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 2018-2019
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 | Kelsey Orsini |
| Clinicians | Leah Raffanti | Emily Penn and Theresa Toro |
| Counselors | Sara Echevarría | Lissette Flores |
| Displaced and Substitute Teachers | Sara Echevarría | Burma Green |
| Education | Kathy Murray | Sarah Chambers |
| Bilingual Education | Rebecca Martinez | 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 | Leslie Plewa and Mueze Bawany |
| Special Education | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Natasha Carlsen and Katherine Osgood |
| Human Rights | Michael Brunson | Denita Armstrong-Shaffer |
| LGBTQIA | Latoyia Kimbrough | Noa Padowitz |
| Legislative | Kurt Hilgendorf | Leonor Torres and Froylan Jimenez |
| 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 |
| Physical Education | Michael Brunson | John Lewis |
| Policies | StacyDavisGates | Stacy Davis Gates |
| Political Action | Brandon Johnson and Martin Ritter | Gloria Higgins |
| Professional Problems | Jennifer Johnson | Jackson Potter |
| PSRPs | Christel Williams | Lashawn Wallace |
| Public Relations & Communications | Nathan Goldbaum | Andrea Parker |
| Retired Teachers | 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 | Jacquelynn Charles |
| School Safety and Security | Michael Brunson | Micah Thomas |
| Social | Ronnie Reese | Yvonne Heard |
| Testing | Joseph McDermott | Gabriel Sheridan |
| Women’s Rights and Welfare | Norine Gutekanst | Jacquelyn Ward |
The Schools Chicago’s Students Deserve 2.0
This 2018 update to CTU’s 2012 report provides a counter-narrative to the corporate agenda on education and highlights the role of CTU’s campaigns, including for contracts, in fighting it.
