School Finance
Hazel Crest School District 152-5
School Finance Authority
Members
Lawrence E. Hupe:
- Chair of the Financial Oversight Panel, has been designated
by Schiller to be chairman of the School Finance Authority
- Worth Township School Treasurer for nearly 30 years,
where he was responsible for investments and cash management
for all Worth Township school districts and special education
cooperatives
- Founder, trustee and chairman of the Illinois School
District Liquid Asset Fund
- Former chair of the Illinois Financial Advisory Committee,
the group that advises the State Superintendent on school
district financial issues
Mary Emily Grant:
- Holds both a B.A. and an
MBA in Finance from DePaul University
- Portfolio Manager for Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation
- Previously served in the Trust and Investment Department
with Lake Shore National Bank
- 17 years of banking/financial experience
- Vice President of the Hazel Crest Proper Neighborhood
Association and co-chairs that group's Youth Committee
Linda Laster-Wilson:
- Early Childhood Teacher at Riley School in Harvey School
District #152
- Resides in Markum
- Attended Hazel Crest #152-5, as did her children
- Desired to be on the School Finance Authority after following
all the improvements at School District #152-5 and wants
to be involved with the continued improvements in education,
for the children.
Bruce Setchell
- Setchell is a former business manager for Crete-Monee
School District 201U and is the part-time controller in
Lansing School District 158.
- He has also served as superintendent of schools in Tampico
and Lanark, and as an interim superintendent.
Barbara B. Toney
- Associate with The Bickert
Group, a school superintendent search firm
- Public Information Specialist with Project CHOICES (Children
Have Opportunities in Inclusive Community Environments
and Schools)
- Former teacher in Bloomingdale School District 13
- Member of the School Funding Committee for the Legislative
Education Network of DuPage (LEND).
- Member of former Governor Jim Edgar's Blue ribbon Committee
on Education Funding
- Past member and president of the West Chicago Elementary
District 33 Board of Education
