Mayor Brandon Johnson announced his pick for Chicago Board of Education president and appointed several new members Wednesday.
Jianan Shi, Executive Director of Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education since 2019, will step into the roll of president replacing Miguel del Valle.
Johnson also appointed board members Mariela Estrada, Mary Fahey Hughes, Rudy Lozano, Michelle Morales and Tanya Woods. These appointees join current board member Elizabeth Todd-Breland, who will now serve as vice president. commended the mayor and Deputy Mayor of Education, Youth & Human Services Jennifer Johnson on their selections.
Todd-Breland is an Associate Professor in the History Department and affiliated faculty in the Black Studies Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a CPS parent.Estrada is the Director of Community Engagement at the United Way of Metro Chicago. She has spearheaded leadership development workshops for parents at Southwest Side Schools. She is an immigrant, CPS graduate, and CPS parent.
Lozano is an Executive Director with Global Philanthropy at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He is a proud husband, father and life-long resident of the Little Village neighborhood. He is a CPS graduate and a CPS parent, and son of late activist Rudy Lozano, Sr.
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