Kelly Greene is currently Chief Area Instructional Leader for Grand Rapids Public Schools, supporting 14 schools in the district’s northwest and northeast quadrants. She also serves as the Executive Director of Fine Arts, Health, and Physical Education Departments and Early Childhood Department. She has also worked for Muskegon Public Schools and Mona Shores Public Schools. Greene teaches future educators as an adjunct professor at Grand Valley State University and holds an Education Specialist degree from Western Michigan University and two master’s degrees in educational leadership.
Allison Tingwall is currently the Executive Director of Principal Quality for Chicago Public Schools where she oversees district strategies across more than 520 schools. She also served as the principal of Curie Metropolitan High School, a neighborhood school of 3,000 students on the city’s southwest side. Tingwall earned her bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and completed both her master’s in instructional leadership and doctorate in urban education leadership at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Both finalists will be interviewed by the board on Wednesday, October 28th, at 5 p.m. at GRPS University. The interviews are open to the public and can be streamed online at Live.GRPS.org
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