacher FVP

Young Magnet High School

Teacher

Denita Armstrong-Shaffer

Elementary Teacher FVP

Fuller Elementary

Teacher

Paula Barajas

Trustee

Ruiz Elementary

Teacher

Tamica Berry

Area C VP

DePriest Elementary

Teacher

Carrene Beverly-Bass

Elementary Teacher FVP

Jensen Scholastic Acad.

Teacher

Robin Blake Boose

Trustee

Ashe Elementary

Teacher

Daniel Burke

Elementary Teacher FVP

Bass Elementary

Teacher

Lisa Catledge

Instructor Assistant FVP

Nicholson Elementary

Instructor Assistant

Andrew Chenohara

Area A VP

Gillespie Elementary

Teacher

Jen Conant

Chair of the Charter Division

Northtown Charter High School

Teacher

Rebecca Coven

High School Teacher FVP

Sullivan High School

Teacher

Mary Difino

Clinician FVP

Citywide

School Nurse

Hilario Dominguez

Elementary Teacher FVP

Cooper Elementary

Teacher

Christine Dussault

Elementary Teacher FVP

Ravenswood Elementary

Teacher

Saul Garcia

High School Teacher FVP

Social Justice High School

Teacher

Yvonne Heard

Special Education Assistants FVP

Hyde Park HS

Student Special Svces. Coord.

Howard Heath

Retiree FVP

Retired

Teacher

Karin Henry

School Community Rep FVP

Lawndale Community Acad.

School Community Rep.

Nina Hike

High School Teacher FVP

Westinghouse High School

Teacher

Josh Lerner

Elementary Teacher FVP

Peirce Elementary

Teacher

Nick Limbeck

Elementary Teacher FVP

Barry Elementary

Bilingual Teacher

Erin Lynch

Trustee

Jahn Elementary

Teacher

Claudia Moreno-Nunez

Elementary Teacher FVP

Lloyd Elementary

Teacher

Norma Noriega

Elementary Teacher FVP

Stevenson Elementary

Teacher

Moselean Parker

Area B VP

McKay Elementary

Teacher

Keyonna Payton

Elementary Teacher FVP

Park Manor Elementary

Teacher

Sylvelia Pittman

Elementary Teacher FVP

Nash Elementary

Teacher

Debby Pope

Chicago Federation of Labor Delegate

Retired

Teacher

Caroline Rutherford

Vice Chair of the Charter Division

Marquez Charter Elementary

Teacher

Karen Soto

Elementary Teacher FVP

Waters Elementary

Teacher

David Stieber

High School Teacher FVP

Kenwood High School

Teacher

Rhonda Stone

Clinician FVP

Citywide

School Nurse

Jessica Suarez Nieto

Elementary Teacher FVP

Telpochcalli Elementary

Teacher

Lori Torres

Elementary Teacher FVP

Monroe Elementary

Teacher

Kassandra Tsitsopoulos

High School Teacher FVP

Prosser High School

Teacher

LaNedra Vaughn

School Clerk FVP

Taft High School

School Clerk

Tammie Vinson

Trustee

DePriest Elementary

Special Education Teacher

Aisha Wade Bey

Elementary Teacher FVP

Lawndale Elementary

Teacher

Jacquelyn Ward

Trustee

Bond Elementary

Teacher

Quentin Washington

Trustee

Sadlowski Elementary

Teacher

Marilyn Williams-Piggee

Teacher Assistant FVP

Murray Elementary

Teacher Assistant