Advisory Council

We are excited to announce the 2024-25 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 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools journey, all with some degree of success in implementing the program with fidelity as it is designed.

2024-25 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Advisory Council members:

• Ameel Attallah, District Lead, Tucson Unified School District
• Jason Bell, District Lead, Polk County Schools
• Monica Brady, Principal, New York City Department of Education
• Michele Dawson, District Lead, Compton Unified School District
• Andrea Denson, School-Based IT, Hinds County Schools
• Wayne Eason, School-Based IT, Cornerstone Schools
• Evenide Fanfan-Vilcean, District IT Lead, Roselle Public Schools
• Owen Fletcher, District Lead, Richmond County School System
• Emilia Fusarelli, Coach, Norwalk 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
• Elizabeth Majano, District Lead, Newark Public Schools
• Dyane Smokorowski, District Lead, Wichita Public Schools
• Cedric Tatum, District Lead, Birmingham City Schools
• James Tiggeman, District IT Lead, Irving Independent School District
• Elochukwu Ude, Coach, Compton Unified School District