Lake County Institute Day 2025 Grade 6-12/K-12 Fine Arts/ K-12 Librarians: Directory

JA

Jennifer Adame

Laura Adams

iCARE4 Adoptive And Foster Families

Founder and President

JA

Jeanne' Aken

Beach Park School District 3

District Librarian

SA

Sarah Amrein

Antioch District #34

Music Teacher

Angel Arnold, LCPC, NCC

Simply Bee

DEI Consultant and Therapist

Maureen Baker

Mundelein High School

Special Education Teacher

MB

Michelle Bank

D120 Transition Center

Transition Coordinator

Kurt Beer

MagicSchool AI

Senior Account Executive

LB

Leslie Bertholdt

University Center of Lake County

EB

Eric Billittier

Nicole Blackburn

Grayslake Middle School

Instructional Coach

Kelli Blakeslee

Zion Elementary School District 6

Library Media Specialist

Josy Bosworth

Grant Community High School

English Teacher

Justine Braskich

Instructional Coach

Joe Brennan

Mundelein H.S.

Digital Storytelling Evangelist

Elizabeth Broemmelsiek

Palatine High School

Teaching Librarian

JB

Jamie Brongiel

Elizabeth Bure

Barrington 220

art teacher

Dianna Burns

Beach Park School District #3

Art Teacher

TC

Tom Cardamone

Harvard CUSD50

Principal: Harvard Junior High School

Stephanie Cardella

LEAP Innovations

Executive Director of Strategy

Amanda Cardenas

Mud and Ink Teaching

Curriculum Designer & Podcast Host

Danielle Carter

Grayslake High School District 127

Assistant Superintendent for HR

RC

Rachel Chenier

Family First Center of Lake County

Yoga Instructor/Executive Director

Ron Chernobrov

Illinois Virtual Schools & Academy

Technology Specialist

Geri Chesner

National Louis University

Associate Professor

Sean Connor

District 117

Academic Interventionist

Ed Cook

Illinois Virtual School & Academy

Operations Coordinator

Paul Cook

CHSD 117

English Teacher

Carolyn Corcoran

Round Lake Area School District

CTE & CCR Curriculum and Instruction Specialist

MC

Michele Cozza

Marzano Resources

EC

Emma Craig

AD

Aaron Dame

Mundelein High School

Science Teacher

Sarah Duncan

Mundelein Elementary District 75

Library Information Specialist

Wayne Eichen

Savvas Learning

National Account Executive

AE

Anne Eichman

IE

Izobella Estano

University Center of Lake County

Jennifer Everett

CCSD 46

Reading Specialist

Scott Ewen

Grayslake North

Technology Coach and AP Human Geography Teacher

Jill Farrell

Intervention Specialist

Ali Finn

Lake Zurich Community Unity District 95

Director of College and Career Readiness

Andy Flaker

Joe Folliard

Follett Content Solutions

Content Consultant

LF

Lynn Fox

Imagine Learning

Curriculum Advisor

CF

Colin Franklin

Thomas Franz

Grand Canyon University

University Development Counselor

AF

Andrew Friesema

GMS

Math Teacher

Tracy Fuentes

Mundelein Elementary District 75

Dual Language/Multilingual Teacher

Ruth Gheysen

CCSD 46

Teacher/Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Board Member

Kerri Gilbert

Zion Elementary School District 6

Instructional Programs Coordinator

SG

Stacey Gorman

Mundelein High School District 120

Teacher

Marissa Grayson

Mundelein High School

Math Teacher

MG

Michael Grenda

Audrey Grunst

Simply Bee

CEO/Therapist

Renee Gugel

MG

Meghan Guther

CHSD 117

Classroom Teacher

TH

Trevor Hitzler

WJ

Winona Jackson

Beach Park School District #3

Teacher

Gerry James

Lyons Township High School District 204

Fine Arts Division Chair/Administrator

Anna Kaszuba

