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 President Sharkey and Lupe Coyle, as well as the staff liaison for the committee (linked below).
Or send via US Postal Service 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 2021–2022
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 | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Christa Lohman |
| Climate Justice | Chris Baehrend | Nicholas Limbeck |
| Clinicians | Jim Cavallero | Mary Difino |
| Counselors | Gervaise Clay | Venisa Beasley-Green and Carly Day |
| Displaced and Substitute Teachers | Jim Staros and Georgia Waller | Burma Green |
| Education | Kathy Murray | Kirstin Roberts |
| Bilingual Education | Rebecca Martinez | Linda Perales |
| Early Childhood | Lynn Cherkasky-Davis | Diane Castro and Caprice Phillips-Mitchell |
| Elementary Steering | Jed Schenkier | |
| High School Steering | Kevin Hough | |
| Special Education | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Natasha Carlsen and Katherine Osgood |
| The Arts | Jen Johnson | Gina Szulkowski |
| Housing | Jhoanna Maldonado and Sarah Rothschild | Mueze Bawany |
| Human Rights | Richard Berg | Denita Armstrong-Shaffer |
| LGBTQIA+ | Latoyia Kimbrough | |
| Legislative | Kurt Hilgendorf | Leonor Torres |
| Librarians | Carol Caref | Nora Wiltse |
| Membership | Maria Moreno | Maria Teresa Cosme |
| New Organizing (CTU –ACTS) | Casey Sweeney | Jennifer Conant |
| PAVE | Evan Maniates | |
| Pension-Insurance | Lashawn Wallace | Jack Silver |
| Policies | Stacy Davis Gates | Stacy Davis Gates |
| Political Action | Brandon Johnson and Martin Ritter | Leonor Torres |
| Professional Problems | Jennifer Johnson | Jackson Potter |
| PSRPs | Michael Smith | Marilyn Piggee Williams |
| 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 Sarah Rothschild | Jessica Suarez-Nieto |
| School Safety and Security | Curtis Bynum | Larnce White |
| Social | Ronnie Reese | Lisa Catledge |
| Sports and Extracurricular | Kevin Hough and Martin Ritter | Wendy Weingarten |
| Testing | Carol Caref | Aaron Bingea |
| Women’s Rights | Terry Rudd | Jacquelyn Ward |
Join a Committee
CTU committees are a great way for any member to make a difference. Join one now!
