Originally Appeared in the Peoria Journal Star, October 20, 2008

District 150 appointed 10 local people to a panel to form a search committee to find the district’s next superintendent. They are:

• Glen Barton, retired chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc.
• John Erwin, president of Illinois Central College.
• Rita Ali, Illinois Central College’s executive director of diversity.
• Carl Cannon, community organizer and founder of C.H.O.I.C.E.S., a youth outreach program.
• Dr. Andy Chiou, a local physician.
• McFarland Bragg, president of Peoria Citizens Committee for Economic Opportunity Inc.
• Linda Daley, former District 150 School Board member and current member of the Peoria Public Library Board.
• Jackie Petty, Peoria Park Board trustee.
• Debbie Ritschel, general manager of the Peoria Civic Center.
• Barbara Penelton, formerly in the education department at Bradley University and also on District 150’s original strategic planning group.