Advisory Council

We are excited to announce the 2023-24 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Advisory Council! The Advisory Council was designed to consider opportunities that might enhance implementation and impact of VILS.

Advisory Council members advise Digital Promise and Verizon based upon their experience in the program. The Advisory Council is made up of a diverse cross-section of school and district leaders at various places in their VILS journey, all with some degree of success in implementing the program with fidelity as it is designed.

2023-24 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Advisory Council members:

• Chris Bach, Coach, Portland Public Schools
• Jason Bell, District Lead, Polk County Schools
• Monica Brady, Principal, New York City Department of Education
• Rob Dickson, District Lead, Wichita Public Schools
• Evenide Fanfan-Vilcean, District IT Lead, Roselle Public Schools
• Kenneth Hamilton, School-Based IT Lead, Portland Public Schools
• Olema Herrera, District Lead, Miami-Dade County Public Schools
• Francisco Jimenez, District Lead, Mater Academy of Florida
• Emilie Jones, Coach, New York City Department of Education
• Andrew Levine, District IT Lead, New Brunswick Public Schools
• Elizabeth Majano, Coach, Newark Public Schools
• Karen McGuinness, Coach, Alhambra Elementary School District
• Omar Mitchell, School-Based IT Lead, Orange Public Schools
• Matthew Scott, Principal, Hinds County Public Schools
• Mylecia Sims, Coach, Atlanta Public Schools
• Dyane Smokorowski, District Lead, Wichita Public Schools
• Felix Stankiewicz, District IT Lead, Broward County Public Schools
• Sandra Sullivan, Coach, Fall River Public Schools
• Kelly Welsh, Principal, Los Angeles Unified School District