MUNDELEIN THEATRE - Key Persons


Aaron Wellington

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board

Aguirre, Georgina

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Aldana, Emmanuel

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Alex, Victoria

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Allen, Kendra

Job Titles:
  • Speech and Language Pathologist

Amber, Amy

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Amy Amber

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Ana Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Recording Secretary
  • Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

Andy Sturgeon

Job Titles:
  • Band Director
Andy Sturgeon is in his fifteenth year as a band director and ninth year at Mundelein High School. At Mundelein High School he teaches the Honors Symphonic Winds and Freshmen Concert Band as well as the Honors Jazz Ensemble and a Beginning Guitar class. He also directs the Noise Show Choir Combo and co-directs the Marching Mustangs and the Mundelein High School Pep Band. Before coming to Mundelein High School, Mr. Sturgeon was the Director of Bands in Evergreen Park School District 124 where he taught 5th through 8th grade instrumental music students. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Concordia University. Mr. Sturgeon is an active trombone player and played with the Northshore Concert Band for nine years.

Auston, Emily

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students

Babcock, Samantha

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Dean Petros

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President / Mundelein High School Education Association

Emmanuel Aldana

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Garcia, Victor

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students

Georgina Aguirre

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Hope Babowice - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • President

Jerry Shelato

Job Titles:
  • Band Director
Jerry Shelato is one of the Directors of Bands at Mundelein High School, where he teaches the Honors Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band classes as well as the Jazz Orchestra and Beginning and Intermediate Guitar classes. He also directs the pit orchestra for musicals and co-directs the Marching Mustangs and the MHS Pep Band. Before coming to Mundelein High School, Mr. Shelato taught in the Champaign and Urbana school districts in Illinois. He holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Music Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has performed with numerous bands, orchestras, and jazz ensembles and artists, including Wayne Shorter, John Patitucci, Brian Blade, the Illinois Jazz Orchestra, the Concert Band of Central Illinois, the Danville Symphony Orchestra, the North Suburban Wind Ensemble, and the avant-jazz group Ear Doctor. He is a proud resident of Mundelein, where he lives with his wife and family.

Jonathan Pruc

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Secretary / Mundelein High School Education Association

Kayla Norris

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Racial Equity Representative

Kendra Allen

Job Titles:
  • Speech and Language Pathologist

Laura Mellon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Linda Vecchie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Lisa Yaffe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Lulu Chapa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Secretary

Mark Ponce - VP

Job Titles:
  • Vice President
  • Vice President of the Board

Mellon, Laura

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Naomi Seiler

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • IA Building Representative

Nathan Pratt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Security Building Representative

Ortiz, Ana

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

Ouimet, Tom

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Paul Thatcher

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students

Peter Rastrelli

Job Titles:
  • President of the Board

Ponce, Mark

Job Titles:
  • Vice President of the Board

Risdon, Liz

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Assistant

Rosalina Esmez - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Treasurer

Russell Gates

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Treasurer / Mundelein High School Education Association

Ryan Jacobi

Job Titles:
  • Director of Percussion at Mundelein High School
  • Percussion Instructor
Ryan is the Director of Percussion at Mundelein High School, where he directs the marching percussion sections and percussion ensembles. Before coming to Mundelein High School, Mr. Jacobi served as the Director of Percussion at Prince of Peace Christian School in Carrollton, Texas from 2010-2013. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, where he studied drumset with Ed Soph and percussion with Christopher Deane, Paul Rennick and Ed Smith. After graduating in 2008 Mr. Jacobi performed throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area and toured the country with various rock bands. Mr. Jacobi lives in Chicago where he plays professionally as a jazz musician. He also teaches at Wheeling High School and Emerson Middle School.

Samantha Babcock

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Shirlese Locke - VP

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President

Steve Bellas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Vice President / Mundelein High School Education Association

Susan Lange

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Nurse
  • Representative

Thatcher, Paul

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students

Todd Skelton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Region 49 Representative

Tom Ouimet

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Val Helms

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Leadership Team
  • Representative
  • Secretary

Victor Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Dean of Students

Victoria Alex

Job Titles:
  • Teacher

Wellington, Aaron

Job Titles:
  • Secretary of the Board

Yaffe, Lisa

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board