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, download this form and mail it to:
STANDING COMMITTEES
c/o Jesse Sharkey, President
Chicago Teachers Union
1901 W. Carroll Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60612
CTU STANDING AND SUB/AD-HOC COMMITTEES 2019–2020
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 | Maria Moreno | Christa Lohman |
| Clinicians | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Emily Penn and Theresa Toro |
| Counselors | Gervaise Clay | Lissette Flores and Venisa Beasley-Green |
| Displaced and Substitute Teachers | Sara Echevarria | Burma Green |
| Education | Kathy Murray | Les Plewa |
| Bilingual Education | Rebecca Martinez and Jesse Sharkey | Eva Corona and Juan Zavala |
| Early Childhood | Lynn Cherkasky-Davis | Kirstin Roberts and Caprice Phillips-Mitchell |
| Elementary Steering | Kathy Murray | Tina Franklin-Bertrand |
| High School Steering | Martin Ritter | Les Plewa and Mueze Bawany |
| Special Education | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Natasha Carlsen and Katherine Osgood |
| The Arts | Gina Szulkowski | |
| Human Rights | Richard Berg | Denita Armstrong-Shaffer |
| LGBTQIA+ | Latoyia Kimbrough | Noa Padowitz and Joseph Dunlap |
| Legislative | Kurt Hilgendorf | Leonor Torres |
| Librarians | Carol Caref | Nora Wiltse |
| Membership | Maria Moreno | Toni Minter |
| New Organizing (CTU –ACTS) | Chris Baehrend | Jennifer Conant |
| PAVE | John Kugler | Evan Maniates |
| Pension-Insurance | Annette Rizzo | Jack Silver |
| Policies | Stacy Davis Gates | Stacy Davis Gates |
| Political Action | Brandon Johnson and Martin Ritter | Gloria Higgins |
| Professional Problems | Jennifer Johnson | Jackson Potter |
| PSRPs | Jose Jimenez | Lucille Thompson and Sabrina Woods |
| 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 and Sara Rothschild | Jessica Suarez-Nieto |
| School Safety and Security | Curtis Bynum | Larnce White |
| Social | Ronnie Reese | Lashawn Wallace |
| Sports and Extracurricular | Martin Ritter and Kevin Hough | Wendy Weingarten |
| Women’s Rights | Norine Gutekanst | Jacquelyn Ward |
Administrative Transfer Window
Teachers were able to transfer schools for Spring 2020 without principal permission between November 15, 2019 and January 2, 2020. Teachers can still transfer if released by their principal. The next administrative transfer window will be later this spring for transfers in Fall 2020.
