District 225 Board of Education Caucus Recommends Four Candidates

Glenview/Northbrook, Illinois, October 10, 2024—

The District 225 Board of Education Caucus has endorsed four candidates for the consolidated election in April 2025: Peter Glowacki, Matthew O'Hara, Beth Hope, and Jack Downing. This decision follows a rigorous and comprehensive selection process, and the caucus team believes this group of candidates possesses the ideal combination of experience, strategic insight, and judgment needed to effectively lead the Board forward.

Candidate Profiles

● Jack Downing: A resident of Glenview since June 2007, Downing holds an MBA fromKellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a B.A. from LorasCollege. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Worldbridge Partners, wherehe has worked for 27 years. Downing's extensive community service includesserving as a board member for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicagosince 2000 and as Chairman from 2005 to 2010. Downing is also involved withGlenbrook South's IncubatorEDU program as a Community Champion and BoardAdvisor since 2017. Additionally, he has volunteered as an assistant coach forfootball and wrestling at Glenbrook South High School since 2019 and has beenpart of the Junior Titans Football Program Board since 2010, serving asPresident from 2015 to 2021.

● Peter Glowacki: A resident of Glenview for over 20 years, Glowacki holds a B.A.
in Electronic Communication and Organizational Psychology, as well as a J.D.
and a Master's in Informational Technology Law. He is currently the Director of
Attorney Development at RSHC. His community service includes serving as the
current Vice President of the Glenbrook District 225 School Board, a past
member of the D31 Foundation Board, and a past board member of Ascension
Lutheran Church.

● Beth Hope: A resident of Northbrook for 14 years, Hope holds a B.A. inPsychology from the University of Michigan and an MSW from New York University.She is the Senior Director of Clinical Communications & Quality at CompassHealth Center, where she has worked for over 8 years and is a licensed clinicalsocial worker. Her community involvement includes serving as a member of theMaple School Parent Teacher Advisory Committee for the 2023/24 and 2024/25school years and co-leads the Temple Jeremiah Social Justice Committee's MentalHealth Subcommittee.

● Matthew O'Hara: A lifelong resident of Glenview for 46 years, O'Hara holds a J.D.
from Loyola University Chicago and degrees from Marquette University in
Milwaukee. Now retired, he serves as a current School Board member for District
225. His past community involvement includes coaching youth hockey at the
Glenview/Northbrook Ice Rink from 2008 to 2018.

The District 225 Caucus is a nonpartisan group of volunteers that represents
residents of Northfield Township. The group included members from each of the 5
District 225 feeder elementary districts, with numbers in direct proportion to
each district's relative size. The caucus process was advertised via the caucus website,
posted in parent groups for all five elementary districts, to the parent groups
of Glenbrook South and Glenbrook North, as well as to community members. For more information on the District 225 Board of Education Caucus process please visit https://www.glenbrook225caucus.org

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