Erie Elementary Charter School
Administration
- Velia Soto, Principal (vsoto@eriecharterschool.org)
- Jesus M. Tirado, Assistant Principal (jtirado@eriecharterschool.org)
- Alex Montgomery, Director of School Operations (amontgomery@eriecharterschool.org)
Office Staff
- Monica Garcia, Office Manager (mgarcia@eriecharterschool.org)
- Rocio Garcia, Administrative Assistant (rgarcia@eriecharterschool.org)
Maintenance
- Mauricio Suarez, Custodian (msuarez@eriecharterschool.org)
- Francisco Arellano, Custodian (farellano@eriecharterschool.org)
Support Staff
- Evan Trad, Special Education (etrad@eriecharterschoo.org)
- Eryn Van Acker, Special Education (evanacker@eriecharterschool.org)
- Lois Wylen, Special Education (lwylen@eriecharterschool.org)
- Veronica Villalpando, Special Education (vvillalpando@eriecharterschool.org)
- Jose Alvarez, Special Education Asst. (jalvarez@eriecharterschool.org)
- Pedro Vega, Special Education Asst. (pvega@eriecharterschool.org)
- Gabriela Basurco, Social Worker (gbasurco@eriecharterschool.org)
- Elaine Rouch, Reading Specialist (erouch@eriecharterschool.org)
- Cindy Osorto, Reading Interventionist (cosorto@eriecharterschool.org)
- Armando Medina, IT Manager (amedina@eriecharterschool.org)
- Annie Matyi, Parent Coordinator (amatyi@eriecharterschool.org)
- Kim Kays, Music Teacher (kkays@eriecharterschool.org)
Faculty and Classrooms
Kindergarten
Depaul University
- Gloria Diaz (gdiaz@eriecharterschool.org)
- Gloria Ojeda (gojeda@eriecharterschool.org)
Loyola University Chicago
- Susan Pryor (spryor@eriecharterschool.org)
- Lucy Amaro (lamaro@eriecharterschool.org)
1st Grade
Long Island University
- Sasha Vazquez (svazquez@eriecharterschool.org)
- Mayra Rodriguez (mrodriguez@eriecharterschool.org)
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Elysia Blanchfield (eblanchfield@eriecharterschool.org)
- Hannah Breed (hbreed@eriecharterschool.org)
2nd Grade
Northeastern Illinois University
- Suzanna Sanchez (ssanchez@eriecharterschool.org)
- Violeta Rivera (vrivera@eriecharterschool.org)
Northwestern University
- Leslie Popchoke (lpopchoke@eriecharterschool.org)
- Sandra Alvarez (salvarez@eriecharterschool.org)
3rd Grade
University of Chicago
- Lucy Barnett (lbarnett@eriecharterschool.org)
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Lindsey Garcia (lgarcia@eriecharterschool.org)
4th Grade
University of Michigan
- Jessica Buleje (jbuleje@eriecharterschool.org)
Smith College
- Magdalena Arroyo (marroyo@eriecharterschool.org)
5th Grade
The Evergreen State College
- Kevin Mitchell (kmitchell@eriecharterschool.org)
Carleton College
- Heidi Devooght (hdevooght@eriecharterschool.org)
6th Grade
University of Illinois
- Jessica Maldonado (jmaldonado@eriecharterschool.org)
University of Iowa
- Anna Franczyk (afranczyk@eriecharterschool.org)
7th Grade
Morehouse College
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Maraliz Salgado (msalgado@eriecharterschool.org)
Illinois Institute of Technology
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Amanda Paz (apaz@eriecharterschool.org)
3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Grade Spanish Teachers
- NIcole Miano (nmiano@eriecharterschool.org)
- Yolanda DeLeon (ydeleon@eriecharterschool.org)
Board of Directors
- Mary G. Boehler,
- Board Chair
- Retired, The Northern Trust Company
- Crystal Pruess Bush
- Counsel, Real Estate Practice
- Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP
- Ricardo Estrada
- CEO
- Metropolitan Family Services
- Agustin Gomez-Leal
- President
- Wallin/Gomez Architects, Ltd.
- Maria Guerra
- Deputy Director
- City of Chicago, Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- John R. Hall
- President
- Goose Island Brewing Company
- Mark Hallett
- Board Vice President
- Senior Program Officer
- McCormick Foundation
- Troy Harden
- Assistant Professor
- Chicago State University
- Dr. Patty Horsch
- Education Consultant
- George Locasto
- Managing Director and Head of Trading Value
- O'Connor
- Lolita Lopez
- Parent Representative
- Melanie Madigan,
- Secretary
- Psychotherapist
- Private Practice
- Michael Milkie
- Superintendant and Chief Operating Officer
- Noble Network of Charter Schools
- Corey Nelson
- Associate Pastor for Mission
- First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest
- Victor S. Nelson,
- Treasurer
- Retired, The Northern Trust Company
- Charles D. (Jack) O’Kieffe
- Retired, Investment Executive
- RBC Dain Rauscher
- Cindy Osorto
- Teacher Representative
- Kenneth V. Perkins, Board Chairman Emeritus
- Retired, Insurance Broker
- Celena Roldan
- Executive Director
- Erie Neighborhood House
- Alejandro Silva, Jr.
- Founding Partner
- Silva Capital Management
- Velia Soto
- Principal
- Edison Ureña
- Business Manager
- Northwestern University Settlement Association