Ms. Brook, a 6th - 8th grade Math Teacher at Chicago’s William P. Gray School, has lived in District 63 since 1999. She earned her BA in biology from the University of Chicago, and an MS in health systems management from Rush University. A former Washington Elementary PTO President and Girl Scout troop co-leader, Ms. Brook served on the District’s Wellness and Discipline Committees prior to her election to the Board. During her tenure on the Board, she has also served on the STEM and Insurance Committees, and is currently on the Family Resource Center Stakeholder Committee, along with serving as a Board representative during EMEA negotiations. All three of Ms. Brook's children attended D63 schools and graduated from Gemini, with the youngest currently attending Maine East. The current term of office ends in April of 2025.

 

Mr. Simmons attended Melzer and what was then Apollo Junior High. His five children attended Nelson, Washington, and Gemini. A lifelong District resident, Mr. Simmons volunteered for 18 years in the schools as a math and reading tutor before joining the Board; he has served on the District 63 Education Foundation Board since 2000. Formerly Senior Vice President for Cole Taylor Bank, Mr. Simmons attended Herbert V Prochnow Graduate School of Banking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The current term of office ends in April of 2023.

Katie Anderson
Morton Grove • Board member since 2018

A District resident since 1987, Mr. Gluzkin is Director of Segment Strategy at Ruprecht, a division of Kilcoy Global Foods. He graduated from Maine East High School and received his BA and MBA in marketing from DePaul University. Mr. Gluzkin participated in the Washington PTO, where his children attended school. Both children also attended Gemini and have now graduated from Maine East High School. The current term of office ends in April of 2025.

A District resident since 1988, Ms. Kaczkowski is the immediate past President of the Board. Her three children attended Melzer, Nelson, and Gemini. Ms. Kaczkowski is a former Customer Service Manager for Hobby Lobby in Niles - and a former Sales Lead for Eddie Bauer Outlet in Morton Grove. She was also formerly a Technical Writer for G.D. Searle, Motorola, and Anderson Consulting, and holds a BS in computer science from the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a minor in bioengineering; and a technical writing certificate from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Ms. Kaczkowski led the District’s successful effort to pass a referendum in 2004 and was an active member of the Nelson PTO. She has served on the District’s Financial Task Force and on a range of District-wide committees, including Wellness, Technology, Discipline, and Strategic Design. The current term of office ends in April of 2023.

 

A lifelong resident of District 63, Ms. Urban attended Oak (now closed) and Gemini. Her three children followed suit, attending Nelson and Gemini - all moved on to Maine East, and two have graduated. Ms. Urban, who holds a BA and an MA in special education from Loyola University, is a Special Education Teacher for District 84.5’s Rhodes School in River Grove. An active PTO volunteer, she chaired various committees including Golf Mill’s “My School is Cool” contest, which garnered Nelson $5,000. Ms. Urban is on the District's Insurance Committee and has served on D63's Technology Task Force and the East Maine Community Committee. She was previously the District’s representative to the former Low Incidence Cooperative Agreement (LICA), which served local hearing-impaired students. The current term of office ends in April of 2025.