Faces of Alignment

Faces of Alignment Rockford

Heidi Dettman
Executive Director
Executive Director of Curriculum (K-12)
Rockford Public SchoolsChair, Career Awareness Team

Jake Castanza
Executive Director
Executive Director, Project First Rate
Alignment Rockford Operating Board Member
Alignment Rockford’s Pathways A-Team
Alignment Rockford’s Career Awareness A-Team
EMITT College and Career Readiness Council Member

André Anthony
Executive Director
Executive Director, Youth Achievement
YMCA of Rock River Valley
College Readiness A-Team

Keri Nelson
Support
Executive Director
Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity
Chair, HPS College and Career Readiness Council

Zalihta Pegeese
Team Coordinator
Alignment Team Coordinator
Alignment Rockford

Jacob Bradt
CEO, Rockford Buzz
Founder & CEO, Rockford Buzz
BAMIT Academy Support Team Member, East High School

Dave Carson
Executive Director
Executive Director of College and Career Readiness, Rockford Public Schools
Incoming Assistant Superintendent for School Improvement, Belvidere School District
Alignment Rockford Operating Board Member
Career Awareness A-Team, Chair
College Readiness A-Team, Chair

Ray Beckmann
CEO, Rockford Buzz
Electrical Engineer, UTC Aerospace Systems
Kennedy Middle School Math Tutor for the College Readiness team’s Math Tutor Program Pilot at Kennedy Middle School.

Chet Parker
Zone Coordinator
Northeast Zone Coordinator, Rockford Park District
Pathways A-Team Member

Nik Butenhoff
Director
Director of Career and Technical Education, Rockford Public Schools 205
Chair, Alignment Rockford’s Pathways A-Team
Chair, Alignment Rockford’s Academy Expo A-Team
Alignment Rockford Operating Board Member

Chris Weber
Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor, The PCMW Group at Morgan Stanley
Alignment Rockford Pathways Committee

Jessica Koltz
Career Services Advisor
Career Services Advisor,Rasmussen College-Rockford Campus
Alignment Rockford’s Career Awareness A-Team

Charaine Boyd, MA
Development Coordinator
MIECHV Community Systems
Development Coordinator, Winnebago
County Health Department
AR Healthy Starts Team

Steve Nelson
LEED AP
Director of Educational Architecture
Larson & Darby Group
Co-Founder, BluePoint
Alert Systems
Co-Chair, AR College Readiness Team

Chad Moe
Development Coordinator
Fire Inspector, Rockford Fire Dept.
EMS Instructor, SwedishAmerican
Health System
Chair, Jefferson High School HPS AST

Amy Heilman
Program Director
Program Director,
Refugee and Immigrant Services
and Elevate
Rock Valley College
AR Academy Expo Team