Hazel Crest School District 152-5
School Finance Authority

Members

Lawrence E. Hupe, Chairman
Mary Emily Grant
Linda Laster-Wilson
Bruce Setchell
Barbara Toney

Lawrence E. Hupe:

• Chair of the Financial Oversight Panel, has been designated by Schiller to be chairman of the School Finance Authority

• Worth Township School Treasurer for nearly 30 years, where he was responsible for investments and cash management for all Worth Township school districts and special education cooperatives

• Founder, trustee and chairman of the Illinois School District Liquid Asset Fund

• Former chair of the Illinois Financial Advisory Committee, the group that advises the State Superintendent on school district financial issues

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Mary Emily Grant:

• Holds both a B.A. and an MBA in Finance from DePaul University

• Portfolio Manager for Banc One Investment Advisors Corporation

• Previously served in the Trust and Investment Department with Lake Shore National Bank

• 17 years of banking/financial experience

• Vice President of the Hazel Crest Proper Neighborhood Association and co-chairs that group's Youth Committee

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Linda Laster-Wilson:

• Early Childhood Teacher at Riley School in Harvey School District #152

• Resides in Markum

• Attended Hazel Crest #152-5, as did her children

• Desired to be on the School Finance Authority after following all the improvements at School District #152-5 and wants to be involved with the continued improvements in education, for the children.

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Bruce Setchell

• Setchell is a former business manager for Crete-Monee School District 201U and is the part-time controller in Lansing School District 158.
  

• He has also served as superintendent of schools in Tampico and Lanark, and as an interim superintendent.

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Barbara B. Toney

• Associate with The Bickert Group, a school superintendent search firm

• Public Information Specialist with Project CHOICES (Children Have Opportunities in Inclusive Community Environments and Schools)

• Former teacher in Bloomingdale School District 13

• Member of the School Funding Committee for the Legislative Education Network of DuPage (LEND).

• Member of former Governor Jim Edgar's Blue ribbon Committee on Education Funding

• Past member and president of the West Chicago Elementary District 33 Board of Education

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