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 2023–2024
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 | Deandrea Fedrick |
| 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 | Quintella Bounds |
| Special Education Committee | Jim Cavallero | Laurie Bovino and Lyndsay Rombough |
| Special Education Task Force | Jim Cavallero | Laurie Bovino and Sarah Chambers |
| The Arts | Gina Szulkowski | |
| Housing | Jhoanna Maldonado and Sarah Rothschild | Mueze Bawany |
| Human Rights | Richard Berg | Dennis Kosuth |
| LGBTQIA+ | Latoyia Kimbrough | Lindsey Williston and Corey Blake |
| Legislative | Lori Torres | Kimberly Frey |
| Librarians | Carol Caref | Nora Wiltse |
| Membership | Maria Moreno | |
| 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 | Zeidre Foster | 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 | Tennille Evans and Nora Flanagan | Lisa Catledge |
| Sports and Extracurricular Activities | Kevin Hough and Thad Goodchild | Wendy Weingarten |
| Testing | Carol Caref | |
| Women’s Rights | Gynette Baker | Bridget Doherty Trebing |
Join a Committee
CTU committees are a great way for any member to make a difference. Join one now!
