Governance

A 5-member corporate Board of Directors and a 13-member Advisory Council oversee the University of Chicago Charter School alongside Charter and Campus directors. University of Chicago leaders sit on the Board of Directors. Parent leaders, community leaders and University leaders are members of the Advisory Council.

Board of Directors

The UChicago Charter School’s Board of Directors is responsible for the fiduciary and legal obligations of the UChicago Charter.


Advisory Council

The Advisory Council includes parent, community, and University of Chicago leaders who provide guidance and direction on major policy and program initiatives at the UChicago Charter School.


P-TAC

The UChicago Charter School’s Parent-Teacher Advisory Committee (P-TAC) supports the development and implementation of student discipline policies.


Board of Directors

 

Daniel Abebe, President-Board of Directors

Vice Provost, and the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law and Walter Mander Teaching Scholar

The University of Chicago

 

Deborah Gorman-Smith, Vice President-Board of Directors

Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor, and Dean of the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice

The University of Chicago

 

Ka Yee C. Lee

Executive Vice President for Strategic Initiatives

The University of Chicago

 

Christian Mitchell

Vice President for Civic Engagement and External Affairs

The University of Chicago

 

Patrice Ziegler (Donoghue)

Advisory Council

 

Daniel Abebe, President-Board of Directors

Vice Provost, and the Harold J. and Marion F. Green Professor of Law and Walter Mander Teaching Scholar

The University of Chicago

 

TiChina Barrett (Woodlawn MS)

 

Danielle Brown (Woodlawn HS)

 

Tanika Island-Childress

CEO, the University of Chicago Charter School

The University of Chicago

 

Terrika Clopton (NKO)

 

Julie Getzels

 

Dean Deborah Gorman-Smith, Vice President-Board of Directors & Chair of Advisory Council

Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor, and Dean of the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

The University of Chicago

 

John Mark Hansen (Mark)

Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor and Senior Advisor to the President

The University of Chicago

 

Chris Harris Sr., Vice Chair of Advisory Council

Senior Pastor – Bright Star Church of God in Christ

CEO – Bright Star Community Outreach, Inc. (BSCO)

 

Priscilla Kersten

President

Square One Foundation

 

Patricia C. Lane (Patty)

Community Leader and Volunteer

 

Charles A. Lewis (Chuck)

Chairman

Lewis-Sebring Family Foundation

 

Laura Van Peenan

Managing Director, Investment Banking

William Blair & Company

 

Lee Pratter

Senior Director of Development

Chicago Housing Authority

 

Dr. Shantá Robinson, PhD

Assistant Professor

The University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration

 

Patrice Ziegler (Donoghue)

 

**Chuck Lewis is a Founding Member of the Governing Board and thus, he is not subject to the membership terms of at large members.

Parent-Teacher Advisory Council

  •     Derrick Asante
        Teacher, North Kenwood/Oakland Campus
  •     Josh and Donna Dortzbach
        Parents, North Kenwood/Oakland Campus
  •     Patrice Bledsoe
        Parent, Donoghue Campus
  •     Jerome Anderson
        Parent, Donoghue Campus
  •     Danielle Brown
        Parent, Woodlawn Middle School Campus
  •     Angel Burgess
        Parent, Woodlawn High School Campus