Email Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell

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Dr. Sean Eversley Bradwell serves as an assistant professor in the Department of Education at Ithaca College. He is an alumnus of Amsterdam High School in New York State; received a B.A. in political science from the University of Rochester; an M.S. in education from Rochester's Margaret Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development; and a Ph.D. in policy analysis and management from Cornell University.   

Sean has served on the Ithaca Board of Education since 2009 and as chair of the policy committee since 2010. Through his professional, research, and personal involvement in education, as well as his work with community organizations, Sean is committed to working toward more meaningful learning and teaching.

Sean serves as a member (ex-officio) of the audit, facilities, finance, and policy committees and is the board liaison to Northeast Elementary.

Email Moira Lang

Term Expires 2024

Moira Lang has been part of the Ithaca community since 1978. She spent 35 years as a secondary English teacher, 25 of those years at Ithaca High School - from 1985 - 2010. Moira received her BA in English from Union College and her MA in English from Middlebury College. 

Her daughter and six nieces attended Ithaca schools.  Moira's daughter is an English teacher at LACS and her grandson will be attending ICSD schools in the future.

As a teacher in Ithaca, Moira served on numerous committees and was a participant in and leader of diverse projects - including the ICSD Secondary Language Arts Curriculum Committee, the Ithaca Writing Project, and the IHS WISE Program. After four years at Robert College of Istanbul, Turkey, Moira retired from teaching in June 2014. She joined the Board of Education in July 2015. 

Moira currently serves on the human resources and policy committees and is the board liaison to Belle Sherman Elementary and Cayuga Heights Elementary.

Email Katie Apker

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Katie Apker is the parent to four school age children and loves living in Ithaca for its beauty and engaged community.  With an educational background in organizational behavior and business administration, she worked for many years as a serial entrepreneur, expanding her work into strategic analysis focusing on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in a variety of settings. Katie currently works as a research associate at Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations as she pursues her PhD in Organizational Behavior. She also holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from Brigham Young University.

Katie currently serves on the human resources and policy committees and is the board liaison to Enfield Elementary and Boynton Middle School.

Email Garrick Blalock

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Garrick Blalock is an Associate Professor of Applied Economics and Policy at the SC Johnson College of Business and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University. He is an author of two dozen peer-reviewed studies on economic development with a recent focus on East Africa.

Garrick joins the Board of Education after a decade serving on the City of Ithaca Planning and Development Board. He is an advocate of growing our region’s tax base to ensure educational funding while reducing tax rates.

Garrick holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in business administration from the University of California, Berkeley, and a B.A. in applied mathematics from Yale University. Garrick’s publications and C.V. are at https://garrickblalock.com.

Garrick currently serves on the curriculum and finance committees and is the board liaison to Caroline Elementary and South Hill Elementary.

Email Erin Croyle

Term Expires 2025

Erin Croyle is a journalist and writer who serves as Communications Specialist for the Center for Family Involvement, an organization that provides informational and emotional support for families and individuals affected by disability. She has worked for National Geographic and Al Jazeera English both in Washington, D.C. and Southeast Asia. 

She was working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when her first child was born. His diagnosis of Down syndrome sent her career on a new trajectory. She moved back to the DC area with her husband and immersed herself in disability rights advocacy on the local, state, and national levels. In Virginia, she was appointed by Alexandria's City Council to serve as vice-chair of their Community Services Board. 

Erin is Partners In Policy Making alumnus (Virginia 2014, New York 2019) and has worked for The Arc of Virginia. She was elected to the Ithaca Board of Education in 2019. 

Erin lives in the Northeast neighborhood of Ithaca with her husband Daniel Sheire and their 3 young children who all are part of the ICSD. 

Erin currently serves as a member of the facilities and policy committees and is the board liaison to DeWitt Middle School.

Email Eldred Harris

Term Expires 2024

Eldred Harris grew up in the Bronx, NY, and, despite the many challenges he faced in his youth, is appreciative of the opportunities and options his early education provided.  

A graduate of Cornell Law School, Eldred has been privileged and grateful to have worked in law, politics, the corporate world, as a fundraising expert, and as a serial entrepreneur. 

At present, Eldred enjoys bringing his diverse experiences to bear, working with creative social entrepreneurs. He strives to help make institutions, both large and small, more humane and efficient, leading them to constantly strive to do the best good possible and do it well. 

For the last 12-plus years, Eldred has enjoyed working with our area families, teachers, and administrators to ensure students from all backgrounds enjoy successful outcomes through their own school experiences. The challenge of assisting this school district to balance its historical excellence with the increasing demand for more equitable outcomes is one he fully embraces.

Eldred currently serves as a member of the curriculum and finance committees and is the board liaison to Beverly J. Martin Elementary.

Email Adam Krantweiss

Term Expires 2024

Adam Krantweiss grew up in the New York Metropolitan area where he attended public school. His parents were NYC public school teachers/administrators. When he attended graduate school, Adam had the opportunity to work as a summer school and substitute teacher at different alternative high schools in the NYC public school system. He graduated from Binghamton University in 1998 and then returned to school there to earn a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 2004. In 2017, his wife (who grew up In Ithaca and went through the ICSD system) and he moved to Ithaca where their two children attend school in the ICSD.

For the past 20 years, Adam has worked as a clinical psychologist in inpatient and outpatient settings, teaching psychology classes at SUNY Binghamton and Cornell University, and conducting psychological evaluations - frequently to determine the needs of students and US veterans with disabilities.

Adam currently serves on the audit and curriculum committees and is the board liaison to Ithaca High School.

Email Jill Tripp

Term Expires 2025

Jill Tripp has lived in Ithaca since 1985. Her son attended Fall Creek Elementary, Boynton Middle School and graduated from Ithaca High School in 2014. 

Jill has worked for the Ithaca School district for 30+ years as a school psychologist. Her assignments included Caroline, South Hill, BJM, LACS, Ithaca High School and the pre-kindergarten special education program. Jill also served as the district-wide autism consultant, behavior specialist and psychologist for the District Committee on Special Education.

Jill grew up in Conklin, New York and graduated from SUNY-Binghamton. Following graduate work in North Carolina, she earned a doctorate in Child/Developmental Psychology from the University of Kansas.  

Jill is passionate about public education. Her priorities are making sure that all of our students have access to district resources and programs; fiscal responsibility; and administrative accountability.

Jill currently serves on the facilities and human resources committees and is the board liaison to Fall Creek Elementary.

Email Karen Yearwood

Term Expires 2025

Karen Yearwood, an Ithaca resident since 2005, and her husband have two ICSD graduates. Karen has been involved in different areas of public education in Ithaca: a member of the Equity & Inclusion Leadership Council (EILC), family advocate for multiple ICSD families, served as the 2nd Executive Director of Village at Ithaca, community/PTA representative on ICSD hiring committees, former board member of Ithaca Public Education Initiative (IPEI), and former board chair/member of BJM Academic Plus afterschool program.

Karen was awarded the 2017 Unsung Hero Award for her outstanding contributions to the Ithaca Community.

Her ongoing involvement in public education is motivated by her desire to ensure that all students are fully prepared for college and/or career, caregivers are heard and supported, and staff concerns are addressed (represented by their Bargaining Union).

Karen has her B.B.A. from Pace University and M.B.A. from University of West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill, Barbados.

Karen currently serves on the audit, facilities, and finance committees and is the board liaison to Lehman Alternative Community School.