Board of Directors

AGBMS is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status, governed by a board of directors. Information on our board follows.

Sandy Mosetick, President

Sandy Mosetick, AGBMS Board President graduated in 1978 from the University of Illinois in Champaign Urbana with a BS in Accounting and is a CPA. She worked for six years at Arthur Andersen & Co. as an auditor and then as an information systems consultant. She was employed for two years at Northern Trust Bank as a Trust Systems Project Manger, and for four years was a self-employed information systems consultant.  In 2004, Sandy obtained a Certificate in Paralegal Studies from William Rainey Harper College in Palatine.

Sandy’s daughter, Rachel, was born in 1990 and diagnosed with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss at the age of one. When Rachel turned three, Sandy began volunteering for Alternatives in Education for the Hearing Impaired (AEHI) and Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School. She has donated countless hours as a fundraiser, an advocate for families with deaf children, a bookkeeper/accountant, a database designer and administrator and, for the past two years, project manager for AGBMS’s site acquisition and building project.  Sandy is also a Certified Cued Speech Instructor.

Sandy has been the President of the Board of AGBMS since its incorporation in April of 2005. She also was on the Board of AEHI when AGBMS was a program of that organization, for 13 years, in the roles of board member, vice president, and president.

 

Bonnie Chertok, Secretary

Bonnie is an Elementary School Library Media Specialist with River Trails School District 26 in Mount Prospect, and holds a Bachelor Degree in Education from the University of British Columbia. She has been an active member of the Alexander Graham Bell Montessori School Board of Directors since the school was separately incorporated (from AEHI) in April 2005. Bonnie and her husband have been residents of Mount Prospect since 2000, and both of their children are enrolled at AGBMS.

 

Deanna Jordan, Member

Deanna has a BA from Augustana College in Speech/Language, a Masters of Education from the University of IL/Chicago in Education of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, and is credentialed by the State of Illinois as an Early Intervention Provider. She retired from the Chicago Board of Education in 2004 and currently works part time as an Early Intervention Provider.

Deanna also serves on the NCSA (Nation Cued Speech Association) Board as an "at-large" member for exhibits and conferences and continues to serve as a consultant to AGBMS for their special needs/deaf and hard-of-hearing.