School Board
School Board District Office
Contact the members of the Gary Community School Board by calling Erma Patton, Executive Assistant,
during regular business hours at (219) 881-5401 or via email at epatton@garycsc.k12.in.us
Michael Suggs Board Chair
Director of Operations Integration Planning & External Affairs, NIPSCO
Indiana Department of Education Appointee
Dr. Danita Johnson-Woods
President & CEO, Edgewater Health
Indiana Department of Education Appointee
Atty, Shontrai D. Irving
Clinical Associate Professor of Business Law, Purdue University Northwest
Indiana Department of Education Appointee
Dr. Vanessa Allen-McCloud
President and CEO, Urban League of Northwest Indiana
Gary Common Council Appointee
Glenn Johnson
Owner, Infoscope Services
City of Gary – Mayor Eddie Melton Appointee