Governance
A 7-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 School of Social Service Administration 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 School of Social Service Administration 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
UChicago Charter School
A Division of the Urban Education Institute
at the University of Chicago