Advisory Council

We are excited to announce the 2025-26 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Advisory Council! The Advisory Council was designed to consider opportunities that might enhance implementation and impact of the program.

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.

2025-26 Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Advisory Council members:

• Faith Alcantara, District Lead, Orange Public Schools
• Ameel Attallah, District Lead, Tucson Unified School District
• Raymond Bradford, Principal, Memphis School of Excellence
• Carlena Carter, District Lead, Middlesboro Independent School District
• Kimberly Chance, District Lead, New York City Department of Education
• Andrea Cook, Coach, Kansas City Public Schools
• Krynica Drake, District Lead, Atlanta Public Schools
• Dr. Gerald Fitzhugh, Superintendent, Orange Public Schools
• Larry Guilford, Principal, Atlanta Public Schools
• Veronica Hernandez, Principal, Greenfield Union Elementary School District
• Faith Ilhan, Principal, Memphis School of Excellence
• Joe Jarrett, District Lead, Kansas City Public Schools
• Hana Jaschek, Coach, Bastrop Independent School District
• Kadir Koken, District IT Lead, Memphis School of Excellence
• Christopher Lairscey, District Lead, Bastrop Independent School District
• Ty Mulroy, District IT Lead, Chicago Public Schools
• Alicia Psenicka, Coach, Tucson Unified School District
• Sonja Pupovac, Coach, Milwaukee Public Schools
• Keisha Royal, Coach, Memphis School of Excellence
• Randy Sharp, District IT Lead, Bastrop Independent School District
• Shanelle Smith, Principal, Kansas City Public Schools
• Michelle Stowell, Coach, Duquesne City School District
• Antionette Woodall, District Lead, Hinds County School District