LEADERSHIP BRIDGE
Past Cohorts
More than 80 assistant principals and principals served since 2019.
Cohort 2: Leadership Bridge 2020-21
PRINCIPALS
ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
Katherine Chuu, Phillip D Armour Elementary School
Latrese Mathis, John Hay Elementary Community Academy
Paul Powers, William Jones College Preparatory High School
Rochonda Knox, Arthur A Libby Elementary School
Brian Riddick, Butler College Prep
Darko Simunovic, Mansueto High School
NEW LEADERS
Heather Yutzy, Hiram H Belding Elementary School
Lydia Ryan Menzer, Chicago Academy High School
Maureen Delgado, DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
Mary Dixon, Charles Gates Dawes Elementary School
Conrad Timbers, Englewood STEM High School
July Cyrwus, Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School
Peggie Burnett-Wise, Morton School of Excellence
Manuel Adrianzen, Alfred Nobel Elementary School
Anita Hernandez, Franz Peter Schubert Elementary School
Josh Long, Southside Occupational Academy High School
Mark Grishaber, William Howard Taft High School
Karen Anderson, James Ward Elementary School
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Patricia Brekke, Back of the Yards IB HS
Kathleen Miller, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School
Allison Tingwall, Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School
Susan Gross, William P Gray Elementary School
Eric Steinmiller, Lincoln Park High School
Femi Skanes, Morgan Park High School
Mary Beck, Nicholas Senn High School
Michelle Flatt, South Shore Intl College Prep High School
Michael Stosek, Wells Community Academy High School
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
Judith Bednarek, Phillip D Armour Elementary School
London Jones, John Hay Elementary Community Academy
Therese Plunkett, William Jones College Preparatory High School
Tamesha Carter, Arthur A Libby Elementary School
Camielle Taylor, Butler College Prep
Nikki Desgrosellier, Mansueto High School
NEW LEADERS
Mandi Cohen, Hiram H Belding Elementary School
Ryan Leonard, Chicago Academy High School
Virag Nanavati, DeWitt Clinton Elementary School
Carla Frangella, Charles Gates Dawes Elementary School
Angela Newton, Englewood STEM High School
Claudia Guerrero, Federico Garcia Lorca Elementary School
Raven Daniels, Morton School of Excellence
Aubrey Monks, Alfred Nobel Elementary School
Yadira Guzman, Franz Peter Schubert Elementary School
Jennifer Bollinger, Southside Occupational Academy High School
Eric Flores, William Howard Taft High School
Maria Norville, James Ward Elementary School
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Rebecca Bancroft, Back of the Yards IB HS
Michael Kosko, Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School
Sussan Oladipo, Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School
Victoria Tomko, William P Gray Elementary School
William Daniels, Lincoln Park High School
Daniel Buys, Morgan Park High School
Tim Adams, Nicholas Senn High School
Jesus Laurel, South Shore Intl College Prep High School
Rhonda Varney, Wells Community Academy High School
Cohort 1: Leadership Bridge 2019-20
PRINCIPALS
ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
David Belanger, Hanson Park Elementary School
Adam Sparks, Acero Charter Schools - Sandra Cisneros
Mark Schall, Charles Allen Prosser Career Academy High School
Adell Brock, Carroll-Rosenwald Elementary School
Yashika Tippett-Eggleston, Air Force Academy High School
NEW LEADERS
Holly Dacres, Wilma Rudolph Elementary Learning Center
Gerardo Arriaga, Enrico Tonti Elementary School
Clifford Gabor, Mary Lyon Elementary School
Chinyere Okafor, Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
Tiffany Brown, Wendell Smith Elementary School
Kate Kane, Mary Gage Peterson Elementary School
Kathleen Valente, Alice L Barnard Elementary School
Sherry Pirtle, Alex Haley Elementary Academy
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Kathleen Hagstrom, Walt Disney Magnet Elementary School
Anna Pavichevich, Roald Amundsen High School
Allison Tingwall, Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
ACCELERATE INSTITUTE
Pam De La Cruz, Hanson Park Elementary School
Jill Keller, Acero Charter Schools - Sandra Cisneros
Terry Batey, Charles Allen Prosser Career Academy High School
Juwana Foster-Wells, Carroll-Rosenwald Elementary School
Kevin Coppage, Air Force Academy High School
NEW LEADERS
Dana Galati, Wilma Rudolph Elementary Learning Center
John Robertson, Enrico Tonti Elementary School
Richard Jackson, Mary Lyon Elementary School
Beverly Jordan, Jensen Elementary Scholastic Academy
Charessa Maiden-McNeal, Wendell Smith Elementary School
Yalil Nieves, Mary Gage Peterson Elementary School
Jeffery Cooks, Alice L Barnard Elementary School
Alesia Franklin-Allen, Alex Haley Elementary Academy
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Paul Riskus, Walt Disney Magnet Elementary School
Kristi Eilers, Roald Amundsen High School
Homero Penuelas, Marie Sklodowska Curie Metropolitan High School