Weston Kieschnick

Stacy Krabbe

Antioch Community High School

Instruction Coach + Science Teacher

Kristal Larson

LGBTQ+ Center Lake County

Executive Director

JL

Jessica Lauret

Beach Park School District #3

Teacher

Lori Lev

KL

Kiirsti Linna

Middle School Math Teacher

VL

Victoria Lobb

Grayslake Central High School

Instructional Technology Coach & English teacher

Melissa Lundgaard

Illinois Virtual Schools & Academy

Executive Director

Amanda Lynch

Special Education District of Lake County

Speech Language Pathologist

Blythe Masura

GRANT COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

College & Career Counselor

LM

Lauren McArdle

Stephanie Kallis Meek

Beach Park School District #3

Principal

Dr. Jason Meltzer

Oak Grove School District #68

Technology Teacher and Coach

SM

Shawn Messmer

JM

Justin Milner

Illinois Virtual Schools & Academy

Lauren Morley

Consortium for Teachers of Multilingual Learners in Secondary Mathematics

Bilingual Math Teacher

MM

Maggie Munoz

Matt Munson

Humanex Ventures

Brendan Murphy

North Chicago District 187

8th grade math teacher

April D. Nauman

Northeastern Illinois University

Professor of Literacy Education

Cheri L. Neal

Zion Township

Supervisor

JN

Josh Novick

JN

Josh Novick

Sarah Ogborn

Antioch Community High School

Instructional Coach

Dr. Don Parker

DPCP Corporation

Keynote Speaker

Joey Philipp

Mundelein High School

Science Department Chair

Amy Pieniazkiewicz-Grude

Antioch CCSD 34

Art Teacher

KP

Krystal Pipes

Zion 6 School District Illinois

Career Explorations

Carol Rabaja

Carl Sandburg Middle School

ML Teacher

RR

Randie Reynolds

CHSD 117

Classroom Teacher/Instructional Coach

HR

Heather Ryan

JR

Jennifer Ryan

SR

Sharon Rzyski

Mundelein High School 120/District 75

Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologist

RS

Richard Santana

Eric C. Santos

Learning Technology Center

Regional Educational Technology Coordinator

GS

George Schlott

ACT Client Relations

Senior Account Executive and State Lead for Illinois

Yvonne Schmid

CCSD 46

Reading Specialist

Blair Schoell

Ashley Schulz

AUGS

Special Education Teacher

Andrew Seketa

Community High School District 117

Special Education Coordinator

Rahul Sethna

Mundelein High School

Ed Tech and Data Coach / Business Education Teacher

Travis Shepherd

Lakes Community HS

Math/ Instructional Coach

Matt Sherrill

Learning Technology Center of Illinois

Regional Educational Technology Coordinator

Jerod Smith

Carnegie Learning

Sr. Manager of School Partnership

Evelyn Sorto

Carnegie Learning

Senior Manager of Schools Partnerships

ES

Evelyn Sorto

MS

Morgan Spitz

Tyra Stall

Kathy Strathman

Antioch CCSD 34

Educational Technology Teacher

Tom Stricklin

Imagine Learning

Curriculum Advisor

Bill Sullivan

Gavin School District 37

Teacher - 6th ELA

Elizabeth Surfus

Nathan Sweet

Zion Elementary Dist. 6

Art Teacher

Jacqueline Thomas-Veal

Zion 6 School District Illinois

Academic Enrichment Coordinator

CT

Chelsea Troesch

Tim Viscioni

Grant Community High School

Math Teacher

Whitney Walsh

AW

Alissa Webster

Zion 6 School District Illinois

Art Teacher

GW

Germaine Whitney

DA

Deborah Altoff Will

Zion-Benton Township H.S.District 126

IMC Coordinator

Geoffrey Williams

AW

Alyssa Wiltjer

CK

Catherine (Kay) Witmer

Katie Yarc

RZ

Ryan Zak

District 75 Mundelein

Director of Linguistic Programs