Voting Members
Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman – Co-Chair
State Senator, Senate District 3
Matthew Denn – Co-Chair
Managing Partner, Wilmington office, DLA Piper
Raye Jones Avery
A representative of the Wilmington Center for Education Equity and Public Policy
Aaron Bass
Chief Executive Officer, EastSide Charter School
Jeffrey Menzer
Superintendent, Colonial School District
Ted Blunt
Community Leader, Wilmington, Delaware
Kathryn Bradley
Head of Public Relations and Communications, Gulftainer
Alfreda Butcher
Parent, Shortlidge Elementary School
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha
State Representative, Representative District 1
James DeChene
Partner, Armitage DeChene & Associates
Anthony Delcollo
State Senator, Senate District 7
Dorrell Green
Superintendent, Red Clay Consolidated School District
Richard Gregg
Superintendent, Christina School District
Tika Hartsock
Parent, Brandywine School District
Linc Hohler
Superintendent, Brandywine School District
Stephanie Ingram
President of the Delaware State Education Association
Joseph Jones
Superintendent, New Castle County Vocational-Technical School District
Henry Smith
Chair of the Wilmington Community Advisory Council
Maria Matos
President and CEO, Latin American Community Center
Noelle Picara
Educator, Kuumba Academy
Michael Purzycki
Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware
Michael F. Smith
State Representative, Representative District 22
Margie López Waite
Head of School, Las Américas ASPIRA Academy
Danya Woods
Education Professional, Shortlidge Elementary School
Eugene Young
Head of the Metropolitan Urban League
Ex-officio, non-voting members
Susan Bunting
Secretary of Education, Delaware
Richard Geisenberger
Secretary of Finance, Delaware
Mike Jackson
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Delaware
Staff – Delaware State University & Institute for Public Administration at the University of Delaware
Delaware State University (DSU) and Institute for Public Administration (IPA) staff provide administrative, research, and planning support to the Consortium and Work Groups.
Abigail Armstrong, Graduate Public Administration Fellow, IPA, University of Delaware (UD)
Darren D. Blackston, Director, DSU Georgetown Campus
Jason Bourke, Director, Master of Public Administration Program, DSU
Sarah Bruch, Associate Professor, Biden School & Sociology/Criminal Justice, UD
Elizabeth Fleming, Undergraduate Public Administration Fellow, IPA, UD
Jerome Lewis, Director, IPA, UD
Fran O’Malley, Acting Director, Partnership for Public Education, UD
Joseph Pika, Senior Fellow, IPA, UD
Haley Qaissaunee, Policy Scientist II, IPA, UD
Dan Rich, Director, Community Engagement Initiative, UD
Cimone Philpotts, Staff, UD
Kelly Sherretz, Policy Scientist, Education Services Coordinator, IPA, UD
Leighton Trimarco, Undergraduate Public Administration Fellow, IPA, UD
Alexis Wrease, Undergraduate Public Administration Fellow, IPA, UD
