Terry Mazany

Terry Mazany is an American philanthropist and administrator who served as president and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and as interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools.

Terry Mazany
Interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools
In office
November 30, 2010 – May 2011
MayorRichard M. Daley
Rahm Emanuel
Preceded byRon Huberman
Succeeded byJean-Claude Brizard
Personal details
Alma materUniversity of Arizona
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Early life and education

Mazany obtained master's degrees in both business administration and anthropology from the University of Arizona.[1]

Career

Mazany became involved in education in the 1980s, citing the 1983 book A Nation at Risk as his inspiration for doing so.[2] Mazany has worked in public education for school districts in the cities of Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Oakland, and San Francisco.[1] For three years, he worked for the California School Leadership Academy. Mazany served as superintendent of curriculum and instruction for the Oakland Unified School District.[3]

In approximately the year 2000, Mazany moved from California to Chicago in order to work in the field of philanthropy there.[2] He began working for the Chicago Community Trust in 2001 as a senior program officer for their education fund. In this position, he led the planning an execution of the $50 million five-year commitment of the trust to support education and schools in the city.[1] From 2004 through 2011, he served as its president and chief executive officer.[4] He was only the sixth executive of the nonprofit in its century history.[5]

Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley had Mazany organize and lead the Recovery Partnership, which had involved in than 50 foundations in helping the distribution of more than $1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in the city.[1] He held this role from 2009 through the following year, when the partnership ended its mission.[6]

In November 2010, Mayor Daley announced that he would be nominating Mazany to serve as the interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools, replacing Ron Huberman, who had announced that he would retire by November 29.[7] Mazany made it known that he had no intention of seeking the position permanently, and planned to have a short tenure, with a permanent CEO being named by May.[7] On November 17, the Chicago Board of Education passed a resolution to appoint Mazany as CEO, effective on November 30, 2010.[8] Mazany's tenure ended in May 2011, when permanent CEO Jean-Claude Brizard took office.[9]

Mazany has also served in leadership rooms with the Smithsonian Science Education Center,[10] the National Assessment Governing Board (including a tenure as its chairman),[5][11] and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta.[12]

Honors

Mazany has received honorary doctorates from DePaul University and Lewis University.[1]

References
  1. "Terry Mazany - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago". www.chicagofed.org. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  2. Foley, Marybeth (16 December 2010). "Board meeting takes place amid huge protests - Substance News". www.substancenews.net. Substance News. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  3. "Meeting of November 30 - December 1, 2022 OFFICIAL SUMMARY OF BOARD ACTIONS" (PDF). National Assessment Governing Board. 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. "Terry Mazany, The Chicago Community Trust". The Chicago Community Trust. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  5. "Terry Mazany Biography" (PDF). www.ctbaonline.org. Center for Tax and Budget Accountability. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  6. "CHICAGO RECOVERY PARTNERSHIP The City of Chicago's ARRA Collaboration with the Chicago Philanthropic Community A report on how Chicago has worked with local civic and philanthropic communities to maximize economic stimulus funding" (PDF). www.chicago.gov. City of Chicago. November 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  7. Aarons, Dakarai I. (16 November 2010). "Foundation Leader Appointed Interim Chief of Chicago Schools". Education Week. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  8. "RESOLUTION TO APPOINT TERRY MAZANY TO THE POSITION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER" (PDF). www.cpsboe.org. Chicago Board of Education. 17 November 2010. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  9. Wetli, Patti (3 May 2021). "A Brief History of CPS's Often Briefly Tenured CEOs". news.wttw.com. WTTW News. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  10. "Our Board". Smithsonian Science Education Center. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  11. "Terry Mazany". www.nagb.gov. National Assessment Governing Board. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  12. Louise, Mulherin (13 July 2018). "Community Foundation adds senior officer to team". cfgreateratlanta.org. Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
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