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Board of Education

George Karagozian - President

George

George has been a Morton grove resident since 1977 and a District 70 Park View Graduate. He and his wife Ani have four children, three of which are currently at Park view, and their oldest a 2015 Park View Graduate. George has been a small business entrepreneur for most of his working career with an extensive background in small business management. He has also been serving on the Morton Grove Traffic Commission since 2012 and has an inherent commitment to serve his community.

Paul Torres - Vice President

Paul

Paul moved to Morton Grove in 1994 as an 8th grader and graduated from Niles West High School. He and his wife moved back to Morton Grove in 2004 and raise their two children here. Mr. Torres has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Illinois (Chicago) and a Masters Degree in Curriculum from National Louis University. Mr. Torres has been teaching and coaching at Niles North High School for over 15 years. 

Paul McGivern

Paul McGivern

Paul has called Morton Grove home since 1990. He holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Illinois in Champaign/Urbana and owns the Skokie Ace Hardware store in downtown Skokie. Paul served for two years on the board of the Morton Grove Park District before joining the Park View board in 2008. He is the proud father of four with his youngest child graduating from Park View in 2017. Paul was a Warrior Dad for seventeen consecutive years. 

Mark Thannert

Mark Thannert

Mark was selected by the Board of Education to fill a vacant seat on May 18, 2015. Mark has lived in Morton Grove for over 10 years and has been a Park View parent since 2008. He has a Bachelors in Business from Indiana University and a Masters in Information Technology from Northwestern University. As an IT professional Mark has worked for several large employers in Chicagoland while attempting to balance the needs of a busy family life.

Pamela Alper

Pamela Alper

Pamela grew up in Morton Grove and was a Niles West High School graduate. She moved back to Morton Grove to begin a family, and has been a resident of District 70 since 2008. She holds a B.S. in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a M.Ed from American College of Education in Differentiated Instruction. She was elected to the Board of Education in 2021, and is also a Special Education Teacher at the Maine Township Transition Program in District 207. She has two sons who are currently elementary students at Park View, and one “future PV warrior” daughter.

Jeremy Wilson

Jeremy Wilson

Jeremy was born and raised in Southwest Louisiana where he lived until moving to Chicago in 2003. After the birth of their daughter in 2010, he and his wife decided to leave the city and settle down in Morton Grove. Jeremy has a BS in Business Administration from Colorado Technical University and a MBA in IT Management from Western Governors University. Jeremy has been an IT professional for the past 20 years, working primarily in the field of business intelligence and analytics. He was elected to the board in 2021.

Board Committees

IASB Representative - Paul McGivern
NTDSE Representatives - Pamela Alper
Facilities - Paul Torres & Paul McGivern
Policy - George Karagozian & John Przekota
Finance - Mark Thannert & Jeremy Wilson

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