Civitas Leaders
The Civitas Schools leadership team is comprised of professionals with experience across varying industries that share a common purpose – a love for education and passion to see students achieve at their highest levels. We firmly believe that all of our students CAN and WILL be successful in college, the workplace and beyond.
Stacy Beardsley, Chief Executive Officer
Stacy Beardsley Chief Executive Officer for Civitas Schools. In her role she manages three Chicago International Charter School campuses with 2200 students and oversees curriculum, assessment, instruction, evaluation and student supports.
Since joining Civitas in 2009, Beardsley has spearheaded the creation of a network-wide instructional coaching initiative and led the development and implementation of a new employee compensation plan.
Beardsley has previously served as CAO and Co-Founder of Chicago Rise and Director at North/Kenwood Oakland campus of the University of Chicago Charter School. She was also previously a classroom instructor and administrator.
Beardsley earned her BA in Economics from Boston College and her M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction from Loyola University.
Christine Reed, Director of Operations
Christine Reed, a recent graduate of the broad Residency in Urban Education, currently serves as Director of Operations for Civitas. She is responsible for Compliance, Food Service and Asset Management for all campuses. Reed comes to us from the District of Columbia Public School system where she served as the Director of Operations-Office of Special Education. While in this role her responsibilities included the department’s budget, procurement, IT and customer service processes. Prior to joining The Broad Residency, Christine Reed held a variety of positions in engineering/manufacturing, supplier management and sales management with companies such as Avery Dennison, Procter and Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. Reed holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tuskegee University, a master’s degree in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems from Kettering University and a master’s degree in Industrial Administration (M.B.A.) from the Krannert School of Business at Purdue University.
Erica Harris, Director of Human Capital
Erica L. Harris is the Director for Human Capital for Civitas Schools. As Director, she is responsible for the recruitment, hiring, and retention of all the organization’s employees. She is inspired to work for Civitas Schools, an organization, which she believes, strives daily to keep students in the forefront of all its decision making. She remains motivated because of the tremendous talent and passion that her colleagues bring to this work, and firmly believes that people committed to the same bodacious goal, can accomplish great things on behalf of young people.
Prior to joining Civitas, Harris served as Officer for the Office of Extended Learning Opportunities (OELO) for the Chicago Public Schools where she managed a 77 million dollar budget and a 20 person team, which offered after school and community school programs to over 175,000 students at over 500 schools.
Harris has a Masters of Public Policy from The University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy and a BA from Spelman College.
Chris Lozier, Chief Financial Officer
In December 2010 Chris Lozier became Chief Financial Officer for Civitas Schools in Chicago, IL. Over the previous decade, he has worked in equity research, international real estate investing, and education finance.
In addition to published work, he has provided finance, strategy, and operations consulting to New Schools for New Orleans, a Washington, DC charter school, and an operator of more than 100 K-12 schools in India.
Lozier holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. Between undergrad and grad school, he served as a submarine officer in the US Navy.
Allen Ramsier, Director of Information Technology
Allen Ramsier joined Civitas Schools as the Director of Information Technology in 2011. Prior to joining Civitas, Ramsier worked at Noble Network of Charter Schools, Glenview District 34, plus stints in Rome, Virginia, Mexico City, and Ohio. Upon completing college, Ramsier worked as an English teacher for 13 years, before joining the ranks in IT.
Allen has a B.A. In English from Mount Union College (OH), M.A. In American Studies from College of William & Mary (VA).
Anne Matz, Director of Teacher Development
Cassie Williams, Director of HS Curriculum
Joyce Fisher, Director of Student Services
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