Previous role: Superintendent of the San Antonio Independent School District (Texas)
Previous role: CPS chief education officer
Previous role: Chief of staff to Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Previous role: Lawyer
Previous role: CPS chief education officer
Previous role: Superintendent of the Rochester City School District (New York)
Previous role: CEO of The Chicago Community Trust
Previous role: Head of the Chicago Transit Authority
Previous role: Deputy chief of staff to CPS CEO Paul Vallas
Previous role: Chicago budget director
CPS CEOs in the era of mayoral control
The average tenure is 2.6 years. Hover over each photo to view previous jobs held by the former CEOs.
Paul Vallas
Arne Duncan
Ron Huberman
Terry Mazany
Jean-Claude Brizard
Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Jesse Ruiz
Forrest Claypool
Janice Jackson
Pedro Martinez
CEO: 1995 to 2001
CEO: 2001 to 2009
CEO: January 2009
to November 2010
Interim CEO: November 2010 to May 2011
CEO: May 2011 to October 2012
CEO: October 2012
to June 2015
Interim CEO: April 2015
to July 2015
CEO: July 2015 to December 2017
CEO: December 2017
to September 2021
CEO: September 2021
to present