Board Member Profiles
Below are biographies and contact information for our Board of Education Members.
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Brian Battle – President |
Board member since 2003
Past or present member of the Facilities, Finance and Input 220 committees Managing Partner, Great Lakes Capital M.B.A, Harvard University; B.S., Bradley University Father of two children Resident of Barrington |
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Penny Kazmier – Vice President |
Board member since 2005
Past or present member of the Policy, Facilities and Enrollment Monitoring committees Newspaper columnist
Leader in various school Parent-Teacher Organizations; former chair of the PTO Presidents’ Council; member of the District 220 Educational Foundation Board of Trustees
Mother of four children Resident of South Barrington |
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Sandra Ficke-Bradford – Secretary |
Board member since 2009
Past or present member of the Finance and Enrollment Monitoring committees Director, Program Management and Legal Operations at Motorola M.S. Northwestern University; B.S. Purdue University Mother of three children Resident of Barrington |
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Wendy Farley |
Board member since 2013 Present member of the Policy Committee; past member of the Enrollment Monitoring committee Attorney and former Vice President of Government Affairs for Fortune 50 Company J.D. and B.A. Louisiana State University Mother of four children Resident of BarringtonEmail Wendy Farley |
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Christopher Geier |
Board member since 2013 Present member of the Finance Committee Partner in Charge, Investment Banking, Sikich LLP M.B.A., University of Chicago Booth School of Business, B.A., Washington State University Father of two children Resident of Lake Barrington |
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Dr. Joseph Ruffolo |
Board member since 2011 Past or present member of the Enrollment Monitoring, Facilities and Input 220 committees Educator, Leyden Township High School District 212 Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago; M.S. Concordia University; B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University Father of three children Resident of South BarringtonEmail Joseph Ruffolo |
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Angela Wilcox |
Board member since 2015
Intellectual Property Attorney
J.D., DePaul University College of Law Mother of two children Resident of Barrington Hills |