Lazaro Lopez

Organization - Associate Supervintendent for Teaching & Learning, District 214, Arlington Heights

County - Cook

Lazaro Lopez serves as Chair of the Illinois Community College Board, Associate Superintendent for Teaching and Learning at High School District 214, and Chair of the Youth Apprenticeship Working Group for the Illinois Workforce Innovation Board Apprenticeship Committee. Dr. Lopez has been featured in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Profiles of Change and Achieving Tomorrow series and recognized as the 2013 Illinois Principal of the Year for his tenure as Principal of Wheeling High School. Dr. Lopez has served as the founding Secretary of the Board for the Partnership for College Completion and as an adjunct faculty member in the graduate educational leadership program at Roosevelt University and Aurora University’s doctoral program in education. He speaks statewide and nationally as an advocate for relevancy in schools, business partnerships, and career pathways. Prior to his leadership in education, Dr. Lopez served as a training non-commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, a small-business owner, and a corporate trainer. Dr. Lopez earned his Doctor of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Aurora University (2010), Master of Arts Degree in Educational Administration from Roosevelt University (2004), and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication and English from Illinois State University (1998).