Committees
CTU committees are a great way for any member in the city to involve themselves in initiating policy, celebrating our unity and serving other educators like you. You don’t need to be elected to serve on a committee, just fill out the application.
To apply to a committee, you can complete our Request for Committee Membership form completely online.
You can also download this form and email it to Lupe Coyle at LupeCoyle@ctulocal1.org.
Or send via US Postal Service to:
STANDING COMMITTEES
c/o Lupe Coyle
Chicago Teachers Union
1901 W. Carroll Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60612
CTU STANDING AND SUB/AD-HOC COMMITTEES 2022–2023
CHAIRPERSON AND LIAISON ROSTER*
*List subject to change
| Bold = Standing Committees | Plain Text = Ad Hoc or Sub Committees |
| Committees | Liaisons | Chairpersons |
|---|---|---|
| CW Special Ed Itinerant Teachers | Jim Cavallero | Sara E. Tuffs |
| Climate Justice | Rebecca Martinez | Lauren Bianchi |
| Clinicians | Jim Cavallero | Mary Difino and Dennis Kosuth |
| Counselors | Gervaise Clay | Venisa Beasley-Green and Carly Day |
| Displaced and Substitute Teachers | Jim Staros and Georgia Waller | Glory Margotte |
| Education | Kathy Murray | Kirstin Roberts |
| Bilingual Education | Linda Perales | Gabriel Paez |
| Early Childhood | Lynn Cherkasky-Davis | Diane Castro |
| Elementary Steering | Jed Schenkier | Caprice Phillips-Mitchell |
| High School Steering | Jackson Potter | Lennon Murphy |
| Special Education Committee | Jim Cavallero | Laurie Bovino and Lyndsay Rombough |
| Special Education Task Force | Jim Cavallero | Sarah Chambers and Laurie Bovino |
| The Arts | Jennifer Johnson | Gina Szulkowski |
| Housing | Jhoanna Maldonado and Sarah Rothschild | Lennon Murphy and Mueze Bawany |
| Human Rights | Richard Berg | Dennis Kosuth |
| LGBTQIA+ | Latoyia Kimbrough | Lindsey Williston and Corey Blake |
| Legislative | Kurt Hilgendorf | Lori Torres |
| Librarians | Carol Caref | Nora Wiltse |
| Membership | Maria Moreno | Maria Cosme |
| New Organizing (CTU –ACTS) | Casey Sweeney | Andrew Van Herik |
| PAVE | Chris Baehrend and Michael Moriarty | Evan Maniates |
| Pension-Insurance | Lashawn Wallace | Jack Silver |
| Tier 2 | Erika Meza and Darnell Dowd | |
| Policies | Jackson Potter | Jackson Potter |
| Political Action | Kurt Hilgendorf | Kimberly Walls-Kirk |
| Professional Problems | Jen Johnson | Joshua Lerner |
| PSRPs | Michael Smith | Marilyn Piggee and Yvonne Heard |
| Public Relations & Communications | Nathan Goldbaum | Andrea Parker |
| Retired Members | Tennille Evans | Stephanie Collins |
| Rules-Elections | Maria Moreno | Susan Sebesta |
| Scholarship | Walter Taylor | Francine Greenberg-Reizen |
| School Finance and Taxation | Pavlyn Jankov | Federico Luque Macias |
| School Safety and Security | Curtis Bynum | Larnce White |
| Social | Ronnie Reese | Lisa Catledge |
| Sports and Extracurricular Activities | Kevin Hough and Thad Goodchild | Wendy Weingarten |
| Testing | Carol Caref | Aaron Bingea |
| Women’s Rights | Gynette Baker | Bridget Doherty Trebing |
CTU Speaks! Podcast
Our podcast, CTU Speaks! is hosted by Andrea Parker and Jim Staros. We’ll chat about our union, enforcing our contract, and our fight for the schools our students and educators deserve.
