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 | Joseph McDermott | Lissette Flores |
| 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 | Leslie Plewa and Mueze Bawany |
| Special Education | Lisa Pattara-McGrane | Natasha Carlsen and Katherine Osgood |
| The Arts | Gina Szulkowski | |
| Human Rights | Rebecca Martinez and Sara Echevarría | 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 |
| Physical Education | ||
| 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 | |
| Social | Ronnie Reese | Lashawn Wallace |
| Testing | ||
| Women’s Rights | Norine Gutekanst | Jacquelyn Ward |
Fighting for Fair Contracts
CTU is fighting for quality pay and benefits (including health care), full staffing in our schools, smaller class sizes and justice for students and families. Get updates and resources for our contract fights here.
