The Baker School Board and Baker Fund Board are jointly responsible for the governance of the school. Long-term and strategic initiatives that affect the school are managed through the Baker School Board, the strategic initiatives related to fundraising are organized by the Fund Board and the day-to-day operations of the school are run by the Director and Administrative Team.
The Annual School Board Election and Annual meeting will be held in Carlson Auditorium on Monday, May 12 from 7 -8 pm. Click here for information on the nominies.
School Board |
Fund Board |
| Dave Baker | Terrie Bridgman - Fund Board President |
| Robert Berry | Annina Fabbioli |
| Todd Bruggeman | George Gaines |
| Karen Burey | Janet Hieshetter |
| George Gaines | Liz Reeves - Annual Fund Chair |
| Daniel Goldsmith | Richard Robb |
| Janet Hieshetter | |
| Letitia Mann | |
| Blair Miller | |
| Elaine Mohamed | |
| Andrew Morrison | |
| Jim Olson | |
| Richard Sato | |
| Allen Steinberg | |
| Mark TerMolen - School Board President | |
| Charlotte Tyksinski | |
| Elena Zanussi |
School Board Biographies
Mark TerMolen
President
Mark is a current Baker parent with two children enrolled in the school. He is a partner at the Chicago law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe, and Maw LLP, where he specializes in complex commercial litigation and is the chair of the firm's toxic/mass tort group and the head of the Midwest environmental practice. He is a past president of the Board of Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church of Evanston and a board member of DePaul University's Center for Justice in Capital Cases. Mark graduated from Cornell University magna cum laude and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago. Mark was on the legal team that advised the negotiating team during its negotiations with NLU and was the parent co-chair of the Transition Team. The Board elected him President.
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David A. Baker
Dave is a current Baker parent. He is a partner at the Chicago law firm, McDermott Will and Emory, LLP, where he heads the Estate, Trust and Guardianship Controversy Practice Group. His areas of specialty include charitable, foundation, and exempt organization, administration, and litigation. Dave helped negotiate the terms of Baker’s separation from NLU, drafted the Separation Agreement, and helped develop the governance structure for the "New Baker." He is the in-house Legal Counsel to the school. Dave was named one of Chicago Magazine's "100 Top Super Lawyers" (January, 2006).
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Todd M. Bruggeman
Todd is a current Baker parent, with two children in the school. He is an alumni of Baker Demonstration School ('85). Todd has spent over 12 years with JPMorgan Chase and it's predecessor organizations, a global financial services firm. At JPMorgan Chase Todd has worked in various areas of finance, planning and analysis, marketing and most recently the Dealer Commercial Services division of Chase Auto Finance. At Baker, Todd served on the Board of the Baker Parent Organization during the 2006-07 school year (serving as Communications Director and liaison to the School Board). Todd received his Bachelors of Arts from Boston University.
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Letitia Mann
Letitia is a current Baker parent of two children (one in Preschool, one in Team in the Middle). She has worked for 17 years in various banking and strategic marketing and sales operations positions. She has experience in financial analysis of business operations, as well as direct experience in the marketing, sales and financial management of a line of business for a Fortune 500 company. Letitia has actively participated in strategic marketing decisions since Baker's split with NLU, leading the effort to expand the Early Childhood offerings with the Early Childhood faculty chair. She has also co-chaired the Gift Wrap fundraiser for two years, wrote articles on Baker's programs and philosophy with faculty for the BPO communications newsletter, The Voice, and assisted in a variety of classroom activities as a room parent or volunteer. She has a B.A. in German & Economics from Bryn Mawr College, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Duke University.
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Allen T. Steinberg
Allen is a current Baker parent, with two children in the school. Allen practices law, with a specialty in employee benefit plans. Prior to establishing his legal practice, Allen spent over 20 years with Hewitt Associates, an employee benefits and HR consulting firm. At Hewitt Allen has acquired in-depth experience in human resources and employee benefits programs, including retirement, health care, other insurance coverages, compensation, and other human resource programs. At Baker, Allen was a member of the negotiating team that reached the Separation Agreement with NLU and served on the Board of the Baker Parent Organization during the 2004-05 and 2005-06 school years (serving as Chair in the 2004-2005 school year). Allen received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Northwestern University Law School.
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Charlotte Tyksinski
Charlotte has been involved with Baker since 1970, for the majority of that time as Admissions Director and Associate Director. Charlotte retired in June 2005. Over the years, she served as Interim Director during periods of vacancy in the Director's position. She was a substitute teacher for many years at Baker, taught first grade here and taught Kindergarten for eleven years in Rolling Meadows and Wilmette. Her children are Baker alumni, and she is a graduate of the National College of Education. Charlotte has been very active in her church. She brings a sense of history and perspective to the Board that is unique because of her long association both with Baker and NLU.
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